Island Bay Yacht Club

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Short name| IBYC
Founded| 1935
Location| 76 Yacht Club Road, Springfield, Illinois 62712
Website| www.ibyconline.com

The Island Bay Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Springfield, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Springfield.[1][2][3]

## Fleets

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The club is home of the following One-Design racing fleets:[4]

* JY15
* C-Scow
* Sunfish
* Optimist
* J/22
* Laser
* Thistle

## Sailors

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IBYC member Dave Chapin was 3 times world champion, after winning the Snipe Worlds in 1979 with Timothy Dixon, and the Sunfish Worlds in 1979 and 1981, besides several times national and North American champion in Laser, Sunfish, Snipe, 470 and Soling.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Mission Bay Yacht Club". ActiveCaptain. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
2. ^ "Springfield's Own Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
3. ^ "The State Journal-Register 8-6-2011". Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
4. ^ "Fleets". Island Bay Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
5. ^ "50th E Scow Blue Chip Regatta". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2016-11-15.

## External links

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* Official website