Los Angeles Yacht Club is a
yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
located in
San Pedro, Los Angeles
San Pedro ( ; Spanish: " St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located wi ...
(
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
). The Club is a Charter Member of the
Southern California Yachting Association.
History
Los Angeles Yacht Club was founded in 1901 as South Coast Yacht Club. in 1920 South Coast Yacht Club changed its name to Los Angeles Yacht Club. Los Angeles Motor Boat Club and Los Angeles Yacht Club (LAYC) consolidated its membership in 1922 and moved into a shared facility of the
California Yacht Club. In 1937 LAYC moved from the California Yacht Club facility into a "temporary" New England-style clubhouse in Fish Harbor, San Pedro where it remained for the next 56 years. LAYC moved in 1993 to its present location at Cabrillo Marina in San Pedro.
Los Angeles Yacht Club was the host club for the first Los Angeles-to-Honolulu transpacific yacht race (Transpac) held on June 11, 1906. LAYC members have continued to sail in and officiate the start of the Transpac race which is held every two years. Los Angeles Yacht Club also hosts the annual Pacific Coast Mercury Class Championship and the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup Cal Maritime Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta.
In addition to its mainland San Pedro clubhouse, Los Angeles Yacht Club maintains an outstation facility at Howland's Landing on Catalina Island, California.
Sailors
Owen Churchill
Owen Porter Churchill (March 8, 1896 – November 22, 1985) was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1932 he was a crew member of the American boat ''Angelita'' which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.
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won the gold medal in the
8 metre class at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and his daughter
Antonia Churchill competed at the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
in the 8 metre class also.
Darby Metcalf won the
Snipe worlds in 1940 and 1941.
James Cowie and Gordon Cowie won the
Star World Championships
The Star World Championship are international sailing (sport), sailing regattas in the Star (sailboat), Star class organized by the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association sanctioned by International Sailing Federation.
American sailo ...
in 1940 and George Fleitz with William Severance in 1941. George Fleitz won again the
1946 Worlds with Walter Krug.
References
External links
Official website
1901 establishments in California
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