HYC boats will rendezvous in Oyster Bay on Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 12. Skippers can sail their own boats. Other members can hitch a boat-ride or come overland by car to Oyster Bay. To hitch a ride, reach out to a skipper you know. For example, a new social member is sailing with Fleet Captain Roger Karlebach on the boat ILENE, and he and the human Ilene have room for one more. We'll add info about who is open to passengers here. Here are the basics: Boats enter Oyst

Dear Members, Don't want to brave the crowds of New York Harbor or Manhattan for the grand Parade of Sail mounted by Sail4th 250? Then keep an eye on the Sound just outside Eastchester Bay on Friday morning, July 3. That's when Sail4th's Class B Tall Ships will start passing under the Bronx bridges to sail down the East River, to the big show on July 4. (Thanks to Active member Lisa Lager for pointing this out.) Here's the official schedule from the Sail4th website: July 3, 1

We're adding more ways for Intermediate and Social members to get out on the water. For years, HYC's Old Salts afternoons have given members and non-members weekday opportunities to sail on members' boats and then socialize at the Clubhouse. Now, the Sailing Ambassador program gives HYC members--especially Social and Intermediate members--a chance to go sailing on weekends, as well. To Go Sailing (for Volunteer Crew) HYCers interested in either the Sailing Ambassador

Thanks to Active member Andrew Dominus for snapping and sending this image of a rainbow over the Clubhouse on June 12, after a squall blew through.

[Edited 6/17/26 to correct spellings of Rich Coar and Len De Iorio] Congratulations to the winners of the Big Tom City Island Cup Regatta, sailed on Saturday, June 13. Chaika (the Taylor 34 sailed by City Island Yacht Club's Rich Coar) took home the City Island Cup in the premier Spiinnaker Class Two series, sweeping both races. The Huguenot Yacht Club's Impulse (Len Di Iorio's O'Day 39) took home the Harlem Cup in the Non-Spinnaker Class, with a 1-2 record. And the Harlem Ya

Dear HYC Skippers, Good news! The New Rochelle Pumpout Boat will again offer regular weekly service to Harlem Yacht Club members. To schedule a visit. for Sunday, June 7, 2026 will be the first visit. For that day only, text veteran boat operator Mark at 914-275-6343. Thereafter, Fridays will be the regular pumpout days (unless changed for holidays, illness, etc.) . For those days, text Rebecca at 914-625-8367 In each text, include your name, "Harlem Yacht Club" your boat (m

Congratulations to Paul Beaudin and the crew of loulou, who swept the J/105 division of the Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club's season-opening Race for the Case (the case, in this case, being a case of rum). loulou finished first in every contest of the May 30-31, four-race series, besting five other J/105s in the biggest of the regatta's three divisions. Well done, loulou.

When the wind and the current are against you and the whole fleet is losing ground, dropping an anchor can be the best way to take the lead.