<p>Okay, so DH and I were invited to one. I don’t have any details yet. I am completely out of my element. I was told that this is casual. It involves staying over at the yacht club for one night. Has anyone been to one, or belong to one? If so, what does dressing casually mean for a yacht club, in the evening? I have been to a wedding at a Yacht Club 25 years ago, and have never been to one since that event. Wedding attire was easy, but casual dress for the evening at a Yacht Club is not easy for me to figure out.</p>
<p>I was hoping you were talking about the Yacht Club hotel at Disneyworld.</p>
<p>missypie, sorry, my post is not that exciting! I love Disney, but just can’t afford it right now…sigh…</p>
<p>Boat shoes, blue blazer, Ascot tie, pipe for the men. Probably sun dress and pearls for the women.</p>
<p>I think NJres is teasing about the Ascot and the pearls!</p>
<p>Ascot and pipe, LOL, just like the movies. Boat shoes definitely work for men.</p>
<p>I am not the sundress type, but that would work. Maybe a sundress with a shawl could also work, but it is not something I usually wear. I am more the suit type, or long sleeved dress person. I am always cold in places that blast A/C.</p>
<p>Midwestmom, we cross posted. Don’t worry, my DH would not show up with an ascot! He’d wear a blue blazer and boat shoes. He’d even wear a blazer with gold buttons, but he won’t wear a sailor hat either.</p>
<p>I grew up in a junior sailing program. Unless you are actually going on a boat, forget the boat shoes. Any casual, soft-soled loafer will do. (Belgians would be great!) Just be sure not to wear socks.</p>
<p>A blue blazer is not required. Any summer-weight blazer with muted colors will do - skip the pastels. H can probably get away with a short sleeved polo shirt under his blazer, but to be on the safe side, a button-down collar dress shirt, open at the neck will do just fine. You might stuff a tie in your purse or his blazer jacket just to be safe, or wear the tie and take it off if not needed. DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO WEAR WHITE TROUSERS, unless you want him to look like Judge Smales from Caddyshack. Khaki or gray poplin is fine.</p>
<p>However, you get to wear the pastels. Also, wear flat shoes.</p>
<p>Dress code from a local yacht club:</p>
<p>The Spinnaker: Casual attire and dress denims are permitted. In the event the Spinnaker is closed, casual attire, including dress denims, are permitted in the Binnacle Room and Main Dining Room. </p>
<p>The Binnacle Room: Casual attire is appropriate. Casual attire is defined as clean, neat shorts, sport (collared) shirt and slacks. </p>
<p>The Main Dining Room: Gentlemen are required to wear jackets and ladies are required to wear appropriate daytime or evening attire. </p>
<p>Additional Considerations: Shoes must be worn in the clubhouse at all times. Gentlemen are prohibited from wearing hats in all dining rooms. Bathing suits, bare tops, ragged shorts, bare feet, tank tops and tube tops may not be worn in any of the dining rooms. Swimsuit cover-ups are required for men and women outside of the immediate swimming pool area.</p>
<p>Personally, I would not go strapless, unless you have Michelle Obama arms. A very flattering dress is a Gloria Vanderbilt wrap dress, paired with strappy sandals.</p>
<p>I agree with UMDAD.<br>
At our yacht club in Southern California, it’s casual unless you are attending a specific event, like a wedding or cocktail party. My husband would probably wear khakis and a polo shirt.
The only thing that makes me second-guess this advice is your location. There are some stuffier yacht clubs. Personally, I’d ask the inviting friend for their advice.</p>
<p>Agree that a lot may depend on where the club is located, as well as its “heritage.”</p>
<p>Do they have a website? As noted by UMDAD sometimes clubs have different dress codes for different rooms…and they would have the info. on their website.</p>
<p>On the North Shore of Long Island, some of the established “old money” clubs have more formal dress codes in their dining rooms, but informal in the other areas of the club. The “new money” clubs often have less strict rules.</p>
<p>If there’s no website and if you don’t want to ask the people who’ve invited you…you could call…without giving your name…and ask about a dress code and what people usually wear.</p>
<p>Time for me to take a break. For some reason, this just completely cracked me up… as in, roflmao!</p>
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<p>but of course, yarmulkes must always be worn in the Rabbinical room.</p>
<p>^Do dress denims in the Binnacle Room mean jeans that are ironed?</p>
<p>yah mean the gold sparkle cha-cha pants and leopard bustier are out?
(Now I know why I’ve never been invited to ye olde yacht club.)</p>
<p>Actually, I was surprised to read that the yacht club in question allowed denim at all. On the other hand, they haven’t been “stuffy” in years.</p>
<p>In such a venue a coconut bikini top is always appropriate. But be advised, black laces are required if for evening wear.</p>
<p>The little black dress that goes everywhere for her, drop the pearls add a fun, in style belt and neckless, khakis or white slacks for him with polo shirt, carry blue blazer.</p>
<p>Echo the call to check out the Yacht club’s website if they have one.</p>
<p>DH’s parents have a boat slip in a Marina. The official name is the M****** Yacht Club, but it’s a marina. About as fancy as a summer camp.</p>
<p>So you need to find out if it’s really a YACHT CLUB, or if it’s a marina with a fancy name.</p>
<p>Some of the CC posts here are pretty funny! Hmom, I think that you might have the right idea. I really do need to find out the name of this place to check it out. It must be somewhat nicer than “summer camp” because this little invite is with some business people. I can’t imagine a person inviting people to a summer camp situation if he has a good longstanding business relationship with them. If this place is “summer camp” the black dress is not going to work.</p>
<p>All we have is Northeast. If this is in NY, you can’t go wrong with Black. If it’s on the Vineyard, something Lilly Pulitzer may be more typical. You also assess the age of the member and wealth (lots/little new/old) of town for your best guess to be blunt. If it’s Greenwich make the black dress Prada or Chanel. If it’s on City Island Talbot’s will work great and you can add color!</p>
<p>Nah, they know that we are not Chanel or Prada type of people. Since we were invited to this thing, I assume designer clothes are not necessary at all. They know that we’ll show up wearing something nicer than Wranglers, but they don’t expect to see us wearing expensive designer clothing either. Just kinda wondering whether Lilly is more the way to than a black dress. BTW, I don’t wear Lilly either, although I think the pink and green stuff is cute for others (I know that there are also other colors in the various collections).</p>