Visitors

  • Rules & Guide for Visiting Yachtsmen
    • We are pleased to have you visit Larchmont Yacht Club.  Moorings are available to guests of Club members and to members of recognized yacht clubs.  During your stay, we hope you will enjoy our facilities and community.   This guide will provide general information about our facility, procedures for guests, and services you may need.  Please ask at the Front Desk if you have other questions.Larchmont Yacht Club was founded in 1880 and is one of the oldest yacht clubs in the United States.  We are an active, year-round family club featuring cruising, one-design and frostbite sailing along with swimming, tennis and paddle.  Our adult and junior programs are the largest member-only programs on Long Island Sound.  The Club has been housed in this beautiful building since 1888.Since 1896, the Club has hosted Larchmont Race Week, one of the oldest race weeks in the United States run by a single club.   The sailing roster in 1896 included names such as Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Belmont, whose yachts were well over 100 feet long.  It is one of the few race weeks with starts for PHRF cruising boats, one-design sloops, and junior sailors, all under the same event banner.
      THE USE OF CLUB FACILITIES AND MOORINGS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR USE OF ITS FACILITIES.

      CLUBHOUSE RULES:

      Guests are invited to use the Club’s house facilities. Upon registering at the Front Desk and presenting a guest mooring receipt,  arrangements  for  payment of   bar  and  meal  charges  can  be  made. The Club accepts   major credit cards.  Guests may purchase ticket books to use at the bar and Beach Grill.Registered guests occupying guest rooms or guest moorings may use the pool by paying the appropriate additional facilities fees. The fee schedule for such facilities uses is available at the Front Desk of the Club.
      CELL PHONES AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS may not be used in the Clubhouse.
      COLORS are observed at sunset by standing in silence as the ensign and flags are lowered. Persons inside the Clubhouse need not stand.DRESS in the Clubhouse and on the grounds is “smart casual”. Bathing suits, bare feet and tank tops are not permitted.
      FOOD SERVICE: Reservations for Clubhouse din­ing must be made at the Front Desk.
      ICE: Ask at the front desk.
      SHOWERS are available at the Pool House, as are temporary lockers. The downstairs day lockers were designed specifically for adults. Children under the age of 18 are not allowed in the day lockers but may use showers on the upstairs level. Bring your own locks, towels and personal supplies.

      WATERFRONT FACILITIES RULES:

      COMMUNICATION: For radio communication within the harbor, use low power VHF channel 72.
      EMERGENCY: Dial 911 for police, fire and ambulance.  Emergency medical services are available 24 hours a day at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New Rochelle, New York (632-5000).  For less-critical health concerns, MDxpress at 1030 Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck (777-2273) keeps extended office hours seven days a week.
      LAUNCH SERVICE: VHF Channel 72 is used to hail a launch.  Proper attire including appropriate footwear is required.  Bathing suits and tank  tops are not considered appropriate attire.  Children 13 and under must wear life jackets on launches and docks.  Smoking or consuming beverages on board the launches is prohibited.  The schedule is posted at the main dock.
      MOORINGS: You will be moored on a guest mooring or a club member’s mooring.  When you first come ashore, ask the launch driver to register you at the Dock  House and provide you with a mooring receipt.  Arrangements for payment are made at the Front Desk.  Guest mooring fees are $45 per night.  Unless you have made prior arrangements, check-out time is 11:00 AM.
      WORK DOCK: Located at the end of the drysail pier. Tie-up time is limited to 30 minutes when other boats are waiting.
      FUEL: Currently unavailable.
      PUMP OUT: Pump out  for  holding  tanks  is available at no charge.  Operating instructions are on the unit.  This pump is to be used for holding tanks only.
      WATER: Larchmont’s water comes from New York City Reservoir system, rated the best tasting water in America.
      TRASH/RECYCLING: Trash receptacles and recycling bins are located at the head of the drysail pier and in the rear of the Pandemonium.

      GENERAL DRESS CODE:

      Members are responsible for their own, their children, and their guests’ compliance with the Club Dress Code. Hats, caps, visors, or beanies may not be worn indoors except ladies’ formal dress hats or religious head coverings. Torn, ragged, frayed, dirty, or indecently revealing clothing, or clothing with obscene or offensive imagery or writing is prohibited everywhere on Club grounds. Footwear must be worn at all times outside the pool area including on all lawns, roadways, sidewalks, parking areas, launches, and docks.

      FORMAL DINING ROOM DRESS CODE:

      The Schaefer Room, Club Room, Quarterdeck and, during special events, the Veranda, are the formal dining rooms of the clubhouse.  The required dress code for the clubhouse’s formal dining rooms is “smart casual,” meaning collared shirts, turtlenecks, slacks and tasteful shorts for gentlemen, and blouses, dresses, skirts, shorts, and slacks, including dress denim for ladies. Gentlemen and boys are not permitted to wear denim or jeans in the formal dining rooms. During the period between the Annual Meeting and Commissioning Day, gentlemen and boys are required to wear jackets at Sunday Brunch and on Friday and Saturday evenings in the formal dining rooms. 

      DRESS CODE OUTSIDE FORMAL DINING ROOMS:

      While “smart casual” dress is encouraged in all areas of the clubhouse, all Members are permitted to wear sailing, tennis attire, and dress denim in the Tap Room, Founders’ Porch, Main Bar, and Pandemonium. Tank tops, pajamas, bathing attire, and bathing cover-ups are not permitted to be worn in the clubhouse.

      POOL DRESS CODE:

      Bare feet, bathing suits, rash guards, and beach coverups are strictly limited to the Pool and Pool dining areas, and are not permitted to be worn when entering or exiting the pool area.  Indecently revealing clothing or bathing suits are prohibited.  After 5:00 p.m., a shirt or coverup is required for anyone over the age of 16 at any pool dining areas or for any service at the Tiki Bar.  More formal dress may be prescribed by the House Committee for specific dining areas or events within the Pool area.  Caregivers must be dressed in appropriate bathing attire suitable for attending to children in the water.

      TENNIS DRESS CODE:

      Except for Camp Seagull participants, tennis whites (90% white) must be worn at all times.  Men over the age of 16 are required to wear collared shirts.  Shoes should be predominantly white and suitable for soft courts.  No running shoes or cross trainers are allowed.  Warm-up suits or hats may be colored.

  • Launch Service
    • 2023 Launch Service Schedule 

      LYC Launch monitors VHF 72.

      April 14 - April 30  8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
      May 1 - May 21
      8:00 AM - Sunset/Colors, Mon-Wed
      8:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Thurs-Sun
      May 22 - September 4  
       
      8:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Mon-Thurs
      8:00 AM - 12:00 AM, Fri-Sun
      September 5 - October 9 
       
      8:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Mon-Wed
      8:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Thurs-Sun
      October 10 - November 11 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM, On Call
         

      Please observe all Launch Rules including no cell phones, no beverages, and shoes required.


  • Fuel Dock
    • 2023 Fuel Service Schedule 

      April 14 - April 30  9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
      May 1 - May 21
      11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Mon
      9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Tues-Sun
      May 22 - September 4  
       
      11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Mon
      9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Tues-Sun
      September 5 - October 9 

       
      CLOSED, Mon-Tues
      8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Wed, Thurs, Sun
      8:30 AM - 7:00 PM, Fri-Sat
      October 10 - November 11

      CLOSED, Mon-Tues
      8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Wed-Sun (On Call)
         

      If staff is not visible, please call "Fuel Dock" on channel 72 for assistance.
      Fuel may not be transported in launches, per USCG regulations. 49 CFR 176.76 (f) (1)

  • Moorings
    • Guest Mooring Reservations

      Guest Mooring reservations are available for visiting yachtsmen at Dockwa.com.
      Please contact [email protected] for more information.
      LYC Launch monitors VHF channel 72.