The New Orleans Yacht Club (NOYC) was founded in June 1949[1] and is dedicated to further the sport of yacht racing, marine safety and seamanship.[2][3] The club is located at West End's Municipal Yacht Harbor on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain and is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association since 1953.[4][5]
.jpg) | |
| Short name | NOYC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Website | www |
Since its founding, New Orleans Yacht Club has been home to many regional and national regattas as well as sailing champions. The club annually hosts or co-hosts over 30 regattas on the lake and its membership is actively involved in many regional and national regattas, including hosting Mardi Gras Race Week and the Bastille Day Regatta.
The club holds one of the largest Wednesday Night Racing regatta series in the United States with on average 50 boats participating weekly throughout daylight saving time and has an active junior sailing program.[6]
Sailing edit
New Orleans Yacht Club is an extremely active sailing club[7] and is the organizing body for Mardi Gras Race Week, the Bastille Day Regatta[8] and Wednesday Night Racing on Lake Pontchartrain.
New Orleans Yacht Club also is host to an active Viper 640, Easterly 30, Optimist (dinghy), S2, 420, and Sunfish fleet as well as multiple Handicap and Offshore Racing Fleets and several high school sailing programs.
Hurricane Katrina edit
After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, the membership of the yacht club worked together under generator power to get the club reopened within sixty days of the storm. New Orleans Yacht Club was the only organization or business operating on the lakefront of New Orleans for three months.[9][10]
Members were actively involved in rescuing stranded individuals off of rooftops utilizing their boating skills and knowledge of the surrounding neighborhoods[11] with much of this documented during this time on the blog Gulfsails.
References edit
- ^ "New Yacht Club is Formed", New Orleans States-Item, June 1949
- ^ Thorp, John Gray (July 1967), "Boating Booms on Lake Pontchartrain", Boating Magazine
- ^ DeMajo, John G., Memories of West End
- ^ Scheib, Flora K. (1986). History of the Southern Yacht Club. Pelican Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 9781455605866.
- ^ Gilbert, Troy (August 2018), "Boating in New Orleans, Louisiana", Southern Boating Magazine
- ^ Gilbert, Troy (April 2007), "Set Sail: Racing Sailboats in New Orleans", Gambit Weekly
- ^ Murray, Tim (August 1992). NOYC Wins Challenge Cup Three Years in a Row. Mid-Gulf Sailing Magazine. p. 43.
- ^ Fontaine, Ben (September 1990), "Bastille Day Regatta Won by Heartbeat", Mid-Gulf Sailing Magazine
- ^ Gilbert, Troy (February 2007), "Katrina's Marinas", Gambit Weekly
- ^ White, Christopher (September 2015), "The New Orleans Sailing Scene in the 10 Year Wake of Katrina", Sail Magazine
- ^ Gilbert, Troy (May 2013), "Marina Refuge", Cruising Helmsman Magazine