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  • Edgartown Yacht Club was originally built in 1928. Hurricane Bob flooded the dining room in 1991.
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Edgartown Yacht Club Makes Plan to Stay Above Sea Level

  • Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 5:52pm

The Edgartown Yacht Club may soon get its first big makeover in decades.

In response to periodic flooding from storms and tides, the club has proposed raising the seaward portion of its wharf approximately two additional feet above the water. The proposal also calls for moderately expanding the landward portions, rebuilding the surrounding deck and replacing the floating docks on the south side.

At a public hearing of the town conservation commission on Wednesday, architect Patrick Ahearn said the project would begin in September of 2018, with completion expected by the following Memorial Day.

Dick Barbini of the firm Schofield, Barbini and Hoehn, who is also working on the project, said the goal was to reduce the frequency of flooding in the club’s dining room, which overlooks Edgartown Harbor and now sits just a few feet above the water.

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“When the superstorm comes, it’s not going to stop that,” he said of the proposal to elevate the wharf. “But they feel that raising it two feet, based on the history down there, it won’t flood as much as it does now.” He added that raising it any higher had been ruled out in light of what he assumed would result in a public outcry.

Yacht club manager Bill Roman, who attended the hearing pointed to moon tides and heavy winds as the main causes of flooding over the years.

“We have good years, we have bad years,” he said. “This past year we had the king tide, so that weekend we ended up getting flooded a lot. But the year before that, barely anything. So it’s very, very fickle.”

Originally built in 1928, the clubhouse helped usher in a new era for the Edgartown Yacht Club, which formed in 1905 but had all but disbanded during the first World War. Its original clubhouse and pier had occupied a parcel of rented land where the Harborside Inn now stands.

An account in the Gazette from July 1928 called the new clubhouse “the most unusual on the whole Atlantic coast,” with its stunning proximity to the water, and timbers and shingles made to look old.

Of course, proximity to the water also has its downsides, as became especially evident in the hurricanes of 1938, 1944 and 1954. In an interview with Martha’s Vineyard Magazine a few years ago, the late Sandy Fisher recalled seeing waves breaking over the clubhouse roof during the hurricane of 1938. And the high-water mark in 1954 measured about waist-high inside the dining room, according to a report in the Gazette. Hurricane Bob in 1991 flooded the dining room with about a foot and a half of water — slightly less than the Blizzard of 1978.

The clubhouse underwent extensive renovations in 1955, including the addition of a second story on the landward portion that greatly altered its appearance from land. The changes included a new kitchen and offices, and a dining room for employees.

But the renovations next year will require a whole new level of engineering.

Mr. Roman said the yacht club has been consulting with International Chimney Corporation of Buffalo, N.Y., the company that engineered the relocation of the Gay Head Light in 2015 and the 8,000 square foot Schifter house on Chappaquiddick in 2013.

Plans include elevating the main dining area on a series of hydraulic jacks positioned atop the existing structure. A series of steel piles would then be installed around the edges of the wharf to support a bed of steel beams. Once the new floor is in place — two feet higher than before — the walls and roof will be lowered back down. The existing wooden piles will be cut off rather than extracted, in order to preserve the integrity of the harbor floor, and new ones will be installed.

Mr. Barbini pointed out at the hearing that while the dining room area would end up two feet higher than before, it would be about flush with the front part of the clubhouse.

The project still needs approval from the town building inspector, planning board and conservation commission, in addition to the State Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers. The town historic commission has approved the proposed expansion, and Mr. Barbini said the town marine advisory committee has also given the green light.

The conservation commission continued its public hearing to June 28.

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Best Outdoor Dining in Edgartown

With plenty of real estate overlooking Nantucket Sound, Edgartown is home to many restaurants that have great waterfront views. And now that warmer weather has come to New England, our favorite Edgartown restaurants are rolling out the picnic tables and patio chairs. So where to go when you're looking to enjoy a drink or a meal in the sun? From casual café to seafood on the waterfront, we've got recommendations for the best outdoor dining in Edgartown for your next visit to this charming, seaside town.

Atlantic Fish & Chop House | 2 Main St, Edgartown | (508) 627-7001

Known for its award-winning clam chowder, Atlantic is located on the water in Edgartown Harbor, overlooking the yacht club. Its double-decker porch provides plenty of outdoor seating, and large windows mean even if the weather forces you to take a table inside, you'll still have a great view. Enjoy New England seafood classics like lobster mac and cheese and oven roasted cod or choose from a great selection of steaks and chops.

Among the Flowers Café | 17 Mayhew Lane, Edgartown | (508) 627-3233

This casual café's patio is quite literally covered in flowers, from window baskets to hanging pots, making it a lovely outdoor dining spot in Edgartown. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Among the Flowers' focus on simple, fresh meals and its cool oasis of a patio make this one of the best spots for outdoor dining in Edgartown.

L’etoile Restaurant | 22 North Water Street, Edgartown | (508) 627-5187

Located at our sister property  The Sydney , this fine-dining restaurant has a sweet covered veranda that makes for some of the best outdoor dining in Edgartown. Reservations are recommended to score an outdoor table, as the restaurant is very popular in prime summer months. With beautiful landscaping, twinkle lights, and candles decorating the tables, dinner at l'etoile will be one of your vacation highlights.

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On the Rise

From edgartown to five corners to menemsha, vineyarders are admitting that the waters around them have grown..

Bill Roman stood in his temporary office, gazing across the waterfront to a renovated Edgartown Yacht Club, whose walls and roof seemed to glisten with new shingles, even on this overcast spring day. Jutting 190 feet into the harbor, the venerable club had the look of vessel that had been spruced up and refitted for its next voyage – which, in effect, it had.

But something else was in Roman’s line of sight, something that served as a graphic reminder of the need for the $7.5 million project, which he has supervised as the club’s general manager. It was just past high tide and the harbor’s surging waters had lapped over portions of the waterfront and into the parking lot alongside the club, pooling three or four inches deep in places. 

He’s not exactly Noah nervously trying to finish the ark, but over the years Roman has nonetheless had to develop a keen interest in tide charts, storm forecasts, and sea levels. It so happens that he celebrates his thirtieth year as the club’s general manager this year, and rare is a season when harbor water hasn’t flooded the clubhouse. Not to mention the two hurricanes in 1991 (Bob and Grace) and another in 1998 that merited small plaques on the wall noting high water marks.

“We might get a foot of water a couple times a year,” he said. “A few inches of water? Not unusual for it to happen four, five times a year. Some years you get absolutely nothing, then the following year, twelve to fifteen times you get flooded.”

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That hopefully won’t be the case this year. The renovation project, completed by the yacht club’s traditional Memorial Day commissioning, also lifted the deck of the clubhouse, its kitchen, and other facilities two feet higher above the harbor.

It’s a scenario that is playing out in various ways and places elsewhere on the Island as encroaching water has forced residents, businesses, and municipalities to scramble, usually confronting the same calculation: float it, raise it, or move it. At the Island’s margins – from the Gay Head Light at the western end to the Schifter family’s 8,300-square-foot house on Chappaquiddick’s southeastern corner – expensive projects have dragged large structures away from eroding coastlines in recent years. But now it seems the number of projects (or planned projects) has proliferated, perhaps as scientific projections of coastal flooding become graver, not rosier. 

Just down the harbor from the yacht club, the iconic, privately owned Vose boathouse had its deck raised another foot above the water. In the other direction, the town’s historic memorial wharf, alongside the Chappy Ferry landing, is targeted for a project that will reinforce its base and lift the structure by eighteen inches. Ultimately, the town may raise the entire parking lot alongside it.

At the Five Corners intersection in Vineyard Haven, perhaps the busiest and most prone to flooding on the Island, the Black Dog Bakery was closed during the winter for renovations that included raising its floor a foot. There’s talk of raising the town dock at Owen Park a foot or two as well. Meanwhile, up Beach Road, the developers of the old Hinckley’s lumber yard discussed building their project eight feet above the road with parking underneath. In fact, all of Beach Road is up for debate; the town and state are haggling about redoing the road and raising it to protect against flooding. It’s an ironic image of the future: the more than $41 million Lagoon Pond drawbridge, which was built several feet higher than the old one, is surrounded by road on either side that potentially will be under water. 

Similarly, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital sits on high ground, but its access roads will be seriously jeopardized by rising sea levels. (In other words, rest easy in the hospital – if you can get there.)

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All along the waterfront in Oak Bluffs, sea level rise has impacted homes, businesses, and infrastructure. A portion of East Chop Drive already has been closed because of erosion, while the North Bluff, near the Lookout Tavern, got a new, higher seawall (with a popular pedestrian walkway on top). The permitting process is underway to enlarge and put a water gate in the Farm Pond culvert, mostly to improve water quality, but also to provide an outlet for storms and rising seas. The town is pushing the state for help on vulnerable roads, especially Seaview Avenue by Farm Pond and Beach Road by the hospital. 

Up-Island, Menemsha Harbor has attracted attention, especially since the town’s only gas station is alongside the harbor in a vulnerable spot. “Seems like the water is over the dock more this year than most,” said selectman Bill Rossi at a meeting this spring as selectmen sought help through state grants. “It used to be people would take pictures of it,” added chairman Jim Malkin. “Now they don’t bother anymore.”

Growing accustomed to seeing water over wharves and in the parking lots is one thing. Processing the level of coastal transformation and the dire economic and public safety consequences should projections of sea level rise for the coming decades prove accurate is something else altogether. The Vineyard’s economic base – tourism – could be decimated, business districts jeopardized, and electrical, sewer, water, and transportation systems compromised.

 “My personal feeling is people are overwhelmed. They don’t know what to do; they can’t grasp the impact so they just ignore it,” said Elizabeth Durkee, conservation agent for the town of Oak Bluffs and one of the best informed Island officials on the issue. She has been a longtime advocate for more leadership and planning, a sort of watery wake-up call to engage all Islanders. “If ever there was an issue we need to look at long term, this is it.” 

Even if one ignored all the warnings of climate change in recent decades, the fact of the matter is the sea’s advance should not come as a surprise. It’s been rising for thousands of years, but certainly at an increased rate over the last century. The evidence is right there in the historic mean tide charts from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for Woods Hole or Boston, an incremental rise each year, amounting to about a foot over the last century.

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“For as long as we have any record of it, we have proof that there has been a gradual rise in sea level,” said Dr. Graham Giese, an oceanographer and scientist emeritus at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. 

For Giese, the present-day work on waterfronts is less about getting ahead of the rising tides to come and more about coastal communities catching up to the last fifty years of sea rise after realizing that twentieth century attempts to harden or manipulate the shoreline by moving sand around or armoring the coast with abutments and stone rip-rap ended up being temporary measures. It wasn’t always so. Before World War II, he explained, people who came to the region generally didn’t choose to live on the water. Look at Wellfleet, for example, where the main part of town is distant from the waterfront, or even in Provincetown, where houses tended to be built on the land side of the road, not the water side.

“It was never a good idea,” he said. “It wasn’t a good idea then. It isn’t a good idea now. People knew that.”

People, at least those looking to purchase real estate, apparently know it again. Earlier this year, data scientists from the nonprofit First Street Foundation and Columbia University released some troubling findings from a study of 2.5 million coastal properties in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine. Tidal flooding from sea level rise has eroded relative home values by more than $403 million during a twelve-year period ending in 2017. Massachusetts was hit hardest, with coastal homes losing $273 million in value over that period. Barnstable, on the Cape, was among the top five hardest hit towns, losing about $16.5 million. Two Island towns were also in the searchable database: Vineyard Haven, which it said has lost nearly $990,000 in home values, and Edgartown, about $651,000.

No question, said Giese, there is real reason to worry about accelerating sea level rise in the coming years. But referring to the NOAA charts, Giese said: “You should keep that in front of you and realize it’s nothing new.”

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It’s certainly not new to Steve Ewing. He has worked in and on Island waters for fifty years, most of them through his own business, Aquamarine Dockbuilders, tending to almost all of the piers in Edgartown as well as many others around the Island. That includes the Edgartown Yacht Club, which he has helped maintain over the years, and where he acted as a consultant for the recent renovations. 

“I don’t think anyone has seen sea levels go down,” he said recently, in a typical piece of understatement. 

Just down the harbor from the yacht club is the Vose boathouse, an iconic wharf and building that has stood sentry for 120 years. This spring Ewing’s company and a few other contractors raised the boathouse’s deck a foot higher. It was an involved process that included shifting the entire building onto the beach’s edge while the pilings were replaced.

“It’s not rocket science – water’s coming up, you know?” said Ewing. “You don’t have to read a book or anything. You don’t have to listen to the news to see what’s going on.” 

For the man who has worked on the waterfront virtually his entire adult life, it all comes down to a calculation informed by his experience and data about sea levels. Ewing also happens to serve as Edgartown’s poet laureate and is the kind of person who pays attention to the details of nature around him. In particular, over the decades he has kept a watchful eye on where the barnacles choose to call home.

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They will latch onto piers, pilings, and sea walls just under the mean water line, he explained, and they have been slowly, relentlessly moving up higher over the years. “I swear by it,” he said. “It’s right there in front of your face.

“I didn’t see ice caps melting, the friggin’ polar bears becoming extinct, and all that shit,” he said, laughing. “But I saw – just common sense – things had to be higher in exposed areas. I started with that, and as we rebuilt all the piers in the harbor, I watched where the barnacles were.…”

More than once he had to persuade customers to build higher than they wanted, but he’s glad he did. If he hadn’t, he said, “where they wanted me to build would be under water.” 

Throughout last fall, winter, and into the spring, the yacht club work attracted gawkers intrigued by the sights and sounds of demolition, pile-driving, and the grunts of a five-story crane wrestling giant steel pilings.

After a series of hydraulic lifts had jacked up the cavernous clubhouse (including its interior walls), work progressed below. Approximately 110 old wood pilings were replaced with forty steel “pipe” pilings, half of which are eighteen inches in diameter, the other half twelve-and-three-quarter inches. For each, a fifty-foot-long section was driven into the harbor bed, then another fifty-foot section was welded on top of it, and finally the whole thing was driven down to a so-called “point of refusal” – about seventy-five feet below the harbor bottom. Steel I-beams were laid on top of the pilings, length- and crosswise, to create the foundation of the new, improved Edgartown Yacht Club resting atop a slightly higher perch. Finally, the old dining room was dropped ever so gently back down on top of the higher deck. New, polished ipe (pronounced ee-pay) wooden floors were laid down, the old bar was reinstalled, and the silver service cabinet moved back into the building.

Truth be told, the place was due for a renovation, and the new building includes a new kitchen and office spaces. It would have been senseless, however, to upgrade in situ. “Okay, while we’re at it, we know there’s greater issues that we have to address too,” said Roman. “We knew we’re going to raise it. I’ve been here thirty years; it’s been flooding for thirty years. And what could we do to mitigate it?”

As it has in the past, the club will doubtless still have to weather massive storms and floods, such as the 1938 hurricane when the club was said to have water splashing against its roofline. Or the one in 1944, when the wind gauge broke at the Naval air station (now Martha’s Vineyard Airport) and the 116-foot yawl Manxman tore from its mooring, crashed into the dragger Priscilla V , and ended up wedged onto the finger piers between the Coal Wharf (present-day site of The Seafood Shanty restaurant) and Osborn’s Wharf (the yacht club’s location).

Among the most destructive storms was Carol in 1954, which, according to the club’s official history, saw two employees barely escape injury, working in knee-deep water when the windows came crashing in and the doors were blown off. The club’s upright piano washed up on Lighthouse Beach, the old oak bar and blue deck chairs floated up Main Street.

But as for the future of inexorably rising seas, Roman is now guardedly optimistic. “We challenged the engineers here,” he said. “We’re going up two feet now. What happens if we want to go up another two feet fifty, sixty, seventy years from now? How does that work?”

In the case of the yacht club, the I-beams can be cut from the pilings and moved up.

The parking lot, however, may well be quite damp.

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Edgartown Yacht Club Renovations

Originally built in 1928, the Edgartown Yacht Club has become a celebrated landmark due to its sizable contributions to Edgartown’s maritime history and the community at large as well as its close proximity to the water. Unsurprisingly, its unique coastal location – on a wharf thirty-feet out on Edgartown Harbor – also has its downsides which became apparent during the notable hurricanes of 1938, 1944, 1954, and 1991. In recent years, however, the clubhouse has been experiencing periodic flooding in response to rising sea levels.

"Winter storms have definitely taken a toll. Literally dozens of times a year sometimes we’ve had flooding. The whole deck will be underwater." Club Manager, Bill Roman, shared with the Vineyard Gazette
  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by EdgartownYachtClub (@edgartownyc) on Oct 30, 2018 at 7:00am PDT

After years of enduring frequent water damage, September 2018 marked the start of an important and historic renovation to the Edgartown Yacht Club which will raise the clubhouse two feet above the water. Unfortunately, flooding is still plausible with the threat of storms and continued climate change; however, it won’t flood as nearly as much as it does now, which was confirmed with the help of Dick Barbini of Schofield, Barbini and Hoehn .

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by EdgartownYachtClub (@edgartownyc) on Jan 7, 2019 at 5:51am PST

Wednesday, September 19th, Atlantic Marine Construction began with cutting around the perimeter of the clubhouse and lifting the existing structure with hydraulic jacks. The wharf’s current piles, wooden timbers soaked in creosote, were replaced with a series of new steel piles installed around the edges of the wharf into the bottom of the harbor to support a bed of steel planks. The new piles are made from rust-resistant epoxy-coated steel (which is much better for the environment) and the existing wooden piles were cut down rather than extracted to avoid disturbing the harbor floor. With the new floor installed, the walls and roof were lowered back down and now the Edgartown Yacht Club is two feet higher!

While preservation drove the main goal of the project, the club will also undergo a moderate expansion including a public viewing deck on the second floor of the entry building. And we are pleased to share that the building will be handicapped accessible.

The project is moving along well and on schedule for the re-opening during Memorial Day Weekend. We are looking forward to celebrating the re-birth of the Edgartown Yacht Club with the club members and the Edgartown community at large.

Below are images of the Edgartown Yacht Club before the construction as well as progress images. Look out for additional construction images on our under construction page in the upcoming months and watch the construction project LIVE on Edgartown Yacht Club’s webcam: Live Webcam .

Before Construction

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During Construction

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Boston Wedding Photographer Kate McElwee

My second ever Matha’s Vineyard wedding, at the Old Whaling Church and Edgartown Yacht Club, was a glorious affair and a treat to photograph. In case you missed them, I recently posted some photos from the bridal luncheon and rehearsal dinner at the Daniel Fisher House here . The wedding day started bright and warm, and the girls enjoyed refreshing mimosas along with their morning dockside yoga at the private residence on Water Street. Later in the morning, Mary Bergeron arrived and started working on the girls’ hair and makeup. I loved that the getting ready activities took place entirely outside on the deck – Maddie even dressed out there!

My good friend Verna Pitts was helping me out all weekend, and she photographed the guys who were getting ready (and drinking Scotch) at the Brooks residence on Fuller Street. Once Brian was dressed, he walked down to the Edgartown Yacht Club and hopped on a boat, arriving in perfect nautical style for the first look. Maddie walked down the private dock to meet him, and I love the sweet, emotional moments between these two as they saw each other for the first time. After that, we took a few portraits at the house and on the tiny beach there, then it was off to church for the ceremony.

Guests arrived at the gorgeous Old Whaling Church on foot, on bike, and even a couple by golf cart. Maddie and her parents arrived in a delightful vintage car named Daisy, and were greeted by Maddie’s brothers, who were handing out programs on the church steps. The ceremony was so beautiful; the priest was fantastic, really quite funny, and there were a few minutes when Maddie and Brian were trying desperately not to burst out laughing.  It was pretty fun to document.  I also just LOVE the Old Whaling Church; it is such an incredibly beautiful building, and the new mural on the back wall behind the altar photographs so well.  The church also benefits from the loveliest natural light.

At the end of the ceremony, Maddie and Brian exited the church through rose petals (love this!) then processed down Main Street in Edgartown with a bagpiper.  This was one of my favorite moments from the entire year – what an awesome way to begin your life as a married couple!  Special thanks to Zoe and Kelsey of ZBR Events for helping us out by taking our camera bags to the Yacht Club so that we were able to walk and photograph the procession.

The reception was held at the Edgartown Yacht Club, where Maddie’s father Ned used to be president.  It is such a cool building; because it is surrounded by water on three sides it feels like you’re actually on a boat.  The decor transformed the space from woodsy and rustic to elegant and classy; perfect for this stylish couple.  The rain had started coming down by cocktail hour so guests cozied up throughout the space, enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.  The reception proper opened with a couple of welcome toasts and then Maddie and Brian performed their showstopping first dance – check out that lift and spin at the end – so great!  The rest of the evening was spent dining and photoboothing (thanks Verna!) and dancing to the fantastic band, The Sultans of Swing.

One last event that I LOVED: Brian and Maddie’s sparkler exit from their Edgartown Yacht Club wedding – it was pitch black (it was around midnight) but I absolutely love the photos from this grand finale.  Thank you all for an incredible weekend, we loved being a part of it!

Ceremony Old Whaling Church, Edgartown ~ Reception Edgartown Yacht Club ~ Coordinator Zoé Barbey-Ross & Kelsey Berry, ZBR Events ~ Band The Sultans of Swing ~ Caterer Buckley's Catering ~ Cake Val Cakes ~ Florist Louise Sweet, Flowers on the Vineyard ~ Hair & Makeup Mary Bergeron ~ Tent & Rentals Big Sky Tents ~ Bagpipes/Piper Brian Hopewell

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    The Edgartown Yacht Club perpetuates the maritime traditions of Martha's Vineyard and Edgartown and encourages friendly competition on the waters around the Island and ashore - the mission of the Club since it was founded in 1905. Those first few years of the twentieth century were a time of great change in the town of Edgartown.

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    The Edgartown Yacht Club is a private yacht club in Edgartown, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The club was founded on January 5, 1905, and Edward H. Raymond was named its first commodore. The Edgartown Yacht Club's current clubhouse was completed in 1927, and is on Dock Street in downtown Edgartown.

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    © Edgartown Yacht Club 2017. All Rights Reserved 1 Dock Street Edgartown, MA 02539 Phone: (508) 627-4361 Fax: (508) 627-7565 Email: [email protected]

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    Edgartown Yacht Club was originally built in 1928. Hurricane Bob flooded the dining room in 1991. Mark Lovewell ; Community. Nature & Science. ... Barbini and Hoehn, who is also working on the project, said the goal was to reduce the frequency of flooding in the club's dining room, which overlooks Edgartown Harbor and now sits just a few feet ...

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    Atlantic Fish & Chop House | 2 Main St, Edgartown | (508) 627-7001. Known for its award-winning clam chowder, Atlantic is located on the water in Edgartown Harbor, overlooking the yacht club. Its double-decker porch provides plenty of outdoor seating, and large windows mean even if the weather forces you to take a table inside, you'll still ...

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    That includes the Edgartown Yacht Club, which he has helped maintain over the years, and where he acted as a consultant for the recent renovations. ... Finally, the old dining room was dropped ever so gently back down on top of the higher deck. New, polished ipe (pronounced ee-pay) wooden floors were laid down, the old bar was reinstalled, and ...

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    This courtesy is available for a maximum of three days per year, and only for those yachtsmen who cruise into Edgartown on board their yachts. The Club regrets that it does not offer the following services: dockage, moorings or showers. (Please contact the Edgartown Harbormaster for these services 508 627-4746.)

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    The rest of the evening was spent dining and photoboothing (thanks Verna!) and dancing to the fantastic band, The Sultans of Swing. One last event that I LOVED: Brian and Maddie's sparkler exit from their Edgartown Yacht Club wedding - it was pitch black (it was around midnight) but I absolutely love the photos from this grand finale.

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