Lake Mohawk Yacht Club

Lake Mohawk Yacht Club

Founded 1938
Location Sparta Township, New Jersey
Website sites.google.com/site/lakemohawkyachtclub/Home

The Lake Mohawk Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Sparta Township, New Jersey, on Lake Mohawk.[1]

History

Incorporated in 1938, sailing was taking place as an organized activity on the lake as early as 1933. Lake Mohawk Country Club members Charles Gabor and Morgan Reichner decided to adopt the Snipe as the most suitable boat for the lake, and the Snipe fleet (number l0) was chartered on January 23, 1934 by the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). In 1938, Charles Gabor won for the fleet the Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy and by 1939 there were fifty-two Snipes in the fleet. In 1940, Kenneth Heitman won the National Junior Championship.[2]

Soon after the Snipes came the Lightnings, another historical fleet chartered by the International Lightning Class Association (ILCA) as fleet #25.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Mohawk Yacht Club". Marinas.com.
  2. ↑ "Lake Mohawk boats one of the largest fleets". Jib Sheet, August 1947.
  3. ↑ "The History of LMYC". Lake Mohawk Yacht Club.

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