Bayview Yacht Club is a private, sailing-focused yacht club on the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan, best known for hosting the Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race, which has been sailed annually since 1925. Four sailors, E. Lloyd Kurtzwarth, P.C. Williamson, Floyd Nixon and Paul Diedrich, founded it in 1915 with a single 18-foot boat, the Wrinkle. The club moved to its present harbor in 1929 and 1930, occupies about 575 feet of riverfront, and opened a rebuilt clubhouse in 2021. It belongs to the Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association and is home to one-design fleets such as the Melges 24, Cal 25 and Tartan 10, several of which have held national championships there.
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