208 Elm Street
South Dartmouth, MA 02748
Dock
$3/ft
Mooring
$60-$90 Launch Service Included
Day Trip
Not Offered
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47 Reviews
by Isobel S. - Verified user on Sep 26, 2023
We arrived in terrible weather: pouring rain making nonexistent visibility, high winds over 25 kts, and whitecaps. The easiest dock was ready for us, and two people helped secure us to the dock. Electricity worked as soon as we plugged in. In a lull in the downpours, we put on our foul weather gear and trudged to a shop that sold milk and fresh food we hadn’t been able to put on board for our delivery. There was a restaurant nearby as well. The restrooms were clean and empty. The club was closed on Mondays, the day we were there. Convenient, easy to reach, helpful dockage.
by Lawrence B. - Verified user on Sep 21, 2023
Great stay! Great hospitality and facilities. Sarah and Russ were terrific launch drivers.
by natalie W. on Sep 06, 2023
It's a fantastic Harbor and a great club. Professional staff on the launch and Fuel Dock. We enjoyed our stay and will visit again
by william H. - Verified user on Sep 04, 2023
Great staff and dining room. Visit every year we can
by David M. - Verified user on Sep 04, 2023
Very nice stay. The launch service is great.
by Steven / Yoram S. - Verified user on Aug 26, 2023
Very helpful staff and nice location
by Beth l. - Verified user on Aug 15, 2023
Great place to visit and friendly and helpful staff!
by Angela S. - Verified user on Aug 14, 2023
Great stay. Friendly and helpful staff.
by Rick B. - Verified user on Aug 07, 2023
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, easy to navigate to the marina and into the slip. A short walk to the quaint Padanaram Village capped off the day. The dock staff was excellent and the fellow yachtsmen in the marina were welcoming and friendly. The marina is first class - clean and well cared for.
A special thanks to the waterfront director, Mark Dorman.
by Philip A. - Verified user on Aug 02, 2023
Very good mooring field, excellent launch service and charming club house with good club food
by james m. - Verified user on Jul 29, 2023
While it is very welcoming that the yaght club opens its mooring up to boats passing though. The launch has to bring you to your mooring at the time we came in the conditions were 14 kts and I was asked to drive to nun 8 and stand by . It was difficult as I have a blue water sailboat. The launch came out after 40 minutes and brought us to our mooring which was an odd thing kind of like a bumper with a pendant on it. But I would rádio and call well before I was in the breakwater
by Steven C. - Verified user on Jul 27, 2023
Beautiful place and we had a wonderful time, good weather
by Monique P. - Verified user on Jul 20, 2023
The New Bedford Yacht Club was a pleasurable stay in an efficiently run and historic yacht club. So. Dartmouth is lovely. We arrived late and left very early due to weather changes and appreciated the safe harbor availability for the night.
by Ernest G. - Verified user on Jul 16, 2023
Very friendly and helpful launches, office and restaurant. Nice showers.
by Bob S. - Verified user on Jul 11, 2023
Nice harbor, nice club. A little pricey
by Jan T. - Verified user on Jul 08, 2023
Efficient & Friendly Staff!
Guided to mooring! Great Launch Service! Welcoming Dining Room and great showers!
by Carter Y. - Verified user on Jun 17, 2023
Beautiful spot, top notch service. Launch met me and directed me to my mooring. This an A+ facility. The fuel dock dockhand, Grace, is truly professional and has such a great attitude!
by Laurie D. - Verified user on Jun 07, 2023
Wonderful location, facility and staff. Generous launch hours 7am-10pm
Showers are very very clean and roomy.
Early in the season so kitchen closed today but great restaurant & market nearby. Highly recommend
by David L. - Verified user on May 11, 2023
Very nice friendly place. Pretty little town.
by S J. - Verified user on Sep 21, 2022
Sept 21, 2022 we stayed in a slip this time and enjoyed that. It’s nice to easily walk to the club and town. Excellent showers and helpful, friendly staff. Thank you.
2020 Each year for at least 5 years, we visit NBYC. Always pleasant. Lovely facility, excellent launch drivers as we typically are on a mooring. Also great home made ice cream near the bridge. See you next year.
by Matthew S. - Verified user on Sep 07, 2022
There was a north swell which is rare for buzzards bay. The NBYC assigned us a mooring out by the breakwater so it was rolls. We asked for a mooring closer in and we’re told nothing was available. We asked for a slip and we’re told none available. So we waited for the bridge to open and went up into the pond. The hbr master told us no anchoring but had three moorings available at no charge. We wasted $70 on a NBYC mooring. Not going back
by Bertrand A. - Verified user on Sep 03, 2022
Very friendly, helpful and professional crew. Beautiful club.
Welcoming club members. Will definitely be back.
by Susan M. - Verified user on Aug 19, 2022
Lovely spot, very nice people and a great specialty market and wine store two blocks away!
by Karyn E. on Aug 14, 2022
Transient for one night. Staff treated us like members. Mark was fantastic.
by Lisa - Verified user on Aug 05, 2022
Friendly staff that understands service and the needs of sailors. Always a pleasure to stay here.
by charlie d. - Verified user on Jul 07, 2022
Staff and club all great and thanks to the launch driver who pointed out the local ice cream place but we had a miserable night on an outer mooring. With the strong south & southerwesterly the motion was really uncomfortable. Would not go back in other than settled conditions.
by Donald B. - Verified user on Jul 06, 2022
Beautiful harbor and Yacht Club. Staff very friendly and helpful. Town is small with a few restaurants but good.
by Harold W. on Jul 05, 2022
Great harbor. The fuel dock staff and launch service staff were great. Unfortunately the club was closed so we didn’t get to experience anything NBYC has to offer.
by Rolf G. - Verified user on Jul 01, 2022
Wonderful mooring location. Felt safe and very welcomed on launch and ashore
by Sharon K. - Verified user on Jun 26, 2022
Great harbor, NBYC very attentive with excellent launch service.
by Brent D. - Verified user on Oct 18, 2021
Outstanding club, world class accommodations, great and courteous staff, Mark goes above and beyond to ensure your stay is top notch!
Throughly enjoyed my stay and will definitely be back and most certainly time to explore membership.
Great work NBYC!
by timothy - Verified user on Oct 11, 2021
Good stay and great launch service. Only complaint is the mooring we are on was way in the outer harbor and being open to the East it was a tad rough.
by Martin N. - Verified user on Oct 05, 2021
Pleasant, for sure. Over.
by Gwen M. - Verified user on Sep 29, 2021
Nice historic facility, great village.
by Joseph M. - Verified user on Sep 06, 2021
Nice little harbor. I don’t think I’ll be back for an overnight. Extremely bouncy night. Really not much to do except pursue some basket shops. No beach. NBYC closed for Labor Day Sunday?
by Jeanne D. - Verified user on Sep 06, 2021
The staff was very helpful and welcoming. It turned out we had chosen to stop in the harbor when not only was the Club's restaurant closed but most restaurants in town were as well. Our bad luck, no one's fault. However, we were placed on a very distant mooring at the harbor's entrance and when the swells started rolling in, we decided to drop the mooring and head to a more comfortable stay elsewhere.
by Ellen L. - Verified user on Aug 31, 2021
We arrived just after sunset and were thrilled that the launch greeted us and escorted us to our mooring. There was not a pick-up stick, but no problem threading the bow line through the eye on top of the mooring ball. We also filled our diesel tanks at their fuel dock in the morning. Plenty of room, great protection on the pilings and pleasant staff.
by Donald V. - Verified user on Aug 16, 2021
Beautiful harbor and club. Friendly and helpful staff!
by Richard S. - Verified user on Aug 05, 2021
Great launch boat and great gas dock and facilities
by Ruth M. - Verified user on Aug 04, 2021
Great help in securing mooring both on line and when we arrived. Hugely efficient and friendly gas dock. We will be back
by Christopher H. - Verified user on Jul 23, 2021
Greeted by a very knowledgeable launch driver with 21 years experience at NBYC.
He informed us of all the amenities (numerous) and recommended several places for dinner but the yacht club was our choice and happily so. Padanaram is a lovely stop for an overnight and to stretch the legs around the village.
by Christopher B. - Verified user on Jul 18, 2021
Good service with a smile
by Ed A. on Apr 30, 2021
Stopped for the night en route to Mass from RI with our new to us 42 foot boat. Mark was amazing. He changed our mooring the day of to offer us better protection and came out on his motor boat to help us with the actual hookup. Highly recommendable location and very easy approach.
by John S. - Verified user on Aug 21, 2020
The New Bedford YC provided a great visit to our yacht club cruising group. Safe, outdoor dining, and even meals delivered to your boat via launch, if preferred. A favorite harbor, as always
by Anonymous on Jul 27, 2020
Dining room and staff isn’t being aware and following the governments laws for covid protocol. Staff isn’t washing hands, bartenders using phones, computers, etc and serving drinks food to patrons. Not taking countability in guests safety for out of state travelers. Kitchen staff not masked while prepping/cooking.
by Brian G. - Verified user on Jul 14, 2020
Very friendly and helpful staff. Facilities were clean and well stocked. Quaint New England surroundings. Authentic bells and cannon fire at sunset and flag raising. Would definitely stay there again but careful of the swell with strong SE winds.
by Harold J. - Verified user on May 21, 2020
Showed us to our mooring. Launch service was quick and reliable.
About New Bedford Yacht Club
Founded in 1877, the New Bedford Yacht Club’s Padanaram station is situated in the protected waters of Padanaram Harbor, which offers access to the outstanding cruising grounds of the Elizabeth Islands, Buzzard’s Bay, Vineyard Sound, and Rhode Island Sound.
While the Club is Private, it is pleased to welcome guests of NBYC Members and other racing and cruising yachtsmen and women to use of the Club's facilities.
This courtesy is available for a maximum of three days per year and only for those who cruise into Padanaram on board their yachts.
New Bedford Yacht Club amenities offered to guests include complimentary launch service, Fuel Dock, showering facilities, bar, and dining depending on availability. Yachts entering the harbor should proceed to Nun #12 and hail the NBYC Launch on Channel 68.
Booking Info The New Bedford Yacht Club follows Town of Dartmouth mooring rules in the case of mooring assignments and New Bedford Yacht Club rules in the case of dock and slip space assignments. Requests may be made on Dockwa; however, potential transient guests should be aware that mooring and dockage assignment is contingent on the availability and suitability of accommodations at the time of the proposed visit. If no moorings are available, anchoring is permitted in the southwest corner of the harbor, across from the breakwater, with permission from the Dartmouth Harbormaster. No rafting is allowed unless approved by the Harbormaster.
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One of the jewels of Buzzards Bay located in historic Padanaram Harbor in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, the New Bedford Yacht Club offers its members, guests and cruising yachtsmen a respite from home and sea with good cheer, fellowship, friendship and camaraderie for yachting and boating enthusiasts of all ages.
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