Golden Gate Yacht Club
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| Founded | 1939 |
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| Clubhouse | Latitude:37° 48' 27.79", Longitude:122° 26' 33.37" |
| Country |  United States
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| Website | GGYC.com |
The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is a yacht club founded in 1939[1] and is the current holder of the America's Cup won by its racing team BMW Oracle Racing. It was first constructed when members built a clubhouse on a barge in the San Francisco Marina. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the club, members pulled together and rebuilt it[1].
Today, GGYC is a popular cruise and regatta venue on the San Francisco waterfront. The Club is located on the jetty directly east of the St. Francis Yacht Club and north of the Marina Green, at the end of Yacht Road in San Francisco[1]. The most well-known of current members is Oracle Corporation founder Larry Ellison.
The Club entered the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup sponsoring the BMW Oracle Racing team. BMW Oracle Racing were eliminated in the semi-finals. They also contested the America's Cup in 2010 with their BMW Oracle Racing team and won a Deed of Gift match 2-0 against the Alinghi team representing Société Nautique de Genève becoming the first American yacht club to hold the cup since 1995.
America's Cup Management announced on July 5, 2007 that the protocol for the 33rd America's Cup has been agreed between the Defending yacht club, the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) of Switzerland and its Challenger of Record, the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain. Golden Gate Yacht Club sued, successfully arguing that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid challenger. Golden Gate Yacht Club's team, BMW Oracle Racing, sailed against SNG represented by the Alinghi team, in February 2010 in Valencia, Spain. The competing boats, Alinghi 5 and USA 17 were both 90-foot multihulls. The rigid wing sail of USA 17 provided a decisive advantage and Golden Gate Yacht Club won the 2010 America's Cup by a considerable margin.
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Coordinates: 37°48′27.79″N 122°26′33.37″W / 37.8077194°N 122.4426028°W
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