WORLD'S OLDEST YACHT CLUBS
| YEAR FOUNDED | NAME OF CLUB | LOCATION, COUNTRY |
| 1718 | Flotilla of the Neva | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1720 | The Water Club of the Harbor of Cork | Cork, Ireland |
| 1770 | Lough Ree Yacht Club | Ballymore, Coosan, Ireland |
| 1772 | Starcross Yacht Club | England |
| 1775 | Cumberland Fleet | England |
| 1800 | Royal Cork Yacht Club | Cork, Ireland |
| 1815 | The Yacht Club | London, England |
| 1820 | Royal Yacht Club (Formally "The Yacht Club"-1815) | London, England |
| 1823 | Thames Yacht Club | England |
| 1824 (split in two) | Royal Northern Yacht Club | Belfast, Ireland |
| 1826 | Republic of Singapore Yacht Club | Singapore |
| 1827 (see above) | Royal Northern Yacht Club | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1827 (see above) | Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club | Belfast, Ireland |
| 1827 | Royal Western Yacht Club | Plymouth, England |
| 1827 | Royal Western Yacht Club | Ireland |
| 1830 | Royal Thames Yacht Club | London, England |
| 1830 | Segelsallskapet | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1831 | Royal Irish Yacht Club | Dublin, Ireland |
| 1832 | Kungliga Svenska Segal Sallskapet, KSSS | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1832 | Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1833 | Royal Yacht Squadron (Formally "R.Y.C."-1820) | Cowes, England |
| 1833 | Royal London Yacht Club | Cowes, England |
| 1837 | Tamar Yacht Club | Launceston, Tasmania Australia |
| 1838 | Royal Hobart Regatta Association | Hobart, Tasmania Australia |
| 1838 | Royal Southern Yacht Club | Hamble, England |
| 1839 | Detroit Boat Club | Michigan, USA |
| 1840 | Societe des Regates du Havre | Le Havre, France |
| 1843 | Royal Harwich Yacht Club | Harwich, England |
| 1844 | Royal Mersey Yacht Club | England |
| 1844 | Royal Bermuda Yacht Club | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| 1844 | New York Yacht Club | New York, USA |
| 1846 | Koninklijke Nederlansche Jachtclub, Royal Yacht Club of the Low Countries | Rotterdam, Holland |
| 1847 | Yacht Club "in" | Amsterdam, Holland |
| 1849 | Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club | Hong Kong |
| 1851 | Royal Perth Yacht Club | Australia |
| 1851 | Royal Yacht Club of Belgium | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1851 | The Maas Yacht Club | Rotterdam, Holland |
| 1851 | Yacht Club "in" | Dordrecht, Holland |
| 1852 | Royal Canadian Yacht Club | Toronto, Canada |
| 1855 (see below) | Segel-Club Rhe | Koenigsberg, East Prussia |
| ****1945 | Segel-Club Rhe (moved to) | Hamburg, Germany |
| 1850 | Springfield Yacht & Canoe Club | Agawam, MA USA |
| 1855 | Real Sporting Club | Spain |
| 1855 | Club del Albe | Spain |
| 1856 | Real Association Naval | Portugal |
| 1856 | Bjorneborgs Segelforening | Pori, Finland |
| 1858 | Societe des Regates Parisiennes | Paris, France |
| 185? | Yacht Club de France | Paris, France |
| 1860 | Royal Yacht Club d'Ostende | Ostende, Belgium |
| 1860 | The Antwerp Yacht Club | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1860 | Kunglig Norsk Sejlforening K.N.S. Royal Norwegian Yacht Club | Hanko, Norway |
| 1860 | Goteborgs Segelsallskap | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1860 | Royal Danish Yacht Club | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1861 | Nylandska Jaktklubben, N.J.K. | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1865 | Abo Segelsallskap | Turku, Finland |
| 1865 | Raritan Yacht Club | Raritan, NJ, USA |
| 1865 | Riverton Yacht Club | Riverton, NJ, USA |
| 1866 | Boston Yacht Club | Boston, MA, USA |
| 1867 | Sailing Club de Gand - Royal Belgian Sailing Club | Gent, Belgium |
| 1869 | Portland Yacht Club | Falmouth, ME, USA |
| 1871 | Seawanahaka Corinthian Yacht Club of America | Oyster Bay, NY, USA |
| 1872 | Gamlakarleby Segelforening | Kokkola, Finland |
| 1872 | Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club | Dover, England |
| 1875 | Yacht Racing Association | England |
| 1875 | Royal Western Yacht Club | Helensburgh, Scotland |
| 1879 | Yacht Club Italiano | Genoa, Italy |
| 1887 | Kaiserlicher Yacht Club | Kiel, Germany |
| 1890 | Segelsallskapet Westgotarne/SSW | Lidkoping, Sweden |
| 1892 | Seattle Yacht Club | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1895 | Verbano Yacht Club | Stresa, Italy |
| 1897 | Goteborgs Kungl. Segelsallskap, GKSS | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 18?? | Royal Ulster Yacht Club | Ireland |
| 1903 | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 1922 | Cruising Club of America, CCA | USA |
| 1925 | Ocean Racing Club | London, England |
| 1931 | Royal Ocean Racing Club, RORC | London, England |
