Yachting (Boating) Clubs???

BruZerII

BruZerII

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Elyria, Ohio
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My Sister-In-Law and Brother-In-Law talked us into joining their local yachting club. It's more of a wild, politically incorrect, partying, boating club :smt038 :smt038 :smt038. I was wondering how many others belong to yacht or boat clubs.
 
We used to belong to a yacht club when we had a sailboat. But once we got into powerboats we no longer fit in. Like Groucho Marx said " I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."
 
Most of the big yacht clubs in our area are too snooty for my tastes. At one well established club, for example, only men are allowed to purchase drinks from the bar. Moreover, rules state that if a male member dies, the widow has 6 months to marry a new member or must leave the club. Other clubs I've considered are all about drinking -- not particularly kid friendly (not that there is anything wrong with that). There are some smaller "cruising clubs" (fraternal groups with no clubhouse) that look promising for our family -- we plan to test drive one group in April.
 
thunderbird1 said:
Moreover, rules state that if a male member dies, the widow has 6 months to marry a new member or must leave the club.
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That's a good one :smt043 could she keep her club status if she
had him stuffed and placed at the helm? :smt043

I get enough people politics Mon - Fri to put up with that kind of crap. The socializing part of it is great, but the regime of officers
and such just takes the fun out of it for me. Some folks like that
kind of stuff though....to each their own.
 
I've found it to be a good thing. It opens up a whole new array of activities, meeting people and other social things as well.

It is what you make out of it...........
 
Being a memeber of a club is how I met SeaHarley (with some help from SRO)

Our club is very family / kid oriented, but the adults have plenty of time to do their thing as well. I can't see us going back to a marina.

John
 
xravenex,

This club is like what you are talking about. Yes it has officers and such, but they are more about having fun, boating together and family. It has a clubhouse/resteraunt and an inground pool for the admiral and first mates. But when they want, they can really cut loose. They are associated with a marina, but many members are docked elsewhere, as we are.

Thanks for the response everyone.

I wonder what this club would think if I propose, at the first meeting, that the ladies must marry another member when their husband dies? That'll be a hoot since the commodore is a woman this year. :smt043
 
We used to belong a club that has a junior sailing program that produces some of the best sailors in the country----a number of national champions. Our kids learned to become great sailors. The adult races are also fun. Since we live in a small town, many of our friends belong purely for the social aspects. Another advantage of clubs is reciprocity. Our burgee would allow us to rent a slip in clubs in Chicago, Milwaukee and other places where slips might be hard to come by.
 
I have joined a local Yacht club and am very happy I did. Our club has some nice activities for the family, but for the most part, its adult oriented. The bar and restaurant is reasonable, actually cheap, and we have a gas dock which offers gas at about 10 cents over their price to members. Last year gas for most was $4/gal but I was paying $3.5/gal, and the savings basically paid for my membership. We have pump out equipment and moorings for those who choose to go that route. I do not keep my boat there but most people at the club are nice. Another advantage as SBW1 states is the reciprocity, which has allowed us to visit, and stay at other yacht clubs which are not open to the public. Most offer us discounts on our stay. My last cruise of the year we were able to dock at the Harlem yacht club to visit City Island in NY.

I have been to the snooty ones described, but most I have frequented were nice with friendly people.
 
sbw1 has hit on a very important point if you cruise alot, belonging to a yacht club (or clubs) has many advantages and reciprocity is a key one for us. We use our club memberships all over including when we go south to Fla. and cruisng to different cities. There are all levels of clubs the main thing is that many members are as passionate about boating as we are.
 
We keep our boat at what is called a yacht club, but it is more of a marina. They do have a nice sea store, club house w/ full kitchen, nice showers/bathrooms, laundry and an outdoor pool. They do a real nice job of keeping the grounds well kept and manicured, a lot more than other places in the area that are comparable in price. We are in the minority since the yacht club is also a Sunseeker and Formula dealer. Since we work weekends, we never get a chance to socialize with other members. It sounds like they have some wild parties though. Last summer the club was missing one of their gulf carts after a big party the night before. They ended up finding it at the bottom of the lake at the end of the gas dock!
 
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