Glance's captain, William L. Swan, was elected Seawanhaka's first Commodore.

Charles E. Willis became the Vice Commodore, Frederic de P. Foster assigned as the first Secretary, Gerard Beekmanthe Treasurer and William Foulke as the Measurers.

In 1881 Seawanhaka held Cup races from the New York harbor to Sandy Hook, NJ.

Club's triangular blue burgee has 12 White stars, eight in a horizontal direction and four others crossing vertically.

Recognizing its important history, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Simply known as the "Seawanhaka Rule", it served as a rating for all eastern seaboard races from 1887 onwards, including the America's Cup from 1893 to 1903.