Four quiet anchorages within an hour of Pier 6
Where to drop the hook for lunch and a swim on a day boat, and which one to choose for the wind you have.
Members' club · Since 1962
Weeknight sails, Friday racing and a three-day school on Spa Creek, shared by 860 members. Membership from $45 a month, with no joining fee.
I
Friday night racing
6:00 pm
II
Next First Sail
Oct 23 to 25
III
Crew membership
$45 a month
IV
Berths free
7 this season
Halyard Thomas Point, 7:40 pm
Welcome aboard
From $45 a month
No joining fee
Leave with a month's notice
Membership
Every membership includes the club, the racing and the boats. The plans differ only in hours and in how far ahead you book.
22 Fridays a season, crew places for every member
2 or 8 hours
On any day boat every month, then 10% off every hour after that.
Skipper members, after one check sail with an instructor
4 guest passes
A year, so friends sail at member rates beside you.
21 days ahead
Members book before the public calendar opens; guests get 7.
Six weekend regattas, from the opener in April to the laying-up race
10% off
Every skippered charter and sunset sail, for you and your party.
Three memberships
$45 a month
For sailors who want time on the water twice a month and a place in Friday's crews.
Chosen by most members
$120 a month
For members who sail most weeks and want the sailboats without a skipper aboard.
$310 a month
For owners who keep their own boat on Pier 6 and want the club with it.
The club year
The fixtures every member sails for, from the first flag on the pole in April to the last supper on the deck in October.
Apr 12
Flags up, the fleet blessed at the end of Pier 6 and the first sail of the season.
May 2
Three-day courses every second weekend until October.
Jun to Aug
Start gun at 6:00 pm, supper on the deck after the last boat finishes.
Jul 4
The club fleet rafted together off Eastport to watch the harbor fireworks.
Sep 20
The club's overnight race across the Bay and back, crews drawn from a hat.
Oct 18
The last race, the season's trophies and the boats hauled for winter.
The clubhouse
The old boat shed at the head of Pier 6 is now the clubhouse: a members' lounge with the charts and the logbooks, showers and lockers, and a deck that faces west over Spa Creek.
Dock office
7:00 am to 8:00 pm daily
Bar on the deck
Thursday to Sunday, 4:00 to 10:00 pm
Members' lounge
Open with your card, sunrise to sunset
Showers and lockers
Members and berth holders
Friday night racing
Oct 9 · 12 kn SW · four legs · 14 boats
Pos
Boat
Helm
Time
1
Second Wind
J. Mercer
1:02:14
2
Kestrel
A. Osei
1:03:40
3
Little Bear
The Haddad family
1:04:05
4
Tern
Club crew
1:06:31
5
Nightjar
R. Lyle
1:07:12
Crew members race free. Bring a jacket; the club lends the rest.
A note from the commodore
I joined Tiller in 1994 because a friend needed a fourth hand on a Friday night. Thirty-two seasons later I am still here, and most of the people on this pier came the same way: one sail, then another, then a key to the clubhouse.
We have kept the club the way it started. There is no joining fee and no bond, the boats are looked after by the people who sail them, and anyone who wants to learn will find someone on the dock happy to teach.
Come down to Pier 6 on any Friday at five. Ask for me at the dock office, and we will find you a place in a crew.
Dana Whitlock
Commodore, Tiller Yacht Club
A member's season
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I came for three days of sailing school and joined the week after. Now I crew on Kestrel every Friday, helm on Sundays, and know half the pier by name.
Jordan Hale
Skipper member since April 2025
First Sail, 2025
Crew on Kestrel
31 Fridays raced
Reciprocal docks
St. Michaels Oxford Rock Hall Solomons Cambridge Chestertown Deltaville Norfolk Cape May Mystic Newport Block Island Nantucket Edgartown Camden Beaufort Charleston Key West
Two free nights a season at the partner club in each harbor, for Skipper members and berth holders. Call ahead; the dock office arranges the slip.
Questions
Six questions the dock office hears every week. Anything else, call (410) 555-0162 or come down to Pier 6.
Dock office
(410) 555-0162
Open
7:00 am to 8:00 pm daily
Find us
Pier 6, 212 Eastport Wharf
Try a sail
Fridays at 5:00 pm
From the club journal