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Title:: Stanford Vineyar Race
When:: Friday, September 3, 2010 - Sunday, September 5, 2010
Category:: Races

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Members who submitted on-line entry forms for this weekend’s Port Jeff Pursuit Race are asked to confirm entries with an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The on-line form has had inconsistent results and we do not want any boat to be omitted from the starting schedule. Thank you. Mike Ryan’s racing picture of the week. Where were you on Tuesday night? Come sail with us! Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.breakwaters.org.
Register NOW!		SYC Saturday Series Boats from the Breakwater Irregulars fleet are welcome to join us. SYC cruisers are URGED to join us. Questions? This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Want to crew in a race? Need crew for your boat? Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . ALL are welcome, including those with more enthusiasm than experience.

One evening during the month of September 1890, while at anchor off Stamford, and about to man Fenella's gig, the unpleasantness of being obliged to go up a long and twisting channel before arriving at a point where one could find a suitable landing came rather forcibly to the mind of Commodore William A. Lottimer, and the idea came to him that there was no reason why Stamford could not and

should not have a yacht club, not only for the benefit of the yacht owners, but also for others who might enjoy spending an afternoon or evening with their families down by the water.

So, on the evening of October 16, 1890, a few gentlemen met by invitation at the residence of Mr. William A. Lottimer, Richmond Hill, Stamford, Conn., for the purpose of organizing a yacht club.

At this meeting it was voted to name the club, the Stamford Yacht Club.

Twelve gentlemen were appointed an Executive Committee, empowered to draft a Constitution and By-Laws, and to procure a Club House, or a site for the erection of one, on the shores of Stamford Harbor.

From YACHTS and YACHTSMEN of AMERICA, Henry Mott Editor, International Yacht Publishing Co., 1894, (courtesy New York Yacht Club)