Founded 1912
Quissett Harbor Light Buoy
41.32.5 70.39.9
Buzzards Bay
Sunny, SW 10-15
Quissett Yacht Club - Sunday, August 9, 2015 By: Ted Burt Race Committee crew: Ted Burt, Sarah Meigs, Mike Garfield, Alan Haigh, Brett Buckingham No times were recorded in this [...]
Quissett Yacht Club Quissett Harbor Falmouth, Massachusetts 63rd Annual Round The Bay Race 1200 Saturday, September 12, 2015 Open to PHRF-NE Racing and Cruising Classes Notice of Race and Sailing [...]
Seaman & Mate By Weatherly Saunders We had a record number of July students returning to Seaman class this session, and welcomed four new students into the August! After a [...]
Seaman, Mate, and Adventure Sailing By Hannah Garfield The Seaman Class improved tremendously in the last two weeks of the session! We sailed the Opti’s everyday in the final week [...]
Seaman Class By Emma Garfield What a great first two weeks it has been! Thanks to the Bullseyes, we have been on the water all except for one day. The [...]
July 29, 2015 Last to First in Five Minutes By Doug Jones The Wednesday evening between the July and August series is annually reserved for the Janet Burt Chalmers Trophy [...]
July 22, 2015 Megansett Hosts the Unkie By Weatherly Saunders Our Opti Race team had another successful Unkie at Megansett last Wednesday with the majority of our sailors having their [...]
July 22, 2015 A Spectacular Wednesday Evening on Buzzards Bay By Doug Jones For the first time all season, the Wednesday evening Quissett Race Committee did not have to worry [...]
July 25, 2015 Final races of the July Saturday Series! By Ted Burt It’s true! The summer must be almost half over. In fact, the weather had a touch of [...]
July 19, 2015 Olsen Redux By Doug Jones A light (3-5 knot) wind from the West greeted the Race Committee of Molly Jones, Caroline Morss, Annie Dean, and Doug Jones [...]
July 15, 2015 Another Race, Another Grayson Winner By Doug Jones Following Ted Grayson’s victory last week in the Wednesday evening race and Sarah Grayson’s come from behind win in [...]
July 18, 2015 Follow the Leader: S Class By Wendy Martyna and Alan Haigh It was a picture perfect day for S boat racing off Quissett, on Saturday July 18th [...]
By Phil Lynch We have now completed both the Edgartown and Vineyard Haven Regattas! Despite extremely heavy conditions at the onset of Edgartown, we still had two boats sail in 30+ [...]
By: Weatherly Saunders The Opti race team had an impressive second Unkie at Quissett on Wednesday, July 15th! The race committee was only able to get one race off for [...]
July 11, 2015 July weather tests sailors’ patience By Ted Burt The Saturday series in July will only involve three race days due to other events on the Quissett Yacht [...]
July 8, 2015 By Doug Jones Swizzle Sizzles The second race of the Quissett Yacht Club July Wednesday series continued to challenge the Race Committee with another non traditional wind [...]
Sunday July 12, 2015 Swizzle surges from behind By Doug Jones This past Sunday afternoon four Quissett Yacht Club women over 35 competed for the McMurtrie Trophy in a 10-12 [...]
By Weatherly Saunders The Opti Race Team had a windy first Unkie at Chapoquoit last Wednesday, July 8th ! The race committee was able to get 3 races off. Although [...]
July 5, 2015 Found It (289) pulls away at the start from Sea Glass (189) By Henry Jones A Fine Day for the Olsens The first junior H-12 [...]
July 4, 2015 Teaticket sails to victory Saturday, to win the Quissett Yacht Club July 4th S class trophy. By Doug Jones A match for the firecracker Perhaps [...]
July 4, 2015 Allie Rose (586), Due Diligence (366), Penguin (312), Phoenix (183) and Sea Breeze (291) head towards their next mark during the Quissett Yacht Club July 4th [...]
July 1, 2015 Buttercup (257) rounds the windward mark as Due Diligence (366), Phoenix (183),and Found It (289) pull away. By Doug Jones Phoenix's Triumphant Return from the [...]
Dear Members, Here is the document mentioned on the "Create an Account" page. Since last fall, when the H Class Association released this study, there has been some conversation between QYC owners [...]
September 6, 2014: Photo by Martha Adams Saturday September 6th looked like a good day for exciting sailing with a southwest wind gusting to 25 mph and the [...]
August 12-13, 2014 By Olivia Lord: Beverly Junior Regatta was hosted in Marion this past week. On Monday during class, we sailed 6 boats across the bay to be set [...]
Helen Lord, QYC sailor, racer and former Jr. Sailing instructor, was just named to the 2014 First All-Academic Sailing Team by the InterCollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Congratulations Helen!
2014 H Class Championship Regatta August 8, 9, 10 at the Buzzards Bay Yacht Club Learn more about the big anniversary year of the H 12 1/2s and the 2014 [...]
August 7, 2014 By Olivia Lord: Thursday, we had 14 racers at Wild Harbor for the invitational regatta! It was a perfect day for the kids to get used to [...]
Dear Opti Racing Parents, The Megansett Yacht Club Unkie Cup was our first light wind Unkie of the year. The southwest breeze came up in the morning at around 6 [...]
August 4 & 5, 2014 By Olivia Lord: Everyone trekked up to Scituate on Sunday with the trailers and 5 boats to get everything ready for the regatta on Monday [...]
August 2-3, 2014 By Doug Jones: This past wet weekend the Quissett Yacht Club hosted the second Quissett Invitational S Boat Regatta. Despite torrential downpours and variable winds, five races [...]
August 3, 2014 By Henry Jones: First Junior Race, A Month Late After two races having to be cancelled due to high winds and lack of participants, the light northeast [...]
August 2, 2014 By Doug Jones New Wind, New Skippers, New Boats, Same Result A northeasterly wind of 10-12 knots and the S-boat regatta provided the backdrop for a whole [...]
August 1, 2014 By Doug Jones: Two of the most coveted trophies of the Quissett Yacht Club are the Harrington and Woodriff trophies for H -12s. The contestants for these [...]
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 By Doug Jones Exciting from Start to Finish! This is what the Quissett Wednesday series is supposed to be: a gorgeous evening for sailing, just the [...]
Optis Seaman: We’re off to a great start of the August session! The first couple days were a review for the returners: all about learning the basics on land. On [...]
July 27, 2014 By Henry Jones: A southerly wind of 8-12 knots greeted the Race Committee of Doug and Henry Jones as they headed out to the start of the [...]
H Class Regatta Learn more about the big anniversary year of the Herreshoff 12 1/2s and the 2014 H Class Championship Regatta, sign up, etc. at: The 2014 H Class [...]
The first Unkie Cup of the summer was a great success! All 15 of our opti racers competed, and we had racers in every fleet. The wind and wave conditions [...]
The Quissett Unkie Cup was a great way to finish up the July Session in Opti Racing. Despite the unfortunate weather forecast and 30 minute morning delay, we had 15 [...]
Chappy Unkie By Julia Lord: The first Unkie Cup of the summer was a great success! All 15 of our opti racers competed, and we had racers in every fleet. [...]
Optis Seaman: We had such a great end to the July session in Seamen Class! Monday we were able to take out the Herreshoff again for more experience in a [...]
July 16, 2014 By Doug Jones: New Waters, New Wind, Old Winner With a shifty wind out of the south southwest and a threat of impending showers, the Quissett Race [...]
Optis Seaman: The third week of sailing was a great success! On Monday, we split up the class into three groups and alternated taking them out on a Herreshoff with [...]
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 2nd and 3rd, 2014. Here is a rough outline of the upcoming event. All shore side events (meetings, dinners, prizes) will be in a tent [...]
July 10, 2014 Optis Mate: We had another great week of sailing! A little windier in the morning than usual, but everyone handled it extremely well. On Monday everyone got [...]
July 6, 2014 By Henry Jones: A True Test of Seamanship and Boat Handling! After cancelling the earlier Junior series race due to heavy wind, the race committee of Henry [...]
July 1, 2014 420 Club Sailing: I want to update you all after a very successful first week of Club Sailing for the summer of 2014. We started off the [...]
June 28, 2014 By Ted Burt: Off to a Great Start or Saturday Series Opening Day The Saturday series got off to a great start with two very competitive classes [...]
June 2014 By Doug Jones: Oh, what a beautiful evening! A spectacular June evening greeted the Race Committee of Ed Jackson, Henry Jones, and Doug Jones as they steamed the [...]
June 21, 2014 By Henry Jones: To win or not to win As Cornelia Carey steamed out for the first day of Quissett racing, the Race Committee of Henry Jones, [...]
From the Commodore: USSA & SMSA held a 1-day Race Management Seminar on May 3, 2014 at Duxbury Bay Maritime School. This basic certification seminar led by experienced Race Officer [...]
Notes: Whalers will be tied up to the inner side of the dock (closest to the sea wall) when tide permits. If the tide is too low, an open section [...]
On Wednesday, July 10th Quissett's Opti Race Team participated in the first Unkie Cup of 2013 at Chapoquoit Yacht Club! Each summer, five yacht clubs from around Buzzards Bay (Wild [...]
September 7, 2013 By Steve Chalmers: The eventual second finisher, Eric Wagner's Dark 'n Stormy, completing her jibe at the West Island Bell, which she is obscuring. The [...]
Click here to view the 2013 Round the Bay Race Results (PDF).
Founder’s Trophy Quissett Yacht Club August 11, 2013 A Perfect Afternoon on the Water By Doug Jones: The Quissett Yacht Club Founder’s Trophy is currently awarded to the winner of [...]
QYC August Jr. Sailing Awards, 2013: Seaman: Awards *Hadley Smith – Instructors Award *Charlotte Sousa Improved Mate: Awards *Qianlong "Q" (Charles) X. – Most Improved *Charlotte (Charlie) Davis – Instructors [...]
The QYC Centennial book: Glorious Good Times: The First Hundred Years of the Quissett Yacht Club The text, which was researched by many yacht club members, tells the history of [...]
Pani Baba rides the Orient Express to victory - August 7, 2013 By Henry Jones: The Quissett Yacht Club Wednesday series continued to flourish as eleven boats came out to [...]
August Wednesday Series #1 - July 31, 2013 A glorious night on the water! By Doug Jones: A pleasant 10-12 knots of wind from the SW greeted the Race Committee [...]
Junior Series Race #3 Triple Crown Olivia By Henry Jones: The third race of the Junior H-12 series took place on Sunday, July 28th, 2013. The competitors were met with [...]
August Saturday Series - July 27th, 2013 Committee Boat Crew: Ted Burt, Mike Garfield, Sarah Meigs, Wendy Martyna The last two races of the July Saturday series were cancelled because [...]
The inaugural Janet Burt Chalmers Memorial Cup race was held this past Wednesday evening in typical late afternoon Buzzards Bay conditions. Janet was a mainstay of the Quissett Yacht Club [...]
Seamanship: The Best of Quissett By Wendy Martyna: Every so often in a racing season, decisions need to be made with regards to holding a race or not due to [...]
July 14, 2013 H-12 Junior Series Garfields break the Firsts’ Dominance By Henry Jones: The competitors in the second race of the Junior H-12 series were met with a sunny [...]
July 13th races (July Saturday Series) By Ted Burt: If you slog through enough summer southwesterlies, you are bound to come to a southeastery. You can actually leave your slicker [...]
July 6th races (July Saturday Series) By Ted Burt: Again, only two S Class entrys appeared at the starting line, both reefed down with crews wrapped in slickers. Teaticket was [...]
July 3, 2013 Another blustery evening! So much for the notion that the Quissett Wednesday evening series is a light-hearted and leisurely event as the Race Committee and racers were [...]