Welcome to the Stonington Harbor Yacht Club!  Founded in 2002, the Clubhouse is located in historic Stonington Borough at the entrance to Stonington Harbor.  We are a year-round club offering a wide variety of both water and land-based activities as well as extensive event facilities.  We invite you to learn more about us by exploring our website.

The Stamford Yacht Club was organized on Thursday, October 16, 1890.  The incorporators were William A. Lottimer, James D. Smith, William W. Skiddy, Albert C. Hall, Walter M. Smith, W.L. Brooks, A.M. Hurlbutt, Schuyler Merritt, Archibald H. Smith, Henry K. McHarg, James I. Raymond, and Samuel Fessenden, all of Stamford. The Club’s earliest members were active people living in interesting times. The Merritt Parkway is, indeed, named after our second Vice Commodore whose Commodore, Henry K. McHarg, built a railroad […]

Sprite Island Yacht Club is a small private club on one of the most picturesque islands on Long Island Sound. It is just off the Westport Norwalk shore. Sprite offers an abundance of beautiful natural facilities and the relaxed and congenial companionship of many good friends. The seven-acre island is one of the highest points on the Connecticut shoreline. The island was formerly a private estate and still contains several small buildings. It has lovely lawns, flowering bushes, beautiful trees, […]

By the summer of 1928, the traditions of getting together at the Eastern Point Colony, in the shadow of the Morton Plant mansion, with all its grandeur, were ready to be stabilized.  A yacht club – a friendly one incorporating local people as well as summertime visitors, could centralize the good fellowship of families who had long enjoyed summer on the water in the area.  In addition, it could co-exist nicely with those whose interests leaned toward the landlubberly, but […]

Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club, located at the mouth of the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut, was founded in 1959. The club has about 200 member families with 160 boats each having its own slip.   The split between sailboats and power boats is about even. Cruising, fishing and racing are the main on-water activities with a busy year-round entertainment schedule for the members. There are active youth, book and singing groups. Situated in a residential area, Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club […]

The Sachem’s Head Yacht Club is located on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, in Guilford, Connecticut. The clubhouse near the Thimble Islands, serves an active racing fleet and is a summer base for families and juniors involved in sailing, swimming and tennis. The club was founded in 1896.

On the evening of May 25, 1888 George I. Tyson, a prominent summer resident of Riverside and an enthusiastic yachtsman, invited 10 of his friends to meet with him at his home to consider and act upon his plan to establish a yacht club in the community. George Tyson provided an acre or so of waterfront land, and he offered to finance the construction and equipping of a clubhouse. In return for this, a token rental was charged. According to […]

The Rex Boating Club (RBC) is a membership-only boating club providing the latest Sea Hunt, Formula, Sea Ray, and other top quality boats for its members’ use so they can experience quality, safe, family fun while creating a lifetime of memories on Long Island Sound. At a fraction of the cost and without the obligations of ownership, the RBC adds unprecedented value to the pleasures of boating. The club is managed by Rex Boating Club LLC, a Norwalk Connecticut family […]

RAM ISLAND YACHT CLUB The Ram Island Yacht Club Junior Sailing program provides the fundamental skills necessary for young sailors to advance in the sport of sailing as far as their desire, skill, and interests may take them. The program fosters seamanship, safety and self-confidence on the water. Advanced skills are taught for all juniors who are interested in either casual or competitive racing. The Salle Evelyn Regatta is open to all sailors with class legal Blue Jays or Club […]

Ponus Yacht Club was founded in 1911 and has been a staple on the western branch of the Stamford harbor for over 100 years. The club has matured over the years but the basic premise is the same. Ponus is a place for hard working middle class men, women and their families to socialize and share their enthusiasm for boating, fishing, and the current events of the day. The club boasts a waterfront deck for lunch or an afternoon cocktail […]

Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club

Pequot Yacht Club came to be through the efforts of Fred Bedford, in addition to Harold Lloyd, Johannes Schiott and Lawrence Craufurd. The first meeting of Pequot Yacht Club was held in the Greens Farms home of Fred Bedford on October 25, 1920. These Founding Fathers, in addition to a group of five or six interested sailors, agreed to form a yacht club for the purpose of reviving and promoting competitive sailing. In November 1920, a constitution and by-laws were […]

Pequot Yacht Club came to be through the efforts of Fred Bedford, in addition to Harold Lloyd, Johannes Schiott and Lawrence Craufurd. The first meeting of Pequot Yacht Club was held in the Greens Farms home of Fred Bedford on October 25, 1920. These Founding Fathers, in addition to a group of five or six interested sailors, agreed to form a yacht club for the purpose of reviving and promoting competitive sailing. In November 1920, a constitution and by-laws were […]

The Old Greenwich Yacht Club welcomes all Greenwich residents with an interest in boating – regardless of knowledge, ability or boat ownership. From the experienced to new participants, anyone wishing to make the most of boating on the Long Island Sound will find a family oriented home port at OGYC. Established in 1943, OGYC provides the opportunity for town residents to join in one of the area’s most popular activities. For a modest membership fee, Greenwich residents have access to […]

2015: Located in Wilson Cove, and protected by Sheffield Island, Tavern Island, and Bell Island, Norwalk Yacht Club is a casual and family-oriented sailing club. Established in 1894, the Club is well known for a highly regarded junior sailing program, an active adult sailing program, and a long tradition of racing and cruising. The Club features a newly renovated clubhouse and well protected mooring field with launch service. Junior Sailing – ClassesIn commissioned season, from May to October, the Club […]

For some years prior to 1968 the lack of a bona fide yacht club at the mouth of the Connecticut River seemed incongruous to a small but enthusiastic group of yachtsmen whose hailing port and homes were in Old Saybrook. The group was convinced that the area’s waterfront facilities which included a number of boat yards, marine services, a fine harbor of refuge, and a strategic location close to Long Island Sound, could not fail to win support for an […]

Noroton Yacht Club, founded in 1928, is dedicated to promoting family participation in sailboat racing and recreational sailing. The Club is located in the Darien Harbor, just West of Long Neck Point, with easy access to Long Island Sound. The Club has a rich heritage of one-design racing. Noroton’s members are currently sailing J-24’s, Sonars, Ensigns, and 2.4mR’s. In addition the Club has a fleet of over 50 Cruising boats. Our boats participate in Club races as well as other […]

Niantic Bay Yacht Club is a private organization whose purpose is the education of youth and others in general navigation and seamanship, and to that end, provide for the teaching and practice of a knowledge thereof; to purchase, mortgage, lease and sell real estate and personal property to maintain a building on Niantic Bay and an anchroage therein; to own and operate boats; to conduct sailing races; to promote yachting and a knowledge thereof in Niantic Bay and adjacent waters […]

New Haven Yacht Club was established in 1882, making it one of the oldest chartered yacht clubs in the country. During its heyday in the earlier part of this century the NHYC was host to many nationally renowned yachting squadrons including the New York Yacht Club during its annual tri-cornered regatta on Long Island Sound. The Club was originally located at the end of a 1,100 foot pier off Water Street (near the foot of Franklin Street.) in New Haven. […]

Founded in 2004, the Mystic River Yacht Club is a boating organization run by its members for its members. Our mission statement is to promote and encourage the challenges and rewards of yachting, both power and sail, and to offer social, community-minded activities – educating and sharing skills that contribute to safe and enjoyable boating for all ages. MRYC is proud of its full seasonal cruising schedule, developed by its members to take advantage of all ports the L.I. Sound […]