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Founded in 1927, the Saint Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) was formed when some of the members of the San Francisco Yacht Club decided to move their clubhouse from Sausalito to Belvedere, California to escape the rapidly growing commercial activity of Sausalito. This was prior to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, and travel to Marin County ...
The Inverness Yacht Club or IYC is a small pleasure boating club located in Inverness, California, on the western shore of Tomales Bay, in Marin County, California. The IYC was first formed in 1912, and the current boathouse was completed in 1914. [1] [2] The club was not financially stable and the club was foreclosed on in 1940.
Long Beach Race Week is hosted by the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and the Long Beach Yacht Club. [3] is the Southern California Keel Boat championship that has ushered summer into Southern California for 35 years. By the end of 2018, The Americas Cup Committee accepted a second American challenge from Taylor Canfield and the LBYC,. [4]
In it, "one junior from each 20 Bay Area yacht clubs [would] undergo extensive instruction at Tinsley, with former Mallory Cup champion Jimmy DeWitt as chief instructor". [ 37 ] The 1967 cruise had "577 members and guests, on 112 yachts and 24 houseboats"; [ 38 ] it featured a "20-piece orchestra and 50 cooks, waiters and bartenders". [ 38 ]
Take the one I went to a few years ago in Greece where the bride and groom missed their wedding reception because they wanted to take sunset photos on a yacht. They were on the boat for two hours.
In 1980 the original owner, Ward Proescher, sold the business to Terry MacRae and P. Michael Watson. Proescher later went on to start a competing charter yacht company in the Bay Area, Commodore Cruises. By acquiring existing charter yacht companies, Hornblower was able to expand into San Diego in 1984, followed by Newport Beach in 1987.
Corinthian Yacht Club House c. 1894 in Tiburon Corinthian Yacht Club in July 2023 The former railroad grade now forms part of the San Francisco Bay Trail, used by hikers and cyclists. Life changed little in the 40 years between the death of John Reed in 1842 and the arrival of Peter Donahue in 1882.
The Lido Isle Yacht Club was founded in 1928, though it did not fully organize until 1947. The club’s burgee is a combination of the white burgee with red St. George’s Cross of the Royal Yacht Squadron and blue fouled anchor of the South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club. Its mission has been to educate young sailors and provide activities to the ...