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Welcome to the Oyster Bay Yacht Club!

Neatly positioned on the northern tip of Oyster Bay Harbour and just a short walk to the marina, an exquisitely-designed club rises from the maritime forest and vast marshlands. With its coastal-casual design, this club is the center of life for our members with weekly activities and events. No matter what your interests, there is something for everyone at Oyster Bay Yacht Club. From annual festive events (i.e., annual wine dinner, oyster roasts, steak nights, and end-of-year holiday gala) to monthly and quarterly events (ladies luncheons, speaker’s nights, and happy hours) to regular events (Prix Fixe dinner specials, Mah Jongg club, and book clubs) - there are plenty of opportunities to get involved, hang out with great friends and meet new people.

The club features a swimming pool with expansive views of meandering waterways and the coastal barrier islands, a full-service outdoor bar with indoor/ outdoor dining , wide-covered verandas , and a workout facility . The marina accommodates pleasure boats up to 70 feet in length, with shore power, fresh water, and pump-out facilities. There's something for everyone at Oyster Bay Yacht Club - whether you are a boating enthusiast, a land-lover, or in search of a premier destination for special events and weddings in Northeast Florida.

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St. Petersburg Yacht Club

Phone: 727-892-3873

Address: 11 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

Website: http://www.spyc.org

Situated in a bustling arts community on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club has been a part of the sailing community for over 100 years.

We pride ourselves in creating a relaxed private club atmosphere with a warm, friendly, family-oriented environment. We offer a wide variety of social activities and our Clubs Within a Club meet a plethora of special interests for our members where they can mix and mingle.

Membership is by Invitation Only Founded 1909

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Oyster Harbors Club

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145 Grand Island Dr

Osterville, MA 02655

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I love this place!! especially the food here is to die for, i totally recommend!! The staff was so nice and welcoming as well.

I can guarantee that good percentage of people that read this may ask themselves, "Where is Osterville?" It is a quaint little village in Barnstable, MA with heaps of "old money" and traditional Cape Cod charm. Although I have lived my entire life in Massachusetts, I had never heard of, let alone stepped foot in Osterville until last weekend when I worked at a wedding at Oyster Harbors Club; a private, members only club. Let me preface this review by saying that it is based solely on my experience as an outside vendor working at the club - not as a member or guest. I work as an assistant for a boutique event planning and consultation firm, and we recently coordinated a wedding reception held at this venue. The club itself is beautiful - tall ceilings, crown molding, beautiful carpets and hardwood floors, a large ballroom, a fabulous patio with gorgeous lawns and water views... even the bathrooms were gorgeous! It was easy to see why the couple fell in love with this venue. The bride's family had a close friend who was a member and offered to sponsor the couple (non-members) so they could have their wedding there. It was apparent that the catering staff and management was not accustomed to working with outside coordinators, but overall, things went smoothly. Here's my biggest complaint about this venue: During a wedding, vendors (wedding coordinators, assistants, DJ's, band members, etc.) are offered dinner. Vendors typically work a 10-15 hour day for a wedding and don't have another opportunity to eat, so many of them actually require a meal in their contracts; it is considered standard practice in the industry. They are usually fed whatever meal the guests receive, or a suitable, albeit less expensive alternative consisting of a protein, vegetable and starch. The hosts of the wedding are charged for each vendor meal that is ordered. That being said, my colleagues and I sat down to have our meal during this wedding and were completely shocked when we were offered a lunch-sized portion chicken Caesar salad! We weren't even given bread or water to accompany the meal! Normally, I would not complain but since we coordinated the wedding, we were well aware of how much money the bride and groom paid for each vendor meal... and a chicken Caesar salad was simply unacceptable for the price they were charged. While I would not consider myself an "expert" in the food service industry, but I have worked for a number of higher end restaurants, yacht clubs and catering companies in Boston and Martha's Vineyard over the last 10 years. Never in my experience as an assistant or even as a server was I ever given salad to sustain me through a 12 hour workday. I sincerely hope that Oyster Harbors Club does not make this practice routine, and I urge those who plan to hold an event at this venue to request a detailed cost breakdown for the guest and vendor meals from management.

This is one of the most beautiful places around, of course you have to have vast amounts of money to even entertain the thought of visiting much less having a house here. My little family of four visited Oyster Harbors yesterday, we are on vacation and have been driving along cape cod for the past week. We stumbled upon Oyster Harbors by accident and peered at the beauty over the hedges and gates that keep out the little people, like us. We stopped for lunch in Osterville and heard about the private enclave of Oyster Harbors, where a small windmill gatehouse protects the old old money crowd. We were told that a home was on the market for a mere 30 million dollars so we thought lets take a peek. You cannot see much other than the beauty that goes with the ocean on one side and the bay on the back, green grass and perfect hedges and a small view of a few houses. Oyster Harbors has a club but of course you have to live on the island to even get near it, some very large sail boats drifting on the ocean and silence abound, something the wealthy must like. As we were taking photos at the windmill gate house on the public road an old Mercedes Benz drove out, inside a couple who just looked like the old money type glared at us, as if we had descended from Mars. They slowed to pull out onto the public road and as they did we noticed a yacht club decal and a Nixon for president sticker on the back of this old Mercedes. The couple were venturing into the land that the rest of us live, and seemed as if doing so was akin to swimming with sharks. We finished our photos and climbed back into our new but leased suv and headed off. Oyster Harbors is for the wealthy the very wealthy and most likely those only with old names and old trust accounts that live in a world of shelter from the rest of us. It is beautiful and private and guarded I am sure with security men hidden behind the hedges to keep anyone from entering this private world. As we left I heard my three kids in the back giggling about something, and my thoughts were I would not trade that joy for all the old money in the world even if it would allow me to enter a world such as Oyster Harbors. I wondered if the couple were happy in the old car and if any of those living in such beauty with unlimited funds were. The great thing about an American vacation is that you get to see so much, but always get to head home. Sorta like the wizard of oz. there is no place like home. If you are in the area check it out, it is breath taking and worth a peek. Susan

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Situated in a bustling arts community on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club has been a part of the sailing community for over 100 years.

We pride ourselves in creating a relaxed private club atmosphere with a warm, friendly, family-oriented environment.  we offer a wide variety of social activities and our clubs within a club meet a plethora of special interests for our members where they can mix and mingle. , banquets & catering, community events.

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Oyster Bay Harbour Marina

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For those who dream of salt air and sea mist, of First Coast charm, sun soaked days of relaxation, and Atlantic breezes, Oyster Bay Yacht Club is ready and waiting to cast its spell on you. Ideally located a little over a mile from the Intracoastal Waterway, with no bridges, lock system, or jetties, you’re just 15 minutes from the ocean’s open waters. Settled in a private, gated community, the Oyster Bay Yacht Club provides members with a safe harbour for their vessels. Facilities: Members have exclusive access to all the first-class amenities the club offers. The marina, fitness center, pool, bar and grill, and game/card lounge will provide the cornerstone for countless hours of recreation and leisure accompanied by the perfect Florida lifestyle. Oyster Bay’s Marina is fully equipped with security staff in the evenings and a harbour master who’s ready to help with all facets of the boating experience. Utilities at the slips include pump-outs (1 per double-finger), water hook-ups, electricity, cable, phone, and storage boxes. Wireless internet access is available in the clubhouse.

Wet slips are available in lengths of 40-65 feet with a minimum of 6 feet of depth at low tide. Slips start at $140,000. Guests call for rates!

This marina does not require a credit card to hold the slip or any type of deposit. As a courtesy please notify the marina if you need to cancel your reservation at least 24 hours in advance.

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Osterville, MA

You can find our brokers in Osterville, MA at Oyster Harbors Marine’s home base at 122 Bridge Street. There, we carry boats from Albemarle, Everglades, Fjord Yachts, Legacy, Limestone, Mag Bay, Princess Yachts, Regulator, Valhalla Boatworks, Viking Yachts, Williams Jet Tender and brokerage boats. On site is our Custom Shop, which can handle any project to customize your boat just the way you want it. There’s also our Electronics Department, which can make sure your boat is set up with the latest improvements in marine technology. Our Service department is Full Service, offering a full range of service for your boat and a dedicated staff of certified and experienced technicians.

Contact Info

• 122 Bridge Street Osterville, MA 02655 USA
• 508-428-2017
• 508-420-5398

Business Hours

8:00 am - 5:30 pm

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8:00 am - 4:00 pm

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Greg Hoffman

• 508-364-8211
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Blaine Richmond

• 508-524-3979
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Dale Robertson

• 508-737-1967
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• 508-364-3894
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Diving Into New York’s Murky Green Waters, Searching for Treasure

It’s hard to see through the water, and too easy to find trash, but divers are finding joy in exploring New York.

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By Arielle Domb

Photographs and Video by Michael Turek

• Published Aug. 17, 2024 Updated Aug. 18, 2024

Adam Riback has spent a lifetime thinking about what lies beneath the surface.

Growing up in Sea Gate, a small community on the western tip of Coney Island, Mr. Riback, 53, said he would spend hours gazing out at Gravesend Bay, thinking: “What’s underneath it? What’s down there?”

It wasn’t until decades later, when he happened upon a dive shop in Brooklyn, that he would find out.

Most New Yorkers probably don’t know it, but by some estimates there are about 5,000 shipwrecks scattered around the state’s shores, possibly one of the highest concentrations of wrecks in the world, according to one expert.

Since 1971, the New York City-based scuba diving club Big Apple Divers has been plunging into the coastal waters, uncovering shipwrecks and an array of aquatic creatures — sharks, whales, sea horses, ocean sunfish — hidden from plain sight.

Mr. Riback, now the executive director of the New York State Marine Education Association, joined Big Apple Divers in 2011 and later served as the group’s vice president. “Most people aren’t even aware that they could dive in the larger region, let alone close to Manhattan,” he said. “There’s a whole ecosystem in our backyard.”

Today, however, longtime Big Apple Divers members fear that the local diving scene is dwindling. Older divers fret that they are being aged out and that a world of submerged history is being forgotten.

“The most common misperception is just that there’s nothing to see,” said Harris Moore, 34, who runs an introductory diving course for the club.

In what is known by divers as “ Wreck Valley ,” a triangle of water between the Jersey Shore and Long Island, divers can explore hundreds of shipwrecks, like the U.S.S. San Diego , near Fire Island. It was sunk by a German mine in 1918, the only major U.S. warship lost during World War I, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Shipwrecks provide new habitats and hiding spaces for small fish, away from predators. In time, clusters of corals, anemones and barnacles blossom. Giant lobsters, bluefish, blackfish and striped bass waft among the crevices of sunken vessels.

“If you’re into the marine life, it’s like an underwater scavenger hunt,” Mr. Moore said. “You never know what you’ll find.”

In the past 50 years, storms have become increasingly frequent and ferocious , threatening to rip apart ships and the objects they contain. Within years, some may be destroyed entirely.

The dive chair of Big Apple Divers, Tracy Cloherty, said she had found buttons, bits of china and personal items from passenger bags during local shipwreck dives.

“We’re preserving this little bit of history,” Ms. Cloherty, 58, said. “I don’t know if anyone remembers these people or not, and people only exist as long as they remain in somebody’s memory.”

But diving is not for the fainthearted. The waters around New York are regarded as more “hard-core” than somewhere like the Caribbean because of poor visibility, freezing temperatures and strong currents. Over the years, some divers have died during or shortly after explorations of wrecks. One wreck, the Andrea Doria , off the coast of Nantucket, Mass., is nicknamed the “Mount Everest of Wreck Diving” because navigating it is so difficult — and often deadly .

Those who are up for the challenge of local wreck diving describe submerging into muddy darkness — a foreboding green netherworld, sometimes so murky that they can’t see their fingers extended in front of them.

“They’re terrible days, where you just start feeling the dive site more than seeing it,” Mr. Moore said.

Jozef Koppelman, 66, who went to his first Big Apple Divers meeting when he was a teenager, said local divers have a sort of “selective amnesia”: One gleaming “postcard day” in New York’s waters overwrites nine where nothing could be seen at all.

“Part of the allure is the idea that it’s not consistent,” he said. “There’s a leap of faith with every trip.”

But Mr. Koppelman feared that things were changing. Many of his peers have retired from diving. Boats to dive sites have become less frequent.

Operating a dive boat or shop in New York may not be lucrative, given the limited clientele, the short dive seasons because of the weather and a shift toward buying equipment online.

Mr. Koppelman joked, “If you want to know what it feels like to own a boat, stand in a cold shower and rip up $100 bills.”

In recent years, however, a new generation of divers have been working to make New York’s underwater spaces cleaner and more accessible.

The Billion Oyster Project , a nonprofit group, works with over 100 New York City schools to restore the city’s oyster population.

These tiny creatures offer a range of environmental benefits, from filtering water to fostering biodiversity to softening the blow of waves during storms, standing as a buffer against flooding.

“We’re so disconnected from the harbor even though we’re New Yorkers and we live on this series of islands,” said Zoë Greenberg, 47, the project’s assistant dive safety officer. She trains students how to dive and build oyster nurseries in every borough, from Soundview Park in the Bronx to Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island.

She said one of the best parts of her job is pushing back on the idea that New York water is dirty and uninhabitable. “The water is now cleaner than it’s ever been,” Ms. Greenberg said. “It is safe to swim in most areas, most days of the year.”

Nicole Zelek, 32, is the founder of SuperDive, which provides diving instruction. She hosts regular underwater cleanups in Far Rockaway, near Kennedy International Airport in Queens. Divers spot horseshoe crabs, sea robins and vibrant coral colonies. “It’s magical that so much is going on beneath the surface,” she said.

But city beaches are also peppered with pollutants. Fishing lines trap crabs and other crustaceans. A shopping cart, an A.T.M. and a row of bus seats have even been found in the waters, Ms. Zelek said.

“You see the impact of humans living next to the sea in a way that maybe you wouldn’t see in the Caribbean and a protected park,” she said. “It is a good place to remember our connection to the rest of the world.”

For Dr. Michael Rothschild, 62, a pediatric otolaryngologist and Big Apple Divers’ medical adviser, part of the magic of diving in New York is its equalizing effect. “There’s really no different calculations for nitrogen loading for people who are Democrats or Republicans,” he joked.

Underwater, where language is reduced to a handful of gestures, social and political barriers dissipate. “Most human beings have very similar wants and needs,” he said, “When you’re diving, everybody’s producing CO₂. Everybody’s using oxygen. Everybody needs to breathe.”

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