Happy February! For those of you who were at the Winter Rendezvous at the Mohican Lodge, you know what a wonderful job our now Vice Commodore, Rick Billheimer, did in planning and executing this year’s Winter Rendezvous. It was an excellent combination of fun and education. We had the opportunity to check out another part of the beautiful state of Ohio and learn about some of the local luminaries and history. We learned about Louis Bromfield and Malabar Farm as well as Pleasant Hill Lake and Dam. We also learned about a shipwreck (The Anthony Wayne) in Lake Erie. Past Commodore Ed Kolp provided us with a historical look on humble beginnings of the Harbor Bay Yacht Club. This overview made me, for one, realize how much we are in debt to all those hardworking HBYC founders who got the club off the ground and formed into the foundation of the HBYC of today. On Sunday, those of us who took the opportunity to go to the Ohio Reformatory had an incredible tour of this piece of Ohio history and Hollywood filming. It was REALLY cool.

Soon, we will start the spring launch and boating season 2022 will begin. It will be earlier this year, starting April 4th. Jared Pavlek provided us with updates on the progress of construction (and demolition) projects over the winter. It looks like we have a lot to look forward to, very exciting times!

We also will have the schedule of socials, cruises and races for this year posted on the website very soon. Rear Commodore Brenda Marcks, Social Chair Jesse Homer, Racing Chair Past Commodore Larry Hurst and Cruising Co-Chairs Janet and John Hukill have some wonderful things planned for us in 2022. Make sure you leave some room on your boating season calendar for these activities.

Rear Commodore Brenda is making arrangements for the Commodore’s Brunch in April. We will give you further details when we have them. In the meantime, have a safe and enjoyable winter until we can see each other, together again, at the Commodore’s Brunch.

Fair winds and following seas, Commodore Janell