Sunday February 11, 2018 11:00 AMto Sunday February 11, 201812:00 PM
The club will be open every Sunday from 11am to 3pm for frostbite sailors when the harbor is free of ice. If you are interested in sailing at the club this winter come up to the club at 11am.
Let us know you are interested and we will contact you by email or phone if Frostbiting has to be cancelled for some reason.
Please RSVP below to send us your contact info and date of interest.
Please join us in thanking the wonderful volunteers who helped to decorate the club on Sunday! We had great group of decorators.
The trees were trimmed with care.
We’d like to thank Howard Larson, Andy, Anna and Robert Kepinki, Dave and Kim Perrone, Denise Lapins, Jim, Lynne and Erik Hellquist, Jim and Susan Maivald for making the club look so festive.
Lynne Hellquist brought holiday cheer to the club.
The club is available to rent for private parties and corporate events. You can’t have a better venue for your holiday party! Call Jim Hellquist at 847-623-4188 for more information. There are still some gnomes available for adoption. For a minimum donation of $50 you can take one home this year! All proceeds help to support the club.
The Waukegan Yacht Club provides a full-service yacht club to boaters and watercraft enthusiasts on the north shore. During the sailing season we have weekly club races and a special schedule of fall races. When the harbor is open the club offers dinner service for members and guests on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Off-season the club is also open and available for special events and parties. Members can access the clubhouse 24/7 to use the showers and bathrooms and for safe harbor.
Have a cocktail at the bar or order a tasty treat from the kitchen.
Not interested in racing? We boat along one of the best cruising grounds in North America. Whether you want to go for a weekend or for a month, there are places to go. Cruising with a group gives you the added camaraderie of boating with friends and the added security of numbers. Power boaters will get there faster and sailors will get there cheaper but, on the dock, the drinks and food and love of our lake are the same.
The club has an active power squadron
Cruising with the Waukegan Yacht Club is a no–host event. We try, when possible, to have slips close together. On the day of the cruise, we meet for a brief “captains’ meeting” to work out final details. First boat to the destination helps the later arrivals. Generally, we have a get-together on the dock where each boat brings an hors d’oeuvres and their favorite beverage. There is then the opportunity to go out for dinner as a group or eat aboard. On the return departure, guess who helps with the dock lines!
Another beautiful day in Waukegan Harbor
Don’t own a boat? No problem, the club owns an impressive fleet of dinghies and small sail craft that are free to use by all members. In 2017, the club received the donation of a 27-foot sloop. In 2018, this boat will be available to members for both racing, cruising or just daysailing.
Sailing on the lake is a fun group activity.
Don’t know how to sail? The Waukegan Yacht Club offers and hosts classes for adults, youth and children in sailing, crewing, basic seamanship, sailboat racing and even navigation. Classes are free or discounted for members.
The club’s fleet of sailing dinghies and small sail craft are all available to members
You can see that there are many reasons to join the Waukegan Yacht Club. So, what are you waiting for?
