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Essex yacht club, 13 novelty lane, essex, connecticut 06426 phone: 860-767-8121 | fax: 860-767-2674.

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Essex Yacht Club is located approximately 5 miles up the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound. The entrance to the Connecticut River is marked by R "8" Fl R 4s Bell. If approaching from the south or east, be sure to honor Bell "8" by passing south or west of it before heading northwest towards the the Saybrook Breakwater. Follow the channel markers starting at the Saybrook Breakwater upriver to Fl G 4s 27ft 5M "25" north of Haydens Point. Take care to observe the no-wake areas as marked. The Old Lyme Drawbridge monitors VHF Channel 13. The vertical clearance for the Baldwin (fixed) Bridge (I-95) is 81 feet. Turn west into the fairway marked by the first set of two yellow cans just west of R "26" Fl R 4s to Essex Yacht Club. The Waterfront staff can be hailed on VHF Channel 68 during launch hours. Essex Yacht Club's night signal is three vertical lights, white at top and bottom, and blue in the middle. The Connecticut River is tidal. Try to time your approach with a flood (in-coming) tide. The ebb can run several knots. Latitude: 41° 21' 57" N Longitude: 72° 23' 04" W (NOAA Chart: 12375)

From New York and New Haven, CT:

Take I-95 N toward New London

Take exit 69 to merge onto CT-9 toward Essex/Hartford

Take exit 3 for CT-154

Turn left onto CT-154 N/Saybrook Road and proceed to the first set of lights

At the lights take a right onto West Avenue

Follow West Avenue to Essex Town Center

Take a right onto Main Street

Follow Main Street past the Griswold Inn

Take 2nd right after the Inn onto Novelty Lane

The Yacht Club is at the end of Novelty Lane

From Hartford, CT:

From I-91 S, take exit 22 S on the left to merge onto CT-9 S toward Middletown/Old Saybrook

Take exit 3 for CT-154 toward Essex/Westbrook

Turn left onto CT-154 and proceed to the first set of lights

At the lights, turn left onto West Avenue

Follow West Avenue to Essex Town Center

The Yacht Club is at the end of Novelty Lane

From Westerley, RI:

Take I-95 S toward New Haven

At the lights take a right onto West Avenue

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A Peek Inside The Country Club

By Fran Schumer

March 16, 2003

''But when I called, Brenda Patimkin wasn't home. She's having dinner at the club, a woman's voice told me. Will she be home after (my voice was two octaves higher than a choirboy's)? I don't know, the voice said, she may go driving golf balls.''

''Goodbye Columbus'' Philip Roth

TO Neil Klugman, Philip Roth's fictional poor boy from Newark, life at the Green Lane Country Club sounded impossibly wonderful. These days, after a winter of orange alerts and endless snow, many people wonder if life at Green Lane's counterparts remains as lush as it was in Mr. Roth's 1950's New Jersey.

And most of them may never know, since the kind of club that could take a person's mind off duct tape and plastic sheeting is open only to members and their guests. Still, as the season approaches (and in country club parlance, the season is any time a person can subsist on tennis and golf), some clubs are willing to open their massive doors just a crack. Inside, a picture emerges of a style of playing (and living) that is in some ways vastly different from what it was in the halcyon 1950's, and in some ways, remarkably the same.

First, some facts about the industry.

There are about 125 country clubs in New Jersey, and -- at least until the stock market's past annus horribilis -- they were hardly suffering. Membership at New Jersey clubs, as in the rest of the nation, rose by about 10 percent to 15 percent during the last two decades, said Kevin Scullen, director of marketing and membership for the National Club Association in Washington. One reason was the healthy economy and the other, the coming of age of the baby boomers or, as Mr. Scullen put it, their coming of ''club age,'' which is the late 40's and upward.

''People at those ages are more established in their careers and have more time for leisure,'' he said.

Then there is the money; people over 40 are more likely to have it. At the higher end, membership requires $100,000 or more in initiation fees, at least $10,000 in annual dues and monthly minimums for food and beverages. The extras, of course, are extra -- golf carts, special events, massages.

No wonder when the Dow and the Nasdaq fall, so does membership. Although most clubs in New Jersey remained full during the past season, their waiting lists dropped by about 20 percent, said William G. Hoferer, president of the New Jersey Club Managers Association, which represents 66 clubs in central and northern New Jersey.

Beyond the numbers, clubs have experienced other changes in the last few decades. In an earlier time, men played with men, women played with women and children were seen only at certain times and in certain places -- usually the pool. These days, however, as the age of the average club members drops (from 60 in 1990 to about 55 today, said Mr. Scullen), these younger members want more exciting family-friendly activities than the annual Mother's Day brunch.

Perhaps for this reason, Echo Lake Country Club in Westfield is offering its first sock hop for families, complete with vintage cars parked around the clubhouse, and the Alpine Country Club in Demarest has installed Sony PlayStation in its fully equipped (and supervised) game room for the children.

''I never thought I'd be spouting the virtues of a country club, but it's really very family oriented,'' said Julie Karlitz, a member at Alpine along with her husband and daughters, ages 6 and 8.

Change, by Statute, Has Come

As the clubs have been forced to become more family oriented, the status of women has also changed. In other words, the days of the Men's (Only) Grill are over -- less because of a changed attitude on the part of the members than because of changes in the law. In 1998, the statutes in New Jersey were amended to prevent clubs from discriminating among members on the basis of gender and other factors.

Until 1998, at Cedar Hill Golf and Country Club in Livingston, for example, there were a main grill and a men's grill. Now there are a main grill and a small grill. Navesink Country Club in Middletown used to specify that during the height of golf season, only men could dine in its members' grill. Now, that privilege is limited to golf members and their guests. (Still, of the club's 230 golf members, 218 are men.)

The men's grill at the Manasquan River Golf Club in Brielle is an exception, but only because its men's grill is adjacent to the men's locker and ''it wouldn't be appropriate for women to see men coming out of their lockers for a beer in their BVD's,'' said Michael Zusack, the general manager.

A final aspect of club life that has changed drastically is the food. Once offered mainly for the convenience of members, food service is now a major area in which clubs compete, snatching up chefs from three- and four-star restaurants (the ex-chef at the Plainfield Country Club was the executive sous-chef at Lespinasse) to satisfy a more food-savvy clientele. Yes, you can still get comfort food like hash and eggs and liver and onions, but also fusion dishes like panko-fried shrimp with ponzu sauce, mahi-mahi in sake broth. At Alpine, which is renowned for its food, the menu offers wagyu Kobe beef carpaccio with white truffle oil and fleur de sel.

''Our club members spend a lot of time in Europe and Florida, particularly in the winter; some have businesses in New York and many are in the Social Register,'' said Jozsef de Kovacs, general manager of the Deal Golf and Country Club. ''We try to keep current with the European restaurants.''

Some aspects of club life, however, have not changed as quickly. Ask club managers which ones have the best food, and they will invariably say the Jewish clubs, reflecting the larger reality that many clubs are still largely divided along racial and ethnic lines. Although few managers will speak publicly on the subject, most agree that clubs that would not or did not admit people from certain racial or ethnic groups in the past now probably do, although not in large enough numbers to affect their profile.

''I don't think that any club in this day and age would say that it doesn't admit members of a particular race or ethnic group,'' said Stephen Wolsky, the general manager at Mountain Ridge, a predominantly Jewish club in West Caldwell. ''Just as we have some members who aren't Jewish, Canoe Brook has members who are Jewish, but it's a predominantly Protestant club. Is it by design? Oh, sure. Most of these places started out with a group of people, whether they came from the same city or country, and they tended to band together.''

Such tribal tendencies are hardly limited to country club members, but the issue is particularly touchy because of the conflict it raises between various freedoms, the freedom to associate, for example, and freedom of access. Legally, people can associate with anyone they want as long as they do so in private. The question is: are country clubs private? In Georgia, home of the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, they are, and therefore can admit anyone they want. That is not the case in New Jersey, where clubs are more likely to be considered public accommodations and therefore subject to state laws against discrimination, said Frank Askin, a professor at Rutgers Law School.

Still, the matter has to be decided case by case, and these days, said Jeffrey Burstein, an assistant state attorney general, ''I'm not aware of any golf club cases that have gone to the point where there was a final decision -- either by the courts or a state anti-discrimination agency.''

People join clubs for many reasons, but some join precisely because they are exclusive.

'Your Own Kind'

''What gives a club its cachet is that it is restricted,'' said Suzanne Keller, a professor of sociology at Princeton. ''In a mobile social system, nobody is very secure. There is always either the threat from below or from above; somebody is always wealthier or brighter, or has the newest or the latest. The country club allows you to display your status and to confine that status to your own kind.''

Of course, people also join for more pedestrian reasons. ''You have to be careful not to jump to conclusions and say 'they're all bigots,' or 'they want to separate themselves from the masses,''' said David Wilder, a professor of psychology at Rutgers. ''For one person, it may be status to join a certain club; for another, it may be that that's where he can get a tennis court on a Saturday morning.''

Then there is the deeper sense of belonging a person is likely to find at a club than at the local mall. ''One of the common criticisms of our suburban culture, to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, is that there's no there there,'' said Professor Wilder. ''Geographically, as we spread ourselves out, the club serves some of the functions of the old New England town hall. It's a place to gather, to socialize and to the extent that clubs make their own policies, to perform a civic function.''

Here, beyond the Members Only sign, is a glimpse of what you're missing.

Surf and Turf

The Bay Head Yacht Club may be one of the most exclusive clubs at the shore, but for golfers the Manasquan River Golf Club, 10 minutes to the north in Brielle, is surely the better option. The varied course with its 12th through 17th holes on the river attracts so many serious players that the waiting list for golf members remains at four to five years, regardless of stock market malaise and pre-war anxiety.

Manasquan's club was founded in 1922, but part of the clubhouse was built in 1780. Age is one factor that gives this part of the building its dignity; service is the other. Budge and a waiter -- who invariably knows your name -- will rush to freshen your drink or push the cashews closer, or lead you and your party to your favorite table overlooking the river.

All clubs pride themselves on the degree to which they pamper their members, but Manasquan has reduced the art of coddling to a science. As soon as a member arrives, the server punches the member's number into a computer and up pops notations like: ''Both drink vodka martinis up with olives,'' or ''likes to eat in a timely fashion'' or ''nice but challenging.''

The menu on a recent Friday, prepared by Dan Palsi, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, featured the basics like steak and potatoes, but also lemon grass and mint-spiked risotto and homemade lemon cookies so light that they melted on your tongue. Fresh lump crabmeat glistened beside a frail Dendrobian orchid. Given the heavy traffic at the shore, members value their affiliation for another reason. ''In summer, if you don't belong to a club, you're not going to go out for dinner,'' said Nancy Ness, a member from Mantoloking.

As one staff member put it, ''We have multigazillionaires here and we have plumbers, and we treat everyone equally.''

To which a guest replied, ''I bet you have multigazillionaires who are plumbers.''

But even multigazillionaires like bargains. Aside from the Sunday night barbecues in summer, one of the club's most popular events is Member Appreciation Night on Wednesday, when a three-course dinner is $16.95.

Mention Alpine Country Club in Demarest and even nonmembers will reminisce about the duck consomme with foie gras they sampled during a visit, or the bottle of Clos Martinet '95 on the club's extensive wine list.

At the club's expense, Nicholas Gatti, the chef, is regularly dispatched to places like France, Italy and the Napa Valley in California to refine his techniques -- and for obvious reasons. One-fourth of the members live in Manhattan, and most of those are on the Upper East Side, where the competition isn't other clubs but three- and four-star restaurants like Il Monello and Daniel.

The hunks of lobster in Mr. Gatti's risotto are the size of golf balls, and the texture of the foie gras is velvet. A competing club recently featured a Chinese dinner and ordered food from a Chinese restaurant; when Alpine held its Chinese Dinner Night, said Robert Mueller, the general manager, Mr. Gatti made everything, ''down to the last dumpling.''

Apart from dining, life at Alpine revolves around its golf course, designed in 1928 by A.W. Tillinghast, a well-known course designer of the era. The club also offers swimming, tennis and many activities for children. Like its competitors, Alpine has recently relaxed its rules regarding where and when children may appear, but other rules remain inviolate: no ''nursemaids, governesses, au pairs, babysitters and other like attendants'' on the premises, and no ''shirt with printed phrases or slogans.'' As for nursing mothers, they can, but only in areas where no one is dining.

Perhaps because the club is so close to Manhattan, members occasionally see celebrities like Michael Douglas on the Alpine golf course, or David Burke and Mario Battali visiting the kitchen. But whether people are famous or just rich, for its members there are always the free ice cream sundaes by the pool on Sundays, and an available table even when the dining room is booked.

There Is No 'No'

''The real pampering is in the staff's attitude that there is no 'no,''' said Herb Karlitz, a member from Demarest.

The entrance to the Navesink Country Club in Middletown is vintage New England prep school: a roaring fire in the vestibule and red-cheeked men and women wearing cable-knit sweaters and bursting with athleticism.

Navesink is one of three clubs in New Jersey that have skating rinks (Beacon Hill Club in Summit and the Essex Hunt Club in Peapack are the others), which is why it is generally as crowded in winter as it is in August.

On a recent Friday, the club seemed like a young person's paradise: a hockey game was in full swing and children from the camp that the club runs during the summer were having their mid-winter reunion. Even when there is not a party, a snack bar next to the hockey rink serves a teenager-friendly menu that includes Drake's Cakes, mozzarella sticks and hot chocolate.

As Dave Schutzenhofer, the general manager, noted, ''The profit margin here is better than in our dining room.''

In summer, members golf, play tennis and swim and, on clear summer evenings, watch the lights from Red Bank and the hotels in Long Branch. Some of the club's older members are especially devoted - some even say fanatical - about bridge. Although a group of women in their 70's did not make it to the club on the very day in February that a blizzard dumped two feet of snow on the area, they showed up the next day, ready to deal.

''The playground of society,'' a newspaper clipping called the Orange Lawn and Tennis Club in 1929. These days, members like to say, Orange Lawn is ''about tennis and not exclusivity.''

Founded in 1886, six years after lawn tennis was introduced into the United States, the club moved from its original location in Orange in the 1920's to 16 hilly acres in South Orange, where it now resides. Tennis was and remains its most serious business. Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Rod Laver - a Who's Who of tennis stars -- played on its famous grass courts in the days before the United States Open left the Forest Hills section of Queens for Flushing and switched from grass to a hard surface.

Today, Orange Lawn still features 10 grass courts (some say they rival those at Wimbledon) as well as 10 with a clay-like surface. On either surface, whites are de rigueur in season, a regulation that has become increasingly rare at newer clubs, but which remains a source of pride to Orange Lawn's members.

''There's nothing quite as beautiful as walking by the grass courts in summer and just seeing white on the green,'' said Natalie Peck, a member from Essex Fells. When there are weddings, tents appear -- and even then, you can hear the gentle ''pling pling'' of tennis balls in the distance.

The club also features paddle tennis - its five courts are the site of the annual New Jersey Men's State Championships - and on these courts, the dress code is relaxed with a vengeance. Knickers, suspenders, old paint clothes - anything goes, as long as it isn't yellow, which camouflages the ball. For its famously eclectic members, Orange Lawn also features a men's book club, a bicycling club (members have biked through Lancaster, Pa., and the Hamptons) and one of the few greens in the state for lawn bowling, which is the English version of bocce.

As for wining and dining, most of it takes place in the 1848 building that houses the clubhouse. Jackets and ties are scarce, even on Saturday, when the dress code is ''smart casual,'' but the building, with its lofty ceilings, winding staircase and mansion architecture, still oozes charm. An Edith Wharton heroine would be fully at home by the mahogany bar, grandfather clock and hand-painted mural that dates from the time when women still played tennis in dresses.

The Bar Tab Is Way Down

As the average age of members at Orange Lawn has dropped, and their concern with fitness grows, there is another change from the days when their club was ''society's playground,'' said Richard Peck, a member who is a private investor. ''The bar tab is way, way down.''

''My grandfather loved his golf, his cards and his cigar and he needed a place to do all of them,'' said Susan Rybnick, whose grandfather, Max Blotner, was among the earliest members of the Crestmont Country Club in West Orange.

If Mr. Blotner were still alive, he could still play cards at Crestmont, which was founded in 1954 on the site of the former Newark Athletic Club, and certainly golf. But since his era, the club has banned smoking and more recently, cellphones (except near the house phones on the golf course, or within booths inside the clubhouse).

''We've lost members because of that regulation,'' said Fern Epstein, a member of the club for 14 years.

Crestmont prides itself on its many activities. First and foremost, there is golf. The much-touted course was designed by Donald Ross, also a leading course designer of his era, and is still the site of many tournaments, including the New Jersey Professional Golf Association Match Play Championship for the last five years, and the U.S. Healthcare Charity Classic, which will take place at Crestmont this year. The club also features a 300-yard driving range, one of the largest in the area.

Members can also swim, play tennis or work out in the new gym, complete with weights and exercise machines. The men's locker features a steam room, a card room, a barber shop (hair cut $11; beard trim, $5) as well as 15 different types of shaving cream for men who prefer to trim their own. There are also an on-call masseur (or masseuse) and a separate slumber room for napping. (All that leisure can be exhausting.)

The women's locker doesn't have a steam room or a slumber room, but it does have a card room as well as a sitting room with a television and copies of Vogue. Its small library features ''Six Novels by Colette.''

David Epstein, a member at Crestmont, grew up working as a caddy at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield.

''The club was my sanctuary,'' said Mr. Epstein, whose father was a sheet metal worker in Newark. ''I loved being outdoors - nature, the grass. I'd caddy all day, then clean the clubs, go in the pro shop and then play the course until it got dark.''

After attending Rutgers on a scholarship from the New Jersey State Golf Association, Mr. Epstein married, had two children and at age 36 -- slightly before he could afford to -- joined Crestmont with money he borrowed from a bank. ''I didn't want to wait until I was too old to enjoy my life, and I never regretted it,'' he said.

As at other clubs, the generations at Crestmont sometimes disagree. When it came to installing the new gym, many of the the younger members were in favor, but older members grumbled that it took away three-quarters of the room in which they played poker and gin.

Accolades for the Kitchen

In 1996, New Jersey Golfer Magazine voted the clubhouse at the Ridgewood Country Club nicest in terms of architecture and the clubhouse at Cedar Hill most accomplished in terms of its food. Seven years later, the kitchen still deserves accolades for its legendarily simple dishes: Caesar salads with teriyaki glazed chicken and broccoli scrambled eggs served with a hailstorm of melt-in-your mouth onions. If only Peter Anderson, the chef for 19 years, would reveal the source of his rugelah, which is certainly the most buttery of any in New Jersey.

Where there is good food, however, there are invariably picky eaters.

''Sometimes I think they stay up until 3 in the morning thinking about dishes to request,'' Mr. Anderson said from Napa, where he was enjoying a rest. Find six women at a table in the club's popular main grill, and inevitably each will want her chicken cooked differently.

Aside from catering to members, Cedar Hill also caters to the about 6,600 non-members who attend the weddings and bar mitzvahs held at the club throughout the year. Members get priority, but nonmembers can also use the club for parties, when different rules prevail. Although motorcycles are generally prohibited, at one event the guest of honor rode into the dining room on a Harley.

Like other clubs, Cedar Hill has adapted to changes. One is the growing popularity of golf.

''Now, you see even more children of members taking lessons and wanting to go out on the course,'' said Marilyn Maloof, a member for 17 years.

To accommodate them, the club has added a second assistant pro to its golfing staff. Also in the interest of family harmony, the club has changed its voting rules. Instead of giving each family one vote, each has two half-votes, so that spouses can each register an opinon.

When they are not eating or swimming or cancelling out each other's vote, members come to Cedar Hill just to relax. During mid-term exams last January, a group of teenagers with Millburn High School shirts sat contentedly in the lobby. In the absence of well-defined neighborhoods, this was their there.

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Muskegon Yacht Club Membership Dues and Fees Muskegon Yacht Club Membership Dues and Fees Full Membership – $875.00 Annual Dues, One time $875.00 Initiation Fee Full Membership shall be available to any person over 18 years of age. The privileges of membership shall include all club privileges for the named member, their spouse and children less than 24 years of age. Junior Membership – $437.50 Annual Dues, One time $437.50 Initiation Fee Junior Membership shall be available to any person under 35 years of age who does not qualify for Youth Membership. The privileges of membership shall be the same as those of a Full Member, except that a Junior Member shall have no individual vote. Junior members may not accrue seniority towards Life membership. Youth Membership – $50.00 Annual Dues, No initiation Fee Youth Membership shall be available to full-time students 16 years of age and under 24 years of age who are not children of members. The privileges of membership shall be the same as those of a Full Member, except that a Youth Member shall have no individual vote nor hold office in the organization. Youth Members may not accrue seniority towards Life Membership status. Youth Members shall reapply for membership annually and provide proof of regular full-time student status. Capital Improvement Fund (CIF) – $15.00 per month In addition to the membership dues, all membership classifications (excluding Youth members) will be billed monthly for the MYC Capital Improvement Fund. Current CIF Funding is set at $15.00 per month. Rules for Dues Payment for MYC Membership Class Dues Initiation Full $875 $875 Junior $437.50 $437.50 Youth $50 $0 Membership application shall be accompanied by Initiation fees and either 1-year of dues or if quarterly payments are selected, all quarters up to and including the present quarter. Annual Full Dues are due on or before March 15. Dues not received by March 15 will be considered a resignation (See reinstatement note below.) New applications for first-time membership only received on or after July 1 of any calendar year shall be accompanied by payment based on a monthly prorated basis plus the full initiation fee. The prorated amount will be equal to 1/12 of full applicable (full or junior) membership dues multiplied by the number of remaining months at the time of the application, including the month of application. Prorated Initiation Fees/Dues Schedule: Full Jan – Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Dues 875 437.50 364.58 291.67 218.75 145.83 72.92 Init 875 875 875 875 875 875 875 Total 1750.00 1312.50 1239.58 1166.67 1093.75 1020.83 947.92 Junior Jan – Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Dues 437.50 218.75 182.29 145.83 109.37 72.92 36.46 Init 437.50 437.50 437.50 437.50 437.50 437.50 437.50 Total 875.00 656.25 619.79 583.33 546.87 510.42 473.96 Quarterly Dues Option: Members who wish to pay quarterly will be charged on the 15 th of the month preceding the quarter for ¼ of the total annual dues for their classification. Members requesting quarterly payments are required to use automatic Credit Card or Debit Card payment and each bill will include a $15.00 fee. Charge / Debit Dates are: December 15, March 15, June 15, and September 15. Nonpayment of quarterly dues within 1-month of due date will be considered a resignation (See reinstatement note below) Reinstatement Note: Resigned Members can be reinstated by full payment of outstanding dues up to December 31 of the same year with a 20% penalty. Note: any membership not up-to-date by March 15 may not be listed in the handbook for the current year. Example Payments: Annual Payment before March 1: Full Member $875 Junior Member $437.50 Quarterly Payments per above schedule: Full Member $233.75 (includes $15 Fee) Junior Member $124.38 (includes $15 Fee) Example of member joining on June 1 and paying quarterly (initiation + 2 quarters) Initation Fee 1st Payment Remaining quarters Full Member $875 $467.50 $233.75 Junior Member $437.50 $248.75 $124.38 opened in header.php --> Membership inquiry OR contact the Club!

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MEMBERSHIP IN THE ESSEX CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB IS JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY!

Please contact your member sponsor and complete the application form .

Once you have completed your application, a member of our membership team will reach out to share more about the wonderful benefits and opportunities our club provides.

As you consider joining the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, please become familiar with the concept of a "Corinthian" club. Our club is a 99% volunteer-run organization and depends on the support from our committees and volunteers.

Committees and volunteers are the lifeblood of our club. ECYC's tradition of "all hands on deck" is critical to our club's existence. It is part of being a member of a Corinthian club. Please volunteer for a committee when you join! There are also other options to support the club.

Current Committees:

House Committee

Entertainment Committee

Race Committee

Membership Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

Nominating Committee

Special Activities Committee

Cruise Committee

Waterfront Committee (assists the Fleet Captain)

Not sure where or how you can help? Just ask, and we will point you in the right direction! Do you have questions about membership? Please email Patti Pickering, Membership Chair at [email protected] .

Eastern Yacht Club offers event docking, regular and social memberships, and permanent, temporary, and daily slips.

For event dockage.

Contact: Dockmaster: Dan Bentzen – 443-425-0093 Fleet Captain: Todd Bates- 443-676-6792 *VHF Channel 74 monitor during events*

Regular and Social Memberships

Regular membership.

Regular members are owners of the club and have a vote at annual Stockholder meeting/election. As regular members we are all required to complete service hours each month per month on work crews that perform club maintenance or to be assigned to one of the many committees we have. Regular members are required to attend 3 EYC ticketed events per year (or invoiced, see above “Annual Fees” section).

Members will receive a membership card that also serves as a debit card for Point of Sale. Point of Sale, POS, works like a debit card in the club house and Tiki Bar. When you join you will be billed in February, each year, for $240.00 that will go on your card. The card can be used as cash as long as POS Credits are available. The POS system is a “use it or lose it” system. At the end of the annual cycle (February 28) all credits left will be forfeited unless special circumstances are in place.

Social Membership

EYC’s year begins October 1. Invoices for annual dues are mailed around August 15 and due by October 1. Anyone joining after October is billed on a pro-rated basis for the remaining months in the next fiscal year* (October to September) i.e., annual dues divided by 12, times the remaining months of the fiscal year.

Invoices for Point of Sale Credits are only billed once a year for $80 for Social Members. Payment is due in October. Invoices sent to Social Members must be paid by the Due Date specified on the invoice.

We have permanent Slips, temporary slips and daily slips.

Permanent slips are for Regular “A” members, temporary slips are available for members wishing a second slip, or when a new member joins Eastern. We also provide daily slips for visiting members of other Yacht Clubs and for non-members during our events. We have slips from 30 feet to 55 feet with electric and water hook ups. EYC also has a pump out station.

Permanent slips are acquired by seniority bid at Slip Night in September. For more information review in the membership area: Slip Bidding process

Permanent slip holders must have electric meter put in their name. Owner of boat must be the club member. Proof of ownership and insurance policy naming Eastern as “also notified” is required.

Boat must be seaworthy and must have a well-maintained appearance. An inspection is done on each boat in the basin before opening weekend each year and before a new boat is granted a permanent or temporary slip.

We have a dinghy rack with available slots and limited jet ski lifts.

Eastern also has several Motor Home Slips that follow the same bid process on Slip Day. Electric is billed by the club.

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A proud history of promoting yachting, sailing, and amateur seamanship since 1890.

Essex Yacht Club, on the Connecticut River, was founded in 1933 on the principles of friendship and a deep love of yachting. Then as now, our hope is to foster a community of enthusiastic individuals and families brought together through their enjoyment of the boating experience.

The mission of the Essex Yacht Club is to promote excellence in yachting activities among its members, including racing, cruising and off-water Club activities. To accomplish this mission, the Club has developed year-round member activities and programs to promote the Corinthian spirit, the fine traditions of yachting excellence, and the camaraderie of friendship.

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How Much Does an Elks Club Membership Cost?

The Elks Club was founded in 1868 and is one of the largest and oldest fraternal organizations in the United States of America. It has over 1.2 million members who have joined in more the 2,000 communities.

This club is open to all citizens of the United States who are older than 21 years of age and believe in God. Men and women are both eligible for membership.

The cost of an Elks Club Membership depends on the application fee which is anywhere between $60 and $85 , and an annual fee that will start at around $40 and will go up to more than $550. For the initiation fee, you will have to pay between $60 and more than $1,050 .

The cost of the initiation fee will be affected significantly by the geographical place where you are living as there are many locations, but in most situations, the initiation fee will be less than $250 and the monthly costs will rarely exceed $30.

At Wellesley, Massachusetts lodge, the application/initiation fee is $75 , and the membership dues per year are $40 . As a result, the full amount a future Elk member would owe would be $110 .

The annual dues for a standard/regular membership at Fremont Elks Lodge 2121 are $160 , and the half-year dues are $100 . There is also a handling fee of $2.50 per transaction.

The required membership dues for 2023/2024 at Palo Alto Elks Lodge are $586.50 . For those who would like to use the athletic facilities (pool, gym, locker room, racquetball), an additional annual athletic fee of $1170 for a family or $664 for an individual applies.

The annual membership fee for Elks Lodge 158 is $139.00 , plus a 3% convenience fee. The single pool membership fee is $300.00 , plus a 3% convenience fee.

On the other hand, according to a Yelp member, the initiation fee at the Elks Club in Honolulu is around $1,050 , while the monthly costs are almost $35 .

Elks Club membership details

Membership is only by invitation from a current member and requires a sponsor as well as other members to vote in acceptance.

As an Elks Club member, you will take advantage of many benefits such as regular lodge meetings for lunches throughout the week, dinner on different nights, cheap drinks, and occasional karaoke music and dancing. However, the amenities will vary from one club to another and it is recommended to check the official website of the Elk Club you joined to see your benefits.

The majority of the clubs post on their website their events and amenities. For instance, the members of Elks Club #496 are offered dart boards, dining options, a shuffleboard table, karaoke, a game room with a pool, and flat-panel televisions.

The main membership types available at Elks Club lodges

Active Member

The regular adult membership for age 21+ who has been voted in by the lodge. Pays full dues and can hold office and vote.

Life Member

An Active member who has maintained membership for 30+ consecutive years. Dues are waived and have full privileges.

Honorary Life Member

A distinguished non-member awarded lifetime status by the Grand Lodge without dues or voting rights.

Associate Member

Typically is the spouse of an Active member. With this membership, you can use facilities and assist with events but cannot vote or hold office. It has reduced dues.

National Life Member

An Active member who has held membership for 50+ years. Dues are waived and can be transferred between lodges.

Non-Resident Member

For Active members who now live abroad or a distance away. They can visit lodges but have no voting rights, and pay nominal dues.

Youth Member

Children/grandchildren must be sponsored by a parent/grandparent Active member. They use facilities until 21 and pay minimal dues.

Each local Elks Club may have additional special member categories as well per their bylaws and traditions according to the jurisdiction of the lodge you wish to join. There are both voting and non-voting classifications. As a member, you can pay your dues online

The club provides exclusive membership, a social atmosphere with peers, and opportunities to give back locally through lodges nationwide.

Being a member may also provide access to benefits and discounts, including access to other lodges around the country. All you have to do is to contact them.

You might also like our articles about the cost of membership at Bellevue Club , Augusta National , or Country Club of Virginia .

What are the additional expenses?

You may have to pay for the drinks and meals, but the Elks Club is well known for the low prices it charges for its food and drinks. For instance, you will have to pay less than $5 for a wine or beer.

In case you want to organize a private event such as a birthday party or even a wedding, then this will come with some costs that you need to take into consideration.

Important things to consider

Also, another condition to becoming a member of this club is to have two co-sponsors who are current members and to live in the jurisdiction. After you pass the verification, you will get in front of the Investigation Committee, and a date and time will be set up for the interview. The majority of the applicants will receive a response somewhere between 10 days and 2 months after the interview is conducted.

Elks Club offers awards of more than $3 million every year for college scholarships as part of the Elks National Foundation. Among these scholarships, the Legacy Grants, the Most Valuable Student Grant, the Emergency Grants, and the Vocational Grants are included. Members who would like to save money on their education are allowed to apply for these scholarships.

Also, the Elks Club creates many opportunities to provide better education and enrich student lives through many no-cost programs. The young members of the Elks Club are partners in different community service programs. For instance, the Drug Awareness Program offers materials to communities and schools to encourage young people to make smart and healthy lifestyle decisions regarding alcohol and drug abuse.

The Elks are known for their rapid response to disasters. They often provide financial assistance, supplies, and volunteers to support disaster relief efforts.

Elks Lodges often provide grants to local community organizations and associations. These grants can support a wide range of causes, from education and healthcare to arts and culture.

Moreover, the Elks Club supports the Boys and Girls Clubs, arts programs, 4-H programs, and youth athletics, as part of the community outreach program. Often, the Elks Club is a meeting spot for the Scout troops. According to the club, the aim of these programs is to make sure that no child is ignored or forgotten.

If you want to find an Elks Club location close to you, visit their official website.

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Pleasantly surprised, service is good so is the food. Great selection of Fusion food, a mixture of Italian, Japanese, European, Asian etc. A pleasantly nice dining experience, highly recommended, a must try!

Thank you for your feedback and invite you to have lunch or dinner again aboard the ship in an atmosphere of high standards of yacht hospitality.

everything was perfect - the food, the service, the desserts were the best, nice atmosphere and the location - magical

Best food, best view in Moscow. absolutely faultless from arrival to finish. Best risotto i had for many years absolutely perfectly cooked. The view on Ukrainian hotel and the white house by night is amazing

Had to wait for the food for 1.5 hours and then another 20 minutes for the check. Finally called for the manager and he offered... a 10% discount as a compensation. Simply pathetic! The food is mediocre at best. Not bad per se, but one... would expect something better considering the prices. There are many places to eat in area that are much better. Avoid this one at all costs. More

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Food is very expensive,very pretentious, doesn't worth that money. Portions are very small. We ordered ravioli and there were 4! Four raviolis! For almost 15 euros. Then we asked to bring us dessert menu but nothing, they didn't even bothered, so we payed and left... without dessert. Very poor service for that price. More

This is a very good restaurant. The food is really good, maybe the best in Moscow. The service is also good. The view from the restaurant is great. The prices are very high.

I often visit this restaurant and must say it’s one of the best in Moscow in terms of quality and service. Staff really try hard to make sure that you are happy and satisfied. Customer service is a huge problem in Moscow but Chaika sets... a great example for others in the industry! Food is delicious and the menu has lots of options for everyone! Atmosphere is great and view is beautiful on the embankment. Special thanks to German & Oleg! More

Thank you for your feedback! Again aboard the yacht restaurant "Chaika" in accordance with the high standards of yacht hospitality.

Highly recommended, great location in the city center of Moscow with a superb atmosphere. Too many menu choices, though all delicious!

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Visited this lovely restaurant with a friend of mine. It was relaxingly warm August evening - so the place on the river seemed like a good idea. We came quite early and the restaurant was not full. The hostesses kindly offered several places to sit... and we chose to sit on the sofas. We had some wine, which was good. We struggled a bit when deciding about the food as few options (scallops) were not available. Fish on ice on display did not look very fresh. To be honest it was an unusually hot August and it is probably understandable that some see food options were not available. However, we did manage to order something and sat waiting and looking onto the river. My long-legged friend struggled sitting at the low sofa and the manager noticed that, offering as a very good, proper table beside the open window. It was nice touch and I was very pleased by their polite observations and immediate reaction to solve the problem. Food was quite good and presentation was perfect. Perhaps I can something about the food, but 1 visit is not enough to criticize or make a definitive opinion. Overall, quality place, which of course, does not come cheap. I would recommend this restaurant without hesitation. More

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I've been here several times during two business trip in Moscow. The overall quality for both service and food is absolutely top-notch, plus the location is very unique.

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Located on a boat at Krasnopresenskaya River Bank this 5 Star Restaurant transforms into a party location due to multiple groups hosting events. Impressive wine selection, Asian and European kitchen...

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Good location. Nice views. Good choice of food and drinks. European and Asian menu. Nice service. Pricey enough.

Had a large group dinner here. Food was above average and service quite good. The real attraction is the view of Moscow from the river on a nice night. Great place for a larger group dinner. More

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The Comprehensive Guide to Moscow Nightlife

Posted on April 14, 2018 July 26, 2018
by Kings of Russia
8 minute read

Moscow’s nightlife scene is thriving, and arguably one of the best the world has to offer – top-notch Russian women, coupled with a never-ending list of venues, Moscow has a little bit of something for everyone’s taste. Moscow nightlife is not for the faint of heart – and if you’re coming, you better be ready to go Friday and Saturday night into the early morning.

This comprehensive guide to Moscow nightlife will run you through the nuts and bolts of all you need to know about Moscow’s nightclubs and give you a solid blueprint to operate with during your time in Moscow.

What you need to know before hitting Moscow nightclubs

Prices in moscow nightlife.

Before you head out and start gaming all the sexy Moscow girls , we have to talk money first. Bring plenty because in Moscow you can never bring a big enough bankroll. Remember, you’re the man so making a fuzz of not paying a drink here or there will not go down well.

Luckily most Moscow clubs don’t do cover fees. Some electro clubs will charge 15-20$, depending on their lineup. There’s the odd club with a minimum spend of 20-30$, which you’ll drop on drinks easily. By and large, you can scope out the venues for free, which is a big plus.

Bottle service is a great deal in Moscow. At top-tier clubs, it starts at 1,000$. That’ll go a long way with premium vodka at 250$, especially if you have three or four guys chipping in. Not to mention that it’s a massive status boost for getting girls, especially at high-end clubs.

Without bottle service, you should estimate a budget of 100-150$ per night. That is if you drink a lot and hit the top clubs with the hottest girls. Scale down for less alcohol and more basic places.

Dress code & Face control

Door policy in Moscow is called “face control” and it’s always the guy behind the two gorillas that gives the green light if you’re in or out.

In Moscow nightlife there’s only one rule when it comes to dress codes:

You can never be underdressed.

People dress A LOT sharper than, say, in the US and that goes for both sexes. For high-end clubs, you definitely want to roll with a sharp blazer and a pocket square, not to mention dress shoes in tip-top condition. Those are the minimum requirements to level the playing field vis a vis with other sharply dressed guys that have a lot more money than you do. Unless you plan to hit explicit electro or underground clubs, which have their own dress code, you are always on the money with that style.

Getting in a Moscow club isn’t as hard as it seems: dress sharp, speak English at the door and look like you’re in the mood to spend all that money that you supposedly have (even if you don’t). That will open almost any door in Moscow’s nightlife for you.

Types of Moscow Nightclubs

In Moscow there are four types of clubs with the accompanying female clientele:

High-end clubs:

These are often crossovers between restaurants and clubs with lots of tables and very little space to dance. Heavy accent on bottle service most of the time but you can work the room from the bar as well. The hottest and most expensive girls in Moscow go there. Bring deep pockets and lots of self-confidence and you have a shot at swooping them.

Regular Mid-level clubs:

They probably resemble more what you’re used to in a nightclub: big dancefloors, stages and more space to roam around. Bottle service will make you stand out more but you can also do well without. You can find all types of girls but most will be in the 6-8 range. Your targets should always be the girls drinking and ideally in pairs. It’s impossible not to swoop if your game is at least half-decent.

Basic clubs/dive bars:

Usually spots with very cheap booze and lax face control. If you’re dressed too sharp and speak no Russian, you might attract the wrong type of attention so be vigilant. If you know the local scene you can swoop 6s and 7s almost at will. Usually students and girls from the suburbs.

Electro/underground clubs:

Home of the hipsters and creatives. Parties there don’t mean meeting girls and getting drunk but doing pills and spacing out to the music. Lots of attractive hipster girls if that is your niche. That is its own scene with a different dress code as well.

What time to go out in Moscow

Moscow nightlife starts late. Don’t show up at bars and preparty spots before 11pm because you’ll feel fairly alone. Peak time is between 1am and 3am. That is also the time of Moscow nightlife’s biggest nuisance: concerts by artists you won’t know and who only distract your girls from drinking and being gamed. From 4am to 6am the regular clubs are emptying out but plenty of people, women included, still hit up one of the many afterparty clubs. Those last till well past 10am.

As far as days go: Fridays and Saturdays are peak days. Thursday is an OK day, all other days are fairly weak and you have to know the right venues.

The Ultimate Moscow Nightclub List

Short disclaimer: I didn’t add basic and electro clubs since you’re coming for the girls, not for the music. This list will give you more options than you’ll be able to handle on a weekend.

Preparty – start here at 11PM

Classic restaurant club with lots of tables and a smallish bar and dancefloor. Come here between 11pm and 12am when the concert is over and they start with the actual party. Even early in the night tons of sexy women here, who lean slightly older (25 and up).

The second floor of the Ugolek restaurant is an extra bar with dim lights and house music tunes. Very small and cozy with a slight hipster vibe but generally draws plenty of attractive women too. A bit slower vibe than Valenok.

Very cool, spread-out venue that has a modern library theme. Not always full with people but when it is, it’s brimming with top-tier women. Slow vibe here and better for grabbing contacts and moving on.

High-end: err on the side of being too early rather than too late because of face control.

Secret Room

Probably the top venue at the moment in Moscow . Very small but wildly popular club, which is crammed with tables but always packed. They do parties on Thursdays and Sundays as well. This club has a hip-hop/high-end theme, meaning most girls are gold diggers, IG models, and tattooed hip hop chicks. Very unfavorable logistics because there is almost no room no move inside the club but the party vibe makes it worth it. Strict face control.

Close to Secret Room and with a much more favorable and spacious three-part layout. This place attracts very hot women but also lots of ball busters and fakes that will leave you blue-balled. Come early because after 4am it starts getting empty fast. Electronic music.

A slightly kitsch restaurant club that plays Russian pop and is full of gold diggers, semi-pros, and men from the Caucasus republics. Thursday is the strongest night but that dynamic might be changing since Secret Room opened its doors. You can swoop here but it will be a struggle.

Mid-level: your sweet spot in terms of ease and attractiveness of girls for an average budget.

Started going downwards in 2018 due to lax face control and this might get even worse with the World Cup. In terms of layout one of the best Moscow nightclubs because it’s very big and bottle service gives you a good edge here. Still attracts lots of cute girls with loose morals but plenty of provincial girls (and guys) as well. Swooping is fairly easy here.

I haven’t been at this place in over a year, ever since it started becoming ground zero for drunken teenagers. Similar clientele to Icon but less chic, younger and drunker. Decent mainstream music that attracts plenty of tourists. Girls are easy here as well.

Sort of a Coyote Ugly (the real one in Moscow sucks) with party music and lots of drunken people licking each others’ faces. Very entertaining with the right amount of alcohol and very easy to pull in there. Don’t think about staying sober in here, you’ll hate it.

Artel Bessonitsa/Shakti Terrace

Electronic music club that is sort of a high-end place with an underground clientele and located between the teenager clubs Icon and Gipsy. Very good music but a bit all over the place with their vibe and their branding. You can swoop almost any type of girl here from high-heeled beauty to coked-up hipsters, provided they’re not too sober.

Afterparty: if by 5AM you haven’t pulled, it’s time to move here.

Best afterparty spot in terms of trying to get girls. Pretty much no one is sober in there and savage gorilla game goes a long way. Lots of very hot and slutty-looking girls but it can be hard to tell apart who is looking for dick and who is just on drugs but not interested. If by 9-10am you haven’t pulled, it is probably better to surrender.

The hipster alternative for afterparties, where even more drugs are in play. Plenty of attractive girls there but you have to know how to work this type of club. A nicer atmosphere and better music but if you’re desperate to pull, you’ll probably go to Miks.

Weekday jokers: if you’re on the hunt for some sexy Russian girls during the week, here are two tips to make your life easier.

Chesterfield

Ladies night on Wednesdays means this place gets pretty packed with smashed teenagers and 6s and 7s. Don’t pull out the three-piece suit in here because it’s a “simpler” crowd. Definitely your best shot on Wednesdays.

If you haven’t pulled at Chesterfield, you can throw a Hail Mary and hit up Garage’s Black Music Wednesdays. Fills up really late but there are some cute Black Music groupies in here. Very small club. Thursday through Saturday they do afterparties and you have an excellent shot and swooping girls that are probably high.

Shishas Sferum

This is pretty much your only shot on Mondays and Tuesdays because they offer free or almost free drinks for women. A fairly low-class club where you should watch your drinks. As always the case in Moscow, there will be cute girls here on any day of the week but it’s nowhere near as good as on the weekend.

In a nutshell, that is all you need to know about where to meet Moscow girls in nightlife. There are tons of options, and it all depends on what best fits your style, based on the type of girls that you’re looking for.