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The story of the
origin of the Larchmont Yacht Club has often been told. In the early evening of
Memorial Day in the year 1880, five young men were warming themselves over a
bonfire built in a cleft of rocks on the shore of what is now Horseshoe Harbor,
in Larchmont Manor. These five loved boats and they had just finished a hard
racing day. Since a bonfire is scarcely the most comfortable way to close a hard
day at sea, it is not surprising that these young men fell to discussing the
possibility of organizing a yacht club. They were Frank L. Anthony, Fred W.
Flint, William C. France, Loring Lothrop and Charles E. Jenkins. Their boats
were part of a small mixed fleet of jib and mainsail sandbaggers, sloops and cat
boats moored in Horseshoe Harbor. More information about this historic yacht
club may be found at
www.larchmontyc.org/history.html
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