Seal Beach Yacht Club

If you are considering joining a yacht club, this is one of the friendliest in Southern California.

I attended the Club’s annual Christmas party. These folks know how to party! Great dinner, excellent band (the «Dave’s Not Home»), and bar service that would not stop! The Club members obviously all knew each other well and got along famously. It must be from all of those boat races, trips to Catalina Island, and meet-​ups with other clubs. The members formed a very good choir that was most entertaining. We were also serenaded by a beatuful trumpet solo. Thanks for having me as a guest. Merry Christmas to all!

Awesome fun club! Great racing! Very active cruising to Catalina, San Diego, Marina Del Rey and Channel Islands. Members welcome new members and guests! Plus nice clubhouse right on Alamitos Bay Marina, and the boat slips are in the process of being upgraded by the City of Long Beach.

The friendliest club afloat!

This is THE Fun Yacht Club in the Long Beach area.
Great people, lots of fun events — on the water or on the beach.
If you are thinking about joining a Club in Long Beach — you have to check out Seal Beach Yacht Club!

Great members. Fun club that puts on some good regattas throughout the year.

My son and his friend took the beginning sabot class here on the recommendation of a friend who loved the place for her sons. We were disappointed because the course was taught by disinterested teenagers who don’t seem to actually want anything to do with teaching children to sail. When one of the other kids was not cooperating, the entire class was penalized and could not have sailing time. That’s bogus when we had paid to have our kids learning. I absolutely would not recommend the kids’ class.

I’m attending «America’s Boating Course» offered by the Alamitos Bay Power Squadron — the local chapter of a recreational boating organization. A USGA for Boats?
It is held a this pleasant and quaint local Seal Beach Yacht Club, which is on the back side of the famous «Schooner or Later» diner (Diners, Drive-​in and Dives — season 1(?)). Its also adjacent to West Marine — an awesome marine boating supermarket. Joe’s Crab Shack is across the parking lot, and Mimi’s Café is located across the Marine Drive. There is ample parking in the free parking lot, at least on Wednesday nights.
This course is an intro to boating and a great primer of safety. The US Coast Guard highly rates this course as one of the most comprehensive offered. I’ve already ran out and bought new fire extinguishers for home, and a set of marine hand carried VHS radios for emergency communications.
The course is 5 week long on Wed nights 7−9pm. the 1^st 4 weeks are course instruction and the last week is a written close book test. Your $ 50 registration fee provides a great book, and many nice goodies in a handy shore sack. I highly recommend this course. And I don’t event own a boat (YET!). Many insurance companies will give you a discount on your premium when you get your course certification.
The Power squadron is a great group of guys and gals, and are a venerable font of marine knowledge for a neophyte like me.