REX BOATING CLUB
To Our Prospective Members,
Thank you for your interest in the Rex Boating Club.
Featuring Fairfield County’s finest Club fleet of eleven 26’ and 23’ boats by Cobalt and Grady-White, we are busy preparing for our 21st season as Connecticut’s finest and most referred Boating Club. We credit for our ongoing successes our amazing members, our fine dock crew, our like-new boats, excellent boat availability, and our unbeatable home at Rex Marine featuring the beautiful Norwalk Islands.
Our brochure will answer many of your questions about the Club, and our website has additional information. Please allow me send to additional information or answer questions remaining, sharing why our Club offers the best boating experience in Fairfield and Westchester counties.
But do not delay! We are nearly fully subscribed for our memberships allowing “ 7-Day “ access: Captain’s Choice, Skipper, and Flotilla. To avoid disappointment if you are considering one of our most popular plans, contact me now so I can help. If you have decided to join, please send your completed application ( on our website, or ask me to email it) with your OK to process a $500 deposit to reserve your membership, which I will confirm upon receiving. We’ll get you on the water fast!
We accept all major charge cards, or pay by check to receive a 2% discount.
We also offer an extended payment option for most plans.
Sales tax and gas are the only extra costs.
Please call, text or email anytime I may be of assistance. I welcome the chance to speak with you about our Club, and if you like, and the best way to evaluate any club, the opportunity to show you our boats and the Club facility at Rex Marine, a visit is worth 10,000 words!
2026 Rex Boating Club Brochure
Thank you for your interest in the Rex Boating Club.
Fair Skies, Calm Seas,
Bill Gardella
Founders and Managing Member
The Rex Boating Club (RBC) is a membership-only club providing high-quality, well-maintained, “turn-key” boats to allow members, their families, and friends to create a lifetime of cherished memories on Long Island Sound. We started in 2005 and are proud to be Connecticut’s original “Ownership AlternativeTM.”
At a fraction of the cost, and without the obligations of ownership, the Rex Boating Club introduces unprecedented value to the pleasures of boating. Members do the boating and Rex Boating Club crew does the rest – daily cleaning, preventative maintenance and repairs, seasonal decommissioning and commissioning, winter storage, waxing, and painting, etc.
These are the types of boats you’ll use as a Rex Boating Club member!
Grady White 216, Center Console, 250 HP Yamaha, water sports tow bar, 8-person capacity.
Grady White 215 Dual Console, 250 HP Yamaha, water sports tow bar, great for cruising, water sports, and fishing.
For 2026, our Club features seven Cobalt R6 models. Cobalt R6 bow rider, 25’, 300HP Mercury Verado outboard, water sports tow bar, 12-person capacity.
If you live in southern Connecticut or Westchester County and your idea of summer fun is spending as much time as possible on the water with your family and friends, a Rex Boating Club membership is a great way to become a boater (or for former boat owners to return to boating).
In fact, a Rex Boating Club membership will provide you with the opportunity to spend just as much time on the water as a boat owner, at about one-third the cost of the premium-brand boat you’ll be using. That said, we’re very proud to say that many Rex Boating Club members have become not just safe, confident boaters, but also boat owners; the Rex Boating Club sets a great course to ownership, if you so choose, and will help you make a better choice when buying your first boat.
Most active boat owners get on the water 10 to 20 days a season. Take a look at the Rex Boating Club Cost Comparison of one year of boat ownership versus one year of Rex Boating Club membership, and you’ll see the advantage of beginning your boating adventures with the Club. If you’ve never owned a boat, membership will enable you to get a realistic idea (before buying) of how boating fits into your family’s life. Alternatively, if you currently own a boat, we can help you sell your boat, and a Rex Boating Club membership is a wonderful way to simplify boating and lower the cost of your time on the water.
Finally, boating connects families and friends like nothing else. With so many of us feeling pulled in so many directions ashore, boating on the Sound with the Rex Boating Club is the perfect solution: helping you to connect and spend more time together, enjoying life on the water.
The Rex Boating Club makes a boating lifestyle SO easy. Members simply schedule their boating through the Rex Boating Club scheduling system, and then arrive at the Rex Boating Club dock, ready for a wonderful day on the Sound! The boat is always clean, fueled, ready to turn-the-key and go, with our friendly, attentive dock managers there to assist you and answer any questions. The only extra cost is gas.
Several types of Membership
Rex Boating Club offers several types of membership: Individual/Family, Shared, and even Corporate memberships, with special plans for weekday boaters. And Rex Boating Club’s crew help at every stage, answering questions and helping along the way. The club is managed by Rex Boating Club LLC, which traces its boating heritage back to 1936, when Louis J. Gardella founded Rex Marine Center.
What do I need to do to get out on the water?
Simply sign up! Membership starts at $1,795 and includes:
Safe Boating Certificate Class*
Private, comprehensive on-water orientation with a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain
SeaTow coverage
*Rex Boating Club membership includes a one-day state-approved boating safety class, so members can obtain their Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate and be ready to get on the water!
Boating So Easy!
Compare and see the great value of a Rex Boating Club membership
Take a look at this Rex Boating Club Cost Comparison and visit Rex Boating Club to inspect our unbeatable combination of great people, ideal boats, the best docks and facilities, and the best harbor on the Sound. We believe you’ll see that the Rex Boating Club is your ideal entree into the world of boating. And if you have an interest to move into boat ownership, the Rex Marine Center family is here to help.