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520 Bay Avenue -  Bayside Center - Ocean City NJ 08226 609.418.3356

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Ocean City Sailing Foundation

Our Mission is to promote sailing to Youth and Families in the Great Ocean City Area by providing safe and affordable sailing lessons and clinics.

Welcome to the Ocean City Sailing Foundation website. We are a non-profit foundation that has taught the joy of sailing to countless children and adults since 2007. If you click on the various tabs, you will get a wealth of information that will hopefully entice you to become a sailor.  Our motto can be best summarized with the following quotation:

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So come join us, feel the wind blowing in your hair, the sun streaming down your face and the blue waters sparkling in your eyes.

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds In your sails, Explore, Dream, Discover." - Mark Twain

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The Ocean Yacht Club was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1896, two years prior to Staten Island joining New York City and were participants in the Naval Parade in 1899 for the return of the Spanish American War hero, Admiral George Dewey.

Our history includes several turn of the century Regatta winners and the roaring twenties motor boat race winners from Albany to New York. Our club is a member of the Yachting Club of America “The National Association of Yacht Clubs” since it’s founding in 1963. Our club was involved in the tragic 9-11 rescue effort and the clubhouse was used in the movie, Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith. We are a Hurricane Sandy Survivor.

The Ocean Yacht Club is an integral part of Stapleton’s past, present, and future.

Our club and its members, families, and associates have been active in many social, political, and charitable affairs in Stapleton and Staten Island, including United Cerebral Palsy, Meals on Wheels, The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation,  The Eden II School for Autistic Children, Curtis High School Football, God’s Exceptional Children Boat Ride, AM VETS Post 103, The Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation and The Staten Island Children’s Campaign, Wounded Warriors Project, S.I. Supports our Soldiers along with many other local charitable organizations through out our long history.  The Ocean Yacht Club is proud to have a large contingent of Unites States of America Armed Forces Veterans from WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam, along with several Merchant Marines.

OYC waterfront history

The Ocean Yacht Club was forced to give up its water rights and relocated from the its original water front location in order for the development of the Stapleton piers circa 1921.

The city built piers in 1920, but they were never fully exploited. From 1937 to 1942 several of the piers were used as the first Foreign Trade Zone in the United States. From 1942 to 1945, they became the Staten Island Terminal facility of the Army's New York Port of Embarkation.   After World War II, the piers once again became a foreign trade zone, but their use declined and most of the piers were demolished by the 1970s. The last, used for fishing, was removed when the U.S. Navy proposed to build a base in Stapleton in the 1980s.

In 1983, Secretary of the Navy John Lehmanselected Stapleton to be the homeport for a naval unit headed by the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), as part of the dispersal of the navy during a military build up ordered by President Ronald Reagan. This proposal became highly controversial throughout Staten Island when analysis of the proposal showed a net loss of civilian jobs on Staten Island (mainly due to expected job-seekers among naval dependents, but also due to a loss of businesses forced out by the naval presence). It was also controversial because of the belief that the Tomahawk cruise missiles aboard the Iowa and an accompanying Aegis cruiser would, in at least some cases, be carrying nuclear warheads.

Following years of debate, which slowed development of the base, the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a major cutback in military spending, and the still incomplete base was cancelled in 1993. Shortly thereafter, a plan was floated to build a race-track on the site, to be primarily used by NASCAR. The plan was quickly forgotten. Also headquartered at the site is one of three fireboats, FDNY Marine company 9. The site is now also used as part of the annual Fleet Week in New York City. After sitting empty for a couple of years, the base site was used by a bagel manufacturer briefly. Then a proposal was made to have a movie studio occupy a 6-acre (24,000 m2) portion of the site. For never-explained reasons the city administration opposed this, and finally some of the civil courts took over a small part of the site, leaving most unused while various proposals were made for housing, parkland, and an educational complex, among others.

On October 26, 2006, the New York City council approved a massive redevelopment plan for the site. It will be transformed into a new community with 350 housing units, restaurants, parks, a recreation center and farmers' market. The City Council pushed the project through its final regulatory hurdle when it approved the $66 million blueprint for the former Navy base.  The city will use the money and an additional $1.1 million state grant to create streets, utilities and a mile-long waterfront esplanade while soliciting proposals from private developers to build on six sites—three residential and three commercial—across the 36-acre (150,000 m2) base. City officials have said infrastructure work could begin in early 2007 with a projected completion date of 2009. Demolition of the old Navy buildings began in late 2011.

PAST COMMODORES

HERMAN H SEIMER 1891-1903

LOUIS BIRKE 1904-1908

GEORGE STAPLETON 1909-1912, 1927

CASPER G LALIVE 1913-1924

THOMAS WILLIAMS 1925

JOSEPH BURKE 1926,1931

EDWARD WANTY 1928-1930

FRED BROWN 1932-1936, 1938

WILLIAM S HART 1937, 1941-1942

ALBERT FEIST 1939

LEROY KELSHNER 1940

CHARLES LANG 1943

FRED WIGTLT 1944-1945

JOHN PECARARO 1946-1947

DUKE WELLINGTON 1948- 1951

CHARLES NEWBRANT 1952

FRANK QUINN 1953-1956

AL GABERINO 1957-1962

ED MCINTYRE 1963-1965

HAROLD BRYANT 1966-1970

JOE DAVIS 1971-1976, 87-90

AL MICHAELS 1977-1982, 84-85

WALTER NEVILLE 1983

ED FLESHNER, SR. 1986, 1992

JOE GIBBONS 1991, 1993-1996

JIM BOTTIGLIA 1997-2002

TOM BREEN, JR.  2003

ROBERT KANOWICZ 2004

JIM CRISO 2004-2012

PATRICK J. CHANOD, SR. 2013-2022

JOHN ACAMPORA 2023

List of Honorary Members

James Bottiglia (deceased)

Thomas Breen Sr. (deceased)

John Clark (deceased)

Fred Connors

Frank Desilvio

Bill DonDiego (deceased)

John Fleschner

Robert Flor (deceased)

 James Higgens

Oliver Kemph (deceased)

Joseph Scott

Thomas Wall

Daniel Hammer

Robert Widener (deceased)

Ronald Laird (deceased)

Louis Burke (deceased)

Richard Dray (deceased)

Carl Ehrhart (deceased)

Max Fleschner (deceased)

Theodore Mazik (deceased)

Joseph Pecoraro (deceased)

Arthur Fleschner

John Jetter (deceased)

Charles Siegel (deceased)

Joseph Summa

William Weinmann

Jack Whitford (deceased)

Nobil at the Ocean City Yacht Club

All-inclusive venue.

The venue takes care of it all - food and beverage, rentals, the works!

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $7,000

Guest capacity

Up to 220 seated guests

About this venue

The Ocean City Yacht Club, established in 1901, is rich in both history and tradition. We have one of the most active and competitive sailing programs in the Mid Atlantic region including bay and offshore racing. The 2023 season marks the 122nd year that the Ocean City Yacht Club (OCYC) has been in existence, an organization steeped in family values and tradition. The Club has a multitude of activities for members to enjoy: sunset meals on the bay, Saturday night theme parties, bridge, golf, fishing, and sailing/boating events. There are innumerable events to socialize with friends and meet new people. Members can also look forward to the continuation of philanthropic endeavors the Club has supported over the past years, such as Fishing for Kids in June and the OCYC foundation. These events demonstrate the Club’s commitment to worthwhile causes benefitting the community.

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• Covered Outdoor

Our event spaces

Welcome to the Ocean City Yacht Club

Ocean City Yacht Club is an extraordinary place to hold your event. From weddings to private parties, your event backdrop will be the sparkling waters of the Great Egg Harbor Bay. Club Steward Bill McGinnity and his staff at Nobil by the Bay will closely work with you to make your event memorable.

Up to 220 Seated

Up to 220 Standing

Included in this room:

• Bar services • Catering services • Clean up • Dance floor • Dressing room / Bridal Suite • Event coordinator • Event rentals • Event staff • Lighting/Sound • Service staff • Set up • Transportation • Wedding cake services • Wheelchair accessible • Wifi

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• Dance floor
• Dressing room / Bridal Suite
• Event coordinator
• Event rentals
• Event staff
• Lighting/Sound
• Service staff
• Transportation
• Wedding cake services
• Wheelchair accessible

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Subscriber only, real estate | what’s being built there 2 ritz-carlton buildings offer luxury seekers a beach restaurant, spa, yacht club.

The location? 1380 S. Ocean Blvd. in Pompano Beach, about a mile south of East Atlantic Boulevard.

What’s planned?  The Ritz-Carlton Residences will be two buildings, on both sides of State Road A1A with 205 move-in ready homes.

The Beach Tower on the east will be 31 stories with 117 beachside units and one floor of underground parking. The Marina Tower, which is 14 stories high, has 88 residences. This won’t be a hotel, and no AirBnB is permitted.

“Pompano Beach is ‘Puttin’ On The Ritz,’ ” said Mayor Rex Hardin, a reference to the 1920s Irving Berlin song. “I’ll tell you, it’s a great time for the city of Pompano Beach. To get this kind of recognition that Pompano Beach is a destination, the recognition that the city, the staff cooperate so well with the development community to attract this type of investment, it’s fantastic.

“It’s a validation of what we’ve been working on for many years.”

What will the homes cost to purchase and what are the amenities?  Homes range in price from $1.256 million to $7.133 million. Marina-side units are already sold during pre-construction. The beachside building has just nine units left, said Harvey Daniels, the vice president of development sales.

Homeowners will be in the lap of luxury with access to both a private Beach Club with a beach restaurant — with the Ritz menu that is typically seasonal — and towel service and wait service to be served a drink or lunch (or both) on the beach.

“It’s only open to residents and guests,” Daniels said.

There is also a private Yacht Club, with 13 slips, which are all already sold. There will be a bar area for a cocktail at sunset on the marina, and a pickup and dropoff dock “if someone has friends with boats you can get picked up and dropped off,” Daniels said.

There also will be a spa, two pools facing the ocean, a gym, business center, dog park, bocci court, paddleball or pickleball court, 24-hour valet, and a doorman.

“This is a hot commodity,” said Ron Choron, the vice president of construction for Fortune Development & Construction, one of the project developers. “Ritz is the best. It’s where I try to stay when I go out of town. The service is always the same.”

The interior design for the residences is crafted by Piero Lissoni, an Italian designer.

The homes will range from one to four bedrooms, which are the penthouses. Homeowners have a choice of flooring, doors, baseboards, cabinets and vanities.

What’s being replaced? The property on the east side of State Road A1A was previously a 3-story, 96-room motel called Paradise Beach Resort that sustained hurricane damage and was eventually demolished in 2009. The west side parcel was tennis courts, which were demolished about a decade ago, according to Sandra King, city spokeswoman.

Other than in Pompano Beach, where is the nearest Ritz to purchase? The Ritz-Carlton Residences Sunny Isles Beach is an oceanfront 52-story, 212-unit, luxury building located at 15701 Collins Ave. in Miami-Dade County that opened in 2020. It boasts a private elevator lobby for each residence and kitchens designed with Italian cabinetry and stone countertops.

There are two-, three- and four-bedroom ocean-view residences for sale as resales in the building. No new units are left.

Kelly Charles, a Realtor with “The Luxury Team” at Compass, who has sold in both Sunny Isles Beach and Pompano Beach, said many of her buyers are from the northeast who are “planning for future retirement or second homes.” Those well-to-do clients are getting “all the amenities they could possible want” that come with “Ritz-trained staff.”

“There’s nothing else to compare to in Pompano,” Charles said. “People feel comfortable with the brand they already know.”

How long will Pompano Beach construction take? The residences are scheduled to open in September 2026. Both the east and west buildings are expected to open at the same time.

What is the project anticipated cost? Construction costs are $350 million, Choron said.

Lisa J. Huriash can be reached at [email protected]. Follow on X, formerly Twitter, @LisaHuriash

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