Newport Harbor Yacht Club is a yacht club located on the Balboa Peninsula, which is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.
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| Founded | 1916 |
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| Location | 720 West Bay Ave Balboa Peninsula Newport Beach, California |
| Website | www |
Facilities
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The Newport Harbor Yacht Club facility has a main dining room and outdoor seating, a private beach, and a pavilion equipped with a barbecue and snack bar. There are mooring cans, plus both wet and dry slips available for members and guests. The wet slips can accommodate boats up to 55 feet in length, and the dry slips are for smaller boats up to 25 feet in length. The club is open 5 days a week, plus a full-time dock staff and shore boat.[1] The club has applied for a building permit to replace their 1919 clubhouse with a larger, modern building.[2]
The Newport Harbor Yacht Club also leases Moonstone cove on Santa Catalina Island.[3]
Fleets
editNewport Harbor Yacht Club is home to multiple fleets, many of which race regularly. There are fleets of Naples Sabots, FJs, Stars, Harbor 20s, Finns, Lehman 12s and an adult women's Sabot fleet. Most of the larger boats race outside of Newport Harbor in the Pacific Ocean.
Regattas
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The Newport Harbor Yacht Club is the home of many national and international regattas each year.[4]
- Bi-annual Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas race [5]
- Sabot Nationals [6]
- Baldwin Cup Team Race[7]
- Star North Americans
- Snipe North American Championship in 1991
Eagle Foundation (USA)
edit- 1987 Americas Cup Contender "Eagle"[8]
Junior sailing program
editNewport Harbor Yacht Club has a junior sailing program, which consists of a full-time junior program director, coaches, maintenance and administrative staff. Facilities include a junior clubhouse, tool room, Sabot and Laser storage spaces, sail and boat wash areas a launching ramp and two cranes.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Newport Harbor Yacht Club – Newport Beach-Corona del Mar, CA Patch". Newportbeach.patch.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Archives". Archived from the original on October 10, 2015.
- ^ "A Summer Meander Through Newport Harbor and Beyond | Newport Beach Independent Newspaper | For Locals, By Locals". www.newportbeachindy.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Race Calendar – Newport Harbor Yacht Club". Nhyc.org. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Cabo13 Home". Nhyccaborace.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ DorganYachts (2011-08-17). "Sabot Nationals 2011 Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, 1". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "baldwincup.com". baldwincup.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ "Newport Harbor Yacht Club's Eagle Passes Preliminary Measuring for America's Cup – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1986-09-12. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
