The Royal Forth Yacht Club was founded in 1868[1] as the Granton Yacht Club. It held its first regatta in 1869, and changed its name in 1872 to the Forth Yacht Club.[2] It received the Royal honorific from Queen Victoria in 1883.[3][4] The name had previously been used by the Eastern Regatta Club of Scotland, which had been founded in 1835 with the Duke of Buccleuch as Commodore and had become the Royal Forth Yacht Club in 1836.[5][6][7]
| Founded | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Location | Granton Harbour, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Commodore | Michael A. C. Tasker |
| Website | www.royalforth.org |
References edit
- ^ "Royal Forth Yacht Club". National Maritime Museum Cornwall. The Bartlett Maritime Research Centre, National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
The club was founded in 1868...The first regatta was held in 1869
- ^ "Untitled item under GRANTON in Provincial column (column 1)". North British Agriculturist. Edinburgh. 29 May 1872. p. 2.
The Granton Yacht Club has now changed its name to the somewhat more comprehensive and attractive one of the Forth Yacht Club, consequently we may expect that the coming regatta will be more successful than that of its immediate predecessor.
- ^ "THE ROYAL YACHT FORTH CLUB". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen. 24 February 1883. p. 2.
Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to command that the Yacht Club, whose headquarters are at Granton, shall henceforth be called the Royal Forth Yacht Club. The club was established in 1868, and has already a nominal tonnage of 4500, and a membership of 160.
- ^ "REGATTA AT GRANTON: ROYAL FORTH YACHT CLUB". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 23 June 1947. p. 7.
- ^ "EASTERN REGATTA CLUB". Naval & Military Gazette and East India and Colonial Chronicle. London. 13 February 1836. p. 112.
- ^ "Untitled item in last column". Caledonian Mercury. Edinburgh. 9 May 1836. p. 3.
We have great pleasure in announcing, that the King has been graciously pleased to intimate, through his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. the Commodore, the intention of His Majesty to become Patron of the Yacht Club recently established in the Frith of Forth, and it will therefore be named the Royal Forth Yacht Club.
- ^ Raeside, Rob (9 September 2018). "Royal Forth Yacht Club (United Kingdom)". FOTW Flags Of The World website. FOTW Flags Of The World website. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Although the club was formed in 1868 as the Granton Sailing Club, its predecessor, The Eastern Regatta Club, was founded in Edinburgh in 1835