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Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil en Roei Vereeniging

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Koninklijke Nederlandsche
Zeil- & Roeivereeniging
Emblem of the KNZ&RV
Burgee of the KNZ&RV
Ensign of the KNZ&RV
Full nameDutch:
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging

Royal Netherlands Yacht Club
Nickname(s)De Koninklijke
Short nameKNZ&RV
FoundedDecember 16, 1847; 176 years ago (1847-12-16)
LocationWestzeedijk 7,
1398 BB Muiden
Flevolaan 6,
1601 MA Enkhuizen
CommodoreGuido van Berkel
Websitehttp://www.knzrv.nl

The Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging (English: Royal Netherlands Yacht Club, KNZ&RV) is a Dutch yacht club based both in Muiden and Enkhuizen. It was founded in 1847 and is the oldest - remaining - yacht club in the Netherlands. The KNZ&RV was one of the yacht clubs which took the initiative for the founding of the Royal Dutch Rowing Federation and the Royal Netherlands Yachting Union. The KNZ&RV is the honorable chairing club of the Royal Netherlands Yachting Union.