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  1. SFMYC

    Spreckels Lake and the San Francisco Model Yacht Club are special parts of the city's long and colorful maritime history. Established in 1898, the club is believed to be the oldest such organization in the United States. Originally conceived to "… encourage model boating [free sailing]," the club's 175 active members live across the U ...

  2. San Francisco Model Yacht Club

    San Francisco Model Yacht Club - SFMYC is a club for model yacht enthusiasts who enjoy sailing, racing and building various types of model boats. The club has a rich history dating back to 1898 and offers a variety of events and activities for its members and guests. Whether you are interested in joining the club, participating in a regatta, or just watching the boats on the water, you will ...

  3. San Francisco Model Yacht Club

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club (SFMYC) is dedicated to the hobby, arts, and sport of building and racing working model boats of all descriptions. A California-incorporated 501 (c) (7) non-profit, social/recreational corporation, it is anchored by the Spreckels Lake Model Yacht Facility in Golden Gate Park, which includes the lake itself and ...

  4. Golden Gate Park Model Yacht Club

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club, founded in 1898, is the oldest such club in the Americas and has about 175 active members. Hidden out of site on most days, the club keeps a beautiful and ...

  5. Connect the Bay: San Francisco Model Yacht Club

    Founded in 1898, the San Francisco Model Yacht Club has resided at Golden Gate Park's Spreckels Lake since it was donated for their specific use in 1903. The...

  6. San Francisco Model Yacht Club still going strong on Spreckels Lake

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club races sailboats around Spreckels Lake at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) On most days, 94 ...

  7. SFMYC === San Francisco Model Yacht Club

    A collection of great San Francisco Model Boat Club boats to look at

  8. SF Model Yacht Club just might float your boat

    Brosius is a 40-year member of the San Francisco Model Yacht Club and organizer of this year's yacht parade, an event that can best be described as the polar opposite of the Folsom Street Fair ...

  9. SF Model Yacht Club 125th Anniversary Celebration (Golden Gate Park)

    San Francisco Sailing Science Center Exhibits. Ragtop/Stinkpot Relay Regatta .Have-A-Go for Public - try running a model with some individual instruction. SFMYC Club Building Open House. Live Music: Parlor Tricks "Industrial Ragtime" Band Come learn about the history of the oldest continuously operating model yacht club in the U.S.

  10. See SF's Epic Model Yacht Regatta: Opening Day on the Lake ...

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club will host its opening day regatta, marking the first day of the model boating season at Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park. Spreckels Lake and the San Francisco Model Yacht Club are special parts of the city's long and colorful maritime history. Established in 1898, the club is believed to be the oldest such organization in the United States.

  11. SF Model Yacht Club Golden Gate Park

    A Brief History. Spreckels Lake owes its existence to the vision of the San Francisco Model Yacht Club (SFMYC). In the early 1900s, members of the club encountered challenges sailing their model boats on Stow Lake, which was shared with full-sized vessels. To remedy this, they sought to create a dedicated model boat lake within Golden Gate Park.

  12. Spreckels Lake parade celebrates model-boat tradition launched ...

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club is cheaper than most yacht clubs, perhaps because it doesn't have a bar. It costs $30 a year, plus a $10 initiation fee for new members.

  13. SAN FRANCISCO MODEL YACHT CLUB

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  14. Spreckels Lake

    The San Francisco Model Yacht Club moved from Stow Lake to its new home on Spreckels Lake even before the lake opened, immediately setting up an 1800-foot, two-length race course still in use today and holding its first racing event there on Sunday, February 28, 1904, as soon as the only partially filled Lake contained the minimum four feet of ...

  15. SF Model Yacht Club Golden Gate Park

    Golden Gate Park, model boating, san francisco attractions, San Francisco Model Yacht Club, SF Model Yacht Club, Spreckels Lake. ... Sailing the Miniature Seas: SF Model Yacht Club in Golden Gate Park ...

  16. Home

    Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club on the West Coast. The original Clubhouse, located in San Francisco, was the first yacht club west of the Mississippi. Today, over 150 years and several new locations later, SFYC is in beautiful Belvedere and remains rooted in its deep maritime history. Learn More

  17. From the Commodore

    From the Commodore. Dear Members, For over 150 years, The San Francisco Yacht Club has stood as a beacon of yachting excellence and camaraderie, a place where our shared passion for the water unites us in a community that is truly unique. It is within this community that friendships are forged, yachting skills are honed and memories are made ...

  18. Upcoming

    Upcoming. SFMYC 2024 Opening Day Event. Saturday, March 9 at 1 PM. Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park, 36th Ave between Fulton and JFK. There will be sailboats and power boats on the pond competing in a "rag-top stink-pot" event.

  19. Delta MYC

    Delta Model Yacht Club. Walnut Grove, California. Our model sailing group is from the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of Northern California. The sailing venue is at The Meadows Anchorage within the Sacramento River Delta system near the small town of Walnut Grove. From the first of May to mid October big boats and houseboats moor here ...