Yachting

About Our Marina

The Club's marina consists of three floating concrete piers and one fixed pier. Our piers provide slips for 200 boats, including wet slips and lift slips with dry storage for additional boats. ​Pump out and refueling (unleaded and diesel) facilities are available at the end of pier A. The pump out facilities are free for any visiting yachter and fuel will be charged to your account. We also accept credit cards. Our fueling procedure requires that a dock attendant be present to assist. Call (757) 374-1676 or (757) 286-1752 for assistance. Three launching ramps provide members with access to the Lafayette River. Boat storage is based on the length of an individual boat. A full-time Harbormaster assists in the supervision of the marina and fuel dock. 

NYCC has yachting programs that run year-round. We welcome many visiting yachters and regatta participants each year and have reciprocal clubs around the world. The Yachting Division is very active at NYCC and takes part in regattas, spring and fall racing series, seminars, holiday boat lighting celebrations and much more each year. Being a member of NYCC allows you access to not only the marina but access to our waterfront programs and our club-owned Flying Scots. Get your US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification, US Powerboating certificate, come paddle board with us and join us on a sunset sail down the Elizabeth River.

NYCC Regattas & Regatta History

NYCC’s yachting division has played an important role in boating on the Chesapeake Bay and especially in Hampton Roads. Past club records reveal many family names that have made a tradition of participating in regional, national and international regattas. The first large egatta sponsored by the yachting division was the Labor Day Regatta of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Yacht Racing Association in 1939. Boats from the Portsmouth Boat Club, the Hampton Yacht Club and the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club participated. The Labor Day Regatta is still hosted to this day! NYCC also hosted the Virginia Sailing Regatta, a Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association event, on numerous occasions beginning in the mid-1940s. The Maury Regatta, in which high school sailors from all over Hampton Roads sailed, was held annually during the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

Perhaps the most important regattas to be held at the club have been the National Hampton One-Design Championships. Charles McCoy, Jr. won the title in 1961 and was responsible for bringing the regatta to NYCC in 1962, where he successfully defended his title. The club and its members have been instrumental in keeping the Hampton class of boat active on the Bay. The club was once home to the largest fleet on the Chesapeake Bay and during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s it was the most competitive one design class on the Bay.

NYCC now hosts the Labor Day Regatta, Wolcott Memorial Regatta, Dink Vail Regatta (formally Willoughby Challenge), Junior Annual Regatta and a Fall and Spring Keelboat race series.
 

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