The Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club is a

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founded in

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in 1978, by merger of the Royal Northern Yacht Club (founded in 1824) and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club (founded in 1856).

History

The Royal Northern was originally based in Rothesay but moved to the current clubhouse in Rhu on the

Gare Loch The Gare Loch or Gareloch () is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland, and it bears a similar name to the village of Gairloch in the north west Highlands. The loch is well used for sailing, recreational boating, list of ...

in 1937. The Royal Clyde vacated its premises at Hunters Quay in the fifties and also moved to Rhu before the two clubs merged in 1978 to form the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club. The Royal Northern Yacht Club is believed to have been one of the first British yachting clubs to receive a

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, in 1830. The club was founded to organise and encourage the sport, and by 1825 Scottish and Irish clubs were racing against each other on the Clyde. However, yachting and yacht building didn't really take off until the middle of the 19th century. The Clyde Model Yacht Club was inaugurated in 1856, receiving its royal charter in 1863, and the two clubs dominated the Scottish yachting scene at that time. In 1886 the Royal Northern yacht '' Galatea'' challenged for the

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and the following year it was the turn of ''

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'' from the Royal Clyde. Thomas C. Glen-Coats' ''Hera'' from the Royal Clyde won the gold medal in the 12-metre class in

sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sailing (sport), Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (Sailing at the 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904 and the canceled 1916 ...

, contested on the Clyde. Wilhelm Iff's "Royal Clyde Yacht Club Polka" was performed by his orchestra and recorded in 1899 in

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

."Royal Clyde Yacht Club Polka" published by Paterson Sons & Co, Glasgow, performed by Herr Iff's Orchestra (London: Gramophone Company Ltd: recorded in Glasgow on 10 September 1899, matrix 3637, catalogue number 652). See https://www.kellydatabase.org/

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* Royal yacht clubs 1978 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs and teams established in 1978 Organisations based in Argyll and Bute Yacht clubs in Scotland America's Cup yacht clubs Sport in Argyll and Bute {{sailing-stub

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