Neenah-Nodaway Yacht Club

05/26/2025

Grateful for our NNYC and Fox Valley Sailing School members who helped decorate our parade boat and march in the Neenah Menasha Memorial Day Parade this weekend!

10/20/2024

We had a fantastic turnout for Harbor Work Day 2024! It helped that it was a gorgeous sunny day ☀️ Thank you to everyone who came out and lent a hand. We couldn’t have done it without you!

08/05/2024

Attention Lake Winnebago Sailors! ⛵⚓

Do you own a sailboat? Have you been cruising and are now looking for an opportunity to race your boat? We have the perfect beginners race for you.

We are hosting the first annual Sheppard Memorial Oshkosh to Neenah Race this Saturday, August 10th at 10:00am.

Sailors of any ability level are welcome to participate. All you need is a way to tell time and the ability to navigate the approximately 12 mile course between the two cities. A pursuit race uses pre-calculated handicaps based on boat performance to give each competitor a start time. The slowest boats get the greatest head start. Whomever crosses the finish line first wins. Boat-on-boat interactions are rare, so there are no complicated racing rules to remember.

Entry is FREE and open to any boat on Lake Winnebago with self-righting capability (i.e. keelboat or cruising multihull), but pre-registration is essential for assigning start times.

Visit our website to register: https://nnyc.org/regatta/MCgYvAses4

See you on the water!

2024 Oshkosh to Neenah Race event details.

06/15/2024

This is a great opportunity for our members who want to learn how to race their own boats!

05/02/2024

Sign up for adult sailing lessons today! Only a few spots remain for the first session.

04/26/2024

We’re very proud of our history! Thank you to the Neenah Historical Society for featuring us ⛵️

It wouldn't be spring in Neenah without buoys being put in the yacht basin. Did you know that the first recorded sailboat race in Neenah took place in 1859?

In 1864 the Neenah Yacht Club was formed and in 1894 the Nodaway Yacht Club took shape. Nodaway is said to be a Winnebago word for "confluence of two rivers."

The two clubs would merge in 1905 making the Neenah-Nodaway Yacht Club one of the oldest in the country!

📸: Postcard from our Flickr collection