Marin Yacht Club

Marin Yacht Club started as a Yachting annex of the Marin Golf and Country Club on 29th of September 1929. F. Somers Peterson and his wife Helen, founders of the Country Club, with its 9 hole Golf Course, had in reality, little interest in playing golf. They both were fascinated by the water and nurtured a great love for sailing. Living in a house situated on the heights above the entrance of San Rafael creek and canal into the San Francisco bay, they had watched creation of the Beale Island. They... more