Thirty
years as an attractive alternative
to
slips and traditional Yacht Club memberships!
| At New York
Sailing Center & Yacht Club, we
offer summer mooring memberships with launch service - something we've
been doing for 30 years. Members get spoiled by reliable launch service
and low Membership fees: only $35 per foot with no initiation or
assessments. We combine the best attributes of a marina and a club,
with all the practical amenities at surprisingly low rates.
Compare rates, access, ease of departure/return,
convenience/beauty/shelter of anchorage to other options. We look
pretty good, especially with slips easily costing $120 per foot or more! |
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moved. We're at the Sailmaker Marina, a quiet
and attactive facility on the former site of the famous sailmakers from
back in the day, Ratsey & Lapthorn. This will result in improved
services to our customers, and give us even better protection from
east and northeast breezes while maintaining our excellent access to the
Sound. In fact, we are protected from more directions than any other
fleet, and are closest to the Sound - you can't get any closer without
being on it!
The Sailmaker has clean bathroooms and
showers, is right on the water, and has ample safe street parking right
out side the marina in case the lot is full. Check with us on where
to park when coming to visit. |
Cropped view of the fleet. One of our Beneteau First 21.0 training
sloops is on the left, and the double-spreader rig is an Islander 36.
-view from our old digs
at Minneford Avenue. |
| Our primary launch is a very stable and
spacious 23' Carolina Skiff Semi-V. It's unsinkable.
It's also very quiet, driven by a 4-stroke, high thrust Yamaha engine instead
of a loud, smokey diesel inboard. (Yes, been there/done that.)
Our secondary launch is a 10-foot Zodiac inflatable that is safe and stable
for up to 5 people (CG limit), but can plane with two or three. Our boats
are moored right off the yard, so we get you in and out very quickly.
Launch operators will often be stationed right on Consolidated's barrier
barge, with a direct view (and VHF signal) of the fleet, making for even
better service than our customers are used to already.
We monitor VHF 69 for launch service and
transients. No feeble bleating of horns! (Yes, at least one
yard still relies on that.) As a backup, we take cell phone calls.
(Not a substitute: VHF is very important from a safety standpoint.)
Launch service runs 7 days, with evening
hours on Wednesday, Friday, Weekends and holidays.
If you're starting early or running late,
you can borrow a dinghy from the dock - both are very stable and have engines!
They're stored on easy on-off floats so the bottoms stay clean and
the dinks are even quicker and safer to access and tie up when you're done. |
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A sloop at dusk, southwest of City Island in Eastchseter Bay, with
some recognizable elements of the Manhattan skyline.
Membership includes the following services
and privileges...
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Launch Service
(click
for schedule)
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Parking
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Bathrooms & Showers
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Dinghies for after-hour use
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brief tie-ups at our slip for water, electric,
etc.
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24-hour access
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10% discount on most Sailing School courses
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...and the following necessities are just
around the corner or walking distance:
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Delicatessens & Pizzeria
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Marine Chandlery & Hardware (including
a West Marine Express)
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Public Transportation
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Restaurants (Lido for dinner, Island Cafe
for everything else, are right there)
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| * Dive
Shop |
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Bait & Tackle
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Bed and Breakfast
(with weekday discounts for our members)
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DIRECTIONS
for visitors
WINTER
STORAGE
Consolidated Yachts offers winter storage
for most size vessels. If we can accomodate it on a mooring, they
can haul it. If you're interested in hauling, contact them at 718
885 1900, or stop by their office. As with many established yards,
they can fill up quickly once rates and contracts are available, so be
sure to check availability early.
YARD
SERVICES
Simple - if you need it done, they can
do it. There are some reasonable limits on do-it-yourself work.
ATTENTION
ALL ANGLERS:
We have great fishing in the Western Sound.
These species have been caught in City Island Harbor or adjacent waters,
and all but the last right from our docks:
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Striped Bass
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Fluke
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Bonito
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Blackfish
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Bluefish
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Flounder
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False Albacore
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Weakfish
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At least twice, the WICC $25,000 bluefish
contest was won by an angler fishing right in our area. A monster
blue of almost 20 pounds was weighed in at Jack's Bait & Tackle on
City Island in 1988, around the corner from our old yard. One of
our winter storage customers picked up a pair of 11-pound blackfish just
before we hauled the boat in 1998.
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