The City Livery Yacht Club holds a Fitting Out Dinner in the Spring, a Cowes Race/Rally Dinner every May, an East Coast Race/Rally Dinner in early Summer and a Laying Up Dinner in November. It now also holds an informal get together each second Monday of the month at the Royal Thames yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London. 

The Lord Mayor of London for 2000-2001, Alderman Sir Clive Martin, was Guest of Honour, with the two Sheriffs, at the CLYC Fitting Out Dinner at the Honourable Artillery Company in April 2001. Sir Clive is now Admiral of the CLYC.