Brant Beach Yacht Club was founded in 1947 and today counts more than three hundred member families in its rolls. The mission of the club is threefold:

• to promote yachting and foster athletic sports upon the water,
• to promote social functions and camaraderie amongst the membership, and
• to advance the general prosperity of Long Beach Island.

Brant Beach Yacht Club spreads out across seven blocks of  bay front. It’s sandy beaches are on Little Egg Harbor Bay. The club is renowned for its adult and children’s sailing programs as well as being a favorite venue for local, regional, national, North American, and World Championship regattas. In addition to hosting major events, BBYC offers first class instructional programs in sailing, swimming, windsurfing and tennis to its youth and adults. The club boasts a very large fleet of Optimists, Lasers, Sunfish, 420’s, and sailboards, for our juniors, as well as a large adult fleet of, Mariners, Lasers, Sunfish and Lightnings and to a variety of pleasure sailing, cruising and fishing boats and jet skis. We enjoy a wide range of club races and other water related fun.

The main clubhouse is the center for the club’s activities and exciting social calendar. During the season, members and their guests partake in a wide variety of social functions almost every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday ranging from cocktails and hors d’ouvres, accompanied by music and breathtaking sunsets on our outside decks, to early evening family events, to our famous 4th of July Bike Parade, the perennial  Last Annual Lobster Bisque, to the elegance of a full course gourmet dinner with a big band in the air-conditioned comfort of our main dining room with dance floor. The social calendar is in full sail from Memorial Day Weekend Commissioning through Labor Day Change of Watch. During the summer the club also offers an active social calendar for its juniors including evenings out at the waterslides, the Surflight Theater, the post- junior interclub regatta dances.

While the social calendar gives way to weddings, family affairs and holiday party rentals from September through June, the club does reserve several Fridays and Saturdays each month for member functions. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Super bowl parties are always a must. The Almost Super Bowl Party and St. Patrick’s Day affair lead to the rites of spring and another wonderful season on Long Beach Island.

The facilities of BBYC are excellent: sailing, swimming, windsurfing, tennis and social. The club provides more than 200 dry moorings and boat slips for members. Additionally, BBYC maintains two protected swimming areas, one at the beach next to the main clubhouse, the other, a swim lesson and team swimming area with lanes and swim platforms near the Junior Clubhouse. The club also offers two fenced tennis courts for team play, lessons and personal enjoyment.

The main clubhouse, renovated in early 2005, offers full seating for parties up to 200, wonderful outside decks and two full service bars. The building contains a restaurant quality kitchen with walk-in refrigerator/freezer and top quality appliances and food preparation counters. The handsome rest rooms and the building’s one floor design offer full handicapped access facilities. This building also houses the Commodores’ Parlor with its brick fireplace.

The Junior Clubhouse sits in the center of the property and its attractively canopied, large deck overlooks the club’s four docks, boat ramp and dry mooring area. This building serves as the sailing, boating and maintenance center for the club. The Junior Clubhouse offers 800 square foot meeting and party room with a small kitchen and rest room facilities. The BBYC Main Office is also located in the Junior Clubhouse. BBYC maintains an excellent professional office, maintenance and instructional staff.

What makes Brant Beach Yacht Club truly unique, in addition to its beautiful location, is the spirit of volunteerism which has been the hallmark of the club since its inception. The Board of Trustees and all Flag Officers serve on a volunteer basis. Much of the work around the property such as landscaping, painting and Spring and Fall clean-up are done by members giving their time and skills. All of the club’s sailing regattas are conducted by club volunteers exclusively and a good number of our race officers and regatta chairs have outstanding skills and reputations on both a local and national level. Regatta support staffs, including race safety patrol, food and beverage people, scorers, officials and ground personnel are also club member volunteers. The same spirit of volunteerism prevails in the social area. Nearly all events, dinners, parties and dances are hosted by groups of volunteers working together as a team for the benefit of our members, their guests and visitors to BBYC. The spirit of volunteerism is what truly sets BBYC apart and it is a spirit that is dearly embraced by our fine membership.

On behalf of all of the members of Brant Beach Yacht Club, I hope that you enjoy your visit to this web site and that you will soon also enjoy a visit to our beautiful property.

Commodore

Steve Erhard