Ephraim Yacht Club - EYC
- Ephraim, Wisconsin, United States
Ephraim Yacht Club - EYC Employees
Ephraim Yacht Club - EYC Details
The Ephraim Yacht Club (EYC) is a family-oriented community sailing center. It is located on Eagle Harbor in beautiful and historic Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin. The EYC is open from mid-June through Labor Day. Membership is available to all and no sponsorship or recommendation is required. Members of the EYC include permanent and summer residents of Ephraim and other towns in Door County, as well as many shorter term visitors to Door County. Family ($175 annually), Single ($150), Senior ($150) and Student ($65) memberships are available. The EYC is a public charity qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A staff of US Sailing certified instructors teaches junior sailing lessons from mid-June through mid-August. Private and adult lessons are also available. Supervised Junior Activities, such as sailing picnics and a scavenger hunt, are open to all Junior members each week throughout the summer. The EYC hosts a full calendar of social events, including a Fyr Bal Family Cookout, an Opening Social, a 4th of July Ice Cream Social, a Regatta Bratfest and a Commodore's Party. Impromptu barbeques occur on many weeknights following evening races. Several weekly series races are run. Flying Scot races are held on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings. Laser Races are held Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. 420 races are held Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Optimist races for juniors age 15 and under are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. The EYC owns 55 sailboats in four classes -- Flying Scots, 420s, Lasers and Optimists -- which are available for use by qualified members free of charge. Dry slips for Flying Scots, Optimists, Lasers, and other sailboats are available to members. The EYC hosts an annual regatta in early August each year. The regatta includes Flying Scots and other classes. The Ephraim Regatta is the oldest on the Great Lakes, having been held every year since 1906. Other annual regattas hosted by the EYC include the Fyr Bal (season opener) regatta in June, junior regattas held in both Optimists and 420s, a Women's Regatta and a Family Regatta. Sailing education and the promotion of amateur sailboat racing.
