On Sunday, July 10, the yacht Rambler 100 was first to cross the finish line of the Transatlantic Race 2011.  The yacht set a new course record with an elapsed time of 6 days, 22 hours and 8 minutes for the 2975 nautical mile course which began in Newport, Rhode Island and finished at Lizard Point, South Cornwall, UK.

The final yacht to finish was the Sasha, which crossed the finish line on July 17 — 22 days after leaving Newport. The Sasha experienced the roughest weather of any participating yacht.

The Transatlantic Race was a collaboration between the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded in 1815), the New York Yacht Club (1844), the Royal Ocean Racing Club (1925) and the Storm Trysail Club (1938). It has been defined as “a defining race in ocean racing.”

Read more about the results of TR 2011 on the official race website.

The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) was established in 1844 aboard the yacht of John Cox Stevens, who became the first commodore. The original club membership consisted of 8 of Stevens’ friends. The first clubhouse was built in 1845 on land which was once part of the Stevens family estate, at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. The opening of that first clubhouse, which overlooked the Hudson River, was celebrated by a regatta which has since become the Annual Regatta. With only a few interruptions, the Annual Regatta has been held each year since that first event. In 2009, the NYYC help the 155th Annual Regatta.

In 1987, the NYYC acquired Harbour Court, the former summer home of Commodore John Brown, in Newport, Rhode Island. Since then, Harbour Court has been the site of many prestigious NYYC yachting races and events. NYYC was the owner of the America’s Cup for 132 years, until 1983. The victories of NYYC boat’s in the America’s Cup from 1870 to 1980 is often called the longest winning streak in sports history.