Welcome to the new Stamford Yacht Club website.

You see here the first step of the transformation of our web presence.

In the coming weeks you will see a new look and feel as we continue to evolve.

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Safety first.  All members and guests, please note: Children under 13 are required to wear PFDs on all parts of the fixed pier and floating docks and on all SYC vessels.  The Marine Staff is not authorized to allow exceptions.

Valeur-Jensen Stamford Denmark Race Results
 
Vineyard Race Results

CT Opti Champs were held at SYC on September 23.  Thanks to all who participated and helped.

Commodore Lottimer’s Good Idea

     One evening during the month of September 1890, while at anchor off Stamford, and about to man Fenella's gig, the unpleasantness of being obliged to go up a long and twisting channel before arriving at a point where one could find a suitable landing came rather forcibly to the mind of Commodore William A. Lottimer, and the idea came to him that there was no reason why Stamford could not and should not have a yacht club, not only for the benefit of the yacht owners, but also for others who might enjoy spending an afternoon or evening with their families down by the water. 

     So, on the evening of October 16, 1890, a few gentlemen met by invitation at the residence of Mr. William A. Lottimer, Richmond Hill, Stamford, Conn., for the purpose of organizing a yacht club.  At this meeting it was voted to name the club the Stamford Yacht Club.  Twelve gentlemen were appointed an Executive Committee, empowered to draft a constitution and by-laws, and to procure a club house, or a site for the erection of one, on the shores of Stamford Harbor.

From YACHTS and YACHTSMEN of AMERICA, Henry Mott Editor, International Yacht Publishing Co., 1894, (courtesy New York Yacht Club)