Sailing Fleet
Sanctioned fleet racing from May through the Fall Regatta. C-Scows and MCs own the weekends; the Social Butterflies take the lake on Wednesday mornings.
Explore Sailing →Lake Lotawana, Missouri · Founded September 27, 1933
Sail. Ski. Belong.
A private club on the shore of Lake Lotawana promoting the social, sailing, and power boating pursuits of its members for more than ninety years.
Welcome to the Club
Ninety years on the water — and just getting started
The Missouri Yacht Club was founded in 1933 to encourage boating, sailing, and seamanship. Today the MYC is home to competitive C-Scow, MC-Scow, Club 420, and Butterfly fleets, a show-stopping water-ski club, weekly Thursday Night Dinners, a lakeside Snack Bar, and a full calendar of parties and traditions.
You don't have to be a member to be a sailor — but you have to be a member to enjoy the Yacht Club. A Member of the Yachting Club of America.
Life at MYC
Three ways to love the lake
Ski Club
Home of the Big Air Freestyle Jump Competition and the annual LOTAMERICA ski show on Lotawana Day. Clinics, jumps, and pyramids.
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Social & Events
Thursday Night Dinners every week, the seasonal Snack Bar, holiday parties, and traditions dating back to dinner-dances at the Hotel Bellerive in 1933.
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Coming up at the club
- Sep 4Lotawana Live EventSocial
- Sep 12Rewind Wedding Reception — dinner, champagne, DJParty
- Sep 25–27Fall RegattaSailing
- Oct 3Clam Bake PartySocial
- Oct 24Kids Halloween PartyFamily
- Nov 19Annual Meeting, Thanksgiving & last TND of 2026Club
Every Thursday: TND — Thursday Night Dinner. Social hour 6pm (BYOB), dinner 7pm. All welcome — RSVP by noon Wednesday: 816-774-3322.
Youth Sailing
Start them young
Summer youth programs run Mondays through Thursdays, June and July: Learn to Sail the Optimist (ages 4–9), Learn to Race the 420 and Opti (ages 10–18), and a bridge program that moves kids from the Opti to the Club 420.
Become part of the story
Ninety-two years, an unbroken line of commodores, and room at the dock for you.