In the 1840s, young businessmen had organized the Mobile Yacht Club (earlier called the Mobile Regatta Club) and began holding regattas at the watering holes on Point Clear, Battles Wharf, and Howard's Landing.

The Civil War and the presence of the Union Fleet in the bay caused MYC to suspend its activities for several years.

The membership soon outgrew that small house, and at the 1897 annual meeting, the Commodore appointed a committee to consider a new building.

A hurricane on July 5, 1916, combined with a high tide, destroyed the club and set many yachts adrift.

After Hurricane Frederic in 1979, the current version of the Mobile Yacht Club was constructed.