Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club

Sorry we could not get you on a mooring last weekend. Since you are a member of an Inter-Harbor yacht club your fee was canceled. Labor day weekend is the busiest weekend of the year and moorings are reserved very early. Your request for a mooring was made on the day of your arrival and a mooring was impossible to assign, as all the available moorings were booked weeks in advance. We also had a long list of boaters on a waitlist. The reason we didn't just decline your request was once it is declined you would have had to start all over with another reservation if you decided to use the anchorage and free launch service which is offered as part of our decline reason message. We deemed this an inconvenience to the boater so we confirmed your reservation as an anchorage stay with free launch service. Your "assignment" information i.e. "Anchorage" is always on your reservation confirmation page that is emailed to you when a reservation is accepted. The anchorage is well protected, and the weekend weather was quite settled. We successfully serviced numerous visitors from the anchorage that weekend. We look forward to your next trip. Whenever possible, it's always best to book in advance as this is a popular stopover for transients. We did receive many 5 star reviews for that day. Here are a few of them for your review. ------------------------------------------------------- These folks are awesome! The launch captains are so nice and helpful, I will always stop here on my way north & south. Plus, the launch runs to 11pm...unheard of! -------------------------------------------------------- Moorings full on Labor Day weekend, but for a reduced rate we were able to anchor just past the moorings and behind the breakwater, and had full use of the launch and the shore amenities. Very helpful to arrange this and for guidance on where to anchor and go as this was our first time here. Would come back again

Henry, There are showers and restrooms on the ground floor under the yacht club provided by the town. The launch drivers will provide keys upon request.

I am very glad to hear our launch team was helpful and made your stay comfortable and secure. Regarding the bathrooms, as we have responded to others in the past, Atlantic Highland Yacht Club does not own, operate or maintain the bathrooms & shower facilities. The harbor and all of its facilities are municipally owned and operated. We have forwarded your comments for their review. Thanks for staying with us and I hope you had an opportunity to spend some time at the club for dinner and/or drinks and enjoy the view. Hope you visit again soon (if you do, please let me know, the first round is on me!). Regards, Joe Patsco, Rear Commodore

pbraschi.... Sorry for the inconvenience. We have our launch schedule on our AHYC club website for all to check and reduce hours of operation as we go into the fall season and have greatly reduced demand for service. The simplest way however is simply to ask the launch operators for the hours of operation. If they are not satisfactory for your visit when you check in, you can always cancel your reservation. Concerning your other issues, as we've responded to others in the past, the AHYC does not own, operate or maintain the shower facilities in the harbor... they belong to the harbor... the AHYC launch drivers only provide keys to the showers during operating hours as a convenience, otherwise visitors need to contact the harbor or harbor security. Neither the AHYC or the harbor have laundry facilities; there is a commercial laundry just outside the harbor, about a 5 minute walk from the docks. AHYC Launch Committee

packman... sorry for this unfortunate incident, however, we investigated your complaint. We record all VHF transmissions between our launches and other vessels should there ever be a need for a Coast Guard investigation and could not find any communication with another vessel suggesting your mooring was given away, though obviously there was a communication / mooring issue. Th recent bad weather has result in mooring availability issues with boats not being hauled on schedule (thus not providing open moorings for transients) and transients overstaying their reservation dates. Again, all we can do is apologize. AHYC Launch Committee

Thanks for the positive comments but, as far as the showers/rest rooms, as pointed out in our summary page, those facilities are the property of the town harbor marina, not the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club. Our total involvement with the facilities is handing out keys to transients in the mooring field so they wont have to go to the harbor office. AHYC Launch Committee