26 U.S. Yacht Clubs Invited to Compete for Spots in Next NYYC Invitational CupU.S. Qualifying Series will be held in Newport September 8-11, 2010 Newport, RI, January 11, 2010 -- David K. Elwell Jr., commodore of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC), announced today that the club has invited 26 pre-eminent American yacht clubs to compete for places in the second New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, which will be sailed in Newport, R.I., September 10-17, 2011. Commodore Elwell explained that a number of yacht clubs in the United States had expressed interest in competing in the inaugural event, held in September of 2009. “This invitation for a U.S. Qualifying Series is in response to that interest,” he said. The Qualifying Series will be held in Newport on September 8-11, 2010. View More NYYC Invitational Cup: Home Page
Newport R.I., USA (Sept. 19, 2009) – No one knew quite what to expect, even though a year and a half of planning went into getting 19 teams from 14 nations to Newport, R.I., for the inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. The event, which started on Wednesday (Sept. 16) , and concluded today (Saturday, Sept. 19), was conceived and very well received as a high-profile regatta for amateur yacht club teams. To that end, the New York Yacht Club put forth its best effort not only to host the event but also to field its own team, which won after 11 spectacular races on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay. (Photo by Dan Nerney shows Phil Lotz's crew on Arethusa, after winning the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.) View More.
New York Yacht Club Invitational CupA Magnificent Show About to Begin Newport, R.I., USA (Sept. 15, 2009) – Seemingly overnight, the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court facility has transformed into an international village teeming with hundreds of people, including sailors from 14 nations who have arrived to compete in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. "It’s obvious that a lot of work has gone into this,” said Craig Healy, a Soling world champion who will skipper the St. Francis Yacht Club’s team. “It’s very well organized.” With a Wednesday (Sept. 16) through Saturday (Sept. 19) racing schedule, most of the 19 teams – all of which represent yacht clubs and have adhered to strict guidelines for crew composition -- checked in this past weekend, attended a Swan 42 Performance Symposium, and began practicing on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound on the course once used for America’s Cup races when the New York Yacht Club last hosted that contest here in 1983. (Dan Nerney photo of the Royal Yacht Squadron yacht, left, and the Yacht Club de France.) View More Photos Tuesday: NYYC Invitational Cup Tuesday was the second day and the second practice day. NYYC Photographer Dan Nerney was there to catch the action in a light southerly breeze. Tomorrow the fun begins as 19 yacht clubs from 14 nations start the regatta. View MoreNYYC Invitational CupDan Nerney Photos: Practice September 14 With the first race of the NYYC Invitational Cup scheduled for Wednesday (September 16) 16 yachts were out practicing today. NYYC Photographer Dan Nerney was there to catch the action. The sponsors of the Invitational Cup are Rolex, Sperry Top-Sider and Nautor's Swan. View More Yacht Clubs from Around the World to Descend on NewportNYYC Invitational Cup Sept. 15-19 Meet the Teams: NYYC Invitational CupRoyal Cork Yacht Club and Royal St. George Yacht Club New York, N.Y., USA (Sept. 2, 2009) – The luck of the Irish will play a big part in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, September 15-19, since not one but two teams from Ireland will be competing. For the chance of winning bragging rights and a new trophy, members of Ireland’s Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) – the world’s oldest yacht club, founded in 1720 – and the Royal St. George Yacht Club will each field a team of amateur sailors and travel thousands of miles to Harbour Court, the New York Yacht Club’s on-the-water clubhouse. A total of 19 yacht clubs from 14 countries will be sailing in the inaugural event. (Photograph of Anthony O’Leary, skipper of the entry from the Royal Cork Yacht Club, by Bob Bateman.) View More Press KitFor the Press, Participants and the Public All you need to know about the NYYC Invitational Cup:
Meet the TeamsYacht Club Costa Smeralda and Yacht Club Italiano New York, N.Y., USA (August 26, 2009) – While most Europeans enjoy a long holiday during the month of August, two groups of Italians are using the vacation time to prepare for the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Invitational Cup taking place September 15-19 in Newport, R.I. The team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, in Porto Cervo, took part in the Trofeo Formenton coastal race on the northern side of the island of Sardinia, while the team from the Yacht Club Italiano, in Genoa, chartered a Swan 42 to bank some practice time. Both teams will arrive a few days in advance of the inaugural regatta’s start to acclimate to the NYYC Swan 42s (being used by all teams in the event) as well as the challenging fall winds of Southern New England. Photo of Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Skipper Vittorio Codecasa. View More Meet the Teams, NYYC Invitational CupNorddeutscher Regatta Verein, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Yacht Club de France New York, N.Y., USA (August 12, 2009) – In a year that marks its 165th anniversary, the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is organizing the Invitational Cup, a highly anticipated fleet racing regatta to take place in Newport, R.I. from September 15-19, 2009. “This event is, in fact, the world championship for the main yacht clubs of the world,” said Bruno Troublé, who will skipper the Yacht Club de France’s entry. “Most people do not realize how close the racing will be. Many of the teams will be very strong; although it is too early to say which team will win." Troublé’s team will face tough competition from many of the teams including Germany’s Norddeutscher Regatta Verein and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, winner and defender of the America’s Cup, with whom he collaborated on the 1999-2000 and 2003 Louis Vuitton Cups, the Challenger Series he so famously orchestrated for almost 30 years. (Photo by Michael Levitt shows Bruno Troublé of the Yacht Club de France.) View More Meet the Teams: Royal Bermuda, Royal Canadian and Royal Hong KongNYYC Invitational Cup New York, N.Y., USA (August 4, 2009) – When the New York Yacht Club set out to create a unique regatta in the tradition of friendly competition among the world’s leading yacht clubs, it received immediate support from the yachting community and the media for the inaugural Invitational Cup. For the September 15-19 event, a total of 19 yacht-club teams from 14 countries will gather at the NYYC’s on-the-water clubhouse Harbour Court, overlooking the scenic harbor of Newport, R.I. And while Newport is set along America’s East Coast on Aquidneck Island, three of the visiting yacht clubs – Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club and Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club – also can claim their place as notable island yacht clubs tethered securely to the Corinthian spirit of competitive sailing. The “islanders” include four-time Olympian Peter Bromby and 2008 NYYC Swan 42 National Champion Mark Watson, representing the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club; Olympic Silver Medalist and America’s Cup skipper Terry McLaughlin, representing the Royal Canadian Yacht Club; and Etchells luminaries Warwick Downes and Jamie McWilliam, representing the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. View More Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Conducts an Interview on BBC 'H2O Show - Sailing Life'Interviews NYYC Commodore David Elwell on NYYC Invitational Cup NYYC Commodore David K. Elwell Jr., right, is interviewed by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on the BBC radio program "H2O Show Sailing Life" on the NYYC Invitational Cup. The interview aired on July 24, 2009. View MoreMeet the Teams -- Two from the U.S. to Compete: StFYC & NYYCNYYC Invitational Cup New York, N.Y., USA (July 27, 2009) – When the inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup begins on September 15, among its 19 teams from 14 nations will be two representing America’s oldest and most revered yacht clubs: the event’s host, the New York Yacht Club (New York, N.Y./Newport, R.I.), and St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.). As recently as this summer, the two clubs matched up in Newport to continue a long, friendly rivalry at the biennial “MadCap Cup,” which was created some 130 years ago as a fleet race in 6 Metre yachts and has evolved into a team racing event, sailed in dinghies, between the two clubs. And while that event is similar to the America’s Cup in that the winner (defender) chooses the venue of the next race and the trophy is a magnificent silver pitcher, it is the Invitational Cup that will capture the hearts and minds of the sailing world when it turns a new spotlight on the Corinthian spirit of sailing. (Photo Rolex/Dan Nerney shows Phil and Wendy Lotz, who will sail for the NYYC.) View More Nautor’s Swan Has Become Official Sponsor of NYYC Invitational CupJoins Sperry Top-Sider and Rolex Watch U.S.A. New York, N.Y., USA (July 15, 2009) – The New York Yacht Club today announced that Nautor’s Swan has become an official sponsor of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. The regatta, scheduled for September 15-19, will feature world-class, Corinthian sailing among 19 yacht club teams from 14 countries aboard one-design NYYC Swan 42s. Nautor’s Swan, recognized as a manufacturer of luxury sailing yachts of unrivalled quality, joins previously announced official sponsors Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Sperry Top-Sider in supporting the regatta.View More Meet the Teams: Three from the UK Will CompeteNew York Yacht Club Invitational Cup New York, N.Y./Newport, R.I., USA (July 9, 2009) – Three of the UK’s most prestigious yacht clubs – The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), The Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC), and The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) – have confirmed their participation in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, which will pit 19 teams from 14 countries against each other in Corinthian competition reminiscent of the early days of the America’s Cup. The event, scheduled for September 15-19, 2009, will be hosted by the New York Yacht Club and held on the waters off the club’s Newport, R.I. clubhouse called Harbour Court. Sailing under their club burgees, each team will compete aboard a NYYC Swan 42, a unique one-design racer/cruiser created by the NYYC in partnership with Nautor’s Swan to promote increased competitiveness within an owner-driver and amateur sailing framework. (Photo shows Oscar Strugstad, who will lead the team from the Royal Yacht Squadron.) View More Meet the Teams: Japan Sailing Federation and Real Club Náutico BarcelonaNew York Yacht Club Invitational Cup New York, N.Y./Newport, R.I., USA (June 30, 2009) – When teams from the world’s leading yacht clubs descend upon Newport, R.I. for the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup regatta, September 15-19, sponsored by Rolex and Sperry Top-Sider, many of the competitors will be familiar with the waters surrounding this legendary port. After all, legions of sailors have made Newport a “must sail” destination, hoping to race where the NYYC hosted the America’s Cup from 1930-1983. Of the now 19 teams representing 14 countries – just joining the competition is the Yacht Club Italiano of Genoa, Italy – it is safe to say that many have been to Newport and enjoyed the cosmopolitan City by the Sea. (Photo shows Makoto Uematsu sailing on the team from the Japan Sailing Federation.)View More List of EntriesAs of June 23, 2009
19 teams from 14 nations are currently entered in the NYYC's Invitational Cup sponsored by Rolex and Sperry Top-Sider. The latest addition is the Yacht Club Italiano, Genoa, Italy, to be skippered by Carlo Puri Negri. View MoreNew York Yacht Club Confirms Rolex Watch U.S.A. as Official Sponsor of Invitational Cup New York, N.Y., USA (June 10, 2009) – Building upon a partnership established in 1994, the New York Yacht Club today announced that Rolex Watch U.S.A. has become an official sponsor of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, to be held Sept. 15-19 in Newport, R.I. Rolex, the world’s most prestigious maker of timepieces and a long-time supporter of sailing, joins formerly announced sponsor Sperry Top-Sider, the iconic American brand best known for inventing the performance boat shoe, in presenting this unique regatta, which features world-class, Corinthian sailing among 18 teams representing premier yacht clubs from around the globe. The winning skipper of the Invitational Cup will receive a specially-engraved Rolex timepiece. View More Meet the Teams: Marie Klok Crump and Leonardo Ferragamo NEW YORK, N.Y./NEWPORT, R.I. (May 5, 2009) -- Though she will be impressed by some prominent names entered in the New York Yacht Club’s inaugural Invitational Cup, you can be sure Marie Klok Crump can hold her own in a room full of sailing standouts. From Århus, Denmark and now living in Newport, R.I., the tall blonde Scandinavian has been a top-ranked women's match racer since the mid-nineties, ranking as high as number two in the ISAF Women's World Match Race circuit and crowned twice as the Danish Match Race Champion (’94, ’96). As a member of the Danish national team, she also pursued an Olympic campaign in the Yngling women's keelboat for the 2004 games in Athens. This September 15-19, however, she will lead the Royal Danish Yacht Club’s co-ed entry in the NYYC’s Invitational Cup, which is set to host 18 yacht club teams from 14 nations in Newport, R.I., where Crump currently resides and where the club’s on-the-water clubhouse, Harbour Court, is located. View More Sperry Top-SiderHolds Press Conference at NYYC Sperry Top-Sider held a Press Conference at the New York Yacht Club on Tuesday, April 14, introducing the New York Press to the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup and formally announcing Sperry's participation as the exclusive footwear sponsor. The program featured Craig Reingold, president of Sperry Top-Sider, David K. Elwell Jr., commodore of the NYYC, Gary Jobson, who will be producing a video on the Invitational Cup to be aired on ESPN, and Marie Crump, skipper of the entry from the Royal Danish Yacht Club. Michael Levitt photos. View More Sperry Top-Sider® Partners with the New York Yacht Club®Sperry Top-Sider Exclusive Footwear Sponsor of Invitational Cup New York, N.Y. (March 10, 2009) – Sperry Top-Sider®, an iconic American brand best known for inventing the first performance boat shoe, and the New York Yacht Club®, one of the pre-eminent yacht clubs in the world, today announced a multi-year partnership to celebrate their shared passion for the sea and commitment to promoting the sport and lifestyle of sailing. Through the new alliance, Sperry Top-Sider will serve as the exclusive footwear sponsor of the inaugural and much anticipated New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup to be held September 15-19, 2009, in Newport, R.I., as well as be involved in additional New York Yacht Club events. View More 2009 Regatta Documents
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'Friendly Competition between Foreign Countries'
The Isle of Wight in the Solent has long been the epicenter of yachting in England. In 1851, a schooner painted black arrived there looking to win races. This was the yacht America, owned by John Cox Stevens, the first commodore of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC), and other club members. View More |
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