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Port Huron Yacht Club to celebrate 100 years

The Port Huron Yacht Club is celebrating 100 years this weekend.

Activities at the Port Huron Yacht Club will include a flag raising ceremony, a gala, a boat race and fireworks. Commodore Tyson Connolly said the occasion marks a milestone for the yacht club.

"I think there's a great sense of pride and responsibility with our current membership and leadership to maintain and build upon what our previous members and leaders have done before us," he said. "This is a pretty incredible accomplishment."

Celebrations will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday with a flag raising ceremony at the Port Huron Yacht Club, located at 212 Quay St. The activities throughout the weekend are aimed for yacht club members.

After the flag raising ceremony, yacht club members will hold a gala and watch presentations on the club's history. State Rep. Andrew Beeler will be in attendance as well and will present a certificate of recognition from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The flag raising ceremony is a recent tradition in the Port Huron Yacht Club. It was started in 2021 by past Commodore Pam Walls during John Anter's run as commodore. He said for the 100th anniversary, the ceremony will have all of the past commodores in uniform to help raise the United State, Canadian and Michigan flags.

"It honors all of the flags and the start of the sailing season," Anter said. "It's a nice tradition for the club."

On Sunday, the yacht club will have a family fun day as well as its first boat race of the year. The Blue Water Kick Off Race will start at 11 a.m. at Lakeside Park. Connolly said there are approximately 40 boats in the race.

Although the weekend activities are geared toward yacht club members, the greater community can also celebrate the 100th anniversary. The Port Huron Museum will be unveiling a new exhibit about the Port Huron Yacht Club and its 100 year history on June 16.

Connolly said the greater Port Huron community has shown the yacht club a lot of warmth during its tenure. He said the 100th anniversary is a reflection of how far the club has come, and a glimpse into what it can do in the future.

Contact McKenna Golat at [email protected] or (810) 292-0122.

This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron Yacht Club hosts 100th anniversary celebration

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Billionaire fights to dock his boat on water behind his house. His 164-foot boat, that is.

The love of the water, and a mega-yacht to enjoy it, is putting one resident at odds with village of north palm beach leaders..

For some people, the ultimate Florida lifestyle is a waterfront house , a private dock and a boat parked next to it. But what if that boat is a mega-yacht , and the mega-yacht stretches 164 feet?

That's the conundrum facing the Village of North Palm Beach.

This tiny community in northern Palm Beach County, with only 13,000 full-time residents, has an identity so tied to the water that a ship's steering wheel is the village's emblem.

But it's that love of the water that is putting one resident at odds with village leaders.

For the past several years, homeowner Michael Bozutto has been battling the village for the right to park his 164-foot Westport, dubbed Honey, behind a home he owns at 932 Shore Drive.

The house, built in 1961, is a one-story, ranch-style property with three bedrooms on a half-acre lot. Bozzuto paid $840,247 for the house in 2014, according to Palm Beach County property records.

Lawsuit rooted in dispute over where to dock mega-yacht

What makes this plain house special is its location. It's on a rare corner bordered on the north and east by navigable waters that provide access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Lake Worth Inlet. The east-facing dock is large enough to accommodate Bozzuto's motor yacht.

Since Bozutto bought Honey for an undisclosed sum a decade ago, he mostly has parked it at the Old Port Cove Marina, near Tiger Woods' 155-foot showy mega-yacht, ironically dubbed Privacy.

More recently, Bozzuto has wanted to park Honey alongside his Shore Drive house, one of four houses he owns in the village. While Bozzuto keeps some personal property at the Shore Drive house, he lives at a house he owns at Harbour Isles Court.

Village officials warned Bozzuto he can't park Honey at 932 Shore Drive because boats can only be parked on docks behind houses that are occupied by the homeowner.

But village rules do not define the word "occupied." For instance, the rules do not state that occupied means the house is a residence where the owner lives. Village rules also contain no restrictions on the size of boats that can be kept at private docks.

After years of pushing back against what he believes are fuzzy rules, Bozzuto in March filed a lawsuit against the village.

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He alleged the municipality is illegally depriving him of his property rights because nothing in the village code prevents him from mooring Honey at his house. He is asking a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge to rule that he has a constitutional right to dock Honey there.

Gregory Coleman, Bozzuto's West Palm Beach attorney, said the village has plenty of waterfront homes with yachts parked behind them. But Coleman said the village is illegally blocking Bozzuto from docking Honey at his house because the village is bending to pressure from a handful of neighbors who think the boat is too big.

The selective enforcement is wrong, said Coleman, a former president of the Florida Bar.

"He's a very under-the-radar guy who doesn't cause anybody any problems," Coleman said of Bozzuto. "He pays his property taxes, and he wants to be left alone by the village of North Palm Beach. Unfortunately, they are singling Mike out."

Neither Leonard Rubin, the village's longtime attorney, nor Village Manager Chuck Huff responded to requests for comment.

Eric Stettin, a Fort Lauderdale-based attorney who is representing the village in the Bozzuto lawsuit, said he could not comment on pending litigation.

What good is a man's castle if he can't have a boat in his moat?

Coleman's lawsuit describes the conflict as a battle over property rights, but real estate and yachting experts say it's also a sign of the times.

As wealthy new residents pour into the county wanting all the perks of the Sunshine State, they want a boat to go along with their waterfront homes and golf club memberships. Some longtime residents fear Palm Beach County is turning into a playground for billionaires, to the detriment of everyday people who also want to live in sunshine and peace.

This conflict between Old Florida and new money is an ever-present tension, but even seasoned yacht brokers say they've never seen interest in luxury yachts quite as strong as it is now.

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"What we've seen in the marketplace right after COVID in the yachting industry, and especially the superyacht segment, is the most incredible growth ever seen in the history of yachting to date," said Shannon McCoy, a luxury yacht advisor and broker with Worth Avenue Yachts in Palm Beach.

"A lot of people are moving here with serious money," added Pascal Savoy, U.S. managing director of Camper & Nicholsons International yacht brokers in Fort Lauderdale.

While in the past Palm Beach County was not considered lively enough for some buyers, Savoy said the county's growing sophistication is putting it on the map in a way never seen before.

"It's a mini-Monaco for us," Savoy said.

Prices for mega-yachts can range from $18 million to $60 million, or many times that, for the largest and most decked-out mega-yachts, Savoy said.

While some yachts can be glitzy, a 164-foot Westport is considered a more low-profile boat, Savoy added.

Michael Bozzuto's interests: Houses, boats and philanthropy

Bozzuto is no newcomer to North Palm Beach. He's been a resident of the village for 20 years.

He is the billionaire owner of a family-owned supermarket wholesaler in Connecticut, and an investor and philanthropist who likes to collect houses and yachts, Coleman said.

In addition to the four North Palm Beach houses and several yachts he owns, Bozzuto in February paid a whopping $31.1 million for a house in the Town of Palm Beach Shores. The house, which has two docks, sits just north of the Palm Beach/Lake Worth Inlet.

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Coleman said there is plenty of room for other boaters to navigate the waterway when Honey is parked at the Shore Drive house in North Palm Beach. And while other people may not have as large a yacht, there are other sizeable yachts parked on docks behind other North Palm Beach homes, too, he added.

At a 2017 village council meeting, then-Mayor Darryl Aubrey commented on the issue, according to the complaint.

"When I didn't live here full time, I had a boat sitting in my dock, I was gone nine months of the year. I don't see how you can say that someone has to be in a residence year-round, seems to be some interpretation of occupant, there would be an enormous number of violations," Aubrey said.

Another member of the village council asked if the village had a definition now, the complaint said.

Rubin, the village attorney, replied: "No, we don't," according to the lawsuit.

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Palm Beach County's waterways run deep, and they are popular

The yacht docking dispute is particularly timely, given the scarcity of dock space for boats of all sizes.

The most convenient place to park a boat is on the water behind a house, brokers say. But not every waterway or channel can accommodate the draft, or depth, of a mega-yacht.

However, the dock behind Bozzuto's Shore Drive house can.

Not only is the Westport not known for its deep hulls, but the waterway also is typical of northern Palm Beach County, which boasts deep water and easy access to the ocean via the Lake Worth Inlet, said Coleman, a lifelong boater.

"In Palm Beach County, they have deeper water, and it allows people to have larger yachts," Savoy agreed.

But not every waterway is deep enough for every boat.

McCoy said she specializes in helping advise potential yacht owners about the county's varied water depths before they buy a house, if they plan to dock their yacht behind it.

If yacht owners don't have a private dock, the other option is a marina. But marina space is hard to find, with many dock berths reserved for months in advance, McCoy said.

Despite the challenges of owning a boat and finding a place to dock it, yacht brokers say demand continues.

They see interest continuing from business executives moving here with their families as they relocate their companies to Palm Beach County. There's also a growing demand for yachts among female buyers, McCoy added.

They also see younger mega-yacht buyers, some even in their early 30s. This is in sharp contrast to the mostly older buyers in the past, Savoy said.

Palm Beach County may not be as go-go as Miami-Dade County when it comes to showy ships, but if interest continues, "it's coming," Savoy said. "You're going to attract bigger yachts."

Put another way: "No one needs a boat, but everyone needs a boat," McCoy said. "It's the ultimate lifestyle."

Alexandra Clough is a business writer and columnist at  The Palm Beach Post . You can reach her at  [email protected] . Twitter:  @acloughpbp .  Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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By Marcelle S. Fischler

• July 26, 2012

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THE Knickerbocker at Manhasset Bay, the 32-unit age-restricted condominium soon to be built on the Manhasset Bay waterfront here, is to resemble a cruise ship, with tiered levels and curved balconies. The theme harks back to the peninsula’s nautical heritage and to the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, which was founded in 1874 and which moved here more than a century ago from the banks of the Harlem River in Manhattan.

But three years ago the economic downturn worked to devastating effect. Seemingly bottomless boating budgets were put under strain, and membership waned. The club was sold in 2009 for $3.2 million to Cord Meyer Development, the company that developed Forest Hills, Queens, long ago.

Last week demolition began on the Gatsby-esque stucco clubhouse where members sipped cocktails in the barroom, and danced and dined in the grill room.

Sal Panico, the president and chief executive officer of Cord Meyer, and Anthony Colletti, its chief operating officer, are not boaters, but said they were drawn to the yacht club’s   “beautiful property” partly by its “excellent location” on the waterfront and by the prosperous surrounding community. And there was another factor: the growing number of baby boomers in the area, who are looking to “maintain a presence in Port Washington but sell their large homes.”

Even though the $20 million project didn’t require a variance, it took the developers three years to obtain permits from the Town of North Hempstead. But Mr. Colletti says there are still 60-plus people on a waiting list, including many boaters and former members of the yacht club.

The draw is not just nostalgia — nor is it just the nautical-themed renderings, or the vistas across the bay to Kings Point in the west, Westchester in the north, and marinas in nearby Manorhaven. The lure may also be the boat slip or mooring that comes with each $800,000-to-$1.2 million unit. The condominium will be the only one on the Port Washington waterfront to come with its own moorings and slips — 22 of the former out in the water, 10 of the latter at dockside.

“That is a separate value,” Mr. Panico said of the 10 boat slips, which could be worth “as much as $75,000 to $125,000” if bought at a marina. Norman Schefer, a real estate developer from Sands Point and a past commodore of the Knickerbocker Club, described the sale as “a heart-rending thing.” But he cited one potential consolation: many former members, including himself,   “are on the list to buy units.”

“For many of the old-timers that have boats,” Mr. Schefer said, “you can live right where your boat is. We are interested in living on the water. They can anchor out and use the waterfront.”

Construction is expected to take 18 months. Two-bedrooms average 1,450 square feet; a three-bedroom has almost 1,700. All have expensive finishes. There is underground parking, and the condo will also have a 41-seat restaurant on the first floor, Mr. Panico said.

At its height, the Knickerbocker Yacht Club had more than 235 members, including serious sailors, a sprinkling of motor boaters, and some who just liked watching the seascape of sails against the bay from the curved veranda. Others enjoyed the waterfront swimming pool, the tennis facilities and the social life of a club with a restaurant, a bar and grill room with a dance floor, and a private party space.

It was in 2007 that membership began to wane. The board voted to shut down when the number reached 115, Mr. Schefer said. Many of the boating members joined the more upper-crust Manhasset Bay Yacht Club next door. Manhasset Bay also took over the signature Knickerbocker Cup race, an international sailing event to be held Aug. 29 to Sept. 2.

The Knickerbocker’s three tennis courts, across Main Street on Third Avenue,   were sold to Daniel Zarabi, a builder, for a total $700,000 in a separate transaction in 2009.   Each court became a building lot for a four-bedroom two-and-a-half-bath shingled colonial with dark wood floors, extensive moldings, a covered front porch and backyard deck.

The houses are on the market for just under $1.1 million each, said Bonnie Doran of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, the listing broker. (Ms. Doran, a member of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, said she was gunning for a waterfront unit in the new condominium.)

In its heyday the Knickerbocker was a year-round draw. In the winter, there was iceboating and dinghy racing, known as frostbiting. In the summer there were regattas against other Long Island yacht clubs. Leisurely cruises were enjoyed on members’ boats, which ranged from million-dollar custom yachts to 10-foot dinghies.

The condo developers, working with a civic group called Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington , are creating 15-foot-wide outdoor corridors to provide pedestrian access to the waterfront from Main Street. Daniel D. Donatelli, a president of the civic group, said the developers had “pledged to donate land” and work with neighboring restaurants to connect the condominium property to a scenic two-mile-long public walking trail with plantings and benches that follows the curve of the waterfront from the town dock through Baxter Estates to Manorhaven.  

The Knickerbocker condominium project represents a different approach for the Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington, who according to Mr. Donatelli “used to take a knee-jerk reaction against all development.”

But with the yacht club shuttered, he said, the group took a more “nuanced approach” and weighed the project on its merits. “It was better to work with a constructive attitude with the developer,” who agreed to reduce the number of units to 32 from 42. “It seems to have paid off.”

The new condo, Mr. Colletti said, will improve the water views from Main Street. The building will “be lower than what’s currently there,” which will provide better vistas. “Often when you build something bigger than what’s there, you lose vision,” he said. “We are actually able to create more — that was important to the community.”

An “In the Region” article in some copies last Sunday, about the Knickerbocker at Manhasset Bay, an age-restricted condominium to go up in Port Washington on the site of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, misstated the surname of a real estate developer from Sands Point and a past Knickerbocker Club commodore who is on the list to buy a unit in the new condo. He is Norman Schefer, not Schaffer.

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The State of Real Estate

Whether you’re renting, buying or selling, here’s a look at real estate trends..

A lot of change is happening in the housing market. Here’s the outlook .

With a landmark legal settlement  poised to upend a decades-old norm that has dictated who pays real estate agents and how much, economists, agents and lenders are beginning to worry that the burden could now be on first-time home buyers .

American homeowners could see a significant drop  in the cost of selling their homes  after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal  that would eliminate the standard 6% sales commission.

A pricey housing market and higher interest rates have made it harder to afford a house, but so-called closing costs — for items like loan origination fees, discount points, appraisal and credit report fees — are also adding to the challenge .

As the prices for office space in urban centers tumble, cities whose municipal budgets rely on taxes associated with commercial real estate are starting to bear the brunt .

Homeowners are adding hidden doors and rooms to foil burglars, eke out extra storage space and prepare for Armageddon .