History

Cyrus H.K. Curtis, benefactor of the Camden Yacht Club and its longest-serving commodore, and publisher of magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post, surely wrote many notable comments during his lifetime, much of which was spent along the coast of Maine.

“There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else." Cyrus H.K. Curtis

Curtis belonged to more than one club, yet to the CYC he gave a special gift. On August 23, 1926, Curtis surprised those attending the Club's annual meeting by giving the yacht club property to the  Town of Camden.