Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Erie Yacht Club, Erie

A wedding at the Erie Yacht Club sits right on the shore of Presque Isle Bay, at the end of Ravine Drive on Erie's west side. Boats in the basin, open water and the peninsula across the bay make an easy setting for wedding photos and video, and evening light over the bay is worth planning your portraits around. Your photographer and videographer will want time near the water before the reception starts on your wedding day.

This is a private yacht club with its own catering department, and wedding listings describe banquet space overlooking the bay with an outdoor deck. Those listings show both ceremonies and receptions at the club, indoors or outside, with the club's kitchen handling the food and the bar. Ask the catering office what is open to you: which rooms, whether the deck can host your wedding ceremony, and whether you need a member to sponsor your event.

Holding your wedding reception on the waterfront means guests can drift outside between dinner and dancing to watch the sun go down over the bay. For your wedding video, outdoor vows by the water can pick up wind, so it is worth asking your videographer about microphones, and asking the club where the band or DJ will set up indoors.

• Call the catering office (extensions 205 and 209 at the main number) to check your date.
• Ask about membership or sponsorship, guest count, decorations and time limits.
• Visit at the hour of your ceremony and ask about photo and video guidelines and the best spots by the water for pictures.

A little about the Erie Yacht Club

The Erie Yacht Club was established in 1895 to promote sailing, boating and other water sports on the bay. Its basin and clubhouse on Presque Isle Bay have been a center of Erie's boating life ever since.