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Bristol Yacht Club marks 53 years with regatta history
The Bristol Yacht Club recalls its 53 year evolution from Neptune Boat Club in 1877 to the Bristol Yacht Club on Narragansett Bay as it hosts Providence area readers for a 250th Bristol celebration. It highlights founders like Wm R Trotter and W Fred Williams, the club’s building funds, prize policies, notable regattas, and Dr Ramon Guiteras’ contributions guiding its long social and sporting role.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Narragansett Bay
Bristol
Neptune Boat Club
Herreshoff Company
Phoenix
W. Fred Williams
Orginal Club
Neptune Yacht Club
Tiue
Dr Willams
Augustus Bourn
Arthur Ro Cortell
Wm Dew Dimmock
Charles H Douglass
Archie Mc
Zephyr Boat Club
A. O. Bourn
Neptune Club
Wm. R Trotter
Wm R. Trotter
Arthur B Corthell
W Fred Willams
Harry W. Jones
Thames Street
Wm. R. Taylor
Holmes
W Fred Williams
Jacob S Martin
Charles F. Chace
Neptune Boat Club Building Fund Committee
Gary
Narragansett Boat Club
Providence
Bradford Durfee
Edward H. Tingley
W- L. McKee
Chanticleer
Sagamore
Commodore Palmer
Commodore
Wm R Trotter
I F Williams, Jr
Wm H Phillips
I F Williams Jr
Joseph E Fletcher
Henry F Lippitt
Wm H. Thurber
R W Comstock, Jr
Charles F Tillinghast
Wm L. McKee
John S Palmer
Red Cross
Wm G Low, Jr
Paul C Nicholson
Constitution Street
Belvedere
Commodore Tillinghast
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York
Marblehead
Thomas Lipton
Commodore McKee
Crown Hotel
Dr Guteras
Pappasquash Point
Dr. Gutteras
Gutteras
Ramon Gutteras
William R. Trotter
Isaac F. Williams
Henry F. Lippitt
William H. Thurber
Richard W. Com