The club is located on Stamford Harbor, and has approximately 550 members.

The yacht club hosts a number of significant sailboat races during the season, including the Vineyard Race, held every Labor Day weekend, and the Valeur-Jensen Stamford Denmark Race, held in the fall.

The club was founded on October 16, 1890, at the home of William Lottimer.

According to Yachts and Yachtsman of America, the race was open to sloops and cutters, 36 to 43 feet long.

[citation needed] In 1990 as part of the club's centennial celebrations, the Centennial Book Editorial Committee of the Stamford Yacht Club wrote "One hundred years : on sound and shore of Stamford Yacht Club, 1890-1990.