San Francisco Model Yacht Club

The club draws its membership, which varies annually between 120 and 160, from throughout northern and central-coastal California, as well as nationally and overseas.

The San Francisco Model Yacht Club is a historically significant club because it was at the request of this group that Spreckels Lake was created[1] by the San Francisco Parks Commission between 1902 and 1904 as a lake dedicated specifically for model boat sailing and competition.

After completion in 1938, the federal government, via charter, deeded the clubhouse in perpetuity to the Model Yacht Club.

Founded in 1898, the club coalesced from a group of affiliated model boating enthusiasts, including a number of socially-prominent and wealthy San Franciscans.

Originally home-ported at Golden Gate Park's Stow Lake, it is now the oldest, continuously operating model boating organization in the western hemisphere.