Eastern Yacht Club

presenting Club Cup to owner of Yacht Ellen who won race off of Marblehead, Mass The current clubhouse was constructed in 1880. The first meeting of the club was at Mr. John Heard's house in Boston on March 5, 1870. A club house location committee was led by B.W. Crowninshield, and a site on Marblehead neck was purchased. A new structure was built and officially opened on June 9, 1881. == The Eastern Club House 1881 ==

Construction began in 1880, and was designed in the popular stick style. Inside features a model room, with full and half hull models of member yachts through the years. Later additions are wing and a tower, staff and guest overnight rooms, a main dining room and bar. and would expand the complex to include tennis courts and a swimming pool. The club suffered a few fires over years losing the right tower tower portion. == Notable races ==

• One Design Racing • Marblehead Race Week • Team Racing • Pursuit Racing == Notable Affiliated yachts & Members ==

Other Notable Members Source: • Charles Francis Adams • Edward Burgess • Starling Burgess • Chandler Hovey • Bradley Noyes • Ray Hunt • L. Francis Herreshoff • Ted Hood == World War I contributions ==

Training Station When the United States entered the war, Commodore Herbert Sears called the Under Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Roosevelt, and offered the use of the Eastern clubhouse to the Navy as a base. Roosevelt accepted and the clubhouse was used as a training station for the final year of World War I, primarily for training ashore and aviation training. Naval Patrol Boats: "The Eastern Yacht Club 62 footers" A group of 14 members wanting to contribute to the war effort, ordered and personally financed boats to be used by the Navy as patrol craft and built with Navy approval of the design. Known as "The Eastern Yacht Club 62 footers", the boats were designed by Albert Loring Swasey and Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. The nine nearly identical motor boats built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island.The boats bore names under construction chosen by the owners and were then given their Section Patrol numbers once accepted by the Navy. The Eastern Yacht Club boats with sponsors were: == References ==