The San Diego Yacht Club is a private sailing club in San Diego, California, founded in June 1886 by local boating enthusiasts and counted among the oldest yacht clubs in the United States. Its first base was at Ballast Point in Point Loma, it merged with the Corinthian Yacht Club in 1905, and its clubhouse was barged across the channel to Point Loma in 1934, where the club remains today. The club won the America's Cup in 1987, 1988 and 1992, with Dennis Conner sailing for it in the first two and Bill Koch winning the third, and it hosted the event in 1988, 1992 and 1995. Its signature regatta is the San Diego Yachting Cup, founded in 1972, and members include Olympic sailors and National Sailing Hall of Fame inductees.
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is a private yacht club in San Diego, California.
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The San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) is a private yacht club in San Diego, California.
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Founded in 1886, it is one of the oldest in the United States.
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The club won the America's Cup in 1987, 1988, and 1992.
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is a private yacht club in San Diego, California.
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The San Diego Yacht Club won the America's Cup in 1987, 1988, and 1992
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