Milwaukee Yacht Club

Milwaukee Yacht Club, the oldest active Yacht Club on Lake Michigan, has provided premier access to the Great Lakes since 1871 in the Greater Milwaukee area.  The Yacht Club offers boat storage, docking and launching as well as a site for dining, private parties, weddings  and business meetings.  A jewel on the beautiful shoreline of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Yacht Club has over 140 years of sailing excellence.   MYC members take pride in the Club's programs, amenities, facilites and service provided year-round. 

The Milwaukee Yacht Club was founded in 1871 on a site north of the Milwaukee River. Incidentally, the channel is the source of the lake water pumped into the Milwaukee River near North Avenue. It is  used to flush out the river from time to time.  The ornate circa 1888 building on the other side of Lincoln Memorial Drive, occupied by Alterra Coffee House, houses the original pump that is still used for that purpose. With only a partial sea wall north of the site and east from McKinley Beach, there was little protection for boats back then, and boaters had to be a hardy lot and more self-reliant than they are now.