Edgewood Yacht Club

Our artists were out early to beat the rain and start creating pieces for EYC's WET PAINT EXHIBIT which runs from 5pm to 7pm this evening. Members & non-members are welcome to come see what our 20 artists come up with! Please stop by! Cash bar, light refreshments.

Tonight we held Week Two of the EYC 2026 Beetle Cat Fall Series / Harris Sweepstakes. Bill S. in SCARAB won the night with an impressive 4 points over 3 races. George S. in LIGHTNING BUG took second with 7 points, and Jim M. in KAT rounded out the top 3 with 10 points (breaking a tie with Jeff L. in NEWSANCE, also with 10 points). Three weeks left for Beetles at EYC in 2026!

Congratulations to George Shuster for winning this year's 7th Annual EYC Labor Day Sunfish Regatta with 11 points. 7 boats competed in 6 races in a stiff northwesterly. Faye Flam took second and Zachary Magnone took third, tied on points with 14 each. Each of Rich Glucksman and Jeff Lanphear also snagged a bullet. Next up for the EYC Sunfish fleet is our 8th Annual Sunfish Distance Sail on September 26.

Join EYC for our Wet Paint Exhibit one week from today! On Sunday, September 13, from 5 to 7pm, 20 local artists will exhibit work they created THAT DAY in the Edgewood area. Members & nonmembers are welcome to come by & see (and purchase) their work. No fee to attend, cash bar & light refreshments.

Tonight we started the Fall Series of the 2026 EYC Beetle Cat Season, also called the Harris Sweepstakes after EYC member and "Peppiest Pappy" Tom Harris, who in 1942 started the tradition of collecting $1 from each adult male sailor in the final Beetle Cat "Peppy Pappy" race of the season, with the cash awarded to the race winner with the expectation that he donate the money to the EYC juniors. The tradition carried on through at least the late 1960s. As the Fall Series is the end of our Beetle season for the year, we continue to call it the Harris Sweepstakes.

Tonight, 9 boats competed in three races, starting at 6pm and finishing before the 718pm sunset. Bill S. in SCARAB won the night with 6 points, followed by Jim M. in KAT with 7 points and Jeff in NEWSANCE with 8 points. Four more weeks before we put the boats to bed for the year!

EYC members, remember to RSVP through your email link if you're planning to join us for this week's Friday night dinner, Italian style! The RSVP deadline is today (Thursday 8-27).

Tonight we closed out the EYC 2026 Beetle Cat Summer Series in style. 10 boats competed in 3 races. Bill S. in SCARAB took first with 6 points, followed by Jim M. in KAT in second with 7 points, breaking the tie over George in his old ride, SEASHELL, also with 7 points. Kathy supplied the homemade pizza afterwards, so everyone ended the series a winner! We are now on to the Fall Series / Harris Sweepstakes starting next week, September 2, with 6pm first race starts.

Last night was Week Eight of the EYC 2026 Beetle Cat Summer Series. Jim M. in KAT won the night in a fickle westerly. Jeff in NEWSANCE took second and Rick in TBD took third among 9 boats on the line. Next week is the end of the Summer Series ... the Fall Series / Harris Sweepstakes starts on September 2 with a 6pm first race start (next week is still 615pm).

A huge EYC thank you to Barnstable Yacht Club for hosting the 2026 Leo J. Telesmanick Beetle Cat Championships this weekend. Day two saw much sportier conditions over 4 races. All 3 EYC boats took home hardware, with George Shuster and Stephanie Van Patten in LIGHTNING BUG taking first in the Old Salts Division (6th Overall), Bill Grenga and Jamie Fallon in JULIEANN taking first in the Ancient Mariners Division (8th Overall), and Bill Batro and Kathy Taylor in CALLI taking third in the Ancient Mariners Division (11th Overall).