New Orleans Yacht Club
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The New Orleans Yacht Club (NOYC) was founded in 1949 and is dedicated to further the sport of yacht racing, marine safety and seamanship. The club is located at West End's Municipal Harbor on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association.
Since its founding, New Orleans Yacht Club has been home to many regional, national and Olympic champions, most recently the 2006 J/30 North Americans and the 2006 Zoo Regatta on the island of Guadeloupe. The club anually hosts or co-hosts over 30 regattas on the lake and is actively involved in many regional and national regattas. It's Wednesday Night Racing series runs throughout Daylight Savings Time.
The club hosts one of the most active internet sailing websites and Sailing Forums on the Gulf Coast.
[edit] History
After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, the membership of the yacht club worked together under generator power to get the club reopened within sixty days of the storm. New Orleans Yacht Club was the only business operating on the lakefront of New Orleans for three months after the storm and continued operating under generator power until April of 2006.
