yacht club
nounDefinition of yacht club
: a club organized to promote and regulate yachting and boating
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In 2015 and 2016, Sears sailed it along the West and East Coasts as an America’s Cup ambassador, giving talks at yacht clubs along the way. — Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Yacht America provides unusual way to see movies on the move," 2 July 2018 Register at the skippers meeting 10 a.m. Wednesday or before July 4 at the yacht club, 1950 Harbor Drive North. — Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Statewide poster contest winners picked... community news," 29 June 2018 The boy was still not breathing by the time Haag motored the boat to a yacht club on the river’s eastern shore. — Nancy Rommelmann, Good Housekeeping, "Amanda Stott-Smith Was a Loving Mother of 3. So Why Did She Try to Murder Her 2 Youngest Kids?," 29 June 2018 The fireworks will be launched off a barge at the mouth of Marblehead Harbor, making the show visible from Fort Sewall, Chandler Hovey Park, and Crocker Park, as well as from yacht clubs and residences around the harbor. — Zipporah Osei And Julia Preszler, BostonGlobe.com, "Where to have fun for the Fourth," 27 June 2018 The story behind the actual Queen's Cup trophy is a source of pride for the yacht club. — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "In its 80th running, Queen's Cup sailboat race still providing plenty of thrills, challenges," 23 June 2018 The Hamptons has a host of marinas and yacht clubs for boaters who don’t have private docks, but only those in Sag Harbor and Montauk can accommodate mega-yachts of more than 100 feet. — New York Times, "For Some in the Hamptons, It’s Not a Home Without a Dock," 18 May 2018 About 100 boats moored on the east side of the yacht club were moved to other moorings farther north in the small boat basin. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "May 24, 1960: Tsunami reaches San Diego," 24 May 2018 Larger yachts sometimes anchor in the middle of Sag Harbor, tying their launches at the public docks or at a yacht club. — New York Times, "For Some in the Hamptons, It’s Not a Home Without a Dock," 18 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yacht club.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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