Just a little note to say “Thanks!”
My thanks go out to all of you! For making this club great with all your effort with Socials, Racing, Cruising, Clubhouse, Website, Ship Store, and so so much more! You're the reason all of the below events and HBYC are turning out so great!
E-Dock Taco Night Social
E Dock Social “Taco Night” on 6/17/23
E Dock came through with so much great food and good times for their Dock Wars social event this year. Their self-serve Taco Bar and Piñata contest were a big hit and drew a good crowd. The dinner cost covered all the food and decoration, and they did not touch their allotted $300 dollar budget. Babies in Black provided our musical entertainment and were great as always.
Leamington Canada Cruise, 7/1
HBYC had 3 boats on this cruise, and from what we heard, had a great time celebrating Canada Day!
The kids loved the sidewalk drawing!
Kids Field Day at the Marina 7/2
We had an event in cooperation with Safe Harbor Sandusky for the kids. There was a piñata for them, water balloons, sidewalk chalk drawing, wheelbarrow races, 3-Legged Race, and tug-of-war. There was a Kona Ice truck on site with free flavored ice drinks, it was great great fun over the July 4th weekend. Hopefully this becomes a yearly event. Special thanks to Vice Commodore Jessie Homer and Brittany Morgan from the Safe Harbor Sandusky office for coordinating this fun event!
C & B Dock Steak Dinner Social 7/8
Rob Glew hams it up for the pic as he cooks his steak
Is it me or are we just having grand slam socials this year? Grill your own Ribeye Steaks, Homemade Smoked Turkey, salad & potato bar, desserts, and let’s not forget Deb’s amazing Rum Punch! We had attendance of over 150 people. Luther T kept the crowd tapping their feet and laughing with his comedic music show. It was so much fun, we had groups from Middle Bass Island Yacht Club and Bay View Yacht Club from Toledo travel to get in on the fun. And more importantly, we raised $1,600 for Stein Hospice. HBYC Treasurer says that may be a record donation. Hats off to Deb & Chris Crall, Chris Malott & Karissa Bayes, Marc Phillips, and all the others who helped make this social such a great success!
Larry Hurst & Commodore Rick with Stein Hospice
Look at that crowd!
Future Socials
Aug 12th - F and O (outside) Docks , a theme hasn’t been officially announced, but DJ Scott will be our entertainment, he always keeps the party fun and gets everyone moving. He was with us last year for some socials, and provided music at our Winter Rendezvous in January.
September 16th - D & A Docks. A theme hasn’t been officially announced, and Venyx LTE will be our end of season entertainment. They play the Beer Barrel Saloon on PIB and many other venues around the Northern Ohio area and keep the party rockin’!
This social will be our membership drive and fundraiser for our youth fund. We want to create a fund to support education for our younger members for boating/sailing education.
Cruising
Marianne has done a great job putting our Cruise Schedule together for the year.
This weekend is the Middle Bass Music Festival (7/14-7-16). We usually have a large group of boats headed over, this year it looks to be about 25 boats.
Also coming up
Extended Cruise East, Pelee Island Canada, Extended Cruse West, Huron, and Vermilion. Visit our Cruising Page for more info on these dates if you’d like to join us!
Cigar night Sept 23rd, still working out the details, this one may get me fired. 😇 lol
Visiting Clubs
On July 1st, Commodore Ralph Becker & Lady Rachelle from Toledo Yacht Club stopped by with their entire bridge to say hello and welcome us into the AYC. We gave them a tour of the marina and clubhouse. It was great to meet them and we look forward to meeting many of our new AYC friends!
On August 13th, Jolly Roger Sailing Club, an AYC club out of Toledo, is going to have 10 boats arrive at Safe Harbor Sandusky on Aug 13th for one night only. We will get together with them for a social in the club house that evening, likely around 5-6pm. Please plan on joining us if you can!
New Burgee Placements
Commodore Rick donated his burgee to the Village Pump on Kelley’s Island, and Webmaster Chris Malott donated his to Peeper’s Bar on Kelleys Island. If you see a place that needs one of our burgees, let us know!
HBYC Burgee now flies at the Village Pump, KI
HBYC Burgee will be raised at Peepers Bar, KI
Can’t wait to see what the rest of the 2023 Season brings!
Rick Billheimer, HBYC Commodore 2023
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