Ipswich Bay Yacht Club

Had another wonderful stay at IBYC. The new dockmaster Claudia took great care of us. The launch is quick and efficient. The restaurant and views are both as good as it gets. Will be back often!

Service was excellent!

Great stay as always !!!

Facilities were fantastic. The ease of getting to and from the mooring and exploring the Ipswich Bay were ideal. Staff = A+. Highly recommend.

Just a special place with amazing staff and great food where we enjoy sunsets and time with friends. A truly unique experience each time we visit!

Very accommodating and launch service was quick to pick you up and bring you out to your boat.

It was great!! Staff was friendly and the views amazing!

Staff was great! We found our mooring immediately, got picked up by a friendly launch boat and enjoyed a nice dinner at the club.

I was favorably impressed by the IBYC facility and commend the waterfront staff which is friendly and accommodating. Amelia was especially helpful! Transient moorings are along the channel on the north side of the mooring field, and be advised that the outgoing tidal current is quite strong. The moorings themselves are the big "drum" type in which the pennants can be nested - but prior transients failed to do so. Despite the size of the mooring field, launch service to and from the mooring is prompt (and free - which is a nice touch). Once at the dock house, guests are issued a key card that provides access to the gangway and bathroom facilities. I recommend the effective bug repellent that is available for purchase at the dock house, since blood-seeking flies are fierce between the full moons of July and August! Tie-ups at the dock are normally limited to fifteen minutes, so don't plan to dwell there.

Tom and the motor launch team were terrific. We look forward to our next visit.

Great Marina very friendly.

Very Friendly, easy access. Beautiful area

Most Beautiful Sunsets in the Northeast

Friendly, active club. The charts are TOTALLY useless, as the area is tidal. Coast Guards resets the approach, up the river each year. Call IBYC for guidance, and reassurance coming in, as local knowledge is what it is all about!

Great location with a helpful and friendly staff, I cannot wait to go back!

Good price. Nice area for a night on a mooring

Great facility and friendly staff. Highly recommended.

The best! Friendly staff! Food was amazing!

It is always a pleasure spending my weekend at IBYC. Restaurant never disappoints either.

Fantastic as always!

Absolutely perfect! Beautiful club and professional staff!

Great dock workers and a fabulous restaurant! Launch boat drivers were pros and fast! Amelia at the dock was very nice and helped us with docking, trash, diesel and ice! Will be back next year (for our 4th year).

We enjoyed a wonderful weekend at IBYC this July. Tom and his team were very responsive to all of our questions leading up to our arrival and during our stay. The location is amazing and very welcoming. Will be back again next summer!

Friendly staff, great use of restaurant and bathrooms. We will definitely stay here again!

Wonderful scenic location with prompt and attentive launch service to/from shore. The Yacht club includes a wonderful club house with food and a spectacular view.

Great stay at IBYC. Great staff and good dining at the club. Beautiful area in Plum Island sound. Would come back just for the Caesar salad!

Outstanding, the entire IBYC crew made us feel welcome. The facilities are first rate. New mooring, barrel style that keep the mooring line clean and dry. Timely launch service, member pricing for fuel and a full service bar and restaurant

This is my second stay with Ipswich Bay Yacht Club. Tom is exceptional at his job of managing the dock! Alway helpful and pleasant.

A very interesting gem of a club. Club house up on highground. Good reasonable food. Very attentive servers. Somewhat interesting approach -few shallow spots. Hug Cranes beach side on way in and out OR planfor high tide! Launchavailable. Very reasonable. Only 70 miles to Harpswell and Down East Maine. Oh forgot true Ipswich clams! Superb! Plus a great sunset.! available.

Spacious mooring area, convenient launch service, professional and friendly staff, all utilities are in good shape. Thank you.

Great Group of launch boat operators and dock hands. I would highly recommend this to my fellow boaters.

The staff was very welcoming to us and we couldn't have asked for anything more! I highly recommend the IBYC.

Very well run. Staff is very accommodating and friendly. Launch wait is always short even on busy days.

Dock people and launch driver were very courteous but busy. No real information for transient cruisers (shower location, whether you are nor are not welcome for club meals, dinghy dock, etc.). Something in the email confirming the reservations describing these kinds of things would be appreciated and would allow you to leave the staff alone. Also, no one said anything about how to get back to dock in the evening (card lock I later discovered) so I had to hunt down someone in the dining room who called down to the dock house for me. I was then told I could have obtained an electronic card for a $40 deposit but that is not very helpful either unless you are leaving when they are around and you don't mind another trip to the dock just to swap cards for deposit. I think they could come up with a better system there. The bathroom and shower are separate and pretty dated but clean and in good working order. The shower room was a bit claustrophobic - definitely one at a time! Overall, a very beautiful and pleasant stay. If sailing, you HAVE TO come in only at high tide -- some very shallow spots even at full high -- another hour either side and a 5 foot draft would be skidding or worse.

The crew managing the dock and launch we're friendly and professional.

had a great time staff was awesome

Albeit a qucik stay with less than stellar conditions - once again we were made to feel welcome and a part of the IBYC family. Thanks Tom!

Friendly and great launch service.