Short name QCYC Date founded 1888 | Website www.riversideyc.org Phone +1 203-637-1706 | |
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Location 102 Club Road, Riverside, CT 06878 United States Address 102 Club Rd, Riverside, CT 06878, USA Similar Larchmont Yacht Club, Stamford Yacht Club, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Wee Burn Country Club, Sachem's Head Yacht Club | ||
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The Riverside Yacht Club is a private, recreational yacht club located in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, with access to Long Island Sound. It is the second oldest yacht club in Connecticut.
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History
The Riverside Yacht Club was founded in 1888 by George I. Tyson, a prominent and wealthy summer resident of Riverside, CT, and the owner of the yacht Nirvana. Using his own money and waterfront property, Tyson built the first clubhouse in 1889 on the eastern shore of Cos Cob Harbor near the entrance of the Mianus River. He became the first Commodore, a post he held for eight years.
For a short period during the early 1890s, the club met in winter quarters in New York City, and by the late 1920s, the club purchased part of Tyson's Riverside property. In 1929, they completed construction of their present clubhouse.