The Balatonfüredi Yacht Club (BYC) is
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
's oldest established and one of its leading
yacht clubs
A yacht club is a boat 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 marin ...
. Since its founding in 1867, its youth programmes have trained multiple
olympic sailors and
Blue Ribbon Round the Lake Balaton Race
Kékszalag or the Blue Ribbon Round the Lake Balaton Race is an international sports event held in Hungary every year between more than 30 boat classes. The regatta starts and finishes in Balatonfüred, after the 155+km circumnavigation of the Lak ...
winners. On the
Hungarian Yachting Association's leaderboard BYC is ranked among the best yacht clubs in the country.
History
The Balaton-Füred Yacht Association was founded by members of the Hungarian gentry in 1867. Its first president learned to sail in England. In 1881, an English boatbuilder set up shop adjacent to the clubhouse. In 1884 and again in 1912, it changed names first to Stefania Yacht Association and then to the Magyar Yacht Association and, finally, until World War II, the Royal Hungarian Yacht Club. After World War II, private social groups were disbanded, including the yacht club. In 1948, Istvan Németh founded the Balaton Shipping Workers Sports Association, which became the ''Balatonfüredi Vasas SC'' in 1951. In 1985 it became the ''Ganz Ship Balatonfüredi SE'' and in 1990 the ''Balatonfüredi Sport Club.'' It acquired the name, ''Balatonfüredi Yacht Club'' in 1996.
See also
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World's Oldest Yacht Clubs
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Yacht Clubs of the World
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Hungarian Yachting Association
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Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The fema ...
References
External links
Official website
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Yacht clubs in Europe
Organizations established in 1867
1867 establishments in Hungary