BOG Meeting – Open Meeting

Salem Willows Park

Greetings, SWYC Members,   The Annual SWYC General Membership Meeting will take place on Saturday, May 15, at 5:00 pm at the Bandstand in Salem Willows Park.   You are cordially invited and encouraged to attend.     Although we have no official guest speaker or special program, Commodore Paul  Luzinski and the BOG will […]

Memorial Day 2021

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

Hello Friends,  Unfortunately for the second year in a row we have had to cancel our annul Memorial Day breakfast celebration.   I am proud to announce that this Monday morning we will be holding a short Memorial Day service at the Yacht Club. The ceremony will include the raising of the Flag and placing a […]

private member event

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

club is open for normal use during event.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel Inspections

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be conducting courtesy Vessel Exams on Saturday, June 26. Due to relaxed COVID 19 restrictions we will be able to do the exams on the moorings, so there is no need to bring your boats to the main float. This change means we can start the Vessel Exams at 8:30 […]

Firecracker 500 (postponed) & Hot Dogs

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

Firecracker 500 Pursuit Race   Calling all sailors at SWYC! The first of 3 pursuit races, The Firecracker 500, is scheduled for Saturday July 3rd at Noon.  Welcome back, racers! If you are new to racing this is a great way to start.  A pursuit style race has everyone starting at a different time depending on handicap so […]

Firecracker 500

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

The Firecracker 500 is this Saturday July 10th at 2:00.  The weather is looking much better than last Saturday.  Today is the last day to register.  Pursuit races are a lot of fun.  There is no hectic start as each boat is assigned a start time based on their boat’s handicap.  Boats should complete the course around the […]

SWYC Wine Tasting

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

Vicki Bradford and Geoff Ghertler will be hosting a wine tasting on July 10th to benefit the Veterans Appreciation day. There will be no charge for this event. However we will ask that a donation be made to SWYC to help fund the Veterans Appreciation day to be scheduled in the near future. We will be […]

Fiesta (SOLD OUT!)

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

10 years ago, the club started the summer solstice celebration to celebrate the start of the summer. It became a popular event every year but unfortunately last year the event had to be canceled and this year the Covid 19 situation was still too unpredictable at the time of planning. Now with the successful vaccination […]

Veterans Appreciation Day 2021

Salem Willows Yacht Club 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States

The Board of Governors has decided that we will once again host a Veterans Appreciation Day. It will take place on Tuesday, 27 July from 1 – 4 PM. (Rain date is the 28th). The agenda is as follows: Opening Ceremony, an hour and a half cruise around the Sound – sail or power – […]