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The Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club is a 
yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
founded in Scotland
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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 inRothesay
Rothesay ( ; gd, Baile Bhòid ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay, which offers an onward rail ...
but moved to the current clubhouse in Rhu on the Gare Loch
The Gare Loch or Gareloch ( gd, An Gearr Loch) is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and 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 w ...
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 royal charter
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, bu ...
, 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
Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white".
Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to:
In mythology
* Galatea (Greek myth), three different mythological figures
In the arts
* ''Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by H ...
'' challenged for the America's Cup
The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one f ...
and the following year it was the turn of ''Thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. ...
'' 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, contested on the Clyde.
Wilhelm Iff's "Royal Clyde Yacht Club Polka" was performed by his orchestra and recorded in 1899 in Glasgow
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."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/
See also
*Firth of Clyde
The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...
* River Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
* ''Atlantic'' (yacht)
* ''Galatea'' (yacht)
* ''Thistle'' (yacht)
* Charlie Barr
Charles Barr (11 July 1864 – 24 January 1911), was an accomplished sailing skipper who three times captained winning America's Cup yachts.
Early life
Charlie Barr was born in Gourock, Scotland in 1864 and first apprenticed as a grocer before w ...
* Robert Napier (engineer)
Robert Napier (21 June 1791 – 23 June 1876) was a Scottish marine engineer known for his contributions to Clyde shipbuilding.
Early life
Robert Napier was born in Dumbarton at the height of the Industrial Revolution, to James and Jean Napi ...
* Alexander Robertson & Sons
Alexander Robertson & Sons was a boatyard in Sandbank, Argyll, Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, from 1876 to 1980. The yard was located on the shore of the Holy Loch, not far from the Royal Clyde Yacht Club (RCYC) at Hunters Quay, in the bui ...
* Gareloch Class
The Gare Loch or Gareloch ( gd, An Gearr Loch) is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and bears a similar name to the village of Gairloch in the north west Highlands.
The loch is well used for recreational boating, water sports and f ...
* Scottish Olympic medallists
Scotland competes at the Olympic Games as part of the United Kingdom. This article provides a list of medallists for Great Britain at every Summer and Winter Olympics who are Scottish, as well as teams where at least one member was Scottish.
Lis ...
References
External links
* Royal yacht clubs 1978 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs 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