It was founded by Oswald Garrison Villard, publisher of the New York Evening Post and The Nation.

On January 1, 1907, publisher Oswald Garrison Villard released the first issue of Yachting.

A year later he appointed his “schoolmate and lifelong friend”, 37-year-old Herbert L. Stone, as the magazine's second editor.

Miles purchased the magazine from Mr. Villard, and sold it to John Clarke Kennedy a few years later.

Most of the editorial content covers new marine products and developments, a calendar of races and lists of yacht brokerages.