Balboa Yacht Club

Balboa Yacht Club (BYC) is a yacht club located in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It is located near the entrance of the Newport Harbor.

Balboa Yacht Club
Founded1922
Location1801 Bayshore Dr Corona del Mar, Newport Beach (CA)
Websitewww.balboayachtclub.com
The Balboa Yacht Club

History

BYC was founded in 1922 as the Southland Sailing Club, and was soon renamed to the Balboa Yacht Club. BYC has an outstation on Catalina Island, in Whites Cove, west of Avalon.[1]

Facilities
Balboa Yacht Club clubhouse

The facility has a main dining room and outdoor seating, and a pavilion equipped with a barbecue and snack bar. It provides mooring cans, plus both wet and dry slips available for members and guests for a monthly fee. The wet slips can accommodate boats up to 55 feet in length, and dry slips and a 3 ton crane for smaller boats up to 25 feet in length as well as a dinghy launch and storage. The club is open 5 days a week, plus a full-time dock staff and shore boat.

There is also a satellite facility located at Whites Landing on Santa Catalina Island. This location offers members a small anchorage and a wonderful beach to stay at while boating about the island. There are a few tents available for those on vessels not suited to sleeping and a large communal grill is lit in the evening for cooking. There are kayaks available for use and a volleyball court as well.

Fleets
Balboa Yacht Club, 2012

Balboa Yacht Club is home to multiple fleets, many of which race regularly. There are fleets of Naples Sabot, FJs, Harbor 20s, Santana 20's, and an adult Sabot fleet. Most of the larger boats race outside of Newport Harbor in the Pacific Ocean. It is the home of the Thursday night "Beer Can Races".[2]

Sailors

Balboa's skippers Bob White and Bob Davis won the Snipe world championships in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and Jack Franco and Renee Vesterby the North Americans in 1990. David Ullman won the 470 World Championships in 1977, 1978 and 1980, the Melges 24 World Championships in 2007 and the Clifford Day Mallory Cup in 1980.

Junior Sailing Program

The club has a large junior sailing programs which includes a full-time junior program director, coaches, maintenance and administrative staff. Facilities include a junior clubhouse, tool room, Sabot and Laser storage spaces, sail and boat wash areas crane and launching ramp.

Members have access to the junior charter fleet that includes Sabots, Lasers, CFJ's & C420's. Also included in the fleet are the BYC Jr. race committee boat, Whaler chase boats, inflatables, and multi-boat trailers for travel to away regattas.[3][4]

Throughout the year, events are scheduled for sailors of all ability levels including special events, field trips, racing clinics, a very active after-school program, and practices. During the summer months, the Junior Program offers summer sailing and racing program.

Regattas
Beer can yachts at the start of a race

The Balboa Yacht Club is the home of many national and international regattas each year, featuring some of the most predominate racing yachts in the Southern California area.[5]

  • Annual CDM to Cabo San Lucas race[6]
  • Annual Governor's Cup[5]
  • Thursday Night Beer Can Races
  • 2012 FJ National Championships

Governor's Cup

The Governor's Cup[7] is a youth match racing sailing regatta held annually by the Balboa Yacht Club.

BYC Governors Cup, July 18, 2014
Governor's Cup racers

The regatta was established in 1967 when the then California Governor Ronald Reagan donated the cup to Chet and Glee Purcell. Reagan declared the cup be "for the purpose of encouraging Youth Racing in the State of California and the recognition of the skill and high performance of those men and women under twenty years of age," which agreed with vision the Mr. and Mrs. Purcell shared.[7]

Winning skippers
YearSkipperYacht Club
1967Argyle CampbellBYC
1968Argyle CampbellBYC
1969Andy RoseBYC
1970Andy RoseBYC
1971John DaighNHYC
1972Curt OlsenCYC
1973Bill MenningerLAYC
1974Mark RastelloBYC
1975Steve WashburnLBYC
1976Steve SchockNHYC
1977Scott MasonBCYC
1978Brad WheelerBYC
1979Brad WheelerBYC
1980Jack FrancoBYC
1981Gordon CluteSFYC
1982Mike PinckneyBCYC
1983Mike PnickneyBCYC
1984Chris RedmanABYC
1985Chris RedmanABYC
1986Bart HackworthSFYC
1987Geoff BeckerCpBYC
1988Jason FainRYC
1989Mark ChristensenRNZYS
1990Kelvin HarrapRNZYS
1991Giselle CametSDYC
1992Anthony MerringtonRPAYC
1993Tim WadlowSWYC
1994Matt McQueenStFYC
1995Andy EstcourtRNZYS
1996Steve KlehaNHYC
1997Tom HebbertBBSC
1998Brian BisselNHYC
1999Colin CampbellKHYC
2000Colin CampbellKHYC
2001Simon MinoprioRNZYS
2002Paul Campbell-JamesRYA
2003Seve JarvinCYCA
2004Murray GordonRPAYC
2005Murray GordonRPAYC
2006Steven NatvigKHYC
2007Michael MenningerNHYC
2008Michael MenningerNHYC
2009William TillerRNZYS
2010William TillerRNZYS
2011Nevin SnowSDYC
2012Timothy ColtmanRPNYC
2013Sam GilmourRFBYC
2014Sam GilmourRFBYC

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Other events

The inaugural Wooden Boat Festival was held on June 7, 2014 at the Balboa Yacht Club. The show is similar to the Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance with vintage wooden power boats and sailboats.[9]

Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation

The Balboa Yacht Club also funds the BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation

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See also

References
  1. "Our Story - Balboa Yacht Club". www.balboayachtclub.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  2. "Balboa Yacht Club Still True to its Tradition of Family « Balboa Island". 2011-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "U.S. Junior Women's Doublehanded Championship winners crowned". Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  5. "Yacht clubs prepare for Governor's Cup". tribunedigital-dailypilot. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  6. "Corona del Mar to Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race 2012". Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  7. "History/Background The Governor's Cup". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  8. "History/Background – Balboa Yacht Club". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  9. Hill, Taylor (June 5, 2014). "Wooden boats take center stage in Newport Beach". Huntington Beach Wave. p. 16.
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