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Service is the hallmark of Yacht Works. Experienced, well-trained and certified technicians maintain over 300 boats annually. They perform mechanical, electrical and state of the art electronics installations. What sets our service department apart from others is we also perform fiberglass refinishing, painting, varnishing and other services which are fast becoming difficult to find. As one of the largest employers in Northern Door County, Yacht Works is able to maintain dedicated full time employees and technicians. To make an appointment for service please call (920) 854-2124.

With a fully stock ships store and parts department, Yacht Works can offer everything from impellers, filters, plumbing supplies and hoses to paints and varnishes. Our affiliated vendors and distributors can provide almost anything you need to complete your next marine project. Our staff is standing by to help you with your next project.

Boat Storage

Yacht Works provides either heated or unheated indoor storage for approximately 400 boats each off season. With both a 25 and 75 metric ton Marine Travelift, we can accommodate most boats.

We have nine secure buildings located here in Sister Bay with easy access for boat owners during business hours. Simply check out a key with our Ship’s Store or Service Department, and you are good to go! This allows you to retrieve or leave items on your boat, complete do-it-yourself projects, or just sit and dream about summer boating season.

Service Forms

2024 Launch and Commissioning Form

2024 Haul Out and Winterizing Form … coming soon

2024 Storage Contract … coming soon

2024 Service Rates

Rates are subject to change without notice. For more information on our rates, please contact us .

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At Yacht Works , we strive to carry all those items you need for your boat every day, but we are so much more that boat soap and propellers!  We search for and stock all those things that help you carry your love for the water from the boathouse to the guesthouse.

We have a great history with some of the greatest names in the business: Sperry Topsiders, SLAM technical gear, New England Rope, Harken sailing hardware, 3M marine supplies, Tervis Tumblers, and many, many more.

From waxes & cleaners, to home décor and on to casual clothing for the entire family, Our Ship’s Store is the best stocked around! You will find gifts, books, framed art, along with boat models all at the most competitive prices. And since Yacht Works is an UPS outlet, we can ship just about anything just about anywhere.

In our clothing department we specialize in high quality fabric and designs, many tested by our own crew for durability, warmth, and construction. We are pleased to supply one of the largest selections of Sperry Shoes, Sandals & Tennies, proven favorite for their non-marking soles.

Not to be forgotten, our large selection of Specialty Books, Charts, & Nautical Items for the novice or expert in your boating family.

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Yacht Works, Inc.

10967 State Hwy 42, PO Box 199 Sister Bay, WI 54234

Mon. – Fri.: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Sat. – Sun.: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Phone: 920-854-2124

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Yacht Works Inc

+1 (920) 854-2124

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http://yachtworks.com

Closed, will re open spring 2024

Monitored: 9 | Working: 68

Sister Bay, WI | N 45° 12.163' / W 087° 07.160'

10967 North Bay Shore Drive

Sister Bay, WI 54234

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45 12'18

Russ Forkert; Deb Duren

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Rick Kingsbury

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Pontoon Rental Available on site through NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY BOAT RENTAL:

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Smith: Wake-boating ban in Waupaca area highlights new challenges for lakes, communities

TOWN OF FARMINGTON – Casey Plunkett stood at the Town of Farmington special meeting March 18 and recited details of boating changes over the last 50 years in the Waupaca area.

He's been in the thick of it since 1968 as an avid boater who also later became a full-time resident on Spencer Lake and head of its lake association.

The evolution spanned fiberglass boats in the 1970s, deep-hull designs in the 1980s and more recently deck boats, speed boats with twin 300 horsepower engines and, in the latest chapter, wake boats.

A September survey of his fellow Spencer Lake homeowners found 85% wanted some sort of restriction on wake-enhanced boating, Plunkett said.

"It's kind of an insight check to me," said Plunkett, of the Town of Dayton. "With all of that innovation over the last 50 years I never heard anyone call for a restriction. So something is going on here."

Plunkett's testimony highlighted an inflection point in recreational boating not just in Waupaca County but in most Wisconsin waters and beyond.

The technological march toward bigger, faster and more powerful watercraft has resulted in boats capable of producing wakes large enough to allow surfers to follow along without a rope.

The recreational thrill, though, has strings attached.

Wake-enhanced boating is causing far more conflicts and concerns than any other type of water sport that's come on the scene in the last half-century.

"You used to need an ocean to have waves big enough to surf on," said Richard Phillips of Presque Isle, a co-founder of the Last Wilderness Alliance and an advocate for restrictions on wake-enhanced boating. "Now you just need a certain type of boat. And when a wake boat is using a lake like these in the Waupaca area, it owns it."

The large waves put out by wake boats erode shorelines and cause problems for other boaters, including paddlers and anglers, and the strong downthrusts from wake boat engines scour lakebeds, according to Waupaca County residents at the meeting.

There is also significant concern over the boats, which use large ballast tanks to increase displacement and produce larger waves, as means of spreading aquatic invasive species.

All of which led the Town of Farmington board of supervisors Jan. 15 to approve an ordinance prohibiting wake-enhanced boating on Rainbow and Round lakes, two of the 22 lakes in the Waupaca Chain O' Lakes.

Wake-surfing ban in Waupaca area not well-received by all

The ordinance didn't sit well with everyone, however.

A group of wake surfing supporters hired an attorney to sue lake committee members and pressure the town board to rescind or modify the ordinance.

The town board called the March 18 meeting to provide members of the public and their legal representatives another opportunity to voice their opinions on the matter.

More than 100 people overflowed the main room at the Town of Farmington hall. The parking lot, too, was out of spaces; late arrivals pulled off on the grass.

All this on a Monday evening in March in the Town of Farmington, population 3,757.

"It's a record (turnout for a meeting)," said Caroline Murphy of Waupaca, chair of the town board of supervisors. "We haven't said we'll change anything but we have pledged to listen to everybody."

Wake boating has emerged as a hot button issue in natural resource and recreational management. Lake associations, town boards and state agencies are struggling to find the best ways to respond.

In February officials in Vermont enacted the strongest wake-surfing restrictions of any state . The rules allow wake sports only more than 500 feet from shore, in water at least 20 feet deep and in an area of a lake with at least 50 contiguous acres that meet both requirements.

There is appetite for a similar rule in Wisconsin. The non-profit organization Lakes At Stake Wisconsin is advocating for such regulations, and in March the Oneida County Board of Supervisors voted 11 to 6 to urge the state to enact a rule requiring wake surfers to maintain a minimum distance of 500 feet from shore and operate in waters exceeding 20 feet in depth.

But although three bills related to wake-enhanced boating were introduced in the 2023-24 Wisconsin Legislative session, none received a hearing. The Water Sports Industry Association has hired Schreiber GR , a Madison-based lobbying firm, in an effort to keep Wisconsin rules friendly to wake surfers.

In the absence of a state law on the practice, municipalities seeking controls over wake boating must try to enact a local ordinance.

So far 17 Wisconsin towns have adopted ordinances to restrict or prohibit wake-enhanced boating, including three this year, according to the Last Wilderness Alliance.

The Town of Farmington ordinance is the first to get this much pushback, Phillips said.

The meeting also highlighted how, when local groups are forced to make such decisions, issues can pit neighbors against neighbors.

Some Waupaca-areas residents show support of wake-boat ban, others seek compromise

"I'm really pissed," said Peggy Jesion, a volunteer on the lakes committee who is being sued by the wake-surfing advocates. "I was in business for 30 years and I understand compromise. But in this case it's either let the lakes go to heck or buckle down and help them."

Barbara Bostrum, who lives on the north shore of Round Lake, said the ordinance was necessary. In fact, she would have liked to see it enacted years ago.

"I'm very angry about what the wake surfers have done so far," she said. "Our beach and the marl on the lake bottom are completely gone. This is not potential damage. I was thinking how much I'd like to sue the wake surfers for what they've already done."

Bostrum said the Waupaca-area lakes are fragile and "can't speak for themselves."

Matt McGourthy of the Town of Dayton said he'd like more research into the nature of the problems being reported, including finding out if there are too many boats overall or just on weekends, and urged a change in the ordinance to allow wake surfing.

"Let's see if we can't work together," McGourthy said.

Tami Farber of the Town of Dayton said personal safety was her main concern. And the wake boats had pushed it over the edge.

"My 4-year-old granddaughter wants to learn to waterski but I won't take her," Farber said. "It's not safe anymore."

Then, turning to the three town supervisors, Farber said: "Please don't let this selfish group of wake surfers change your decision."

Phillips, a retired lawyer and co-founder of the Last Wilderness Alliance , showed the audience photos of a boat he said was damaged on the Waupaca Chain O' Lakes by waves produced by a wake boat. He also showed a promotion of a wake boat manufacturer with the slogan "Rule the water."

Phillips said the Town of Farmington board had not just the right to put the wake-enhanced prohibition in place on two of its lakes, but the duty.

Of the people who testified March 18, 20 were in favor of keeping the ordinance in place without changes, seven wanted to see changes to allow at least some wake surfing and two didn't specify their preference.

Murphy, the town chair, adjourned the meeting after two hours and everyone had a chance to speak.

She said the town board of supervisors will decide Thursday, April 4, whether to change the ordinance or leave it as it is.

If it doesn't change the ordinance and a lawsuit is filed against the town by wake surfing advocates, Phillips said he and other lawyers will rally to the town's cause.

"We must and will fight, fight hard and fight long to protect the right of Wisconsin towns to protect their lakes," Phillips said.