Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club is a yacht club in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Ten yachtsmen founded it in 1958 as the Bahia Yacht Club in space leased from the Balboa Bay Club, and most early members were Southern California racing sailors. In 1968 the club joined with the Orange Coast Yacht Club and took its present name. It leased its site from the Irvine Company for many years and bought the land and marina in 1993. The clubhouse, dedicated in 1971, has a main dining room, and its wet slips take boats up to 80 feet. The club runs a junior sailing program, and in 1964 it became the first West Coast yacht club to create an America's Cup contender when Pat Dougan entered Columbia in the trials.