Welcome to the Hudson River Boat & Yacht Club
Association's official Website

A big hello to all who are visiting our website, especially any first timers.

Briefly, we are an organization representing thirty-three boat clubs, on both
sides of the Hudson. Our clubs collectively have over 8,000 members from Poughkeepsie to below Yonkers.

Our charter focuses us to do as much as we can to make the Hudson River a hospitable and safe place for all who want to enjoy it. Power boaters, sail boaters, kayakers and canoeists, people on the shores, all are involved in club programs.

The clubs primary concern has been for power and sail boaters’ needs, since that has been the bulk of our membership.

One of our major undertakings is to smooth the way for the dredging of some of our club marinas that are so silted in, boats can only get in or out at high tide. We have been working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and other groups to come up with a financially viable and environmentally sound solution.

As an organization, in 2006, we negotiated a reciprocal agreement with the Mohawk Council group of boat clubs. Mohawk Council is north of Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River. One of
the first benefits was to offer reciprocal overnight stay agreements for all members of both organizations. We are working with the Mohawk Council to give Hudson River boaters much needed influence in Albany. The combined membership of our clubs covers from above Albany to Yonkers.

Our regular meetings take place every other month starting in January on the last Tuesday of the month. These are held at various member clubs. An E-mail and snail mail list alerts members of where and when. You can also consult this website for the location and directions for the next meeting.

A social hour starts at 7 PM and the meeting usually commences at 8 PM. We have many interesting speakers and quite a bit of club related and Hudson River interest reporting takes place.

For the months that we do not have a regular membership meeting, we do have a board meeting, also known as the workshop. These are usually held on the last Thursday of the month at the Peekskill Yacht Club at 7 PM.

If any member plans to attend a workshop meeting, please call the Peekskill Yacht Club at: [914] 737-9515. This process is to make sure the meeting will be on as scheduled and that there were no late changes as to time and place. Weather could be a major factor. The Board meetings are open and any member is welcome to attend.

I hope to see you on the river over the summer and at our meetings!

Yours truly,

Frank Bergman

President
Hudson RiverBoat &
Yacht Club Association

E-mail: HudsonRBYCA@aol.com