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De Guingand Bowl RaceOrganised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron. more > CERVANTES TROPHY RACEThe Cervantes Trophy Race is traditionally the first English Channel Race of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) season and this year’s race from Cowes to Le Havre has attracted a variety of yachts from... more > ABN AMRO ONE wins Britannia CupABN AMRO ONE has won the Britannia Cup, finishing first boat in Class 0 IRC in the race around the island at Skandia Cowes Week. Hotly contested each year since 1951, The Britannia Cup is one of the largest... more > About Us
The Yacht Club, as it was first known, was founded 1 June 1815 at the Thatched House Tavern in London. The club was for gentlemen interested in salt-water yachting and the 42 original members agreed to meet for dinner twice a year, in London and in Cowes, to discuss their mutual interest. Most were regular visitors to Cowes, then a fashionable watering place, or had houses nearby and Cowes Regatta, which was based on the annual licensing of the local pilot vessels and races between them, was a popular... more
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