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Wanderer 77. , but her owner, Mr F. Last, was again dis- 

 appointed. However, two years later, the pluck and deter- 

 mination of Mr Last was deservedly rewarded by the 

 Corona. 



About the year 1887 a small syndicate was privately 

 formed for the purpose of building suitable club premises at 

 Lowestoft. A site was acquired from the Great Eastern 

 Railway Company overlooking the yacht basin and the south 

 pier, on which a commodious bungalow club-house was 

 erected, and the members of the club then numbered about 

 250. 



In the early part of 1883 the inhabitants of that very 

 much go-ahead little borough and seaside resort, Great 

 Yarmouth, determined to have a Yacht Club of their own, and 

 at the instigation of Mr H. Harvey George and Mr F. Danby 

 Palmer a meeting was called at the Town Hall for the purpose 

 of promoting it. 



This meeting (Mr H. Harvey George in the chair) was 

 held on the 16th day of March 1883, and almost every one of 

 any importance in the town attended. The past revels of 

 Burgh Water Frolic, before alluded to in these pages, were 

 re-awakened, and amidst much enthusiasm the club was 

 formed, the first committee including the following gentle- 

 men : Mr H. Blake, Mr H. R. Harmer, Mr F. Danby Palmer, 

 Mr W. H. Stanley, Mr R. E. Dowson, Mr. J. Mack, Mr T. 

 Morgan, Mr A. A. Steward, Mr W. S. Chamberlain, Mr. H. 

 Bond, Mr T. M. Baker, Mr G. F. Crane, Mr J. P. Hall, Mr. J. 

 Hall, Mr S. Lacon, Mr Oswald Diver, Mr C. Diver, Mr F. 

 Burton, Mr W. Teasdael. Mr F. Carpenter, Mr W. Barnard 

 Mr W. Brighton, Mr J. H. Bly, Mr Isaac Preston, Mr J. Mack, 

 Mr F. Mack, Mr J. Hastings. 



The first commodore of the club was Sir Edward Birkbeck, 

 Bart., and the secretary, Mr H. Harvey George. The 

 burgee is red and blue with semi-lion passant with fish's 

 tail. 



The first regatta was held on Breydon Water on the 

 14th June 1883. On the 14th September 1888, through the 



