Neva Yacht Club

Neva Yacht Club
Flag of the Neva Yacht Club. The flag of Finland is based on this flag

The Neva Yacht Club, (Yacht-club Neva or simply Club Neva) is a sailing club located in Saint Petersburg, close to the Neva River, originally founded in 1718. Despite being a relatively recently established club in its present form, its origins hail back to the first and oldest yacht club in Russia and even in the world, though this is challenged by the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Ireland.

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A view of St. Petersburg by Alexey Zubov, 1716. Shows yachts and war ships on the Neva River.

Nevsky Flot (lit. "Fleet of the Neva"), the first Yacht Club in Russia, was founded by tsar Peter the Great on April 12, 1718 (likely, the idea had deviced as early as 1716, when the First Neva Shipyard started building civilian vessels). The tsar, an enthusiast of naval activities, provided 141 small ships to entertain members of the aristocracy. The flag of the club, a version of the Russian Navy Ensign, was designed and given to the club by the tsar himself.[1] The club ceased activities after the death of the tsar, who had been personally sponsoring the club.

Its date of establishment makes the Neva Yacht Club perhaps the oldest yacht club in the world, and often it is counted as such.[2] However, since this Russian yacht club was established by a decree of the emperor, it does not qualify as a proper club, understood as a voluntary association of members. Therefore, the Royal Cork Yacht Club, founded two years later in 1720, is also widely acknowledged as the oldest yacht club in the world, despite having gone through periods of dormancy and undergone name changes, much in the same manner as the Neva Yacht Club.[3]

It was only in 1846 that the first yacht club in Russia to adopt British-style club regulations was established. The Imperial St. Petersburg Yacht Club had at its origins 19 members and five sailing yachts. Only members of the nobility were admitted.[4]

In 1892 after the initiative of certain high officers of the Russian Imperial Navy, the Neva Yacht Club was revived in memory of Peter the Great's "Nevsky Flot". It began regularly organising various sailing competitions meant mainly for large cruise yachts. The Imperial Neva Yacht Club was disbanded after the Russian Revolution.

The current Neva Yacht Club was reestablished in 1958. The club services only members of the "Public Association of Amateurs of Aquatic Recreation". It accepts only ship owners or members. It is located in address to 94, Martynova Quay.

In 2009 the club repair shop has seriously suffered from a fire.[5]

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References

  • Пантелеев Ю. А. Парус - моя жизнь: Из воспоминаний. Л., 1984; Ильин В. В России главное - начать!: Воен.-мор. яхт-клуб: (Крат. ист. очерк) // Мор. клуб. 1996. № 1. С. 68-71; Филозопов В. Жемчужина на ладони Невской губы // Капитан-клуб. 1998. № 3; Спорт в Санкт-Петербурге. СПб., 2002. С. 39.

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Coordinates: 59°56′30″N 30°20′00″E / 59.94167°N 30.3333333°E / 59.94167; 30.3333333


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