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There’s no question that Devon Yacht Club, with its unobstructed views of Gardiners Bay in Amagansett, has seen better days. Pat, a longtime member who, like all of the members I interviewed, requested to use a pseudonym to protect her standing at the club, lovingly described the main structure as “a building on top of a deck on top of a pile of sand.” It was constructed long before zoning and building codes existed — and it shows.
Members say the floorboards crack (and require repair) with regularity. When it rains, Pat added, you can smell the septic system. Temporary support beams are installed beneath the roof in autumn in case the snow grows too heavy in the off-season and threatens to cave in the whole structure. If you were to drive up Abrahams Landing Road to visit the club in winter, you could easily mistake the century-old institution for a ramshackle beach hut. (The club’s neighbors in the Devon Colony, with which the club shares its name, have included Paul McCartney and Michael Novogratz.)
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