The Wiscasset Yacht Club is as much about the people as the boats, according to its members.

“The people are great. That's the root of all happiness when you belong to an organization,” Jack Dexter of Edgecomb said at the club's open house on May 18. He and wife Carol Dexter have been members for about 20 years.

Dave and Barbara King of Woolwich enjoy meeting the other boaters and going to club events, including suppers and an upcoming prom that will feature music from the 1950s and 1960s.

Plans this summer also call for the club to repeat its Pirate Day on July 4, with an arrival in Wiscasset Harbor, children's activities, and stocks for visitors to go in, to raise money again for charity.

The 62-year-old club can focus more on events since it completed a major project in 2010, moving the building from pilings onto land, said Judy Boyes of Boothbay.

Most of the club's 112 members live in Wiscasset; most have power boats, but the sailing population is growing, Boyes said.

For more on the club, contact Boyes at 207-633-5341, or at judy@winterisland.com