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Yacht Clubs in the Boston Area

Yacht clubs are an important institution on the Boston waterfront and they are famous for being among the oldest in the country. For example, the South Boston Yacht club was founded in 1868 and was one the first 20 yacht clubs in the country to open its doors. Incidentally, most waterfronts in the West and South of the United States are served by marinas, but that is less so in Boston. Instead, many boaters join a local Yacht Club and there are over 70 of them around Boston Area to choose from.

Most Yacht Clubs operate on a membership basis and rules and fees vary a great deal among clubs. Each Yacht Club is a unique organization with its own traditions, ideas and membership. Hovever, most clubs provide the most essential services to boaters like docking, mooring, launch services, racing programs, youth programs and social events. Increasingly, Yacht Clubs offer both, regular memberships as well as social memberships. The latter accommodates folks who do not use the boating facilities of the club but simply want to be part of the social events and privileges of the club. Such memberships are generally half the cost of a a regular membership.

Membership fees vary and depend a lot on the location, size and type of facilities of the club. Many clubs also require a one-time initiation fee. Some Yacht clubs are easy to join, others have a waiting list and may require recommendations by other members.

Many yacht clubs rent out their facilities to non-members offering their attractive waterfront venues for weddings, birthdays or functions.

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Setting Sail on the Charles with Community Boating, Inc. in Its 75th Year

For 75 years, the Boston institution has kept a prime piece of Boston's waterways from becoming a playground for the rich.

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It’s hard not to be charmed by Community Boating, Inc. As of this summer, the scrappy, volunteer-driven nonprofit has officially spent 75 years at the edge of the Charles River making the impossible happen: turning sailing, pastime of wealthy WASPs and Ivy Leaguers on obscure sports scholarships, into something nearly anyone can do.

The club, with its armada of kayaks, paddle boards, and sailboats big and small, is the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Generations of sailors from every corner of Boston—an estimated half a million in total—have set sail here. And when it declares, as it does in big letters outside its Esplanade boat house, “SAILING HERE FOR ALL,” it means it.  Memberships, and access to its fleet, are the cheapest in the city by a longshot. A third of its youngest members pay nothing at all. Its accessible sailing program, available for a nominal fee that tops out at $50 a year, is complete with specially built boats that paraplegic sailors can use.

After all this time, the nonprofit is still single-mindedly—even radically—pushing to democratize Boston’s waterways, keeping them from becoming a playground for the haves. And to do it all in the shadow of Beacon Hill, with the same covetable views of the Boston skyline enjoyed by the richest of Boston boaters, makes it seem all the more unlikely.

To give me a taste of what they’ve been up to down there since 1946, CBI had offered to let me set sail with them. As someone who never turns down an excuse to be on the water, I had no choice but to accept.

Through the big, welcoming entryway at the base of the footbridge, and down on CBI’s sprawling dock, I met Sam Peirson, the club’s adult program director and my guide for the day. Peirson, who comes to us by way of South Florida, gleefully compared the scene to what you typically find at pricey yacht clubs, settings people are most likely to associate with sailing. Unlike at more exclusive traditional clubs, no one at CBI personally owns these boats, or pays to launch them in the river or for lessons. Instead, after a small membership fee, everything is completely free. Peirson was baffled by this arrangement when he interviewed for his job back in 2018.

“It’s incredibly cheap for the sailing world. At very few places will you get access to all these boats and have lessons included,” he says. “I was like, ‘How do you make money?'”

The answer is, of course, that it’s a nonprofit. And because of that, it’s possible for CBI to give away memberships for as little as $1 to Boston’s neediest families while still managing its accessible boating program, which is fueled by an array of expensive equipment that enables disabled sailors to steer with a joystick—or, for paraplegic boaters, with a straw. Donors and b ig-name sponsors like EF Education First and Polar keep the program afloat, as does a volunteer culture at the club, which sees hundreds of its members donate their time to teach classes and take on other duties on the dock, keeping costs to a minimum.

Whereas traditional yacht clubs are exclusive by nature, CBI tries to never turn anyone away. Its goal since the ’40s, says communications manager Sidaulia Benson, is to be the most wide-open boat club in Boston.

“Whatever it may be that’s stopping someone from sailing, we want to figure out what that is. Is it economic? Is it physical? We’re here for it,” she says. “There are no limitations at Community Boating for anyone to get out sailing. We want to smash boundaries down.”

Thanks to a VA grant, CBI offers fully accessible boating | Photo courtesy of CBI

It was time to hit the water, so we climbed aboard a Sonar, a 23-foot-long sailboat I learn is the first choice of members who want to take out inexperienced friends and family (or reporters, evidently) in something gentle. We set out slowly in the exceedingly calm breeze, blowing at what I would estimate was 0 knots.

The CBI team is apologetic about the slowness, but I learn the wind is fickle out here on the Charles. All the buildings along the shore make it unpredictable even by New England weather standards, and boaters are often confronted with still, dead air one minute, then quick-moving gusts the next. That’s in part what makes CBI’s territory, a chunk of the Charles River Basin between the Longfellow and Harvard bridges that Peirson describes as a “pond,” so valuable as a training ground for new sailors. Plus, because all of CBI’s territory is visible from its dock, staff are able to keep a close eye on every boat all at once. In case someone capsizes, Peirson says a motorboat can come to the rescue in two minutes or less (Landlubbers are apparently always calling 911 whenever they see someone tip over, but he assures me the CBI team has it covered).

I’m told to pause and try to feel what little wind there is brushing against my neck, or to look for the areas of the river where the surface has been agitated as the little scraps of breeze make themselves known. Peirson tells me to point the tiller toward the direction of the Citgo sign. He readjusts the jib and we creep toward these patches, and soon the wind has finally picked up, yanking us forward. 

Even if we aren’t making that much progress right now, the experience is fascinating. Most people never think about where the wind is slightly faster, and doing so feels like interacting with nature in a completely new and foreign way. I’m struck by the sense that everyone should get the chance to see how that feels if they want to, and that without CBI a lot fewer people would.

Back in the mid-1930s, when a sailing-obsessed Brahmin named Joe Lee got the idea to start training disadvantaged Boston kids to both build and operate makeshift sailboats, Boston’s elite were not impressed . “He was literally taking kids off the sidewalks of the West End, and they built these boats that were pretty funny, and took them sailing,” says Charlie Zechel, who’s been executive director of the club for two decades. “At the time this was seen as the purview of Harvard and MIT men, and Beacon Hill yachts, and it wasn’t for little first-generation immigrant kids.” After a drawn-out battle with local officials over the fate of his quirky, subversive program, and many summers operating without authorization in the Charles, the “Lee Boys” finally went legit ten years later, and incorporated as Community Boating, Inc. in 1946.

Two original “Joe Lee Boats” built in the 1930s | Photo courtesy of CBI

Today, the program is the largest and longest-running in the U.S. Similar boating centers across the country have followed in Lee’s footsteps over the years, many of which use the “community boating” name, or use CBI’s sailing curriculum, which it posts online for free. “CBI is a real hallmark of transformation in the sport,” Zechel tells me, as we glide past clusters of young boaters idling on the calm waters, and a pair of kids tossing a football back and forth atop paddle boards. “There are now hundreds of community sailing programs and they all have similar purposes: to make it so it’s not the sport of millionaires and yacht clubs.”

The inclusiveness of the place means a community has sprung up here, of both kids and adults. I’m told people make lifelong friends spending the warmer months hanging out on the dock. A handful of marriages originated at CBI, and young seafaring singles have a nickname for the club: Community Dating.

For newcomers, it’s sort of shocking how easy it is to get started with the sport. CBI swears adult sailors can be properly trained, and out piloting a sailboat on their own, in just one day. If you showed up for lessons on a Friday afternoon, you could be enjoying twilight on the Charles by that very evening. A month of sailing starts at $99, but a potential member concerned about the price can get in for free, with very few questions asked.

Back on the dock, interview over, Zechel gives me one last pitch. Would I come back, maybe off the clock, and give sailing a try for real? Maybe I will. Maybe, or even especially , if you’ve ever thought sailing was something other people do , you should too.

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New england yacht clubs - the eight most notable, discover a variety of new england's best yacht clubs.

Clubs have been around for as long as mankind has shared common interests. In New England Yacht Clubs, the advent of yachting for pleasure rather than boating as a profession, plus the familiarity of famed yacht clubs in the United Kingdom and Europe, set the stage for these nautical groups.

Today, hundreds of yacht clubs from Connecticut to Maine operate from May to October. Some are known for racing, others are more social, several welcome both power and sail, many have junior programs, and just about all have full-service waterfront clubhouses. Most are private clubs rather than public recreational facilities.

That said, members of clubs either affiliated with U.S. Sailing or the National Association of Yacht Clubs can enjoy reciprocity. A letter of introduction prior to arrival paves the way. Beyond this, anyone can cruise by and admire the stately clubhouses as well as watch regattas underway. Here are eight notable New England yacht clubs.

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

‍ Boothbay Harbor, ME

‍ Called the Boating Capital of New England for the array of craft on its waters, Boothbay Harbor is a beacon for local and visiting yachtsmen who come to experience the fabled Down East cruising grounds and picturesque bay. Incorporated by the Maine Legislature in 1895, the club outgrew its original inner harbor location decades ago with its clubhouse, sailing center, tennis courts and docks now in West Boothbay Harbor. The signature fleet of locally designed 21-foot Boothbay Harbor One Designs launched in 1938 still sail. This year, the club added a vintage boat class to its annual regatta in July, a move that brings together its renowned racing tradition with the region's shipbuilding history. bhyc.net

Portland Yacht Club

‍ Falmouth, ME

‍ Founded in 1869 after several Portland area yachtsmen cruised to Boothbay Harbor and back, the club is one of the oldest continually operated in America and has counted U.S. presidents as members, including George and Barbara Bush. A key attraction is its location on the shores of Casco Bay, where the 365-some calendar islands make for excellent cruising and natural marks for racing. The club started its first one-design fleet with a Starling Burgess sloop in 1903. The tradition continues with J/24s and Etchells. There's also Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHF)-scored races for cruisers. portlandyachtclub.com

Boston Yacht Club

Marblehead, MA

‍ Located 17 miles north of Boston, this 1866-founded club counts famous naval architect Nathanael G. Herreshoff, then still a teenager, as one of its original members. The club operated in six different venues through the years, but all operations are now in Marblehead. The membership is keenly sailing oriented, so much so that the start line of many races was reconfigured to be spectator-friendly, having the fleet sail toward shore before heading seaward. Hundreds of land-lubbing onlookers and often 400-plus spectator boats watch as yachts depart on the world's longest-running offshore ocean race, the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, which starts July 11, 2021. bostonyc.org

Corinthian Yacht Club

‍ The who's who founders and members of this 1885-founded club on Marblehead Neck include past and present boat builders and sailmakers such as John Rhodes, John Alden, George O'day, Ted Hood and Robbie Doyle. Today, the club is a hot spot all summer long, from junior sailing programs to major regattas hosted almost weekly from June to August. The signature event is the century-plus-old Marblehead Race Week, where 200+ boats compete in classes such as International One Designs, J/70s, Rhodes 19s and Viper 640s. Members, guests and friends of regatta competitors enjoy a front-row view from the porch of the 19th century clubhouse. corinthianyc.org

Edgartown Yacht Club

‍ Edgartown, MA

‍ Located on Martha's Vineyard, what was once the main whaling wharf in Edgartown is now home to this club's facilities over the water. The first members in 1905 raced catboats, knockabouts and sloops followed by clambakes and ice cream socials. Nowadays, while dock space is limited, the town-run mooring field in the harbor is the best vantage point. The prevailing southwest breeze in the summer is extremely reliable, making for superb racing until winds lie back down in the evening. The club's major races, like its nearly century-old annual regatta, often maintain a crew board or listing of yachts looking for race crew. The quaint town, with its historic houses, restaurants and shops, is within walking distance. edgartownyc.org

Ida Lewis Yacht Club

Newport, RI

‍ Namesake of the famous 19th century keeper of the Lime Rock Light in Newport Harbor, the 1928-incorporated club is now rooted on this rock. The club's burgee gives a nod to Lewis, with the 18 white stars circling the blue lighthouse representing the number of lives she saved. Today, a small light on top of the clubhouse remains with a few artifacts on display, although the bulk of Ida Lewis memorabilia is displayed at the Newport Historical Society Museum. The club has an active summer-long racing and cruising calendar, with cruises to neighboring islands. ilyc.org

New York Yacht Club, Harbour Court

‍ Rules are strict on who gets into the prestigious New York Yacht Club in Newport, a century-old residence modeled after a French chateau that the club purchased in 1988. Even from the outside, cruising by on Brenton Cove or from Sail Newport across the water, this piece of architectural eye candy is equally impressive when its fleet is docked and characterizes quintessential New England yachting. Those lucky to be invited on the grounds by a member can see the first clubhouse, an 1845-built Gothic Revival building, which was moved to Harbour Court in 1999 and is still used for meetings. nyyc.org/harbour-court

Essex Yacht Club

‍ Essex, CT

‍ The Connecticut River and its beautiful view is the focal point for activities at this nearly 90-year-old club. Yacht racing happens most weekends in the summer. Regattas range from community-oriented events such as the Special Olympics Invitational Regatta in June on the club-owned fleet of Ideal 18's to highly competitive one-design, double-handed and distance races. Onshore sunsets are spectacular to see from the riverfront benches, grassy lawn or gazebo. The club is set in an easily walked nautical hub with the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club next door, the town dock next to that, followed by the Connecticut River Museum. essexyc.com

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I have visited the BYC for over 40 years. Mediocre for most of those years when it came to food fare; this week was an exception. My meal was ship shape awesome. Fried oysters to start, followed by clam chowldhaa, lobster roll, and a black raspberry sundae. Top notch. And the view? One of the best is town overlooking one of the most gorgeous spots in the world.

We are here for a party and my sister had to go to the hospital due to a reaction. I am sure it was an allergy and not tainted food. However my concern is that one week later we have contacted them to identify what were the Ingredients in the food. After calling 3 times they still have not returned our call. When someone is hospitalized after eating your food you should want to help identify the issue. My rating is solely based on their lack of focus on this situation. Very unfortunate and unprofessional.

Boston Yacht Club is located overlooking Marblehead's waterfront. The exterior views are picturesque, the interior is nice with a couple appropriate nautical themes. Restaurant and bar are available, as well as party rooms for business or family functions. I am going to pass on judging the food. I was here for a 30+ person function with limited entree options - even so, the quality is what you might expect from mass prepared food. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say the standard menu is probably higher quality. Service was on point, overall a good experience. Lastly, this place is a PAIN to get to due to one-way streets. Bring a GPS if you aren't familiar with the area.

The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because my experience was limited to drinks, and I know the club has much more to offer. The staff were fantastic--even though we arrived late and stayed after hours they made my party and I feel that we were not in any way an inconvenience, and were in fact valued club members. The other members are good people. Wonderful time in a cosy private atmosphere. I regret not taking pics of the beautiful campus before I left.

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Winthrop Yacht Club

42° 22' 06" Lat - 70° 68' 22" Long

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The Winthrop Yacht Club, located in Winthrop, MA, is one of the oldest and largest continually operating yacht clubs on Boston Harbor and is dedicated to providing a safe and enjoyable boating and social experience for our 1,000 + members, their families and our invited guests.

The Winthrop Yacht Club has a Marina for 168 boats ranging in size from tenders to 58'!  Regular and life members have access to the Marina, and some choose to keep their boat on a mooring adjacent to the club.  

The Anchor Lounge offers a full grill menu and is available to all members and their accompanied guests.  Please click on the "Learn More" link below for visitor information.

The summer season concludes with a Family Day which features races crewed by a parent/child team.

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Birthplace of the U.S. Power Squadron and home of the iconic Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race

ABOUT Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead’s oldest, is situated on the ‘town side’ of the harbor with great views up and down the harbor.  The Boston has established itself as a leader in both power boating and sailing, and is a popular destination over the winter for members of other clubs when their clubs are closed. 

HISTORY The Boston Yacht Club was founded in 1866.  The 90 original members included the then-18 year old Nathanael Herreshoff who, in 1877, drafted the first sailing measurement rule that later became the basis for future handicap rating systems. In 1874 the first clubhouse was opened in South Boston.  Club members Edward Burgess and George Lawley designed and built the successful America’s Cup defenders of 1885, ’86, and ’87.  Herreshoff designed and built the next seven defenders, later teaming up with W. Starling Burgess (Edward’s son) who designed the winning J-boats in 1930, ’34 and ’37.  Following the Cup’s hiatus during World War II, Ted Hood stepped up to carry on the tradition. As sail maker, and sometimes skipper and designer, Hood held sway through 11 successful Cup defenses from 1958-77. During this twelve meters reign, the two-time contender for the defense, Nefertiti was backed by a BYC syndicate.  The BYC is also the organization from which The U. S. Power Squadrons was founded in 1914 with a mission to improve maritime safety and education through classes in seamanship and navigation.  The club helped organize the first Hospice Benefit Regatta, now an annual event, to raise money for the Hospice of the North Shore. In 1993 the club hosted the first World Disabled Sailing Championship ever held in North America, and the U.S. National Disabled Sailing Championships in 1995.

TODAY The BYC has 500 members and 400 yachts flying the club burgee.  The club offers a range of on-the-water programs to its regular and social category members, from family sailing in Sonars to junior sailing in Opti’s, to an annual members’ cruise.  The club also operates a restaurant and hotel.  The Boston co-hosts the iconic biennial Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race, the oldest of its kind (1905), and the popular, long-running Wednesday Evening Races, and more recently, invitational team (Jackson Cup) and match (Marblehead Cup) racing. The clubhouse has a formal dining room, porch dining, a bar, and outside entertaining areas all overlooking the harbor. The clubhouse showcases paintings and trophies reflecting the many achievements of BYC sailors in many classes over the centuries.

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5 Boat Clubs in Boston You Should Know (Must-See!)

Being a part of a boat club can have its perks for those who want to experience being on the water without the headache of owning a boat. Boston is an ideal area for sailing and rowing on those clear New England waters.

The question comes down to which club is going to be the right fit for you.

If you have been considering joining a boat club in Boston, here are the top choices that you should know about before making a final decision.

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Freedom Boat Club

Freedom Boat Club has bragging rights as one of the oldest and largest boat clubs in the nation. They maintain more than 2,000 locations and 20,000 members across the United States and Canada.

If you do any traveling, membership with Freedom Boat Club has a major perk. You can also rent boats from other reciprocal locations around the country. This means that you can spend a sunny afternoon on the water in the Florida Keys just as easily as you can right at home in Boston.

Wherever you go, you are likely to find a Freedom Boat Club location nearby.

In the Boston area alone, several different locations grant you convenient access to the New England waters .

Making reservations is simple with their online portal. You can make reservations up to six months in advance. You can sail as often as you would like, provided that the boats are available for your continued use. You will just need to pay for the fuel used in the boat during your excursion.

One of the benefits of joining a larger boat club is the variety of boats that they can offer. Freedom Boat Club provides a selection of flatboats, deck boats, fishing boats, pontoons, sailboats, bowriders, and sometimes even cruisers. These boats are never rented out to ensure that they are always available to members when they need them most.

Another main benefit of this major sailing club is the education that they offer. While many of the boat clubs in Boston do not offer training, Freedom Boat Club offers free hands-on training to ensure that you can safely operate each one of their boats.

All members must complete the training course before their first rental.

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Boston Harbor Sailing Club

Founded in 1974, the Boston Harbor Sailing Club is committed to excellence when it comes to their sailing lessons. They focus on offering high-quality instruction as well as membership to the local community. Their goal is to make it easier than ever for their members to get out onto the waters of Boston, Marblehead, Buzzards Bay, and the rest of the New England waters nearby.

As of this writing, the club owns 67 different yachts ranging in size from 23 to 39 feet that are available for members to reserve .

The only downside is that the boats are also offered to the general public when not currently reserved by members. However, those who wish to charter a boat for the day are required to prove their sailing credentials.

Rates will vary based on the ship for non-members, but the charges are included for members.

Unlike some other boating companies that offer insurance as the standard, you must sign up for an optional damage waiver. This releases you of financial responsibility for the insurance deductible if something happens to the boat.

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Memberships & Levels

Nine different annual membership opportunities exist, ranging from a Sonar Membership to a Platinum Membership.

Each level offers different perks, rates, and more – here are three we’ve listed:

• Sonar Membership: Cheapest membership rate at $599 – unlimited daily and weekend use of Sonar Boat 23″ with other Sonar members.
• Silver Membership: A middle-rate membership will cost about $3,099 – unlimited daily and weekend use of 12 different types of boats.
• Platinum membership: their most expensive offering, will set you back approximately $5,899 – access to eight fast, powerful boats that offer big boat ocean sailing with luxury amenities.

Community Boating, Inc.

Community Boating Inc. claims to be one of the nation’s oldest continuously running public sailing centers with an official incorporation date in 1946. Their motto “Sailing for All” speaks to the heart of their mission as they offer various programs and water sports to everyone throughout the Boston area.

One of the unique things about Community Boating Inc. is its junior program available for kids ages ten to seventeen .

They can spend a summer on the water with sailing, paddling, and windsurfing lessons, STEM programs, games, and more. All of this is priced on a sliding scale that caps out at just $375 for the all-inclusive summer.

Of course, they also offer beginner sailing courses for adults of all ages as well.

If you aren’t sure what type of boat you like to sail, you might feel right at home at Community Boating Inc. They offer more than 170 different options so that you can try out a lot of different things to figure out your likes and dislikes.

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Available Ships:

• Centerboard Mercuries
• Keel Mercuries
• RS Venture Connects
• Sit-on-Top Single or Double Kayaks
• Windsurfers
• Stand-up paddleboards

A full year membership is extremely affordable at this club, coming in at just $359 annually. This grants you access to all boat usage, classes, and instruction that might be necessary. However, you do have to purchase add-ons for things like guest privileges, advanced classes, and even a damage waiver.

Non-members may also rent keelboats and Rhodes 19 boats during program hours for an additional fee.

SailTime Boston

SailTime Boston is located conveniently in the Boston Harbor so you can sail the beautiful New England waters in a way that is convenient for you. Members have access to flexible scheduling, new model yachts, and more with their unconventional approach to memberships.

SailTime uses a unique approach to membership known as fractional boating membership.

Instead of offering an array of boats that you can select each time, you choose one specific boat that you operate every time based on your preferences, size, price, and availability. In other words, you are choosing your “own boat.”

Each boat in the marina can have up to eight classic memberships assigned to it, ensuring fair water time to all users. You choose the dates and times that you want to use the boat based on the online portal, and the boat will be ready for you when you arrive. Reservations can be made up to one year in advance.

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Available Ships in Their Fleet

• Hunter 33 ($7,400 annual membership fee)
• Beneteau Oceanis 35.1 ($8,200 annual membership fee)
• Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 ($9,600 annual membership fee)
• Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 389 ($9,600 annual membership fee)
• Beneteau Oceanis 41.1 ($10,900 annual membership fee)

A Classic membership allows you to sail at least seven times per month with free sail times when reservations are made within 36 hours of the start time. Lite memberships get three sails per month, and Premium members get fourteen sails per month.

If you plan to do a little traveling, you may want to sign up for SailTime Plus, where you can charter boats at other locations for a reduced rate.

Riverside Boat Club

Is rowing a passion for you? Whether you are an amateur looking to take it to the next level or an athlete fit for international competition, Riverside Boat Club could be the right place for you. They focus on helping their members attain success with their rowing goals, whatever those may be.

Join more than 300 other members who row and compete with Riverside.

Unlike many of the other boat clubs in the Boston area, Riverside Boat Club does not cater to those who are just learning the ropes. Their rentals are reserved for those who already have a competent grasp on how to row safely in any type of weather. To determine if you are fit for rental, you must take the Captain’s Test.

They also do not offer anything to do with sailing .

All of their efforts are focused on rowing, so this may not be the best fit if you just wanted a leisurely weekend on the water.

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Volunteer Hours & Membership

If you are looking for camaraderie, you might just find it at Riverside Boat Club. The entire organization is completely run by members. Everyone must volunteer a minimum of ten hours per year to club service to keep things running smoothly.

Provisional membership costs $835 per year with a $150 initiation fee. If you are only a provisional member for part of the year, you will pay just $445.

Keep in mind that this boat club is technically not located in Boston. It is situated just outside the city in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Magazine Beach. This may help you to decide whether this club is the right fit for you or not.

Final Thoughts

As you can see, there is a wide range of membership options (and prices) for you to choose from when it comes to boat club membership in Boston.

You can choose the glitz and glamour of a big club like Freedom Boat Club or settle for the small-town feel associated with the Riverside Boat Club.

No matter which one you choose, you will be living out your dream of spending more time on the water.

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A new mom died after giving birth at a Boston hospital. Was corporate greed to blame?

By Michael Kaplan, Jon LaPook, Sheena Samu

Updated on: February 28, 2024 / 10:36 AM EST / CBS News

Nabil Haque said he can still remember the moment his wife Sungida Rashid first held their baby daughter in her arms after giving birth at Boston's St. Elizabeth's Medical Center last October.

"It was a beautiful moment," Haque told CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, in his first television interview. "I wasn't expecting it to be this blissful."

The bliss was short-lived. In the hours after delivery, Rashid experienced a cascade of complications at a hospital that was unexpectedly ill-prepared for her urgent need, and was transferred to another hospital, where she died. Her death has triggered a fresh wave of public scrutiny into the mounting patient risks and health care compromises that have surfaced under hospitals owned by private equity-backed companies.

"They've taken money away from these hospitals that provide needed care and they're using that money to line their own pockets." Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey told CBS News. "I'm disgusted. It's selfish. It's greed."

The hospital where Rashid gave birth, St. Elizabeth's, is one of dozens of hospitals across the U.S. acquired in the past 15 years by a company called Steward Health Care. With hundreds of millions of dollars in backing from private equity giant Cerberus , Steward started buying up Massachusetts hospitals in 2010 and now owns 33 hospitals across 8 states. 

The Dallas-based health care company has been one focus of a year-and-a-half-long CBS News investigation revealing how private equity investors have siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from community hospitals with devastating public health consequences . Last April, CBS News found Steward redirected money away from hospital operations by selling off the real estate of San Antonio's Texas Vista Medical Center before closing the facility altogether.

A spokesperson for Steward told CBS News company executives always put patients first and said they "deny that any other considerations were placed ahead of that guiding principle." In an earlier statement, the spokesperson said Steward "has actively and meaningfully invested" in its hospital system since its formation, including in Massachusetts, where it took over hospitals that were "failing" and "about to close."

"Steward's investment has taken the form of facility upgrades, equipment, technology, and other meaningful improvements," the spokesperson wrote. 

Yet records reviewed by CBS News showed Steward hospitals around the country with a trail of unpaid bills, at times risking a shortage of potentially life-saving supplies. That appears to be what happened at St. Elizabeth's last October, where medical staff says a device that could have stopped the bleeding in Rashid's liver was repossessed by the manufacturer weeks earlier. 

After giving birth, Rashid experienced bleeding from her uterus, followed by pain around the back of her rib cage. Doctors sent her for an emergency CT scan and then rushed her to the emergency room where, Haque said, they found bleeding in her liver. Hours later, Rashid died during surgery at a second hospital, a tragedy first reported by the Boston Globe,  

Rashid's death is now the subject of a state investigation. Haque says doctors told him they wanted to use a device called an embolization coil to stop the bleeding from his wife's liver. He said when St. Elizabeth's didn't have the coil, she was transferred to the second hospital. 

"An hour later, she had another cardiac arrest," Haque said. "They couldn't revive her. It was shocking. I said, 'Well, what exactly happened?'"

In a complaint filed to Massachusetts' health department obtained by CBS News, health care workers at St. Elizabeth's said the manufacturer had come to "retrieve any coils at the hospital" weeks before because Steward hadn't paid its bills. According to a lawsuit filed last October by the manufacturer, Steward owed about $2.5 million in unpaid bills.  

Steward declined to comment on Rashid's death, citing privacy concerns. The incident has touched off a wave of recriminations in Massachusetts, where Steward owns nine hospitals, including St. Elizabeth's. Healey called her death "outrageous," and her administration is looking at whether her death was preventable. 

"It underscores what has been happening out here with Steward," said Healey. " If you are about cutting corners in furtherance of making money, people are going to get hurt. That's wrong. That needs to change."

Concern about hospitals closing

In December, Steward informed health officials in Massachusetts that it would be closing New England Sinai in Stoughton, another of its hospitals in the state. The announcement has set off statewide fears about the company's financial situation and whether it would be shuttering more hospitals. 

"It's a catastrophic situation in our state," said emergency room nurse Kathy Reardon, an official with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, a union that represents health care workers at Steward's hospitals in the state.

Reardon said Steward's hospitals typically serve low-income communities and patients without a primary care doctor who end up using the emergency room for their health needs. 

"If any of these hospitals were to close, it would be an astronomically tragic situation for all the citizens of Massachusetts," she said. 

In February, a Steward executive sent a message informing staff the company had secured financing "to help stabilize" hospital operations, and, in a statement, a company spokesperson told CBS News it has no plans to close any additional hospitals.

Healey said Steward's failures have prompted her to install monitors — staff from the state's health department — inside each of Steward's hospitals to try to ensure patient safety. She said she believes Steward should no longer be operating in Massachusetts.  "They've taken too much from too many," Healey said "The sooner Steward is out of our state, the better."

Financial questions — and a $40 million yacht 

In a statement to CBS News, a Steward spokesperson said that the company had invested about $2 billion in the hospitals it has acquired, including propping up the employee pension fund for employees at its Massachusetts hospitals, which was underfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars when Steward acquired them.

The company has blamed its current financial woes on the pandemic and low reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid services. 

In a lengthy interview with CBS News, Healey called Steward's justification "hogwash." Instead, she accused Steward executives of driving the company deep into debt while enriching themselves — all at the public's expense. 

"The game was, come to Massachusettts, make some investments and then begin to suck out as much as you can in terms of profits," she said. 

Cerberus, the private equity firm, shed its stake in Steward by January 2021, after making an $800 million profit in a decade, according to a report from Bloomberg . Financial records show Steward has also sold off more than $1 billion of its hospitals' land and buildings since 2016 to Medical Properties Trust, which has made a business of buying up hospital real estate from private equity investors. 

Last year, CBS News reported on Prospect Medical , another private equity-backed chain, whose owners sold off the real estate of a group of suburban Pennsylvania hospitals to cover the debt they incurred when they paid themselves hundreds of millions of dollars out of the company's coffers. 

The financial moves, though legal, ultimately spelled doom for the century-old Delaware County Memorial Hospital, which was forced to shut its doors after Pennsylvania's health department deemed the facility inadequately staffed.

Angela Neopolitano, who worked at Delaware County Memorial for 41 years, says, before the closure, the hospital was dismantled piece by piece, leading to longer waits in the emergency room and forcing staff to transfer more patients to other hospitals.

"They kept on cutting services," Neopolitano said. "Things wouldn't get fixed. Our elevator in  the back of the emergency room had been broken for over a year. When they closed the ICU, that was the knife in my heart." 

A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2021 shows Steward's owners also paid themselves millions in dividends. Around the same time, Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre acquired a 190-foot yacht estimated to be worth $40 million. 

In an email to CBS News, Steward confirmed de la Torre owned the yacht. Reports about the vessel have been particularly galling to health care workers on the front lines of Steward's hospitals. 

Respiratory therapist Jessica Carrasco worked at Texas Vista Medical Center, Steward's San Antonio hospital, for eight years. She said, before the company shut the hospital down last May, there was a shortage of tubing for respiratory masks.

"Coordinators were having to phone a friend to let us borrow, you know, a cup of sugar," Carrasco said. 

At Steward's Massachusetts hospitals, CBS News found at least 16 vendors weren't paid on time, including a dialysis company that provided life-saving services. Reardon said the supply shortages were unlike anything she's experienced in her 35 years of nursing.

"It's unacceptable to us," she said. "They pick and choose who to pay and what supplies to get." 

A family's loss: "It's just still surreal"

Sungida Rashid and Nabil Haque had come to Boston earlier in 2023 for Haque's postdoctoral program. Haque told us his wife's smile and sense of humor could light up a room. 

"The laugh was, you know, contagious, and you could hear it from a different apartment, but that's something I really liked about her," Haque said. "It's just still surreal, she's not here." 

Haque said he was angry when he first learned from a Globe reporter that the hospital's embolization coil had been repossessed. Now, he says he is trying to focus on the small milestones in his daughter's life instead of wondering whether his wife would still be here if the couple didn't deliver at a Steward hospital.

"I'm looking forward to her starting to walk and eat solid food, and I'm not planning anything about myself," said Haque, who spoke with CBS News from his parents' home in Bangladesh. "A lot of my plans are now buried with Sungida." 

Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for the CBS News investigative unit. He specializes in securing scoops and crafting long-form television investigations. His work has appeared on "60 Minutes," CNN, and in the New York Times.

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“Yacht Club” Jordan x Jayson Tatum: All Details About Celtics Superstar’s Signature Silhouette

T he recent matchup between the Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors saw 21-year-old Paolo Banchero arriving on the court in style. The Magic power forward had signed a sponsorship deal with the Jordan brand back in 2022. Since then, he has been showing up on the court donning the latest sneakers that Michael Jordan’s decades-old brand released. This time, Banchero showed up on the court donning a pair of “Yacht Club” Jordan Tatum 2s. Jayson Tatum himself reacted to the post by dropping an emoji.

It’s a rare sight to see Michael Jordan allowing his name to be connected with another NBA player on the products of a brand that has reportedly made him a whopping $1.5 Billion. However, with an average rating of 23 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists, Jayson Tatum is not just any player. With that in mind, the following article will take a look at the newly released Jordan Tatum 2s.

What are the Jordan Tatum 2 shoes?

Jayson Tatum has been involved in a partnership with the Jordan brand since June 2019. It wasn’t until eight months later when the Celtics star got the chance to release his first-ever signature shoe with Jordan, titled the Tatum 1. Three years after a successful launch, Nike decided to partner up with the player again. According to Nike’s official website, the Tatum 2s are “rooted in the motion and emotion that drives Jordan Brand’s approach to basketball shoe design.”

Just like many of its earlier products, the sneakers are made up of a Nike Air Strobel unit that extends to its full length. For basketball players, these sneakers help to “cushion impact from explosive movements” . The earlier line of sneakers was built as a lightweight alternative to the other bulky Jordans. The Tatum 2s built upon the same approach and expanded it. Nike used gum rubber in the traction areas of the shoe’s frame to increase lightness. Large foam and textile pods were placed purposefully around the foot areas that experienced the most pressure when playing basketball.

The initial shoes were released in two colorways: the “Vortex” and “Momma’s Boy” . The “Vortex” colorway adapted the green color of the Boston Celtics and came in combinations ranging from Mint Foam and Lava Glow to Hyper Jade and Key Lime.

The sneaker line was debuted by Jayson Tatum on the 25 th of December, 2023. As the player faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas day , he could be clearly seen sporting his new shoes in the “Vortex”  Colourway. While the same would not be made available to the public until March 2024, the 5x NBA All-Star still wanted to give the public a taste of what they should expect.

Jayson Tatum has been reportedly happy with how the new line of sneakers bearing his and Jordan’s name have turned out to be. In a statement, he said, “For me, this second shoe represents evolution and how much I’ve grown as a player” .

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New Cape Coral Yacht Club designs: Most on council like a coastal, Key West vibe

Given three different design options for the new Yacht Club Community Center , most of the Cape Coral City Council is leaning toward a coastal, Key West-flavor architecture.

At a committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, the city sought direction from the council on a design direction for the outside of the community building.

"It's a concept, just like we do with anything else, and as we are designing, things may come up that we want to shift and be nimble (on)," said Cape Coral City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn.

James Pankonin with Kimley Horn, a consulting firm focusing on public and private developments, presented the information about the look of the community building.

Cape Coral's Yacht Club Community Park, which includes a yacht basin, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a ballroom, and a beach, has been a popular attraction and staple for the city since the 1960s but is set to undergo major renovations after Hurricane Ian delayed the original plans .

The current plans include a new two-story community center to replace the ballroom, removing the tennis courts, rearranging the area to accommodate a four-story parking garage, a new restaurant, and a new resort-style pool.

The city is also preparing for the demolition of the Yacht Club and its facilities in April as it awaits permits.

No estimates could be provided for the price of the new building.

"It will really come into how much of certain materials are needed and construction methods," Ilczyszyn said.

The city will have that information once they have 30% of the construction design.

Two public meetings for the designs are planned for April 2 and May 7.

After getting public input, the city will vote to amend its contract with Kimley Horn to approve all these changes.

The plan is to have these changes approved or introduced before the summer hiatus.

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New Designs for the Yacht Club building

John Bryant with Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors, a Sarasota-based design firm, said the goal with the new designs was to maintain the experience of the original Yacht Club.

The majority of the council preferred option one.

Design one:

Bryant described the first option as "coastal vernacular" and similar to the park buildings at Lake Kennedy and Yellow Fever Creek.

"So it's sort of informed by the current architectural work in 2024," Bryant said. "Kinda Key West."

Councilmember Dan Sheppard and Mayor John Gunter preferred option one.

Gunter said the design was the most pleasing for him.

Councilmember Keith Long liked option one and said he liked the Key West aesthetic.

Councilmember Tom Hayden liked option one.

Design two:

Option two is more informed by the current Yacht Club and would have a stone base and mid-century feel to it, according to Bryant.

"There's certainly opportunity to kind of further develop this option to have even more of the existing Yacht Club feel, but a different vibe, feel than option one," Bryant said.

He also said option two might be more expressive the closer they try to recreate the aesthetic of the old ballroom building.

Councilmember Jessica Cosden liked design two as it incorporated design elements of the old building though she lamented how similar it looked to the first design.

"I wish we could have done more, but I know it's hard with a two-story building, to make it look the same as a very unique one-story building.

Councilmember Bill Steinke said two would be his choice as well, but was wary of additional maintenance of natural wood products used in the design.

"As long as we can bring that aesthetic and keep the maintenance down, number two would be my choice," Steinke said.

Councilmember Robert Welsh said he could go either way, but he liked the look of two.

Design three:

This would be more contemporary and modern.

"Even with a more contemporary language, you can still have warmth, incorporating some wood elements and stone elements," Bryant said.

None of the council members expressed any favorability for the third design.

Inside the new community center

The Community Center will have an additional 10,000 square feet for a total of 47,000 square feet, a history room to remember the first ballroom building on the first floor, and more rooms for civic and community use on the first floor.

Additionally, the new ballroom has shifted slightly as the balcony area on the second floor has been expanded to wrap around the top of the building.

Red Sox announce Josh Winckowski moving to bullpen

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The Red Sox starting rotation is beginning to come into focus.

Sunday morning Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced that right-hander Josh Winckowski is being moved to the bullpen, leaving four remaining candidates for the last three rotation spots that haven’t been officially locked up.

Brayan Bello and Nick Pivetta are already in and Kutter Crawford is believed to be the favorite for the third spot, leaving Tanner Houck, Garrett Whitlock and Cooper Criswell as the remaining contenders duking it out over the final week of camp.

After originally reaching the majors as a starter in 2022, Winckowski moved to the bullpen last season and enjoyed considerable success. The 25-year-old right-hander appeared in 60 games and posted a 2.88 ERA over 84.1 innings, ranking as one of Boston’s most effective and versatile high-leverage relievers.

Winckowski was given the opportunity to start again this spring, but his performance hasn’t measured up to his competitors. Through four Grapefruit League appearances he trails Houck, Whitlock and Criswell in ERA (4.76), opponent average (.273), walks and hits per innings pitched (1.24) and has fewer than half as many strikeouts (six). He also endured a rocky outing his last time out, allowing six runs (five earned) over 3.2 innings in Thursday’s loss to Philadelphia.

Now he will presumably return to the high-leverage relief role that suited him so well last season.

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R.I. country club accused of building seawall without permission

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The 14th hole at Quidnessett Country Club is a 526-yard par-five with sparkling Narragansett Bay views and bunkers protecting the green. This classic hole on a classic Rhode Island course also features a different sort of hazard these days, but it’s the club itself, not the golfers who severely slice their approach shot, that could end up in jeopardy.

According to the state’s coastal regulator, the club built a seawall along the 14th hole without asking for permission. That would be a major no-no in a state where even clearing brush close enough to the shore can draw the scrutiny of the Coastal Resources Management Council. Seawalls — technically, this one is called a riprap revetment — are even more serious than shrubs because of their potential impact on the environment and public shore access. That’s why they’re generally prohibited near the types of environmentally sensitive waters where the country club allegedly had one built.

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In August, the CRMC issued Quidnessett a cease and desist order and a series of fines over the work on the revetment.

“This activity is in violation of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program,” CRMC senior environmental scientist Brian Harrington told the club in August.

The Quidnessett Country Club did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Boston Globe, or to a visit to the otherwise empty course on a windswept Monday. But it did respond to CRMC through its lawyer, who is deeply familiar with how CRMC works: Jennifer Cervenka previously served as chair of the politically appointed council from 2017 to 2021 .

Cervenka requested an administrative hearing under state law.

“As discussed previously, we would like to engage in immediate settlement discussions to see whether we can resolve this matter through a consent agreement,” Cervenka wrote in October to CRMC’s legal counsel. “Please let me know of your and your client’s earliest availability for a call or meeting to review.”

CRMC spokeswoman Laura Dwyer said in an email that the agency met with the property owner. It’s unclear what will happen next — and what will happen to the revetment. Quidnessett has until March 23 to respond to the enforcement issue, Dwyer said.

CRMC’s letters to the club did not explicitly say the country club had to take down the revetment, which is composed of large rocks stacked up on a slope, though the notices also say that the agency might not stop at fines. The agency issued three $10,000 fines and ordered the club to stop work on the wall, but the work had apparently already finished. The council could also assess $1,000 daily fines, but state law says requesting a hearing means daily fines don’t start to add up until a final order.

CRMC regulates various types of work near the shore, no matter if it’s something as small as a pad for a generator or something as big as a seawall.

To say that CRMC frowns on new seawalls and revetments is an understatement — more like scowls at them while shaking a bureaucratic fist. Hardened shorelines may prevent erosion in one place, but they can accelerate it elsewhere along the coast, not solving the problem but making it somebody else’s. And with climate change causing sea level rise and intensified storms, they’re insufficient to deal with the looming threats.

“Structural shoreline protection measures can thus be a very costly adaptation measure with little return on investment,” the agency’s guide to them says .

A resident in a nearby neighborhood with views of the revetment at Quidnessett said the work took place at around this time last year, and went on for maybe two or three months. This resident — who literally burst out laughing with disbelief when a Globe reporter told him the club allegedly didn’t have CRMC permission to build it — asked to remain anonymous so as not to get involved in the mess at the golf course nearby.

Seawalls do come up as a regulatory issue in Rhode Island, but not usually like this. Sometimes they come up when someone seeks a maintenance permit to work on an existing seawall or revetment, as happened at the home of part-time Westerly resident Taylor Swift . Sometimes they come up in the context of public access, as happened recently in Barrington . And sometimes a town will argue that a seawall is the only way to protect critical infrastructure, as happened in the last few years in South Kingstown. CRMC in that case approved a new seawall, but it had to go through a number of hoops first .

In the case of Quidnessett, though, CRMC alleges that the country club never even sought permission, which would have been a lengthy and public process — and very well might have ended up with a denial.

Brian Amaral can be reached at [email protected] . Follow him @bamaral44 .