Activities

The Club’s excellent yachting facilities are situated on the Lafayette River. The Club also offers other fine athletic facilities - specializing in fitness, swimming and tennis. NYCC’s dining facilities are exceptional when it comes to hosting theme parties, wedding functions and corporate events and meetings. Six overnight guest rooms, designed for comfort and relaxation, are also available.

 

Fitness Center
		The Family Fitness Facility is a state-of-the-art center with exceptional equipment and services. There are saunas and steam rooms in each locker area, a massage center, and two international squash courts in the facility. Other amenities include the cardiovascular arena equipped with free weights and circuit training equipment, and a multi-purpose studio used for group exercise classes such as Yoga, Pilates, Strength Training and Spinning. The broad range of services available to members include personal training for all ages and lifestyles, swimming and squash lessons and clinics, massage, nutritional counseling, a variety of exercise classes, and even the ability to enjoy the river from the Club’s kayaks.

 

Yachting
		In 2003 four new floating piers were completed, they provide slips for over 160 boats including wet slips and lift slips with dry storage for additional boats. Three launching ramps provide the members with access to the Lafayette River. Boat storage is based on the length of an individual boat and billed on a monthly basis. A full-time Harbor Master assists in the supervision of the marina facility and fuel dock. Upcoming Races and Regattas Visiting Yachter Information

 

Swimming
		The 24,000 square-foot fitness complex has a 25-yard indoor pool with a pool side spa, an Olympic outdoor pool, a dive pool, and a children’s pool. In the summer we have a very active swim team that competes in the VBSL and year round swimming clinics to learn and condition for the upcoming season. Recent renovations to the outdoor pool side included the addition of two pergolas to provide more shade to the pool deck and a shade for the children’s pool.

 

Tennis
		The Club has ten outdoor courts, eight Har-Tru soft surface courts and two hard surface courts; all are lighted for evening play. Additionally, there are two practice backboards and an automated ball machine, as well as a pro shop. A complete line of tennis wear, accessories and restringing services are available and a Professional Tennis Staff is available for individual lessons or group clinics. Adult and Youth teams compete with other clubs, locally and throughout Virginia. A full schedule of tournaments and events is planned each year ranging from mixed doubles social events to the Junior and Adult Club Championships.

 

Junior Sailing
		The Norfolk Yacht and Country Club offers one of the strongest youth sailing programs in Hampton Roads. In addition to intensive summer sessions each year, the Club offers both year round private lessons and group lessons, which feature specialized attention for each sailor. The level of sailing ranges from beginners to advanced racing. Sailors from the Club have competed worldwide in competitions.  The racing team travels everywhere from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida, Rhode Island, and New Orleans. Upcoming Races and Regattas