Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
 The Burnham-on-Crouch Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, designed by Joseph Emberton in 1931. |
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| Founded at Erith, Kent | 1872 |
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| Clubhouse | Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and at Cowes, Isle of Wight |
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 United Kingdom
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| Website | http://royalcorinthian.co.uk |
Coordinates: 51°37′25″N 0°49′15″E / 51.6236°N 0.8208°E
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club was founded at Erith, Kent in 1872 and since the 1930s has been based at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The Club provided the crew for the Endeavour in Thomas Sopwith's America's Cup Challenge in 1934 after a strike of Sopwith's professional crew.
In 1931, a new clubhouse at Burnham-on-Crouch was opened. The Grade II* listed building was designed by Joseph Emberton and represented Britain's contribution to the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932. The building is one of the few examples of the International style of architecture in Britain. The Club at Burnham has a stable membership of 550 and is well known on the East Coast for organising one design regattas, a cruiser programme and a junior sailing programme called ‘Otters’.
In 1948, the Club established its Southern branch at Cowes in the present Clubhouse. The building has a varied history and started life as a fishermen’s beer house in the 18th Century. In a different guise it gained some notoriety during the Edwardian period. It was operated by Rosa Lewis, a hotelier from London to provide a retreat and entertainment for gentlemen visiting the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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