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102 West Strand

P.O. Box 337

Oxford , MD 21654

(410) 226-5269

Founded in 1931, Tred Avon Yacht Club was originally known as the Kap Dun Club. The club has very active junior and racing fleets, including several “log canoes,” historic sailboats based on the dugout, which was the traditional fishing boat on Chesapeake Bay in the early 1800s.

A Brief History of The Tred Avon Yacht Club

In June of 1931 a small group of Oxford citizens established a bathing and sporting club on The Strand just above the Oxford Ferry dock.  They named it the Kap Dun Club which comes from an old English spelling of Town Point (or Cape).  As the sea nettles moved in for the summer, the sporting activity quickly focused on yacht racing and the club held its first races for three boats on a Sunday in late June.  The club name was changed to the Kap Dun Yacht Club. The fleet grew each week and by Labor Day of that year, the club organized a regatta with races for Knockabouts, Barnegat sneakboxes, Star boats, powered workboats, row boats, and a Free-for-All class including both square and sharp ended Log Canoes. The club also hosted a long distance race to Thimble Shoals for cruising boats. Jerry Valliant was elected Commodore and the club burgee was designed with a large blue “K” on a white background.  There was an active social schedule with dinners and dances during the summer.

In January 1932 the membership voted to change the name of the club to the Tred Avon Yacht Club.  A “reverse” burgee was adopted with a blue background and a white “Y” laid sideways with the points of the “Y” where the “K” had been.  The same clubhouse was used but a proper flagpole was erected.  By-laws were written specifying a variety of membership categories including women and juniors.  The racing program flourished with weekly races and a July 4th regatta for Stars, Log Canoes, 16’ and 20’ classes and two Free-for-All classes.  Membership increased to 89.

Throughout the 1930s the club grew and refined its racing.  In 1934 the annual regatta was combined with that of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club and called the Oxford Regatta.  Prominent trophies in that regatta included the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy and the Arthur J. Grymes trophy for Stars.  New and local classes appeared on the scene including the Scrappy Cat designed and built by Ralph Wiley and the Comet designed by Lowndes Johnson.  Many improvements in facilities were made over these years including a float and dock.  But by the late 1930s there was a strong desire to build a dedicated yacht club for both improved boating and social activities.   During the years that Dr. William Hammond was Commodore, 1938-9, the club leased Town Point from the town of Oxford and improved the property by grading the land, building a fence and a wharf.  A new clubhouse was designed by Emory Ross and built by D. Norton Taylor.  A new constitution and by-laws were adopted and the club was incorporated.  The membership continued to grow and was then limited to 150.  Racing flourished and the TAYC was asked to host the Comet Nationals in September 1939.

In 1940 Comm. Sigurd Hersloff started the Junior Sailing program with the addition of Penguins as a club fleet.  The Club made an effort to increase Junior participation.  During the war years racing was progressively limited with a small regatta in 1942, no regatta in 1943 and a “war” regatta in 1944.  But in August of 1945 the Oxford Regatta hosted 64 boats.  During the late 40s, the club developed rapidly.  Further improvements were made to the house and grounds by enlarging the kitchen, adding a grilling area, building a dinghy shed with ramp and purchasing  “The Swoose” for a club launch.

During the 1950s TAYC grew rapidly.  There were constant improvements to the club facilities as the membership increased.    Waterfront improvements included the extension of the east dock and the addition of the float, grading and filling low land near the dinghy shed, and a play area for young children. The Star fleet made a gift of an electric hoist for the dock.  A new bar room and large porch were added to the club house.  Club racing was dominated by fleets of small boats—Stars, Comets, Penguins, Thistles, Indian Landing 20s, Dolphins, Oxford Sailors, and Scrappy Cats.  Club Championships were started and plaques established to record the Champions.  Trophies were presented on Labor Day for club racing.  The Oxford Regatta continued to draw large fleets of small and cruising boats.  In 1950 the Oxford Race was changed from a start in Gibson Island to a start off Annapolis because of construction of a new bridge across the Bay.  Club skippers were champions in their fleets and many Bay and regional championships were held by TAYC.  In 1958 the Star class held its North American championships here and had entries from all over the world.  During the summers there was an active social schedule with dances held most Saturday nights.  Sunday night suppers at the club were family affairs at first catered by volunteers and then by a series of club stewards.  In 1958 the TAYC started hosting a Fourth of July fireworks celebration for the town of Oxford which was funded in the early years by donations from members.  Afternoon bridge was strictly for the ‘ladies’ and grew into a popular activity.

In 1950 the Junior Sailing Class was formally organized with R. Hammond Gibson as the first instructor.  The strict, formal classes spawned a generation of TAYC sailors who have had long successful yachting careers.  The Junior Sailing Program grew over the years with many of its alumni returning to teach the next generation of juniors.  Noted yachtsman Sherman Hoyt joined the club in the early 50s and ultimately donated some of his many trophies to the Junior Sailing Program at TAYC.  The junior boats have evolved from the Penguin to the Laser, Optimist and 420 following the national trends.  TAYC Juniors have won many CBYRA championships and many of them have gone on to national prominence.

New regattas were established in time.  In 1957 a fall race from Annapolis to Oxford was held by the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron for the cruising fleet.  The return race to Poplar Island was sponsored by TAYC.  Past Commodore Dr. Howard Kinnamon dedicated a punch bowl trophy to the memory of Past Commodore Dr. William T. Hammond and concocted the famous Hammond punch recipe.  This regatta is now held annually in mid September.  In 1984 the yacht club hosted a Log Canoe regatta in late August.  In memory of his father who owned the canoe Island Blossom and in order to foster Log Canoe racing, Past Commodore William H. Myers donated the trophy for this regatta, a painting of the Island Blossom sailing past TAYC.  A few years later, other traditional Chesapeake Bay classes were invited to race the same weekend and this regatta has grown to become the Myers Heritage Regatta and is held late each August.

During the latter 20th century many club families transitioned from racing one designs to racing cruising yachts.   The club racing program included CCA and then PHRF handicap series.  Teams of club members won many Bay championships and high point trophies from CBYRA.

A significant number of members distinguished the club by bringing home trophies from Annapolis, Nassau, Newport, Halifax and Bermuda.

In 1990 the old club house was found to be unsound. The membership voted to build a new two story house. A spectacular fire was organized to take down the old club.  During the sailing season of 1991, the club operated from a tent but still hosted regattas for almost 300 boats.  In late 1991, the new club opened to great appreciation for the view afforded by the second story balcony.  In 2001 the membership voted to replace the old west dock with floating docks in order to reduce the effect of wakes.  This provided mooring for a club fleet of Ideal 18’s which were purchased for the use of members for racing, instruction and day sailing.  This fleet, known as Focus on Sailing, has increased participation in sailing by members who are not yacht owners or who want to sail in one designs with other members.

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Welcome to the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford Md for the 2023 Junior Regatta. We are situtated on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Maryland, racing on the Tred Avon and Choptank rivers.  We welcome the Opti Green, Opti RWB, Junor ILCA 6 and Club 420 classes to race Saturday, 8 July 2023  

Please Register early!! Coaches, Please register with flag number and Cell number, Thank You!

Please be advised, the speed limit in Oxford begins a mile out of town and it strictly enforced at 25MPH. The NEW chief would like to meet you, but not with a ticket!

Tred Avon YC members , please use the member charge and use your name in member number.   

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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Tred Avon Yacht Club

Stories from the Tred Avon Yacht Club

101 West Strand P.O. Box 337 Oxford, MD 21654 410.226.5269

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Founded in 1931, Tred Avon Yacht Club was originally known as the Kap Dun Club. The club has very active junior and racing fleets, including several "log canoes," historic sailboats based on the dugout, which was the traditional fishing boat on Chesapeake Bay in the early 1800s.

TRED AVON YACHT CLUB BECOMES NSHOF FOUNDING MEMBER

A Brief History of The Tred Avon Yacht Club In June of 1931 a small group of Oxford citizens established a bathing and sporting club on The Strand just above the Oxford Ferry dock.  They named it the Kap Dun Club which comes from an old English spelling of Town Point (or Cape).  As the sea nettles moved in for the summer, the sporting activity quickly focused on yacht racing and the club held its first races for three boats on a Sunday in late June.  The club name was changed to the Kap Dun Yacht Club. The fleet grew each week and by Labor Day of that year, the club organized a regatta with races for Knockabouts, Barnegat sneakboxes, Star boats, powered workboats, row boats, and a Free-for-All class including both square and sharp ended Log Canoes. The club also hosted a long distance race to Thimble Shoals for cruising boats. Jerry Valliant was elected Commodore and the club burgee was designed with a large blue “K” on a white background.  There was an active social schedule with dinners and dances during the summer.

In January 1932 the membership voted to change the name of the club to the Tred Avon Yacht Club.  A “reverse” burgee was adopted with a blue background and a white “Y” laid sideways with the points of the “Y” where the “K” had been.  The same clubhouse was used but a proper flagpole was erected.  By-laws were written specifying a variety of membership categories including women and juniors.  The racing program flourished with weekly races and a July 4th regatta for Stars, Log Canoes, 16’ and 20’ classes and two Free-for-All classes.  Membership increased to 89.

Throughout the 1930s the club grew and refined its racing.  In 1934 the annual regatta was combined with that of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club and called the Oxford Regatta.  Prominent trophies in that regatta included the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy and the Arthur J. Grymes trophy for Stars.  New and local classes appeared on the scene including the Scrappy Cat designed and built by Ralph Wiley and the Comet designed by Lowndes Johnson.  Many improvements in facilities were made over these years including a float and dock.  But by the late 1930s there was a strong desire to build a dedicated yacht club for both improved boating and social activities.   During the years that Dr. William Hammond was Commodore, 1938-9, the club leased Town Point from the town of Oxford and improved the property by grading the land, building a fence and a wharf.  A new clubhouse was designed by Emory Ross and built by D. Norton Taylor.  A new constitution and by-laws were adopted and the club was incorporated.  The membership continued to grow and was then limited to 150.  Racing flourished and the TAYC was asked to host the Comet Nationals in September 1939.

In 1940 Comm. Sigurd Hersloff started the Junior Sailing program with the addition of Penguins as a club fleet.  The Club made an effort to increase Junior participation.  During the war years racing was progressively limited with a small regatta in 1942, no regatta in 1943 and a “war” regatta in 1944.  But in August of 1945 the Oxford Regatta hosted 64 boats.  During the late 40s, the club developed rapidly.  Further improvements were made to the house and grounds by enlarging the kitchen, adding a grilling area, building a dinghy shed with ramp and purchasing  “The Swoose” for a club launch.

During the 1950s TAYC grew rapidly.  There were constant improvements to the club facilities as the membership increased.    Waterfront improvements included the extension of the east dock and the addition of the float, grading and filling low land near the dinghy shed, and a play area for young children. The Star fleet made a gift of an electric hoist for the dock.  A new bar room and large porch were added to the club house.  Club racing was dominated by fleets of small boats—Stars, Comets, Penguins, Thistles, Indian Landing 20s, Dolphins, Oxford Sailors, and Scrappy Cats.  Club Championships were started and plaques established to record the Champions.  Trophies were presented on Labor Day for club racing.  The Oxford Regatta continued to draw large fleets of small and cruising boats.  In 1950 the Oxford Race was changed from a start in Gibson Island to a start off Annapolis because of construction of a new bridge across the Bay.  Club skippers were champions in their fleets and many Bay and regional championships were held by TAYC.  In 1958 the Star class held its North American championships here and had entries from all over the world.  During the summers there was an active social schedule with dances held most Saturday nights.  Sunday night suppers at the club were family affairs at first catered by volunteers and then by a series of club stewards.  In 1958 the TAYC started hosting a Fourth of July fireworks celebration for the town of Oxford which was funded in the early years by donations from members.  Afternoon bridge was strictly for the ‘ladies’ and grew into a popular activity.

In 1950 the Junior Sailing Class was formally organized with R. Hammond Gibson as the first instructor.  The strict, formal classes spawned a generation of TAYC sailors who have had long successful yachting careers.  The Junior Sailing Program grew over the years with many of its alumni returning to teach the next generation of juniors.  Noted yachtsman Sherman Hoyt joined the club in the early 50s and ultimately donated some of his many trophies to the Junior Sailing Program at TAYC.  The junior boats have evolved from the Penguin to the Laser, Optimist and 420 following the national trends.  TAYC Juniors have won many CBYRA championships and many of them have gone on to national prominence.

New regattas were established in time.  In 1957 a fall race from Annapolis to Oxford was held by the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron for the cruising fleet.  The return race to Poplar Island was sponsored by TAYC.  Past Commodore Dr. Howard Kinnamon dedicated a punch bowl trophy to the memory of Past Commodore Dr. William T. Hammond and concocted the famous Hammond punch recipe.  This regatta is now held annually in mid September.  In 1984 the yacht club hosted a Log Canoe regatta in late August.  In memory of his father who owned the canoe Island Blossom and in order to foster Log Canoe racing, Past Commodore William H. Myers donated the trophy for this regatta, a painting of the Island Blossom sailing past TAYC.  A few years later, other traditional Chesapeake Bay classes were invited to race the same weekend and this regatta has grown to become the Myers Heritage Regatta and is held late each August.

During the latter 20th century many club families transitioned from racing one designs to racing cruising yachts.   The club racing program included CCA and then PHRF handicap series.  Teams of club members won many Bay championships and high point trophies from CBYRA.

A significant number of members distinguished the club by bringing home trophies from Annapolis, Nassau, Newport, Halifax and Bermuda.

In 1990 the old club house was found to be unsound. The membership voted to build a new two story house. A spectacular fire was organized to take down the old club.  During the sailing season of 1991, the club operated from a tent but still hosted regattas for almost 300 boats.  In late 1991, the new club opened to great appreciation for the view afforded by the second story balcony.  In 2001 the membership voted to replace the old west dock with floating docks in order to reduce the effect of wakes.  This provided mooring for a club fleet of Ideal 18’s which were purchased for the use of members for racing, instruction and day sailing.  This fleet, known as Focus on Sailing, has increased participation in sailing by members who are not yacht owners or who want to sail in one designs with other members.

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