The Vanderbilt University Sailing Club was founded in 1962 with an initial grant from Harold Stirling Vanderbilt

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, a champion bridge player and a member of the Vanderbilt family.-Background:...

, then the chairman of the University's Board of Trust. The Sailing Club is the oldest club sport at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

 in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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The Vanderbilt University Sailing Club provides opportunities for Vanderbilt students to sail recreationally and competitively in its fleet of eight Flying Junior

Flying Junior

thumb|Coen Gulcher helming one of the first Flying Juniors The International Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy which was originally designed in 1955 in the Netherlands by renowned boat designer Van Essen and Olympic sailor Conrad Gülcher. The FJ was built to serve as a training boat for the...

 dinghies. Additionally, the club provides opportunities for members to sail and race keelboats in the Nashville J22 (sailboat) fleet.