Second clue:
It's a yacht club in one of the richest nations on Earth.
Norway?
cape cod
Nope, not Europe.
Right country.
Right ocean.
Wrong state.
Brunei?
sorry, didn’t read the prev post
Wilmington, NC
Not NC.
Third clue:
Although it's called a yacht club, there are no yachts there.
Fourth clue:
It's in New Jersey.
“Yachts!”
Here it’s Yachats! and no safe harbor.
Fifth clue:
It's in a city that's on a peninsula.
Sandy Hook?
No, you need to go a little north by northwest.
Sixth clue:
It's in the Gateway Region.
Laurence harbor?
Nope.
Go north by northeast.
Seventh clue:
This city has a bridge that, when built, was the world's longest steel arch bridge.
Bayonne Yacht Club