New Orleans Yacht Club

Operate and maintain clubhouse: the clubhouse serves as the adminisrative offices and base for all other activities of the Club. All members of the Club have use of the clubhouse which is open 6 days a week year-round. In addition to administrative offices, there are: classrooms, restroom and shower facilities, banquet rooms, meeting rooms, kitchen, bar, and boat storage area with floating and fixed docks. The clubhouse is essential for pre and post regatta organizing, regatta equpment storage, and for all social fnctions of the Club. The objective of the Club house is to have a base of operations to conduct our boating activities.

Junior sailing camp and high school & college sailing teams: the Club maintains a fleet of dinghies for use by our junior sailors. We also maintain a fleet of motorized safety boats which accompany these teams when they are sailing. We maintain all storage and maintenenace for boats. The objective of the junior sailing program is to train and encourage youth to become sailors and eventually active members of the Club.

Conduct sailing regattas: the noyc conducts 30 wednesday night regattas each year averaging 40 boats at approximately 5 people per boat. We conduct 5 major regattas per year and co-host a multitude of races for our high school teams. Regattas involve numerous volunteers who administer registration, conduct the racing on the water in at least one committee boat, but often up to 6 boats, maintain racing marks, compute handicap scores and post results of the regattas in the clubhouse as well as on the internet. Most regattas include some form of party at the conclusion for socializing as well as discussion of the racing, the weather and associated tactics and rules of racing. The objective of sailing regattas is the reason the Yacht Club exists at all.