Société Nautique de Genève

The Société Nautique de Genève ( SNG) in Geneva is the largest Swiss Yacht Club.

SNG was founded in 1872 by wealthy Geneva citizens and foreign aristocrats, who spent the summer on Lake Geneva. It counts more than 3,000 members today. The club supports the various water sports and promotes the training of athletes. It also offers courses in sailing, rowing and water skiing. The sports activities are divided into four sections: Rowing, sailing keel boat, sailing dinghy or Multihull, power boating and water skiing.

SNG annually organizes several races, including the Bol d' Or and the regatta around Lake Geneva (Tour du Léman à l' aviron ), a 160 km long non-stop circumnavigation of Lake Geneva in the four-man rowing boat. The members of yacht clubs have repeatedly occupied first places at the European and international competitions. The most famous success was in 2003 and 2007, the victory of Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli in the America 's Cup. Thus, the SNG from 2003 to 2010, the " Defending Yacht Club » America's Cup.

The club house and the harbor SNG located on the border of the towns of Geneva and Cologny on the southern shore of Lake Geneva. The port, " Port Noir " or " Port de la Nautique » called, has 625 boat moorings.