The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is a yacht club based in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1939, the GGYC is the home port of Oracle Team USA, the winners of the 2010 and 2013 America's Cup yacht racing competition
History In 1939 the first members built a clubhouse on a barge in the San Francisco Marina. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the club, members pulled together and rebuilt it.
GGYC is a popular cruise and regatta venue on the San Francisco waterfront. The club is located on the jetty directly east of the St. Francis Yacht Club and north of the Marina Green, at the end of Yacht Road. The most well-known of current members is Oracle Corporation founder Larry Ellison.
The Club entered the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, the America's Cup challenger selection series, represented by the BMW Oracle Racing team. BMW Oracle Racing were eliminated in the semi-finals. The team challenged for the America's Cup in 2010 and won a Deed of Gift match 2–0 against the Société Nautique de Genève's (SNG) Alinghi team, making GGYC the first American yacht club to hold the cup since 1995.
America's Cup Management announced on July 5, 2007 that the protocol for the 33rd America's Cup had been agreed between the Defending yacht club, SNG, and its Challenger of Record, the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain. GGYC sued, successfully arguing that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid challenger. The challenge was upheld, and BMW Oracle Racing sailed against Alinghi in February 2010 in Valencia, Spain. The competing boats, Alinghi 5 and USA 17 were both 90-foot multihulls. The rigid wing sail of USA 17 provided a decisive advantage and GGYC won the 2010 America's Cup by a considerable margin.
GGYC successfully defended their title at the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco in 2013, but finally lost the trophy in the 35th edition against the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
Commodores To date, there have been 66 commodores of the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
+NameYears servedJim Flaherty2025 – presentMaurice Quillen2022 – 2024Leslie Lacopi2019 - 2022Norbert Bajurin2010 - 2018Marcus Young2007 - 2010David Haskin2005 - 2006Ned Barrett2003 - 2004Norbert Bajurin2001 - 2002Linda Pierce2000Mary Sancimino1999Nancy Wesley1998Joseph Bambara1997Michael McGlothlin1996Michael Hobson1995Jim Brennan1994Chuck Pierce1993Karen McManus1991 - 1992Douglas Carroll 1990Hans Randrup1989Oral Moore1988Cal Person1987Dana Pettengill1986Gordon Engel 1985Bud Fuller 1984Dave Miller1983Jeff Litke1982Dean Collins1981John Kenny 1980Mike Mann1979Ralph Lewis1978Roy Koski, D.M.D.1977Louis Rossi 1976John Roveda1975William Dodge1974Ed Nylund 1973Roy C. Berner 1972Anthony G.Vlantis1971Wes Smith1970Bruce Paulk1969Wally Solloway1968Cliff Melder1967Douglas C. Carroll1966Richard Carroll1965Walter Vendetti1964James Heatlie 1963Harry Lieberman1962John Benone1961Kenneth Carlson1960Leo Cone1959Dan Regan1958Ray Carpenter1957Bob Kelly1956Otto Bueren1955Max Koch1954Len Fleischman1953Max Williams1952Manuel Fagundes1951Jeff Capell 1950Paul Dember 1948 - 1949W. Muggenthaler1947W.H. Capell1946J. Arvid Johnson1945Robert A. Davies1944H. McMullen 1943H.A. Livingston1942Bud Schaffnit 1941H.P McKean 1940
See also America's Cup title holders New York Yacht Club, defeating the competition's founders, the Royal Yacht Squadron, 1851-1983 Royal Perth Yacht Club, 1983-1987 San Diego Yacht Club, 1987-1995 Société Nautique de Genève, 2003-2010 Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron; 1995-2003, 2017-present
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Further reading
The car mechanic is Norbert Bajurin.
External links Official website: https://ggyc.com/