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 Who's Who, What's What at NYYC Invitational CupA Data Base -- Updated June 22, 2009 Teams from at least 19 yacht clubs from 14 nations will compete in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, sponsored by Rolex and Sperry Top-Sider, Sept. 15-19. A data base delineating the yacht clubs, web addresses, the sailors, the contacts and sponsors. (Photo shows Leonardo Ferragamo, skipper of the entry from Nylandska Jaktklubben in Finland.) Click Here 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 Regatta Documents
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'Navigating' Newport, RI
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About the New York Yacht Club 1844-
'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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