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Major Milestones in SBYC History:
1922 Founding of Spray Beach Yacht Club
1924 First Clubhouse erected
1927 Incorporated in the State of New Jersey
1927 Property Purchased for the club
1938 Club Burgee Adopted
1968 Large (senior) clubhouse built
1983 Junior clubhouse moved; new clubhouse built in it's place
1984 Women members accepted
1984 SBYC hosts A-Cat Worlds
1988 First Woman appointed to BOG
1992 Portion of Marshelder Island Purchased
1996 Sailing Center purchased by club
2001 First Woman appointed as a Flag Officer
2004 First Woman Commodore
Past Commodores at SBYC
1923 Herman G. Schanche*   1976 George S. Cripps
1924 Ralph G. Law*   1977 David J. Clark 
1925-26 Harry Thompson*   1978 Jeffrey K. Thompson  
1927-41 Harry Pfeiffer*   1979 David M. Holmes*
1942-43 Loyal S. Patton*   1980 John B. Bennet, Jr.
1943-49 James E. Buck*   1981 Ralph L. Taylor* 
1950 Louis Jammer*   1982 Eldon L. Smith, Jr. 
1951-53 Fredrick K. Schanche*   1983 Albert Wunsch 
1954 George A. Gieseke*   1984 Harry R. Garton 
1955 Raymond H. Rieder*   1985 Peter S. Evert 
1956 William V. Wivel*   1986 Donald A. Corsig 
1957 Frankin F. Trainer*   1987 Peter V. Bull 
1958 R. James Wilson*   1988 Richard Janiszewski 
1959 Herbert V. Young*   1989 Carl MacFarlane*
1960 Robert  M. Hudson*   1990 Richard Young 
1961 C. Irwin Galbreath, Jr.*   1991 Louis F. Purul 
1962 Walter J. Pyle*   1992 Donald Mohr 
1963     George Helmetag*   1993 Robert C. Roy 
1964 Avery F. Blake*   1994 Raymond J. Bock
1965 Milo R. Gerow*   1995 Richard Ketchel 
1966 J. Stuart Smart*   1996 Louis Sonz
1967 Robert K. Cope*   1997 Robert  Hordis*
1968 James P. Seitz    1998 Robert Cramer
1969 George A. Clymer*   1999 Vincent Gusmano
1970 Frank A. Schwarz*   2000 Thomas Kimmel
1971 Richard W. Clynes*   2001 Jack Kosiorek
1972 J. Reed Stovall, Jr.*   2002 Gary Kirschenmann
1973 George A Parker, Jr.   2003 Mark Janiszewski
1974 Joseph O. Reese   2004 Patty Herrmann
1975 Walter H. Beadling   2005 Thomas Walsh
        * Deceased