We held the 2026 MYC 77th Annual Regatta for big boats, including the New England Districts, Day Sailer Regatta and Clinigatta 0n 8/21-8/23/2026 . Friday night was our welcome party with refreshments prepared by Curt and Phyllis Braverman, with the weather feeling more like October than August!

Saturday was cool again, with great wind and the weather held off for the racing. PRO Mark Stoughton and team did a great job of keeping us moving on the water and Flying Scots sailed 6 races and Day Sailers sailed 5 races. Our guest from Candlewood, Mark Riefenhauser, volunteered to help on the water when one of our crew was unable to participate due to injury, Scores were done by Annie Pennington before we even got off the water. In the end, Roger and Kate Sharp won the Flying Scot division and New England Districts, and Ansley and Sterling Worrell won the Day Sailer Division. Meanwhile, the onshore team made sure the food kept coming - breakfast and lunch with Mike Denecamp, cocktail party with Dave and Donna Rousseau and team, and dinner with Diane Kampf and team, including steak, chicken, lobster, pasta primavera prepared by Roche Brothers, followed by the make your own ice cream sundae bar.

Sunday's Clinigatta brought cool and light air and it did start to rain (pour) before the sailers came in, but that didn't stop these hearty folks. Roger and Kate Sharp demonstrated the art of raising, jibing and dousing a spinnaker for the racers before they went out to race. PRO Dave Rousseau, with his team of experienced racers coaching on the water, managed 2 races before the downpour and the sailers came back in. The Clinigatta winner was Mark Stoughton, with Anastasia Aranovich and crew in second and Lori Watson and crew in third. Back on shore, breakfast was served by Karen Elsner and lunch by Diane Kampf and crew. Everyone there helped clean up and made it easy work for the regatta team.

All in all, 2 good days of racing, learning and fun - we hope you all come again next year. Full results are here  and photos are here with more photos and videos coming soon.

The MYC 2026 Junior Regatta was on Sunday 8/9/2026, with 12 boats and 16 sailors participating. Mark Stoughton and crew ran 5 races in light to moderate air and the kids enjoyed their day. The winner of the Novice Division was Liam, and the winners of the Expert Division were Raghav and Selah. The full results are here https://www.sailmyc.org/Racing/MYC-Race-Results. Some great photos by Skip Russell are here https://www.flickr.com/gp/41106915@N04/5323Mj3CGV

The MY.C 2026 Regatta is on! Come sail a Community Center boat, a club boat, your own boat or whatever boat you are using and join the fun. Anyone up to 18 years old or still in high school as of June 2026 is eligible to sail. We'll have a cookout and awards after the races at the Club. Hope to see lots of you there! 

Some photos by Harvey Davidson from the Kayaks and Cocktails event at the club on 7/19. Thanks to Frances Rodriguez for hosting!

Come join the painters of MYC! No experience required! We will use beautiful Lake Massapoag and the sailboats as inspiration. Tips and instruction will be provided by MYC social chair Frances Rodriguez. Please email [email protected] to RSVP so that we have enough supplies. $7 fee to help cover supplies, at the door.