Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club

The Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club or sometimes Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia is a yacht club near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its clubhouse and dock are located at 300 W. 2nd Street in Essington, Pennsylvania.

History

The club was established on January 12, 1892, by 13 former members of the Philadelphia Yacht Club who split off to establish their own organization.[1]

Among its commodores was Edward Walter Clark, Jr., who took the office around 1915.[2]

Among its early members were Edgar T. Scott, Charles Longstreth, Samuel Kent (yachting), Ernest du Pont, Walter H. Lippincott, Ralph Earle, Arthur Pew, E. R. Fenimore Johnson, John Wanamaker, John Thompson Dorrance, Cyrus B. Curtis, A. Atwater Kent, Jr., Fitz Eugene Dixon, and E. Paul du Pont.[1]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "The Launching of a New Yacht Club". Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club. http://corinthianyachtclub.clubhouseonline-e3.com/About-Us/Club-History.aspx. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
  2. ^ "Defiance Sold as Junk. America's Cup Candidate Cost $65,000 - Goes for $6,500". New York Times. January 6, 1915. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611FE3E5C13738DDDAF0894D9405B858DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-12-07. "Her surviving owner, Commodore E. W. Clark of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club, has disposed of her as junk, and she will be broken up mainly for the seventy tons of lead in her keel and the steel ribs in her frame."