Royal Cork Yacht Club

Irish yacht club

Also known as: Cork Yacht Club, Water Club

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The Royal Cork Yacht Club is an Irish yacht club founded in 1720, making it one of the world's first yachting clubs. A yacht club is an organization established to promote and regulate yachting and boating activities. The club is located in Cork, a seaport and the second-largest urban area in the Irish republic, situated at the head of Cork Harbour on the River Lee.12

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…in the British Isles, the Water Club, was formed about 1720 at Cork, Ireland, as a cruising and unofficial coast guard organization, with much naval panoply and formality. The closest thing to a race was the “chase,” when the “fleet” pursued an imaginary enemy. The club persisted, largely as a…
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…in the British Isles, the Water Club, was formed about 1720 at Cork, Ireland, as a cruising and unofficial coast guard organization, with much naval panoply and formality. The closest thing to a race was the “chase,” when the “fleet” pursued an imaginary enemy. The club persisted, largely as a…
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