Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club

Great club and great facilities. Have been a member for over 2 years having been involved in boating for over 15 years on Lake Ontario. Friendly and down to earth people at this club. Just get chatting with anyone on the dock and they'll be happy to assist you. Great cruising and racing program and very supportive overall. Amazing race committee that knows how to run a proper course. Has a great facility for kids (playground as well as a learn to sail program). This is how you keep the sport alive.
Jan 18th, 2023

Im black and Im never going back. Im a grown black man that stayed over night at this location and was profiled not once but twice by club members. This was a terrible experience especially for the white people I was there with. Its 2022! We no longer row the boats, we own them now. As for your response..... No thank you!!!! I do not feel that in 2022 you need someone to tell you or discuss how to make people feel welcome at your club. You ask questions around the club, maybe the 3 jokers that dropped the ball will step up and say "hey that was me he's talking about". Find out from them what they said and why they think a visitor would write a review like this..
Aug 8th, 2022

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Jun 1st, 2022

Our experience at Frenchmans Bay Yacht Club this past weekend was mortifying. And as mortifying as it was for my husband and myself, I cant even imagine how the experience made our guests feel. We came in from a reciprocal club. We prebooked a slip for Saturday night. When we arrived we were greeted and help into our slip. We were then shown the club and the gate codes to get in and out. After several hours of being walking around the grounds and chatting on the boat we decided we would go out for a walk on the beach. We punched in our code and hit the button. A gentleman (and I use the term very loosely) pulled along side of us as we were leaving to mention this is a privates club I answered yes and ?? Again he said PRIVATE and drove off. After several hours at the beach we returned. Punched in the code and started heading toward our boat. There was a band playing and (what appeared to be an award ceremony from the regatta earlier in the day.)were everyone (no exaggeration turned and looked at us walking up the dock toward our boat. While we are almost at our boat TWO men once again approached us and asked why we were there. Did I forget to mention that our friend and quest of our boat was black. When we said we were there as a reciprocal guest they said oh we saw the fishing rod and thought why are they here).. (thats it.. no ..oh thats nice why dont you come and listen to the band) this experience had my stomach turning all night. It was obvious that our friend was being targeted because he was black. My heart was so heavy for his experience the whole night and still is. We felt so disgusted that we were up at the crack of dawn and outta there. The experience made me so disappointed and so angry. I just could not believe it. What an unfriendly and uncomfortable visit. It was extremely obvious what was going on. This type of behaviour is just not acceptable. It never was and I cant believe it continues in 2022. SHAME
Jul 31st, 2022