Tiburon Yacht Club

The club does not own docking facilities, but berths near the clubhouse are available from the Paradise Cay Yacht Harbor. Contact Jeff Moseley at (415) 435-1652.

Office	Name	E-mail
Commodore	Ian Matthew	ian.matthew@comcast.net
Vice Commodore	Eric Lyons	eric@gus.to
Rear Commodore	Peter Schoen	segler at sonic dot net *
Treasurer	Chris Canada	canada166 at comcast dot net *
Secretary	Pat Tostenson	jptostenson at gmail dot com *
Director	Steve Nimz	swnimz at comcast dot net *
Director	Walt Bilofsky	bilofsky@toolworks.com
Director	Pat Lopez	patnyo at yahoo dot com *
Director	Jeff Brucia	miramarjb at yahoo dot com *
Director	Rob Hutchinson	robert dot hutchinson at kp dot org *
Past Commodore	Lesa Gutenkunst	lesa197 at yahoo dot com *
Committee Chairs:
Westerlies	Bob Mott, Editor	robtmott@comcast.net
Club Race Series	Otto Schreier Gary Proctor	pando at sonic dot net *
Cruise	Jane & Drew Clark	cruisetyc at janeclark dot com *
Social	Rene Matthew	rene dot matthew at comcast dot net *
Ship's Store	Bea Lufi	bealufi@prodigy.net
Bar	Rob Hutchinson	robert dot hutchinson at kp dot org *
Grounds	Marcia Sullivan	mlsull@pacbell.net
Rentals Manager	Steve Nimz	swnimz at comcast dot net * Rental information
Membership	Susan Hoehler	App. Request Form
Port Captain	Eric Lyons	eric@gus.to
Program	Not Filled	nobody
Stores	Jerry Tostenson	jptostenson at gmail dot com *
PICYA	Not Filled	nobody
Webmaster	Eric Lyons	webmaster@tyc.org
YRA	Not Filled	nobody
* these addresses will require retyping as an anti-spam measure.

iburon Penninsula, surrounded on three sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, is home to three yacht clubs. Located on the east side of the peninsula, Tiburon Yacht Club is the only club outside Tiburon's downtown area, in a unique community setting that is rural, residential, informal and water-oriented. Most of the homes near the club have private deep water boat docks with Bay access.

The Tiburon Peninsula has had a colorful history dating back to early Spanish exploration and development, with Paradise Cay playing an important role. Although dredging and construction within Paradise Cay began in April, 1955, the area was originally known as California Point or Ring Point, and was eventually abandoned as a potential U.S. Navy ammunition loading base. The Club had its beginning in 1965 when a group of Yachtsmen and women under the leadership of Harold and Thelma Lind formed Paradise Yacht Club. The organization was renamed the Paradise Harbor Yacht Club and incorporated in 1967. The date of incorporation, May 17th, has been celebrated over the years as the Club Birthday.

The Club was organized by 22 charter members. Harold Lind was elected the first Commodore.

The Yacht Club set up headquarters and held its first meetings in an old wooden barge left high aground in the Northwest corner of the Cay after work was completed on the harbor. The facility was leased from the Pullman Company, developers of Paradise Cay, and over the years has seen numerous changes, alterations and additions. All work was done entirely by the members and culminated in a pleasant Clubhouse, licensed bar and patio area.

In 1999, with development of Paradise Cay's north spit under way, the old clubhouse was demolished to make way for harbor development, and construction began at the north end of the harbor on a new clubhouse, which was completed in November 2001. Again, much of the work was done by TYC members. The facility includes spectacular views and a large deck area, and blends the bar and other fixtures from the old clubhouse with some impressive new contributions.

Over the years the membership has grown to about 200 members from many of the Bay Area counties. On May 17, 1980 the membership changed the name of the Club to the Tiburon Yacht Club. Only the name and burgee were changed. The spirit and traditions of the Club as an active organization of Yachting families continues unchanged.

Past Commodores
1965 H.O. Lind 1966 H.O. Lind 1967 H.O. Lind 1968 Wes Noble 1969 Wes Noble 1970 Stan Behrens 1971 Stan Behrens 1972 Ronn Hill 1973 Dick Morse 1974 Ralph Neelands 1975 Don Kunstler 1976 Bill Tapscott 1977 Mike Fitz-Gerald	1978 Mike Russell 1979 Bill Hoehler 1980 Ed Bodington 1981 Mike Fitz-Gerald 1982 Bill Hillier 1983 Bill Robinson 1984 Fred Conta 1985 Susan Hoehler 1986 Jeff Samuels 1987 Jerry Tostenson 1988 Ron Berger 1989 Bob Mott 1990 Paul Ardleigh	1991 Drew Doll 1992 Ed Perkins 1993 Mike Hauser 1994 Alice Martin 1995 Carolyn Doll 1996 Ken Anderson 1997 Richard Selmeier 1998 Susan Hoehler 1999 Trip Ames 2000 Harry Blake 2001 Ken Romley 2002 Steve Nimz 2003 Walt Bilofsky 2004 Gerry Gunn 2005 Allen Dekelboum	2006 Don Henderson 2007 Lesa Gutenkunst