St. Petersburg River Yacht Club
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The St. Petersburg River Yacht Club, also known as St. Petersburg Central River Yacht Club or simply Central River Yacht Club, is a sailing club
Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...

 in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

. It is located on Petrovsky Island, off Peter's Passage, between the mouths of Malaya Neva
Neva River
The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length , it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge .The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake...

 and Malaya Nevka rivers. The Naval Yacht Club is close by.

Facilities

The club provides 24-hour security, as well as water and electricity connexions to moored yachts. It has showers, telephone and fax. Captains and crew of docked yachts have free use of the club facilities. A chandlery is on site, there are also repair facilities in a separate harbour, as well as a 12.5-ton crane.

History

The St. Petersburg River Yacht Club was established in 1860 and is one of the oldest Yacht clubs in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It was bestowed royal patronage by the tsar in 1910 on its 50th anniversary.

During the Soviet era This club went through a difficult period. It was renamed a few times, one of the clubs names then was "Central Yacht Club Trud". As part of the 1980 Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

preparations program, the club was revived, so that the Soviet union would have a competing Olympic sailing fleet.
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