My 10 seconds of glory at the New York Yacht Club

So, in June of 2023, we took a trip to New York City for a vacation. 

We had been there once before as a family, and Aimee and I had been there separately many times before thanks to layovers and overnight stays on our many different international travels.

I never knew anything at all really about the New York Yacht Club until I watched the Netflix documentary about the famous America's Cup battle between the US and Australia. (see video clip in previous post)

I thoroughly enjoyed the Netflix production so right before our trip I did a quick search to see if daily tours were given of the NYYC.

Ohhh..... how naive I am.

The NYYC gives tours..... once a month! And the tour only lasts about 15 minutes. So it is basically get the heathens in and get the heathens out as quick as you can.

Anyway, I said to myself that I would be satisfied with just seeing the building from the outside so once we were in New York I found a day I could steal a little time for myself and off I headed to 44th street.

It didn't take long and before I knew it I was standing in front of this amazing building. For the most part it was a quiet street with not a lot of foot or car traffic and I was able to get some good photos and take a few minutes to enjoy the experience.

After those few minutes I noticed here and there a couple of people walking into the club but really only one gentleman was nicely dressed, the other two or three guys were just in shorts and a t-shirt.

I said to myself, "That's odd. This is supposed to be a fine establishment. What the heck?"

So I made the decision to investigate, by walking in the front door!

And that I did, but I was quickly asked "May I help you?" by a well dressed man standing behind the front desk. 

I said to him that I was just wondering if I could take a couple of pictures and he responded that I could but only of the staircase. 

I thanked him, took just two photos, and was out in about 10 seconds. But that is all I needed, it was my 10 seconds of glory.

At least now if I am in an awkward conversation with someone and need something to say I can always pull out, "Have you ever been inside the New York Yacht Club?"