Now Open:

Mon-Sat: 8-5pm

Sunday: 9-3pm

The 55th Annual Ugotta Regatta welcomes racers from all over the Great Lakes to Harbor Springs for an eventful weekend of racing on Little Traverse Bay. The coveted Regatta T-shirts will go on sale at 8:00am on Friday. The first person in line always gets a special prize!

Irish Boat Shop will be hosting the annual party from 5:00-8:00pm in the Harbor Springs yard. There will be brats and hot dogs accompanied by beer from Petoskey Brewing, wine, and pop. Our live music this year is brought to you by IDK. Please have your tickets ready before you reach the gate. A ticket is required for entry. Also, as much as we love your 4-legged friends, dogs and other pets are not allowed in the party.

Little Traverse Yacht Club welcomes 75 boats to Harbor Springs in another impressive showing from the racing fleet with races Thursday through Sunday! Saturday will feature the picturesque "Tour of the Bay" racing. Be cautious if you are going out to watch the races and do not get in the racers' way.

For the complete schedule of weekend events

See all of the results here

Get ready for Regatta with all of the racing gear you will need for a comfortable weekend of racing. Gill is the premiere producer of performance racing gear in the world and has been outfitting sailors for more than 40 years. Protect yourself from the elements with spray pants, jackets, sailing gloves, base layers, sailing shoes, and bags for all of your gear.

We also have high quality line and extremely talented staff to take care of any custom splices you may need. Our stock features a vast array of lines including shock cord, three-strand twisted nylon, double-braided polyester, high-tech race lines, and more! We also stock premade anchor rodes, mooring pendants, and dock lines in a variety of sizes and colors.

Please contact us for more information.

The Super Air Nautique G23 is the boat that has changed everything in the world of wakes. The G-Series boats are unmatched in size and performance in the towboat market. The G23 is designed for wakeboarding, wakesurfing, and wakeskating with a built-in computer that tailors the wake to all skill levels and sports in conjunction with the Nautique Surf System. The computer also controls your speed, making towing smooth and consistent. The boat weighs in at 5,400 pounds, not including fuel, ballast, or passengers with an additional 2,850 pounds of standard below-deck ballast that can be filled from the surrounding water without cutting into your storage space. A higher freeboard seats you deeper in the cockpit for more comfort. You will find the best seats in the house are a reversible bench seat and flip-up lounge seats on either side of the cockpit. For the 2016 model year, Nautique has redesigned the G23 and G25 to make the best even better!

Come experience a G-Series wake for yourself every Friday Night and Sunday Morning behind our demo boat for FREE! Wakesurfing is quickly becoming the most popular sport in Northern Michigan. Wakesurfing is easy to learn and fun for all ages and ability levels. Also, get your chance to meet the best Wakeboarder in the history of the sport when Shaun Murray comes to Irish Boat Shop on August 8th! Shaun has won the World Championship of Wakeboarding four times and was the first rider to ever land a 900 on the water!

Watch the G23 in action!

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Larry and Amy Ketten have finished their project of 20 years: building Morello, a 40' Trimaran, from the ground up. The project began in 1995 when Larry and Amy decided to sell the boat that they had previously restored to pay for the initial wood glue, fiberglass, and the plans for the vessel. Tony Grainger was the designer of the boat. The boat is designed for high-performance sailing and to be easily doublehanded. The project progressed as time and money allowed. As you can expect, the project was much larger in scope than originally anticipated.

Larry began sailing around the age of 10 after being inspired by the story of Robin Lee Graham's solo circumnavigation as a teenager in National Geographic. His first boat was a leaky Sailfish that needed frequent draining. After sailing a windsurfer for many years, he realized that he really liked going fast and chose to build a multihull to maximize speed. Larry is not your average craftsman, he has worked as a professional boat builder for 35 years.

Amy has been helping the entire time with much of the construction and decided on the name "Morello" for the boat. The boat is composed primarily of cedar strips sandwiched between layers of fiberglass with carbon fiber structural beams and supports. The 60-foot carbon mast holds a 780-square-foot mainsail with a 365-square-foot headsail, while the total vessel only weighs 7,500 pounds. Morello is 40 feet long with a beam of 32 feet and drawing 8.5 feet with the daggerboard down.

At the end of July, the adventure will begin, as Larry and Amy will set sail for the St. Lawrence Seaway and eventually on to the Caribbean, where they can live on the boat year-round. From there, the possibilities are endless!

See all of the pictures here!