Walton Ferguson served the Stamford Yacht Club as Rear Commodore (1897-1898), Vice Commodore (1899-1903) and Commodore (1904-1907), and later returned for an additional year as Rear Commodore (1911).  His tenure as a flag officer exceeds that of any other SYC member by at least four years. ]]> Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 GMT Commodore William A. Lottimer thought 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.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT Washington was President when Moses Rogers, a NYC merchant, began buying a land estate that encompassed the southern half of Shippan by the time of his death in 1825. When the last of his children died in 1866, a development plan was adopted, and it remains visible today in Ocean Drives East and West and the streets between them, some of which are named for members of the Rogers family. ]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT His friends called him Tiny, because he wasn’t. Walter Heber Wheeler, Jr. was born in NYC. His parents divorced and his mother later married Walter H. Bowes, an English immigrant who had sailed with her ex-husband. Bowes owned a Stamford company that manufactured machines used by the postal service to print cancellation information on mail. When he foresaw the need for a machine that would print postage in place of stamps, he met with inventor Arthur Pitney, who was perfecting such a machine. They established Pitney Bowes in 1920 and, though they shared the US Postal franchise with others, they provided their service so efficiently that they dominated the market.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT Much of what our Club is today was conceived in 1890 and implemented over the next few years. One surprising exception are our swimming pools.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT George Washington Never Slept Here, But…]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT The first thing that I remember about S.Y.C. was when the Club burned down in 1913. I was only three years old at the time, but we lived near the Club and I remember seeing the sparks.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT When the Club was 20 years old, its membership rolls were filled, but admissions remained brisk, because members were regularly expelled for failing to pay dues.  The marshland north of the Club’s campus hosted a mosquito infestation that plagued all of Shippan.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT