Aeolian Yacht Club

On September 21, 1906, thirty-two enthusiastic men with an average age of 25 years, met on the ark Bugaboo moored along the shore of San Leandro Bay on the east end of the Island of Alameda on San Francisco Bay. These were the charter members of the Aeolian Yacht Club. In the two weeks following this meeting, the charter membership expanded to 52. At the next meeting, a burgee and the name Aeolian Yacht Club relating to Aeolus, the Greek God of Wind, were agreed upon. The first social event,... more