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| Short name | MBYC |
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| Founded | 1927 |
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| Commodore | Kathy Dryden |
| Website | www |
The Mission Bay Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in San Diego, California, on the west side of Mission Bay. [1] [2]
The club hosted the Snipe World Championships in 1997 and the club's Snipe fleet won the Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy in 1969, 1971 and 1981.
The club is home of the following One-Design racing fleets: [3]
Caleb Paine, Briana Provancha, Brian Vanderspek, Kyle Vanderspek, and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker are MBYC members.
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