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Oconto Yacht Club – Our Home Port

Summer

We moved to the Oconto Yacht Club in August 2007. We have really enjoyed all the new places to take the boat. Horseshoe Island is a special place of the OYC group. A couple of peaceful days, good food and great friends equals a fantastic weekend. Another special place to the club is the Menominee Marina. Oldest daughter lives in Menominee, makes it an even nicer stop. We stayed at Stoney Harbor for the Harvest Fest and the Harvest Moon Fest at Stureon Bay, Looks like this might become an annual trip also. It goes on and  on, just a super place to boat.

Menominee Marina

Menominee Marina

We made two trips to Menominee Marina. The first time they had the old car show in the park by the marina. Dick & Mary, Tom & Jan, and Steve made that trip. Gary & Terry came up in the car.

Second trip was made with Ed and Diana. Used the marina’s facilities and grilled out. We used Ed’s boat for a diner. Had to take an interesting walk, found a new ice cream parlor.

Horseshoe Island – Fourth of July

OYC Raft-up

This is a favorite stop for the Oconto Yacht Club members. In 2008 we had 10 club boats on the wall. We stayed there for three days. Lots of good food, a few adult beverages, and friends to share it with. We left on Wed, it was more than slightly rough on the way up. We went through a couple of T-storms, wind was high, and we ended up spending the first night on the hook. After that the rest went superb. We got the wall, nice sunny days, and many of the the clubs members showed up

Stone Harbor – Harvest Fest

Stone Harbor

We kept Shekolih and Narcosis at Stone Harbor. Nice facility with it’s own restaurant and bar. They had a band that night at the Harbor. Gene and Sue put their boat on the wall.

We went to the Harvest Fest in the afternoon. They had good food, drinks, and an old car show.

Tom and Jan came up by car. In the evening we took in the Harvest Moon Festival. Eat well in the afternoon, the evening event only had brats and burgers. This one is going to grow, We have a few more who plan on making the trip this year.