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On board Feadship Cetacea with Chris Culver, commodore of the New York Yacht Club

The commodore of the New York Yacht Club, Chris Culver, talks to BOAT International about his classic Feadship superyacht Cetacea

Cable television ratings are big news in the US. The nightly MSNBC versus Fox versus CNN battle for viewers is a never-ending slugfest with massive implications for networks’ bottom lines. Prime-time hosts face off like heavyweights, pulling in enormous salaries to seize audience share – and dictate the reverberating narrative on social media. Sitting serenely apart from this fray is a network you’ve never heard of but that’s bigger than them all. And unlike Fox, MSNBC or CNN, with this network you can’t change the channel.

The man behind it is Chris Culver, current commodore of the New York Yacht Club and owner of the classic 40-metre Feadship Cetacea . His company, Health Media Network (HMN), beams programming into doctors’ offices across the US, reaching an annual audience of more than 300 million people. And with wait times in medical centres in the US on the increase (up 30 per cent in major cities since 2014) and an ageing population, HMN’s audience is getting bigger by the day. But you won’t hear about it on CNN.

“Once a medical centre takes on our network, you don’t watch another network. We’re larger than the top five or 10 cable networks combined in terms of audience size,” says Culver. “So we have to think about our impact – do we feature daytime soap operas or do you want headlines, weather, sports and information about how to lead a healthy life? It’s, hopefully, inspirational, and not focused on the doldrums of the news cycle. If you’re tuned into that all day, every day, it’s unbearable.” The genius of HMN’s offering is that it’s entirely bespoke. If a cardiologist and a radiologist work in the same office, their screens feature content only relevant to the patients in their waiting rooms. There is no “one-size-fits-all” broadcasting.

Culver has spent his whole career in the media space. He started out in the movie business before branching into digital advertising, and even spent some time in the UK in the early 1990s setting up the first charity lottery in the country. He founded HMN in 2007, basing it in Stamford, Connecticut.

Often entrepreneurs will make their first proper boat purchase as a reward for a deal, or when some success means there’s a bit more disposable income sloshing around, but not Culver. “The first boat I bought, believe me, I was making no money. It was a 19ft sailing boat that cost $200. I’d sail it in what we call the thumb area of Michigan, off the Saginaw River, overnight and on weekends. It was all mine.”

The Michigan native is a lifelong sailor.“I grew up on the inland lakes of Michigan and then the Great Lakes. My father and I were always on the water. We sailed small boats and water-skied competitively.” He remembers being seven or eight and navigating a motorboat in heavy seas across the Straits of Mackinac by dead reckoning alone. “That’s what we were taught. It was a spectacular way to grow up on the water.”

He moved to California early in his career and bought a 9.5-metre FarEast ketch, the first Cetacea , which he sailed up and down the Californian coast. Since then, there’s been a Hinckley SW59 in which he did 20,000 offshore miles, a Swan 42 that he campaigned at events up and down the East Coast of the US , and most recently the fourth Cetacea , the 40-metre Feadship motor yacht from 1970 that he bought two years ago. Rounding out the current fleet is a share in Onawa , the oldest 12 Metre in the US, and an IC37 raceboat.

Was there any trepidation about moving into a big motor yacht after a life spent under sail ? “It was the easiest transition I’ve ever had in my life. What drew me was its lines. I love the classic lines. When I saw Cetacea sitting at the dock with the beautifully flared Feadship bow, I just thought she was beautiful. It was a different era for yachting back then. You can go back to the turn of the last century and it’s interesting to see designs change throughout the decades. But in 1970 the classic lines of this Feadship were just spectacular. This is a sailor’s motor yacht.”

Enjoying her would have to wait, however, as she spent the first 12 months of Culver’s ownership in various stages of refit . Cetacea , formerly known as Alchemy, had been donated to a non-profit by her former owner, which meant maintenance in some areas was lacking. “So we’ve done a tremendous amount of work. We’ve really spent the time to make sure that anything we add is in keeping with a 50-year-old yacht of this vintage. That’s really important to me.”

Fortunately Cetacea was in a good-enough state in March 2020 as Covid-19 struck. Culver and his wife saw that office life as they knew it was over, at least temporarily, so they flew down to Fort Lauderdale to meet the boat, and spent the next two and a half months on board riding out the first wave of the pandemic. “We couldn’t leave US territorial waters, so we dropped the hook halfway between Marathon Key and Key West, off of a very small island down there, and that’s where we stayed.” This was no vacation, however. “I don’t think we’ve ever done more calls, more business meetings, more Club meetings than in that period. Just one Zoom call to the next, but we were always able to come back up on deck and enjoy a sunset for a few moments, which seemed to balance things at a time when we needed that balance the most.”

A little island off the Keys was a world away from his intended destination in March 2020, which was a little island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean . Like many owners, he had been planning a transpacific passage on his yacht, in order to arrive at the end of the year in Auckland , to oversee, as the commodore of the New York Yacht Club, American Magic ’s attempt to secure the America’s Cup . Culver did eventually make it to Auckland, by plane, but came home without the Auld Mug after the NYYC team was eliminated in the first stages of the Prada Cup. Culver even had a spot picked out for the Cup: the Palm Cafe in the Club’s 44th Street clubhouse in New York. “There’s a big empty spot in the centre of it that would be perfect.”

Unfortunately Culver won’t be the commodore that places it there, but he’s not letting that distract him from his mission to expand the reach of the historic Club he now oversees, and introduce a new generation to the water. “I don’t care what you sail. I don’t care if you like classic yachts or foiling yachts or motor yachts, just get on the water, be on the water, and commit to that experience. And how do we reach and mentor the next generation to have that pride of ownership of a yacht of any kind?” Not for Culver the status quo; he is a campaigning commodore. “We are not stewards of the New York Yacht Club, we’re the leaders of this Club and it’s our responsibility to take it forward.”

It’s a lot to shoulder, especially for someone still so active in his business, but Culver shrugs off my question about it being a burden. “I don’t see it like that. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to take this club and others forward and so I’m excited. People have said, ‘Boy, really sorry the pandemic hit during your term.’ I’m not. I’m glad it happened on my watch versus somebody else’s because we have a great capacity to look at this and focus on the opportunities it will create, not the opportunities lost."

There’s that entrepreneurial streak again. Professionally, things seem only to be getting busier, too. HMN recently inked a big deal with global media giant Meredith, parent to brands such as People and Entertainment Weekly , to broadcast its content to HMN’s vast audience. “This deal will also enable us to dramatically scale the business which presents great opportunities for all,” Culver said in the press release announcing the deal. A work/club life this hectic is going to require some serious downtime. Luckily, Culver has the perfect platform for that.

“We’re only just really at the start of the journey with Cetacea . There’s lots of places we want to explore, and it’s a wonderful boat to do that.” Under previous owners, the 1970 Feadship did a full circumnavigation , but the Culvers don’t have anything quite so ambitious planned just yet. “We want to do the Mediterranean with her. And we’d love to bring the 12 metre over and race at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. Wouldn’t that be wonderful to have both boats there to enjoy that experience?”

Before then, however, Cetacea will be cruising a little closer to home – New England in the summer and the Caribbean in the winter. There’s even talk of taking her to the Great Lakes in the not-too-distant future, bringing the Michigan boy back to where it all began.

This feature is taken from the May 2021 issue of BOAT International. Get this magazine sent straight to your door, or subscribe and never miss an issue.

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Photos: Inside the Exclusive New York Yacht Club in NYC

Located on 37 West 44th Street, New York, NY, the New York City Yacht Club is a private social and yachting club founded by a prominent New Yorker named John Cox Stevens. Originated on July 30th, 1844, the original purpose of the club was simple: to race sailing yachts. Today, the club is composed of over 3,000 members dedicated to both yacht racing and design. As one of New York’s most elite social clubs, membership to the NYYC is very exclusive, which makes photos hard to come by, but we were able to get a look inside the stunning club.

The club was first started during an outing on Steven’s own yacht Gimcrack with eight friends. On that boat, anchored in New York Harbor, the group developed their idea to form the NYYC. They designated Stevens as commodore, and three days later, announced their launching of a yacht club cruise to Newport, Rhode Island: the beginning of the historical connection between these two cities. In 1845, the NYYC’s first clubhouse was built on land granted by Stevens in Hoboken, NJ, in close proximity to the Hudson River. Read more. 

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The mission of the New York Yacht Club is to attract and bring together a dedicated group of yachting and naval members to share and foster their interest in yachting and yacht racing; to sustain a leadership role in yachting, its history, its development, the preservation of its traditions, and the furtherance of good seamanship; to promote the highest form of Corinthian sportsmanship in national and international yachting forums and yacht racing competitions.

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On July 30, 1844, John Cox Stevens (1785-1857) and eight of his friends met aboard Stevens’ yacht Gimcrack, anchored off the Battery in New York Harbor. That afternoon, they established the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) and made three critical decisions that day: first, they elected Stevens as Commodore of the Club; second, they agreed to develop rules and regulations to govern the Club; and, third, they resolved to cruise to Newport, Rhode Island, initiating the enduring connection between the Club and New England. The Club’s young fleet of eight schooner yachts set sail from New York Harbor for Newport three days later, marking the Club’s first Annual Cruise. During the passage, they made stops at various ports on Long Island Sound and even held informal speed trials. Upon reaching Newport, the members met up with yachtsmen from Boston to socialize and engage in racing activities. On August 8, the Club hosted a fleet race around Conanicut Island, a popular racecourse today. The year that followed was a busy one for the Club. It adopted its Rules and Regulations, opened its first clubhouse and held its first Annual Regatta.

The New York Yacht Club held its first Annual Regatta–a fleet race for a prize cup–on July 17, 1845. Nine yachts started opposite the new clubhouse at 9 a.m. on the Hudson River. They sailed to a turning mark near Sandy Hook in the Lower Bay and returned—a 38-mile course. The yacht Cygnet won, earning fame as the first winner of North America’s longest-running sailing regatta. Today, the New York Yacht Club has its signature clubhouse, a National Historic Landmark, on West 44th Street in New York, and a waterfront clubhouse, Harbour Court, in Newport. The Club’s first clubhouse survives. It was installed on the grounds of Harbour Court in 1999, where it serves as a reminder of the Club’s origins.

The Club continues to run its Annual Regatta, presented by Rolex. The Club also hosts the biennial Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, for international Corinthian sailors representing their yacht clubs and nations and the parallel event for U.S. yacht clubs, the Resolute Cup. The Club also hosts and participates in other national, North American and world championships.

rom 1884 to 1900, the clubhouse was a townhouse at 67 Madison Avenue. By 1898, it was chockablock with “models, members, and memorabilia,” according to the New York Daily Tribune. It was then that Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan stunned fellow members by announcing he would donate three lots on West 44th Street to build a new clubhouse. The building, brilliantly designed with nautical motifs by Whitney Warren, opened in 1901. It is famous for its Model Room and Library. The New York Times wrote of the clubhouse in 1906, “Except for the absence of motion, one might fancy oneself at sea.”

In 1987, the New York Yacht Club acquired Harbour Court, the former summer home of Commodore John Nicholas Brown, in Newport, creating a new energy and focus. The waterfront clubhouse opened in 1988 with 1,500 members and guests in attendance. In 2019, Harbour Court hosted the Club’s Dosquicentennial Celebration for members and friends to celebrate the Club’s 175 years of history.

The New York Yacht Club has hosted Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex since 1998 and many other regattas in recent years including world championships for the Etchells, J/70, Farr 40 and Melges 20 classes, the J Class Worlds, the Global Team Race Regatta, the Transatlantic Race, and the IC37 National Championships to name a few.

The Club is also highly active in team and match racing. In 2006, the Club purchased 14 Sonars in dedication of these activities. In 2014, the fleet was increased to 22 Sonars, and today, team racing at the New York Yacht Club offers some of the most intense competition in the country.

Since 2009 the New York Yacht Club has conducted the biennial Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. After a successful decade of racing in the Swan 42, the eighth one-design class created by the New York Yacht Club since 1900, the Invitational Cup transitioned to using the Club’s fleet of 20 IC37 race boats in 2019. These purpose-built machines, combined with one-design sails from North Sails, identical gear and standardized rig tune, create a level platform for amateur big-boat racing. Yacht club teams worldwide and Corinthian (amateur) sailors flock to Newport to race in this competition. During the first Invitational Cup in 2009, 19 yacht club teams from 14 countries and four continents competed, and the New York Yacht Club emerged as the winner. Since 2009, more than 1,000 sailors, comprised of teams from more than 40 yacht clubs representing 21 countries and all six continents, have competed in at least one edition of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.

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Newport-based American Magic to again represent New York Yacht Club at America's Cup

NEW YORK — Earlier this week, the trustees of the New York Yacht Club approved a challenge for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, sailing’s most prestigious trophy.

“We are extremely excited to continue our quest to regain the America’s Cup with American Magic,” Paul M. Zabetakis, commodore of the New York Yacht Club, said in a prepared statement. “Upon receiving the Protocol for the 37th match, we were pleased to find that it contains elements advocated for by the club last spring.

"In addition, the executive committee recently received a new proposal from Doug DeVos and Hap Fauth, American Magic principals and Club members, that warranted reconsidering our earlier decision to pause our pursuit of AC37."

Previously: New York Yacht Club pulls out of 37th America's Cup

The New York Yacht Club created the America’s Cup and successfully defended it 25 times before losing the Cup to Australia II and the Royal Perth Yacht Club in Newport in 1983. In the years since, the New York Yacht Club has challenged for the trophy four times. The most recent challenge, represented by American Magic, ended prematurely when the team was knocked out of the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series in Auckland in January of 2021.

Discussions regarding the club’s next challenge started shortly after Emirates Team New Zealand successfully defended the Cup last March. However, due to a lack of clarity regarding the rules, timing and venue for the next Match, the club decided in October to pause its America’s Cup efforts. 

36th Cup: Portsmouth-based American Magic eliminated from America's Cup competition

A renewed mutual desire to have American Magic sail on behalf of the club and commit to a campaign for at least two consecutive America’s Cup cycles prompted the club and team to join forces for the 37th America’s Cup.

“While the result in Auckland was not what we had hoped for, skipper Terry Hutchinson and the entire team were tremendous ambassadors for the Club and displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the campaign,” Zabetakis said. “The America’s Cup remains the highest peak in sailing and one of the most difficult challenges in the world of sport. The lessons learned during our previous campaign, combined with American Magic’s physical and intellectual assets and a commitment to multiple cycles, will ensure this challenge a strong chance to claim sailing’s ultimate prize.”

While winning remains the primary goal, it’s not the only focal point of the campaign.

“The club’s involvement in AC37 must advance our foundational initiatives, including the development of America’s youth sailing talent and a commitment to increasing diversity within our sport,” Zabetakis said. “We will also continue to push for changes to the structure of the competition that can make the event more accessible to challengers, fans and corporate partners.”

The team and the club eagerly await the announcement within the next few months of the venue and schedule for the 37th America’s Cup.

“We intend to compete in AC37 and are hungry and highly motivated to be the most innovative team on and off the water,” Fauth said in a prepared statement. “We are proud of how our team rebounded during AC36, but we have unfinished business and are committed to investing in technology, design, innovation, and talent so we are best positioned to bring the America’s Cup home!”

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Russian stuff blowing up: Moscow yacht club goes up in flames

Big ammo dump bavovna

🔥 Explosion of a russian ammunition depot. Pokrovsk direction. pic.twitter.com/Oc9BaqcsHD — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) June 22, 2024

Smoke on the water, the fire in the sky.

Yachts go up in smoke. Could be sabotage or could be insurance fraud or could be another careless smoker.

“ARSON in a yacht club near Moscow. More than a dozen yachts and boats burned downs.” – Baza 👉 Russian ships are racing to join the Moskva. pic.twitter.com/VeErNGzT6s — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) June 21, 2024

Sucks when you can’t even get a moped through with a six-pack of water.

The whole road is about 15 km and you can take dozens of similar photos on it. Thanks to the successful operation of drones, Russians are sitting in tree lines and  forests with a minimum of ammunition, food and water. There were cases when we destroyed a moped with which Russians tried to bring a pack of 6 bottles of water to the position.”

Bukhanka graveyard on the Kharkiv front: “The cutting of Russian logistical routes is probably one of the key reasons why Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region got bogged down. In one photo there are 5 burnt Bukhankas. The whole road is about 15 km and you can take dozens of… pic.twitter.com/j1xeg4tOhr — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 22, 2024

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

🔞 Kadyrovite beats Kadyrovite. Education in the ruzzian army. pic.twitter.com/Z43RJsd2c2 — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) June 22, 2024

Speaking of declining morale.

According to "The Northern Channel", Russian military police have been detached to the northern Kharkiv front to suppress defections and that the highest risk of deserters is in the area of #Hyboke north of #Lyptsi where the AFU is making gains. "The military police arrived… pic.twitter.com/iiP6n69EyJ — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) June 18, 2024

Russia continues to round up migrants workers for cannon fodder duty in Ukraine.

Barnaul is in Siberia south of Novosibirsk.

Russia: FSB conducted a massive raid, lining up over 200 people outside night clubs and bars in Barnaul, near Novosibirsk. Some were severely beaten and gunshots were also heard. pic.twitter.com/GnCigcBE8S — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 22, 2024

45 migrants were forced at gunpoint to sit under the scorching sun This is how Russian law enforcers conducted another raid on migrants at a construction site in Voronezh. Those who are found to have a Russian passport are often taken to the military recruitment center. pic.twitter.com/vIDBiSWGRH — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 22, 2024

It’s basically an armored taxi.

In this video a Ukrainian soldier breaks down why this T-62 is a pile of shit.

The Ukrainian Army released an extensive video of the infamous Russian turtle tanks. They are far worse than expected. Underneath that garbage is an old T-62M. The gun is not operational, there is no ammunition and the turret is locked in place. The panels are sheet metal… pic.twitter.com/s33mm5zg5w — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) June 22, 2024

Another 1,110 Russian soldiers.

Russian losses per 22/06/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff +1110 men +8 tanks +11 APVs +28 artillery pieces +15 UAVs +4 cruise missiles pic.twitter.com/5Ul2ZRCfB0 — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 22, 2024

At least 4 285 Russian officers have been eliminated in Ukraine, +27 since last update. Minimum losses since 24 February 2022. Each name is confirmed by a Russian source via funeral notices, obituaries, graves, news platforms, monuments and memorial plaques. pic.twitter.com/KDBMXg72CZ — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 22, 2024

It reminds me of the old German V1 rocket

Breaking: Nikolayevsky Vanekreported reported on his TG Channel that the AFU has recovered remnants of an Iranian Atash-1/2 jet-powered OWUAV which was shot down and crash-landed near the town of #Ochakiv , Mykolaiv Oblast. The Atash drones are jet powered and appear to be cruise… pic.twitter.com/pk86jtAGin — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) June 22, 2024

Russians continue to shell Kharkiv.

The Russians dropped 4 x FAB UMPC's on the center of Kharkiv earlier today. Currently, there are 2 dead and 23 injured but the debris are still being cleared to search for more victims. #OSINT #UkraineWar #UkraineKrieg #Ukraine #Russia #NAFO REPOST APPRECIATED!!! pic.twitter.com/TjhXf2BNnu — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) June 22, 2024

The moment of the guided aerial bomb hit in Kharkiv The number of wounded has increased to 37. https://t.co/CTXKu85FC3 pic.twitter.com/1lduAfIJ3S — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) June 22, 2024

No, no, no. We weren’t trying to hit the residential building. We were trying to hit the hospital.

Russian propagandists now claim their target in Kharkiv was not a residential building but a police hospital. Their open admission of calls for war crimes is truly outrageous. Watch this and imagine it’s your Saturday afternoon pic.twitter.com/tP2BLSUoT8 — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) June 22, 2024

Well, what can ya do? You can’t hide in your basement 24/7.

Residents of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv shock with their calmness People continue to relax by the pool while explosions are heard on the horizon. A residential apartment building was damaged as a result of the attack. 18 people were injured, 2 dead. pic.twitter.com/NjgwsCbIGz — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 22, 2024

Russia not only commits war crimes like bombing a school, they posted video about it.

Russian sources are posting a video of what they describe as the "second use" of a FAB-3000 M-54 S UMPC in the #Liptsy area. Geolocation: 50.193348, 36.436196 The structure is the Slobozhanskaya School which is closed as civilians have been evacuated from the entire area. The… pic.twitter.com/2GUgssOi5I — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) June 21, 2024

This attack is in Ivano-Frankivsk, which is southeast of Lviv in western Ukraine.

The aftermath of the night attack on Ivano-Frankivsk Oil and Gas University In addition, 14 buildings, a lyceum, a kindergarten were damaged in the city. pic.twitter.com/Iz5WRyGRxZ — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) June 22, 2024

In  this video  a Russian soldier is wounded by an FPV drone. While he is lying in the road and his comrade walks up to him, he motions to his head. His comrade then finishes him off with a shot to the head.

Life is brutal in the Russian Army.

You can believe that this is the result of climate change if you like, but clearly this is the wrath of God at work. Expect to see locust swarms and frogs next.

🌪️ Russia: Tornadoes in Moscow injured over 40 people. Experts say the frequency and intensity of the phenomenon is increasing due to climate change. pic.twitter.com/KjpDe2Qd8t — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 21, 2024

Lukashenko says being president of Belarus is “fiddle-faddle” and that he dreams of milking cows.

Lukashenko told how he milks cows in his dreams. Also, during a visit to a dairy complex, he said the best job is in agriculture, and the presidency is fiddle-faddle. pic.twitter.com/AwpScZES7F — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 22, 2024

This is why Ukraine will eventually win.

A Russian drone was taken out by Ukrainian EW, local people grabbed it and repaired it and sent it to the ukrainian army. Hah. pic.twitter.com/CRN6SgE3Vy — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 22, 2024

Rest in peace.

💔 In Kherson region, our colleague Oleksandr Chekhun was killed in an enemy attack while on duty at a checkpoint As a result of a Russian drone attack, an inspector of the patrol police response sector of the Kherson Police Department No. 1, a senior police lieutenant, was… pic.twitter.com/GTX7nTxG7a — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 22, 2024

No peppers? No green beans?

Because they are #Ukrainians ❗️😜🤣 The Ukrainian military man showed his trenches, where onions, cucumbers, dill , tomatoes are planted evenly and neatly... This nation cannot be defeated❗️☝️ pic.twitter.com/aeLupjZMbu — Olena_Wave🇺🇦 (@OlenaWave) June 22, 2024

Life goes on in Kyiv.

One more video from the festival in Kyiv for you. To tell you the truth, I meant to walk in the botanical garden and enjoy the nature. But it was a festival there 🙈 oops. Perhaps you will ask why the girls put the ribbons on the tree. I don’t know. Maybe it is some tradition… pic.twitter.com/tMaoP68LGa — Yaroslava Antipina (@strategywoman) June 22, 2024

Soledar needs a new home.

Meet Soledar, a cat who lost his home in the bombed city he’snamed after. Now he lives at a military strongpoint, nestled btwn tires, with 80th Brigade soldiers as family. Stressed by constant shelling, he needs evacuation from frontline. This war cat seeks a peaceful home. pic.twitter.com/ddyMNLyIRj — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) June 22, 2024

Man’s best friend and his backup vocals.

Peaceful night to all good people 😴💤 And let Russia burn. pic.twitter.com/Vy9PCw1QJU — 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@tweetforAnna) June 21, 2024

Harbour Court Seawall & Boathouse Restoration Video Update

In 2023, the New York Yacht Club Foundation embarked on a new initiative to improve the historic waterfront at Harbour Court. Watch the short video about why the Seawall and Boathouse Restoration is so meaningful. The Groundbreaking for this project took place on October 6, 2023 and we invite members...

• Grant Funded Project

A “Face Lift” At Harbour Court

In 2012, the distinctive stucco-and-limestone frontage of Harbour Court—originally completed in 1905—was deteriorating almost literally...

Clear Windows Upon the City

First impressions are always the most lasting, which is certainly the case with the New...

Shedding New Light on the Palm Café

Architect Whitney Warren created an aura of French “café society” when conceiving the curved, glass-conservatory...

• Event Galleries

June 2022 175th Society Cocktail Reception

Donors were greeted at Harbour Court for summer cocktails in appreciation of their support for...

Fish and Water Flowers of Harbour Court

Pond project completed before the 175th Club anniversary is thriving Today, the success of the...

February 2022 Palm Beach Fundraiser

Cocktails to celebrate the New York Yacht Club Foundation in Palm Beach, FL.

A Meeting of Great Minds: The Moravian Tiles of Harbour Court

The story behind the terracotta tiles at Harbour Court When you step out onto the...

Breathing New Life — and Purpose — into the Coop

The “chicken house” transformation has resulted in a useful, comfortable space for Harbour Court staff...

In Manhattan, Renewed Grandeur for the Model Room

After 120 years of foot traffic, Foundation-raised funds and fine craftsmanship result in a gleaming...

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