Knickerbocker Yacht Club Article

[Soundbounder]

Newsday op-ed piece on the closing of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-if-it-could-happen-to-the-knickerbocker-1.1670541

[Bob Triggs]

Newsday op-ed piece on the closing of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-if-it-could-happen-to-the-knickerbocker-1.1670541

Matt, couldnt you post that essay on your blog or here?

[schoonerpacket]

Aye, seeing as I'm not about to subscribe to something I don't need to.

[paladin]

Have they already closed down.....? I know a couple of clubs survived by adding new absentee members.....folks who rarely go in for the club scene but sign up for one for the reciprocal privileges....I kept my privileges in Chomburi at the Royal Varuna club for the same reason.

[Soundbounder]

My apologies.
I forgot that Newsday recently limited access to it's website.

Here is an earlier draft. The editors changed some of it:

http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2009/11/farewell-to-knickerbocker.html

[Soundbounder]

Have they already closed down.....? I know a couple of clubs survived by adding new absentee members.....folks who rarely go in for the club scene but sign up for one for the reciprocal privileges....I kept my privileges in Chomburi at the Royal Varuna club for the same reason.Yes they have already closed.
In November they held an auction to sell everything from kitchen supplies, to half hulls.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Always sad to see these things pass

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/postcards/bayside.jpg

NY Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/nyregion/12towns.html

[Chris Coose]

And even the old sort-of rich, the doctors and dentists and successful business owners who could afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars on sailboats and their accouterments, found themselves feeling the pinch in the way they hadn’t in previous generations.

By way of the foundng father's inspired preamble, The Welfare Fleet Yacht Club ought to fare well in these troubled times. Membership is up so far this season.
I'm wondering if the club could support the purchase of a nice cap for Commodore Bauer?