About us:

Poquoson Yacht Club is a club of boating enthusiasts and good friends on the Virginia Peninsula. We have a club building and pier at the end of Messick road in Poquoson, Virginia, on the Back River opposite Langley Air Force Base (home of Air Combat Command), NASA Langley Research Center, and Hampton, Virginia.

The original club building was severely damaged by Hurricane Isabel and we demolished it and built a brand new building on the same site.

Our activities are mostly social, at our club on Messick Road. Boating activities begin in the Spring and last until our popular Bill Shaw Memorial Lighted Boat Parade on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

We presently have around 100 member families, many of whom own boats and participate in summer group trips around the Chesapeake Bay and occasionally the waters of North Carolina.

We are constantly seeking new members although we occasionally have a waiting list. Our modest initiation fee of $400 (payable in four monthly installments) and annual dues of $390 make this club affordable to all.
We have regular Friday night snack bar and Happy Hour, where members enjoy pool, darts, TV, and just conversation, along with a home cooked supper.

Several times during the year, membership meetings on Tuesday evening include a special dinner prepared by one or more member families, or a pot luck supper.

Events during the year usually include steak night cookouts, wqine & cheese party, pool & dart tournaments, a Members' Sea Feast, various parties and dances, a Christmas Boat Lighting and Christmas Dinner Dance