Paris (Department and Municipality, France): Yacht clubs and rowing clubs

Last modified: 2005-04-09 by ivan sache
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• Cercle de la Voile de Paris
• Union des Plaisanciers Français
• Union Nationale pour la Course au Large
• Rowing-Club

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• France
• Paris (Department and Municipality, France)
• France: Yacht clubs

Cercle de la Voile de Paris

by Ivan Sache

Cercle de la Voile de Paris (CVP) was founded in 1868, when Cercle des Voiliers de la Basse-Seine merged with Cercle des Yachts de Paris.

CVP was initially located in Argenteuil, a port on the Seine downriver from Paris which was a main center of recreational and sport boating at that time, and has been very often illustrated by the Impressionnist painters. In 1893, the yacht club moved further downstream to Les Mureaux, where it is still located. Le