"Hand-Needlepoint S&B x New York Yacht Club Burgee Icon Member's Belt" Sz 38 (SOLD)
Price on Request
*Sold-out/ No longer available @ the NYYC for their members*
Sz: 1 1/4"H x 37 3/4"L to 3rd/ center pinhole
Stamped: Smathers & Branson
-100% hand-stitched needlepoint
-Stitched with French cotton thread
-Lined with full grain Italian leather
-Finished with a solid brass buckle
-1 1/4” in width
VG
*Murray's Nantucket Reds trousers sold separately*
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. As of 2001, the organization was reported to have about 3,000 members. Membership in the club is by invitation only. Its officers include a commodore, vice-commodore, rear-commodore, secretary and treasurer.
The club is headquartered at the New York Yacht Club Building in New York City. The America's Cup trophy was won by members in 1851 and held by the NYYC until 1983. The NYYC successfully defended the trophy twenty-four times in a row before being defeated by the Royal Perth Yacht Club, represented by the yacht Australia II. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak as measured by years in the history of all sports.