Port Washington Yacht Club

Members sailing in the BVI’s !

Calling all boaters! Get your LED lights out. Downtown Port will be hopping Sunday with the the Cardboard regatta at 2 pm and Paint on Port celebration in Rotary Park 3-8 pm with live music and food trucks. Let's put on a great show. Must fill out an entry form in the marina office to be eligible for great prizes, dockside or on the water displays. Parade starts at 8 pm.

Get ready for Labor Day weekend boat fun Sunday Aug. 31!

Calling all boaters. Get your LED lights out of the basement and decorate your boat for the Venetian Night Lighted Boat Parade. Fabulous prizes. Free to enter. Downtown Port Washington will be hopping with Paint on Port festival with food trucks and live music. Let’s give ‘em a great show. Visit Port Washington Marina office for entry forms.

Calling all Cardboard Boatbuilders. Kids, adults, anyone can do it! Cardboard Boat registration applications can be found on the Marina website under the "Events" at the following link www.portwashingtonwi.gov/departments/marina/events or feel free to stop in the Marina office to pick up your registration application.

Photographer Robert Dupree shared some photos of the Clipper Cup finish.

2025 Clipper Cup

The sailors aboard the 35 sailboats had a rocking good sail from Muskegon to Port Washington yesterday. The 15 to 20-knot southerly wind made for a fast sail across Lake Michigan. Three Port Washington Yacht Club boats took the top three overall places. 3rd overall was Nick Suddendorf’s Uzivo, Dan Garcia’s Sweet Freedom was second overall and 1st overall was Tom Petersen’s Elyse. (Full results in comments)

Join us tonight 5 to 10 pm for a celebration in Veterans Park with food, drink and live music from the Shad Lads.

The Clipper Cup fleet is underway, racing from Muskegon to Port Washington. Conditions are right for a fast race, with the first finishers arriving by mid to late afternoon if the wind holds. Follow on the YB Tracker app.

Join us tomorrow evening in Veteran's Park for the celebration, featuring food, drinks and live music by the Shad Lads.

Join us tomorrow as we celebrate National Marina Days! We’ll be serving up free hot dogs from Bernie’s Fine Meats, chips, soda, and water. We look forward to seeing you!

Welcome Sea Scout Ship 7992! Come to the open house at the club 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the Yacht Club, 430 N. Lake St. There will be information on the organization, activities, refreshments and the opportunity for teenagers and young adults ages 14 to 20 to sign up to be part of Sea Scouts Ship 7992.

Story in this week's Ozaukee Press:
Yacht Club brings Sea Scouts to Port: Program that fosters leadership through challenges of sailing called a perfect fit for club whose members have the skills and desire to teach young people about boating

Commodore Joe Eernisse (left) accepted the charter for Sea Scout Ship 7992 of Port during the club’s meeting last month. Also on hand were (from left) Greg Latsch, unit commissioner of the Kettle Country District of the Bay-Lakes Council of Scouting America, who is helping establish the Ship; Cliff Polheber, the skipper, or adult leader, of the Ship; Jeff Eagen, district executive for the Kettle Country District; and Dan Garcia, the club’s liaison to the Sea Scouts. The club is the sponsor of Ship 7992.

Read the full story in Ozaukee Press: https://bit.ly/3Rb09Rl

For more information, contact Tom Petersen at [email protected] or (262) 235-0148.

Busy holiday weekend in Port Washington harbor. Saturday is the Port Rendezvous Regatta. Sunday at 2 pm is the Cardboard Boat Races. At 8 pm is the annual Venetian Night Lighted Boat Parade. If you have a boat and some lights, it's not too late to enter. Stop in the Port Washington Marina office for entry forms. Great prizes!