Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club, located at the mouth of the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut, was founded in 1959. The club has about 200 member families with 160 boats each having its own slip. The split between sailboats and power boats is about even. Cruising, fishing and racing are the main on-water activities with a busy year-round entertainment schedule for the members. There are active youth, book and singing groups. Situated in a residential area, Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club […]
Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club
Pequot Yacht Club came to be through the efforts of Fred Bedford, in addition to Harold Lloyd, Johannes Schiott and Lawrence Craufurd. The first meeting of Pequot Yacht Club was held in the Greens Farms home of Fred Bedford on October 25, 1920. These Founding Fathers, in addition to a group of five or six interested sailors, agreed to form a yacht club for the purpose of reviving and promoting competitive sailing. In November 1920, a constitution and by-laws were […]
Noroton Yacht Club, founded in 1928, is dedicated to promoting family participation in sailboat racing and recreational sailing. The Club is located in the Darien Harbor, just West of Long Neck Point, with easy access to Long Island Sound. The Club has a rich heritage of one-design racing. Noroton’s members are currently sailing J-24’s, Sonars, Ensigns, and 2.4mR’s. In addition the Club has a fleet of over 50 Cruising boats. Our boats participate in Club races as well as other […]
The Darien Boat Club is located at 135 Pear Tree Point Road in Darien, Connecticut. The Boat Club offers a well protected anchorage for the membership’s boats in a picturesque residential setting. The Long Island Sound is easily and quickly accessed by the short harbor in which it is situated between the many harbors of Stamford and Norwalk. The Darien Boat Club is ideally located for day trips to the Norwalk Islands, Five Mile River, Norwalk Harbor, Stamford Harbor, and […]
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The Vallejo Yacht Club has an comprehensive sailing program including, an active racing calendar, monthly cruise outs, and off shore coastal ventures. The club also offers sailing classess and courses for all levels of expertise. Membership in the Vallejo Yacht Club is open to anyone interested in boating and related activities. Ownership of a boat is not required.
The UCLA Sailing Team is a small group of active, dedicated, and fun-loving students. We sail competitively with colleges and universities throughout California and the nation. Our district is the Pacific Coast (PCIYRA) which includes all of California and Hawaii, so most of our regattas are throughout the California coast– we travel on weekends, usually 1-2 times a month. We began competing again several years ago after a brief hiatus. The team has shown considerable improvement over each of […]
The Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Season was the 45th Anniversary of the formation of the UCI Sailing Team. In those 45 years the team has garnered 7 National Championships, 50 All American honors, 5 ICSA Dinghy National low point winners and numerous Conference Championships. However a lot has changed in 25 years. The team has gone from a full fledged varsity program with a full time coach and athletic department perks to a viable student run racing program. Less than three […]
CCYC is the longest-lived yacht club in Santa Monica Bay and among the oldest on the Pacific Coast, tracing its incorporation to the depression year of 1932 on March 31, 1932. South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club has gone through many changes from its earlier foundations, retaining the spirit of yachting and having a good time. Today, we are a cross-section of the yachting community, incorporating a variety of craft from single man rowing shells and sabots to ocean racers competing […]
Until Marina del Rey and King Harbor were completed in the early 1960‘s there was little moorage available for sailboatsso there was little racing. Back then the Santa Monica Yacht Harbor was behind the now demolished breakwater off the Santa Monica Pier. South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club was represented there as was one of the original ‘Snipe’ one-design fleets (they launched from their trailers on the pier with the hoist used to off load commercial fishing boats.) When the two […]
Welcome to South Bay Sailing’s website. We are a full service ASA accredited sailing school and charter company. Whether it is lessons or cruising you are looking for, our sleek fleet of racing boats are responsive to drive and fun to ride. Please scroll down to see our news feed for more details about what’s currently happening at the dock. Also check out our monthly newsletter linked at the bottom of the page. That’s where we offer deals and specials. […]
Looking through the club roster, there aren’t many old timers left, and several people have asked me about how the club started and we got the club house, so perhaps now would be a good time to put it on paper. The marina is built on the site of an old land fill. The land fill operations were completed in 1974. Subsequently, Kohl, a developer went to the city of Brisbane and offered to develop the site in exchange for […]
How did we get where we are today? Back in the late thirties, Dr. Jack E. Taylor and Dr. Glenn E. Thorpe, sailing friends, met on a regular basis for lunch at a restaurant overlooking Santa Monica Bay. As with all yachting types, the conversations during these lunches invariably turned to the subject of boats and boating. Before long, these men who jokingly called themselves the “End of the World Yacht Club”, were joined by Boyd “Bud” Verplank and Stratford […]
Activities started again in 1946, the first regatta in 1947 was held at the Naval Reserve Armory. Club meetings were held in various member’s houses. During February 1949 a suite was leased in the California Hotel. In January 1950 negotiations were opened with the City for a portion of beach for a clubhouse location. In July 1950 there was a “Bill of Sale” from the Union Oil Company for an old office building to be used for a clubhouse. The […]
The Santa Barbara Sailing Club is located in Santa Barbara, California, approximately 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Our mild Mediterranean climate allows us to sail year-round. Santa Barbara Sailing Club (SBSC) was established in 1959 to promote primarily one-design class sailboat racing in the Santa Barbara harbor area. Since then our activities have expanded to include PHRF race categories and cruising activities. Affordable access to the sport of sailboat racing has been a primary objective of the SBSC. SBSC is a […]
Sacramento Bayliner Club
The objective of the Port Royal Yacht Club is to promote the art and science of seamanship and navigation, to promote clean sportsmanship, good citizenship, and good health among the youth and adult members by stimulating interest in, and by promoting through educational programs the construction, care, sailing and navigation of yachts, aimed always toward the goal of safety at sea. The Port Royal Yacht Club is located in the beautiful Port Royal Marina. Check the Port Royal Marina website […]
The objective of this Club shall be to encourage the sport of yachting in cooperation with the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) and the San Diego Association of Yacht Clubs (SDAYC). In so doing, the Club will promote an active social schedule for the benefit of its members and their guests. In all of its endeavors the Club will foster a Corinthian spirit and promote the traditions of the sport.” The roots of the Point Loma Yacht Club go back […]