I have never been much of a joiner...but I know I haven't had to dress in a sports blazer since I was in college!
Yacht clubs have always struck me as either too many loud people drinking too much alcohol or a lot of my old private college "better than thou" elitism.
I understand this makes me an ugly individual and just plain wrong about many clubs but I like to meet a couple of mates and just blast off the beach....As for the girls....chicks....women.
I am sailing, the last thing I want is "you're going too fast'....'it's cold"...."take little Mikey with you".