Yacht & Sailing Clubs
It’s been said that owning a boat without belonging to a yacht club is like owning a bat and ball but never joining a team. While it’s possible to enjoy the sport on an individual basis, new opportunities for fun and friendship begin opening up when joining a club.
Some boaters react strongly to a long-outdated stereotype at the mere mention of the term “yacht club”. The image of effete snobs parading around in brass –buttoned blazers and white slacks has never represented 99% of yacht club members. Most clubs will have occasions when the officers will adopt formal attire, but the overall atmosphere in Pacific NW yacht clubs is casual, relaxed, and friendly. Fans of “proper nautical decorum” will find clubs in some of our larger cities where more formality is observed- but even in those organizations everyone involved is having a tremendously good time.
Membership in most clubs is not prohibitively expensive, and as a result the membership represents the majority of pleasure boaters in the Pacific NW. Yacht club members typically are people who have had to prioritize and save in other areas of expenditure to justify affording a boat. Many yacht clubs accept boats under 20-feet in length, so even a fairly humble vessel will be welcome in a club in most communities.
Yacht club members enjoy free, or very lost cost overnight moorage at facilities belonging to reciprocal clubs. Many NW cruisers save their yacht club dues in moorage fees every year. Many clubs have permanent moorage available for members, and “outstation” facilities at cruising destinations open only to club members only.
Membership in a yacht club might be the most important “accessory” that can be purchased for a boat.
For more information about nearby yacht clubs, contact one of the Puget Sound Area yacht clubs on the following list:
Puget Sound Area Yacht Clubs
Club Name | Location | Phone |
Anacortes Yacht Club | Anacortes | 360-293-4555 |
Bellevue Yacht Club | Bellevue | 206-730-0302 |
Bellingham Yacht Club | Bellingham | 206-733-7390 |
Bremerton Yacht Club | Bremerton | 360-479-2662 |
Brownsville Yacht Club | Brownsville | 360-692-5498 |
Carver Cruisers Yacht Club | Puget Sound | none |
Corinthian Yacht Club | Bellingham | none |
Corinthian Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-789-1010 |
Corinthian Yacht Club | Tacoma | none |
Day Island Yacht Club | Tacoma | none |
Des Moines Yacht Club | Des Moines | 206-878-7220 |
Duwamish Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-767-9330 |
Edmonds Yacht Club | Edmonds | 425-778-5499 |
Everett Yacht Club | Everett | 425-259-8178 |
Fidalgo Bay Yacht Club | Anacortes | 360-299-9123 |
Flounder Bay Yacht Club | Anacortes | none |
Fox Island Yacht Club | Fox Island | 253-549-2063 |
Friday Harbor Yacht Club | Friday Harbor | 206-378-4581 |
Gig Harbor Yacht Club | Gig Harbor | 253-851-1807 |
Hat Island Yacht Club | Hat Island | 253-355-8004 |
Hidden Harbor Yacht Club | Puget Sound | none |
Kingston Cove Yacht Club | Kingston | 360-297-3371 |
Lake Sammamish Yacht Club | Sammamish | 425-837-0988 |
Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club | Bellevue | 425-454-8880 |
Mukilteo Yacht Club | Mukilteo | 425-355-6002 |
Navy Yacht Club | Everett | none |
Oak Harbor Yacht Club | Oak Harbor | 360-675-1314 |
Olympia Yacht Club | Olympia | none |
Orcas Island Yacht Club | West Sound | none |
Point Roberts Yacht Club | Point Roberts | none |
Port Angeles Yacht Club | Port Angeles | 360-457-4132 |
Port Ludlow Yacht Club | Port Ludlow | none |
Port Madison Yacht Club | Bainbridge Island | none |
Port Orchard Yacht Club | Port Orchard | 360-874-9366 |
Port Townsend Yacht Club | Port Townsend | none |
Poulsbo Yacht Club | Poulsbo | 206-842-2200 |
Puget Sound Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-634-3733 |
Quartermaster Yacht Club | Vashon | none |
Queen City Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-323-9602 |
Rainier Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-722-9576 |
Roche Harbor Yacht Club | Seattle | 253-927-6034 |
San Juan Island Yacht Club | Friday Harbor | 360-378-3434 |
Seattle Singles Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-938-3187 |
Seattle Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-325-1000 |
Semiahmoo Yacht Club | Blaine | none |
Sequim Bay Yacht Club | Sequim | 360-683-1338 |
Shelton Yacht Club | Shelton | 206-426-9476 |
Sloop Tavern Yacht Club | Seattle | 206-782-3330 |
South Sound Sailing Society | Olympia | none |
Swinomish Yacht Club | LaConner | 206-752-3555 |
Tacoma Yacht Club | Tacoma | 253-752-3555 |
Three Tree Point Yacht Club | Des Moines | 206-824-3674 |
Totem Yacht Club | Tacoma | 206-759-9062 |
Tyee Yacht Club | Seattle | 425-408-0239 |
Viking Yacht Club | Tacoma | none |
West Sound Corinthian Yacht Club | Olympia | none |