PACIFIC COAST YACHTING ASSOCIATION HISTORY

The Pacific Coast Yachting Association was founded in 1923 at a meeting held at the Bohemian Yacht Club in San Francisco by the representatives of the Southern California Yachting Association and the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association. Subsequently, they were joined by the Pacific International Yacht Association from the Pacific Northwest.

The original idea was to coordinate the holding of Pacific Coast Championships and promote every phase of Yachting for the greatest good of the sport itself on the highest Corinthian plane.

In recent years PCYA has sponsored two principal events in separate regattas, rotating among four areas; namely the Carr Trophy for sailing crews and the Barusch/Castagna for power-boat, Predicted Log, individual and team racing. PCYA also presents two annual awards, the Charles Langlais for individual contribution to yachting and the Garrett Horder for improvement in Junior Sailing programs. PCYA also helps in looking after the interests of recreational boating on the west coast. Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC), the California legislative advocate group grew out of discussions with PCYA, PICYA and SCYA.