Oakland Yacht Club — Restaurant in Alameda

I have been a member five years. We had no idea what Yacht clubs were about when we joined - we just needed a slip. What luck that we ended up at OYC. OYC owns their own land, building and marina. This means that everyone on the dock is a member, so you meet people fast. We quickly got involved in cruise outs to all sorts of other locations, crewed in informal sailboat races, and generally use our boat way more than we would otherwise. The location in Alameda is very nice, so we also use the boat as a floating condo about once a week. The clubhouse is informal, but the...

Awesome club. I belong to both Oakland and Encinal Yacht clubs and both are great clubs. Oakland has their own marina so you can berth your boat there. Great members, super social and well run under the current management. Encinal is about 100 yards walk from Oakland and also has great members and is very social. They have a huge heated pool and steam room. Well run with excellent management too. Between the weekly sail boat races and monthly cruise outs these clubs are a great way to improve your...

Sailed in from San Francisco for the weekend and Benjamin got us into an extremely convenient slip. Easy in. Easy out. The heads were clean and the members we met were very friendly. OYC was and short walk to some great meals and bars and a quick Lyft down to Hanger 1. Unfortunately we overnighted on a Sunday so the bar and galley were closed. But we're definitely looking forward...