Société Nautique de Genève

The Société Nautique de Genève is a yacht club based in Geneva (Switzerland).

The club held the America's Cup from 2003 until 2010, staging one successful defense in 2007 with its Alinghi syndicate.

The club is very active in yacht racing and high-performance catamarans have been developed specifically for the lake.

[2] America's Cup Management announced on 5 July 2007 that the protocol for the 2010 America's Cup had been agreed between the defending yacht club, the Société Nautique de Genève of Switzerland and Challenger of Record, Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain.

However this arrangement did not survive a legal challenge from BMW Oracle Racing, who successfully argued that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid Challenger of Record due to non-compliance with the terms of the America's Cup Deed of Gift.