Salem Willows Yacht Club

North Shore Concert Band at the Willows
2025-08-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Salem Willows Park

Heritage Days Race
2025-08-10 14:00 - 19:00 | SWYC

The Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta
2025-08-09 11:00 - 15:00 | MA
Established in 1938, Salem Maritime National Historic Site was created to preserve Salem’s rich maritime history. In 2023, we boldly added our exploits to that cherished history with the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta! Now in its third year, this signature event should be considered a time-honored tradition of Salem’s long maritime story. Salem is known as the home of many great ideas: the American Practical Navigator, the long-distance telephone call, the American novel, The National Guard, the Rumford oven, National Historic Sites, pretty much every boardgame you have ever played.… To that illustrious list we add cardboard boat racing!
On August 9, 2025, join us as we celebrate the Salem Maritime Festival. Starting at 11 AM sharp (the tide waits for no one!), we will kick off a series of racing heats testing the engineering, ingenuity, determination, and artistry of our boat building participants. Launching from Derby Beach, each cardboard boat must hold at least two people, a Captain and their crew, who will paddle their ship out and around a buoy and back to the beach. Cherished prizes will be awarded in a series of competitive categories. This will obviously be a spectacle long remembered and not to be missed.

North Shore Concert Band at the Willows (rain date)
2025-08-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Salem Willows Park
North Shore Concert Band at the Willows

Member Event
2025-08-07 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
John Seger
August 7th Time TBD

Wine Tasting
2025-08-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Wine in the Willows
8/2/25

Once again “Wine in the Willows” returns to the club. Mark your calendars for August 2nd, 5-7PM.
Vicki and I, Geoff, will be hosting the wine tasting again this year. As we are serving alcohol we cannot charge for this event. However, we will have a “voluntary” donation jar out to help offset the cost of the veteran’s appreciation day being held by the club.
We will cap the event at 40 people and ask that you all bring your favorite glass as there is usually a shortage of wine glasses at the club. Being in the late afternoon, it seems fitting that this also be a potluck gathering. Feel free to bring something to share with your clubmates. Anyone willing to assist in clean-up will get credit for work hours.
You can sign up online at Wine at the Willows Signup
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A4AB23A6F4C61-57484114-swyc

or send me an email at Gghertler@gmail.com with your name and the number of people in your party (including yourself) who will be attending the event.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon,

Geoff Ghertler

BOG Meeting
2025-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States

Family Day At Misery Island
2025-07-26 08:00 - 17:00 | MA
Family Day At Misery Island
chairperson needed!

Veterans At Sea (rain date)
2025-07-25 08:00 - 17:00 | MA
Veterans At Sea

Veterans At Sea
2025-07-24 08:00 - 17:00 | MA

Member Event
2025-07-19 10:00 - 14:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Rebecca Hart

SSYC Invasion At South Shore
2025-07-19 08:00 - 2025-07-20 17:00 | SSYC
SSYC-SWYC Back to the 70’s Invasion July 19-20

The Salem Willows Yacht Club will be invading the South Shore Yacht Club again this year. This traditional 2-days annual event will take place at SSYC in South Weymouth. We will celebrate their 70th anniversary.

The Salem Willows fleet will depart on Saturday in the morning and rendezvous in the Boston Harbor around 11 am. The SWYC fleet will then parade up the harbor to arrive around noon time at SSYC for a cookout lunch. Dinner will be served around 6:30 pm with music and dancing to follow. Dinner menu will be Prime Rib or Baked Stuffed Shrimp or Vegetarian. The next day, breakfast will be served Sunday morning from 8-10 am before leaving the dock.
Please join us for this Back to the 70’s Invasion party at SSYC either by boat or car. Come and have some fun!

Price is $60 per person for the 2-days event or $50 for Saturday only. The price for kids 12-17 y.o. is $40 and it’s free for kids under 12 y.o. (Money will be collected at the SSYC door on Saturday)

Please RSVP by Friday July 11th.
Sign up online at https://tinyurl.com/2025invasion
or email at fleetcaptain@swyc.com .

Please include your name, contact info (phone and email), number of people in your party. Write down the names of all the people in your party and their choice for dinner (Prime Rib, Baked Shrimp or Vegetarian). If you are coming by boat and need a dock or mooring for Saturday night at SSYC, indicate the name of the boat, length and draft.

Cancellations after July 11th and no shows will be charged the full price of the event.

Negro Election Day Celebration - 283rd year
2025-07-19 08:00 - 19:00 | Salem Willows Park
Negro Election Day Celebration – 283rd year

Member Event
2025-07-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Tim Smith

4th of July Race & BBQ
2025-07-05 12:00 - 16:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Our next race is taking place on Saturday July 5th. This is a short and casual race, approximately one hour long in the Salem sound. The race starts at noon. More details with the race instructions will be sent a day before to those who sign up. You can sign up online at this link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A4AB23A6F4C61-swyc1

After the race, come on down for an old-fashioned BBQ at the Club. Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Pasta salad, Watermelon. BYOB. Also, there will be some surprise entertainment. BBQ starts at 4:00 PM. Cost for the BBQ is $10 per person. A separate SIGN UP IS REQUIRED for the BBQ. To signup for the BBQ, email a note with your name and the number of people in your party to Elvira (Elvira.Schoenthal@gmail.com). Anyone can sign up for the BBQ, not just the racers. Deadline to sign up for the BBQ is Monday June 30, so don’t wait!

Happy Sailing,

Pascal Miller
SWYC Fleet Captain
Phone: 978-996-3823
Email: pascalmiller@charter.net

Boat Inspection
2025-06-28 08:00 - 12:00 | SWYC

Scituate Race
2025-06-28 - 2025-06-29 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
After this long and cold winter, I hope that you are all looking forward to an exciting season on the water. It’s
the time of year when we are taking our sanders and paint brushes out of storage and getting ready to prepare
our boats for the spring launch.
For all the sailors out there, we are planning one long distance race from Salem to Scituate and three shorter
races in the Salem Sound this summer. Mark these dates in your calendar:
● Long Distance Race – Salem to Scituate, Saturday June 28 followed by a dinner in Scituate. Returning on
Sunday to Salem on a casual return cruise or continuing further down your cruise.
● Firecracker 500 Race — Saturday July 5th with the traditional 4th of July barbeque at the Club
● Heritage Days Race — Sunday August 10th followed with an ice cream social
SWYC.COM Page 5 May 2025
● Fall Classic Race — Saturday September 13th with a potluck dinner and award ceremony afterwards at the
Club.
You can already register online for any of these races at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A4AB23A6F4C61-swyc1
Select the races you are planning on participating with your sailboat and click the submit button at the bottom
of the page (one registration per boat). On the next page, it will ask you for your name, phone, email and boat
information. We will send more detailed information about each race to those who sign up when we get closer
to the dates. (Note that the social events will require a separate sign up).

North Shore Concert Band at the Willows (rain date)
2025-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Salem Willows Park

June 2025 BOG Meeting
2025-06-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States

Summer Solstice
2025-06-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Salem Willows Yacht Club, 190 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Summer Solstice

Time is TBD
