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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 ...
Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the Pacific Coast. The original anchorage and clubhouse were located in San Francisco near Mission Rock, but inadequate depth of water and increasing industrial growth in the area resulted in a move to Sausalito. Waterfront property was purchased and a new clubhouse erected ...
Cargreen Yacht Club United Kingdom: Cargreen: 1972 Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club United Kingdom: Cowes, Isle of Wight: 1952 Greenwich Yacht Club United Kingdom: London: 1908 Guernsey Yacht Club United Kingdom: Saint Peter Port, Guernsey: 1890 House of Commons Yacht Club United Kingdom: London: 1953 House of Lords Yacht Club United Kingdom: London ...
The Pacific-Union Club is a social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, in the Nob Hill neighborhood. It was founded in 1889, as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854). The clubhouse is the former Flood Mansion, built as a home for silver magnate James ...
Tinsley Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, in San Joaquin County, California, next to the Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel. It was created in the 1930s, when dredging to improve the navigability of the San Joaquin River cut it off from Roberts Island. Since 1958, it has been owned by the St. Francis Yacht ...
2019: US Sailing located its training for the US Sailing Olympic Team on Treasure Island, San Francisco [15] Competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 27 July to 6 August 2021 at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor. [16]
Union Square around the turn of the 20th century The square in 1968, as seen from the St. Francis Hotel. Union Square was originally a large sand dune, and the square was later set aside to be made into a public park in 1850. Union Square got its name from the pro-Union rallies held there on the eve of the Civil War.
1869 San Francisco Yacht Club, first club on the West Coast of the US [18] 1871 Milwaukee Yacht Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1871 Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, in Centre Island, New York; 1872 Beverly Yacht Club, in Marion, Massachusetts; 1875 Savin Hill Yacht Club in Dorchester, Massachusetts; 1875 Rhode Island Yacht Club, in Cranston ...