Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club


The Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Lakewood, New York, on the south shore of Chautauqua Lake.

Fleets

The club was a powerhouse of the Snipe International Class, and still holds number 124 in the listing of snipe's fleets around the world. In that class, CLYC hosted the world championship in 1946 and the North Americans in 1979, and produced two SCIRA Commodores: Harold Griffith and Edward "Red" Garfield.
CLYC is now home of the following fleets:
Leslie Larson won the 1959 Snipe Junior National Championship along with his crew, Jim Lenna, and the National Championship in 1962 with his father Victor Larson.