About Our Club
The Balboa Basin Yacht Club (BBYC) is located in the Balboa
Yacht Basin near Balboa Island in Newport Harbor in the City of Newport Beach, California. The BBYC is a small, informal,
non-political yacht club whose members' primary interest is actively using their
boats, whether for cruising or racing. The BBYC members are
fun-loving, friendly, yet passionate and knowledgeable about both sail and power
boating. Our members would much rather socialize together in Avalon, the
Isthmus, or Dana Point, than be confined to a formal, stuffy clubhouse. A
number of parties and educational or charitable events are held during the year,
either in the BBYC Clubhouse or in members' homes in the Newport Beach area.
With cruise participation at times exceeding fifty (50)
percent of Club boats, our members actively use their boats throughout the year
and are experienced in all aspects of navigation, anchoring, rafting-up, etc.
Our cruise schedule rivals those of much larger yacht clubs. In fact,
several of our members, who are also members of larger local yacht clubs, joined
the BBYC because of our active cruising schedule.
We are advocates of boating safety and medical emergency
preparedness, and schedule educational seminars in these areas as well as programs
and activities involving both power and sailing vessels.
The BBYC also serves as both a sounding board and spokesperson
in matters which affect the welfare of those who have slips in
the Balboa Yacht Basin.
We have many members who are local, yet some come from as far
away as Oklahoma to participate in the Club's activities and to
enjoy the camaraderie.
We enjoy reciprocal privileges with many other
leading yacht clubs on
the West Coast and in Hawaii.
The BBYC really is a GREAT little (and growing) yacht club!
Affiliations
The BBYC is a proud member of the Southern
California Yachting Association (SCYA). As a member of the SCYA, our sailors are eligible to participate in the various
sailboat races sanctioned by this association up and down the West Coast.
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