Royal Danish Yacht Club
{{Short description|Danish yacht club}}
{{Infobox yacht club
| clubname = Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub
| emblem =
| emblemcaption =
| burgee = Burgee of Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub.svg
| burgeecaption = Burgee
| ensign = Ensign of Royal Danish Yacht Club.svg
| ensigncaption = Ensign
| otheremblem =
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| fullname = Royal Danish Yacht Club
| nickname =
| short name = KDY
| founded = {{Start date|1866|07|03|df=y}}
| dissolved =
| location = Tuborg Havnepark 15, {{nowrap|Hellerup, Copenhagen}}
| campus = Rungsted, Skovshoved, Tuborg
| commodore = Lars Ive
| focus =
| website = {{Official website|http://kdy.dk}}
}}
Royal Danish Yacht Club ({{langx|da|Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub}}; shortened KDY) is a Danish yacht club in Copenhagen that was established 1866 under the name Dansk Forening for Lystsejlads.{{Cite web|url=http://www.icoyc.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=314612&ssid=204829&vnf=1|title=KDY-Royal Danish Yacht Club - International Council of Yacht Clubs|website=www.icoyc.org|access-date=2017-08-05}} It is the oldest yacht club in Denmark, and has been under royal patronage since Christian IX's approval in 1891. It has about 2,200 members. The club house has been situated in Tuborg Havn since 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://kdy.dk/con21.php4|title=KDY's historie|website=Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919094856/http://kdy.dk/con21.php4|archive-date=2012-09-19|url-status=dead|access-date=4 August 2017}}
History
File:Royal Danish Yacht Club by Julius Aagaard.png
The Royal Danish Yacht Club was originally based in the Langelinie Pavilion in Copenhagen. The building was destroyed by schalburgtage during World War II. The club has later moved to their new purpose-built headquarters in Tuborg Haven.