Boat Club

Have you ever been a member of the boat club? It`s really cool entertainment, sailing in the sea or river, having fresh feelings and enjoying the beauty of the ocean world.

Not only your interests are expanding your social activities, making new friends, also you can enjoy sailing or powerboating, competitive sailing in the club program, even being awarded Gold Medal sometimes.

Today let us talk about one famous boat club. In 1839 Detroit was a town with a small population of 8,000 and bounded by the River to the south.

The Detroit Boat Club Crew was established that year. Eight persons who had the same hobbies and gathered to have a meeting and decided to create an official team. Thus, was formed the first boat club in North America and the second oldest continuously operating sport rowing in the United States.

It`s a Legacy in Detroit that time, the Detroit Boat Club is a member of the Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA).

The Detroit Boat Club made its first purchase a four-oared New York clinker-built boat and named it the Georgiana. The Georgiana was first manned by five members and they are as the father of all Detroit Boat Club crews.

The Detroit Boat Club Crew, sharing history with, but separate from the Detroit Boat Club, is sponsored by Friends of Detroit Rowing which is a non-profit organization. It provides competitive and recreational programs to men and women of all ages and training opportunities to rowers competing on the national, international, and Olympic level. The sailing programs are including beginner, intermediate and advanced classes to meet differentiation needs.