2026 Calendar of events
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Second Friday Docktails
Members will be hosting a hangout at the dock and aboard their vessel. Check back here for more info.
Mark your calendars for the 2nd Friday of each precious Summer month:
May 8th --aboard S/V Inquisitive F 55
June 12th --for those not going to Kodiak
July 10th
August 7th
Progressive Dinner
Date: May 16, 2026
Progressive Dinner aboard several members' boats beginning around 5:30pm.
Please RSVP to kate.a.roo85@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
WHSYC hosted event: Thumb Cove Race
Date: May 16, 2026
Join a racing or cruising fleet racing to Thumb Cove, around the Coast Guard buoy and back.
Skippers Meeting at 10am
Each boat will be timed as you cross the starting line and finish line.
Looking for a boat who would like to set up in Thumb Cove to cheer on racers!
Race Committee will be onshore at Marathon RV Park #805, grilling around a campfire while the boats complete the course, and hopefully get some spectators down there too.
AWARDS: First to Finish, Fastest on Corrected Time, and the Best Dressed Boat. Racing and Cruising division.
Memorial Day Weekend, May 23 - 25
Saturday & Sunday nights
Shakedown for Kodiak
*Some members will participate in one day of WHSYC racing May 23
and meet up in Driftwood for Sunday night.
Flotilla to Kodiak!
Let's sail offshore together!
Reach out if you are interested in crewing, or learning to sail along the way!
Boats going: Madrona, Merlot, Morning Mist, Inua
June 2 - 8 Seward to Kodiak
June 9 - 15 Kodiak to Seward
Day one- Bulldog 20mi
Day two- Thunder Bay 40mi
Day Three- Tonsina 30 mi
Day four- wait for weather window and cross
Day four- IIzhut 85mi
Day Five- Kodiak--St. Paul Harbor 30mi
This leaves one to two unplanned days to play around and/or wait for weather
The return trip mileage will be similar, but hoping to try new anchorages nearby each listed above.
8th annual July 3rd Dock Party
Date: July 3rd, 2026
Location: Uplands floats
Kate and Nate are hosting their annual dock party starting at 6pm at P-10 & P-11. Bring a potluck dish or something to throw on the grill to share, camp chairs, and byob. Party until 10pm, then go get your boat ready for the boat parade. Do not park in the uplands lot. Fireworks will be set up there for the midnight fireworks show! *Boat Parade organized by Seward Chamber
July Raft-up
Date: Saturday July 25, 2026
Location: Taz Basin / Paradise Cove
Decision will be made closer to date based on interest/ weather
August KFYC Silver Derby
Date: Aug 8th - 16th Seward Silver Salmon Derby
Largest Silver caught from sailboat--post pics with weight on Club FB.
$25 ticket buys you a season pass. Payout will be along the lines of 50/30/20
More details to follow after Summer meeting
Labor Day Weekend Rendezvous
Date: Sept 5 - 7, 2026
Location: Bowen anchorage, Day Harbor
80s Theme
RECENT EVENTS
Spring Club Meeting
Date: March 14, 2026
Location: Breeze Restaurant, Seward
June 2026 Member Meeting & Raft-up
Date: Saturday June 20, 2026
Location: Bulldog Cove
Raft-up with us in Bulldog Cove for the weekend. Saturday: Potluck and drinks at 1800, meeting at 1900 aboard someone's boat and via zoom, followed by camaraderie and boat talk!
Zoom link will be in the google calendar.
Recent events with Kenai Fjords Yacht Club
Our membership fee is priced per person from Jan. to Dec.
Join or Renew
$30.00
Please pay and complete the Membership Form on the "Join" page!
Seward Mariners' Memorial
Seward has been and is a city facing the sea. Because of that relationship, Seward has lost to the sea many fathers, sons, wives, and daughters. This memorial is the city's tribute to those who have been lost.
After many years of planning, the dream of a mariners’ memorial for our port community of Seward is coming to fruition! Harmon Construction put the finishing touches on the lighthouse/widow’s walk in late December 2011, Phase 2 was completed in 2012 with the extensive compass rose surrounding the grounds of the lighthouse, and finally a wave wall and landscaping with benches, vegetation etc was constructed.
The Mariners' Memorial Committee is in the process of soliciting plaques in memory of area mariners who have lost their lives at sea or contributed to our local seafaring history/maritime industry.
Plaques will be placed on the walls inside the lighthouse and other locations as needed. It is the committee’s desire to also dedicate a section of the memorial site to the 1964 earthquake victims and other historic maritime events that have occurred in proximity to Seward.
You can visit the Mariners' Memorial on their Web site at https://www.sewardmarinersmemorial.org/
The Mariners' Memorial Committee is looking for a large ship’s bell that can be donated to the memorial? It will be placed in the lighthouse and rung during the Blessing of the Fleet and other occasions.
