The Historic Ferryboat Sausalito

Sportsmen Yacht Club got its humble beginning on a sultry September evening in 1930 when a group of men gathered together in the basement of a sporting goods store in Oakland for the express purpose of organizing a functional club for Sportsmen.  In 1932, they leased a plot of land facing the San Joaquin River; they did not stop there. Casting their eyes around for further possibilities, they hit on a novel idea— to purchase a moveable clubhouse. This was accomplished by the purchase of the Ferryboat “Sausalito” in 1934.  In 1939, she was moved to her present location on Wilbur Avenue in Antioch.