Portland Yacht Club

Our evolution during the last century from a motor boat racing club to a family oriented sailing and cruising yacht club. Our story begins at the turn of the last century with the introduction of the gasoline powered internal combustion engine. This engine greatly increased the speed of the boats equipped with them as opposed to those with steam engines. Naturally when two boats are going the same direction, they race either consciously or subconsciously. During the Spring of 1908, fifteen... more