Golden Gate Yacht Club


The Golden Gate Yacht Club is a San Francisco, California, USA based yacht club founded in 1939.

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 in San Francisco. 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. They challenged for the America's Cup in 2010 represented by the BMW Oracle Racing team and won a Deed of Gift match 2–0 against the Alinghi team representing Société Nautique de Genève becoming 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, the Société Nautique de Genève of Switzerland and its Challenger of Record, the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain. Golden Gate Yacht Club sued, successfully arguing that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid challenger. The challenge was upheld, and Golden Gate Yacht Club's team, BMW Oracle Racing, sailed against SNG, represented by the Alinghi team, 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 Golden Gate Yacht Club won the 2010 America's Cup by a considerable margin.
They successfully defended the America's Cup 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 64 commodores of the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
NameYears Served
Leslie Iacopi2019 - Present
Norbert Bajurin2010 - 2018
Marcus Young2007 - 2010
David Haskin2005 - 2006
Ned Barrett2003 - 2004
Norbert Bajurin2001 - 2002
Linda Pierce2000
Mary Sancimino1999
Nancy Wesley1998
Joseph Bambara1997
Michael McGlothlin1996
Michael Hobson1995
Jim Brennan1994
Chuck Pierce1993
Karen McManus1991 - 1992
Douglas Carroll1990
Hans Randrup1989
Oral Moore1988
Cal Person1987
Dana Pettingill1986
Gordon Engel1985
Bud Fuller1984
Dave Miller1983
Jeff Litke1982
Dean Collins1981
John Kenny1980
Mike Mann1979
Ralph Lewis1978
Roy Koski, D.M.D.1977
Louis Rossi1976
John Roveda1975
William Dodge1974
Ed Nylund1973
Roy C. Berner1972
Anthony G.Vlantis1971
Wes Smith1970
Bruce Paulk1969
Wally Solloway1968
Cliff Melder1967
Douglas C. Carroll1966
Richard Carroll1965
Walter Vendetti1964
James Heatlie1963
Harry Lieberman1962
John Benone1961
Kenneth Carlson1960
Leo Cone1959
Dan Regan1958
Ray Carpenter1957
Bob Kelly1956
Otto Bueren1955
Max Koch1954
Len Fleischman1953
Max Williams1952
Manuel Fagundes1951
Jeff Capell1950
Paul Dember1948 - 1949
W. Muggenthaler1947
W.H. Capell1946
J. Arvid Johnson1945
Robert A. Davies1944
H. McMullen1943
H.A. Livingston1942
Bud Schaffnit1941
H.P McKean1940