Seaside Park Yacht Club

The Seaside Park Yacht Club (SPYC) owes its birth to Henry J. West of Gloucester, N.J., who inaugurated a series of sneak box races on Barnegat Bay for large cash prizes. The principal contenders in these races were the Life Guards who manned the then "Life Saving Stations," which eventually became the United States Coast Guard stations. The starting line was at the present Public Dock in Seaside Park and the course was the same as the present SPYC Course, except perhaps that... more