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San Francisco Yacht Club

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The San Francisco Yacht Club, with its tranquil setting in Belvedere Cove and its superb harbor, is widely recognized as the premier yachting facility on the West Coast. It operates a year-round facility including the harbor, a dry sail area, a full-service restaurant, and a bar. The Club's exterior
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In July 2020, The SFYC built the Cove House, a facility that features both indoor and outdoor spaces in which members can host events, regattas, private parties and more. The facility itself is beautiful and features both indoor and outdoor spaces in which members can host regattas, member events,
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would be an ideal location. Another group felt that the Club should move back to San Francisco and lease land from the city government on
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The rebuilt building is still standing and now houses a restaurant currently called
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program and all members, whether they own boats or not, are committed to the
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Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the
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Former location in Sausalito, now a restaurant called The Trident
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Burgee
Belvedere, California
www.sfyc.org

yacht club
Belvedere, California
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
anchorage
Mission Rock
Sausalito

The Trident
Belvedere Cove
the Marina
St. Francis Yacht Club
junior sailing
Corinthian traditions of yachting
"San Francisco Club Shaken by Loss of Sailors in Race"
"Sailing in Marin: Sausalito's 86-year-old still going strong in Knarr competition - Marin Independent Journal"
the original
"Cove House - the San Francisco Yacht Club"
SF Yacht Club website
Categories
1869 establishments in California
Organizations based in San Francisco
Organizations based in Marin County, California

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