Gentry is a private club for men of standing — yachting, golf, fine cigars, and the kind of conversation that only happens after hours. Membership is by invitation. Discretion is absolute.
Membership in The Gentry House is extended by invitation of the house. There is no application and no public door — the gatherings, the tables, and the after-hours belong to the members, and nothing that happens in the house ever leaves the room.
Your table is arranged around you — the tastings, the outings, the late evenings. Verification is private. Your presence is never disclosed. That is the first rule of the house, and every member keeps it.
Six pursuits. One standard. If you have to ask whether you belong, you already know the answer.
Harbor socials · private charters
Terrace evenings · regatta season
Member groups · club tournaments
Ladder play · weekend round-robins
Tastings · the after-hours room
Deal talk · the right rooms
Placeholder grounds for the preview — the private harbors and fairways at the top of the local order. Swap in your own memberships and tables later; the standard does not drop.
Founded 1922 at 1801 Bayside Drive, at the harbor entrance. Racing fleets, a Catalina outstation, and the Thursday-night crowd — Newport yachting at its oldest guard.
The harbor's historic racing house at 720 West Bay Avenue. Regattas, junior sailing lineage, and a clubhouse that has seen a century of Newport summers.
Founded 1959 at 1601 Bayside Drive. Member slips to 80 feet, ocean racing roots — and the first West Coast America's Cup contender came out of this house.
Private and members-only at 1 Big Canyon Drive, in the Big Canyon enclave. An 18-hole championship course, fine dining, tennis and fitness — Newport's inner-circle country club.
Established 1954. An 18-hole, par-71 course and the home of the Hoag Classic on the PGA Tour Champions — tournament golf in the middle of town.
36 Tom Fazio holes above the Pacific, nearly all with ocean panoramas. Five-star resort golf at the top end of the coast.
Orange County's longstanding private country club — golf, tennis and a full clubhouse life, minutes from Newport Beach.
Gated, invitation-grade golf set in a canyon preserve in Irvine. Quiet, private, and deliberately hard to get into.
Two members-only leagues, scored on real results — no house odds, no invented numbers. Standings live at the table and in the member rooms: The Paddock for Formula 1, The Harbor for sailing.
Pick your drivers and constructor before lights out. Points settle on official Grand Prix results — qualifying, race finish, fastest lap — with the table updated after every round and a season champion crowned at the finale.
Join the leaguePick boats and crews across the Newport regatta calendar — Balboa, Newport Harbor and Bahia Corinthian race days included. Scored on official regatta results, series by series, through the season.
Join the leagueMen join for the evenings and stay for the company. Every gathering is members and their approved guests only.
Cubano Room, Newport Beach · 8 PM · House table seating
Pelican Hill · 7 AM · Foursomes arranged by the house
Palisades Tennis Club · 10 AM · Whites preferred
Location disclosed to confirmed members · late
A standing table for men who move capital — and never discuss it outside the room.
Members bring opportunities to the table. No solicitation, no noise — the house curates who sits down.
What's said at the table stays at the table. Attribution never leaves the room.
Anonymized notes from the table — the themes, the warnings, the one deal everyone leaned in for.
The circle opens to members whose standing the house can verify. Nothing more is asked, nothing less.
Our resident aficionado rates this season's boxes — what to smoke, what to cellar, what to bring to the table.
Read →Water's warm, crowds are gone. A member's guide to the season's quiet weeks on the coast.
Read →Anonymized notes from the table — the themes, the warnings, the one deal everyone leaned in for.
Read →Gentry opens one city at a time. Newport Beach is first. The house does not take requests — invitations are extended personally, and every confidence is kept.