News from the Bridge
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The new HBYC online order form is up and running! It can be accessed from the Members Only Section of the Website.
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Please join the HBYC Bridge and Membership Director Brenda Marcks in welcoming new members:
Ray and Kathy Trask – E47 – Finally – Catalina 34’
Harry and Anna Dickson – C20 – Driftwood – Marine Trader 32’
Marc Phillips & Diane Kuns – C56 – Tiara – Tiara 22’
Tom Nolfi and Cindi Hide Nolfi – F49 – Surprise – Tartan 37’
Brian and Jessie Homer – D67 – Yellow Bird – Sun Yacht 27’
Robert and Joyce Page – B106 – On Call 2 – Island Packet 37’
Terry and Jonna Upshaw
Victoria Langer – Battery Park – Conforming - Sea Ray Sundancer 33’
Be sure to check out the Members Only page. You will find an updated HBYC Roster .
Hello HBYC Members!
We have a final fundraiser for Robby’s Voice coming up this weekend with many fabulous prizes including a 50/50 raffle as the grand prize. Genie, our social director, has been hard at work collecting prizes to be raffled. There is a beautiful quilt made by Melanie Hitch that will be raffled off too. There will only be 100 tickets sold for $10 each.
In a separate raffle, the winner will receive up to $2,000.00 worth of docking fees for next year that the marina has generously donated. The tickets for this raffle are $20.00 each.
We will be holding this event via Zoom for those that cannot be in attendance. If you would like to buy tickets, please respond to this link and tell me how many you would like and I will put those aside those for you. Please send me an email no later than 12:00 pm on Saturday, September 12th.
You can also call Me at 513-404-2083.
Thanks, Janell
Rear Commodore
HBYC Will host our annual race with proceeds going to Robby’s Voice. Click here to access more information about the race —-> Racing.
Click here to catch up on Bob and Jeannie Brandt and Robby’s Voice —> To Our Valued Friends at HBYC.
This year, instead of having RV apparel for the race we are offering a 20% discount for purchases done on our web site. Once you’re on the site click on the Get Your Gear box at the top right of the page. use the discount code REGATTA2020 at checkout. We feel this is the better way without having to guess at sizes etc.
Click here to access the Robby’s Voice website —-> Robby’s Voice
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By P/C and Race Director - Larry Hurst
Thanks to all thirteen racers and the Race Committee. We donated $600 from the racing plus $500 from last month's raffle to Stein Hospice. Not bad for an unusual year. Thanks especially to the six boats from Sandusky Sailing Club and to Scott Peterson for traveling form Lorain. Photo credit to Pat Altherr.
By Janell Lundgren R/C
Well, we are now in the “dog days of summer” which I recently found out has nothing to do with the heat of summer, nor dogs in the way we think of dogs, our canine companions, but rather of Sirius, the dog star, and its position in the heavens. According to a National Geographic article I read, it is a time the Greeks and Romans noted that the Sirius appeared to rise just before the sun, in late July. They referred to these days as the hottest time of the year. This past weekend, fortunately, was not very hot, but actually quite nice and I hope a lot of you were able to enjoy it!
Last weekend, HBYC hosted the rescheduled Stein Hospice Race in the Bay. As compared to the strong winds that caused the rescheduling of the fund-raising race, this past Saturday saw light winds but enough to allow the race to take place. There were 13 racing vessels (a record number of participants) in two classes that participated and $600 in entrance fees were collected for Stein Hospice, in addition to the money that was raised by the 50/50 raffle and the donation of $500 that would have been used for dinner and entertainment totaling $988.00. Given the circumstances of the year of 2020, a $1,588.00 donation, as my Mom would say “that’s not too shabby!”
Also, last Saturday, there was a Scavenger Hunt at SHM that was organized by Social Coordinator Genie Barthelman. A lively group, including a lot youngsters, participated in this event. Everyone had a lot of fun and I must say, as a participant, it was great exercise and it gave me an excuse to check out all of the docks in the marina, and see boats and meet people that I ordinarily would not see. I think we should make this an annual event, as it was great to have so many young people engaged in a yacht club activity!
We have another cruising event coming up on the 22nd of August, an anchor out in Sandusky Bay, which will be weather dependant. This trip will be lead by John Lueke. As he decribes this event to“ provide an opportunity for people who have not anchored overnight to try it with plenty of other people around for support. The first choice for an anchoring spot would be west of Johnson’s Island near the Dempsey access ramp. This spot works well in east thru west northwest winds and has a mud bottom for a good anchor hold. If the wind goes farther south and blows over five knots we would need to try another spot. It would be a short dingy ride to the shore for people with dogs or others who wanted to go ashore for a walk. Couldn’t find any bars in the area to dingy to but we could go from boat to boat with the appropriate cautions. We could provide dingy taxi service For people without dinghies, if you are interested in trying this, send a message to Doug Asbury, Cruising Coordinatorl. We would have a skippers meeting at 10am on the 22nd to finalize the plan. We could also visit boats to check their anchoring equipment if the skipper is not sure about it.”
The last social/racing event of the year is Robby’s Voice Regatta and 100 ticket Reverse Raffle. In the Reverse Raffle, we will be raffling off items from the Ship’s Store to clear our inventory as well as other items, including a Beautiful Quilt donated by Melanic Hitch. I am also requesting that our members create items to be raffled off like gift baskets ~wine and cheese baskets, nautical themed baskets, whatever you can come up with, to raise money for Robby’s Voice. We will also be raffling off Dockage Fees donated by the Marina, up to $2,000.00, in a separate raffle. We are also selling clothing items from the Ship’s store for $10.00 on a clearance rack at the Yacht Club to raise money. As of last Saturday night, we already had raised over $200.00 in donations to Robby’s Voice!
We have two more cruises left to do in September, the ever popular Vermillion Cruise and the cruise to Lorain. If you have any interest get in touch with Cruising Coordinator Doug Asbury and get your name on the list.
Til next time, fair winds,
Janell
All
The Past Commodore's (HBYC Nominating Committee) met and generated the new slate of Trustees for next year. This slate was posted July 27, 2020 at the Yacht Club, We also developed a ballot for absentee voting. This ballot is available at the Yacht Club on the cabinet nearest the main entrance. This ballot, along with the slate of officers, can be found on our website as well. Check the members only area.
You may fill out and sign the ballot on site...just give it to a Bridge officer, or you may sign, scan and email the ballot. Alternatively, you can call or text the Commodore or myself. Be aware we will sign the ballot in your name. MAKE SURE YOU FILL THE BALLOT OUT COMPLETELY INCLUDING DOCK NUMBER.
Click here to see 2021 Slate —> Nominations
Click here to download ballot for printing —>. Ballot
Call me or Commodore Russell Marcks if you have any questions.
Harvey Rickert
Past Commodore and Nominating Committee Chair
Tim Kemerley - Vice commodore
During the last few weeks, we have made good progress on establishing the Ship’s Store online capability. After a series of discussions involving people from Parrot Sportsgear, ProForma Albrecht Company, Kevin Irwin, Marge Gross, and me, we have a better understanding of the business, the ordering process, and the security issues involved.
Screen shot of HBYC Online Order Form
Below is a description of these activities and the new online order form.
Past: Pre-web days, HBYC made bulk orders of apparel, etc. from Parrot Sportsgear. The purchased items were either picked up at the Bellbrook, OH site or shipped to the clubhouse. A decision was made about what the club members wanted, and bulk orders were made from requests. The club paid for these items upfront, and members purchased them, and in effect, reimbursed the club. Work was started to take the Ship’s Store online. Erinn Petsch headed up the transition to an online capability. We thank her for her initial work.
Concept of Operations: We are now establishing an online order form (not an online store) with Parrot Sportsgear. An online store requires a large setup fee and monthly fees, and it is not what a small club needs to acquire limited apparel. Parrot Sportsgear is teamed with a very large organization, ProForma Albrecht Co., which handles the invoicing and payment aspects of the apparel order. More information on security issues will be discussed below. There are basically two types of orders - individual and bulk. The individual order involves having apparel embroidered with the HBYC logo, etc. These items can be ordered one at a time by a club member. The second type of order is the bulk order that uses quantity to get the price down. These bulk orders can be screen printed t-shirts, key chains, pens, cups, etc., where quantities (e.g. 25-100) are ordered by the club and not by the online order form. To set up an online order form, HBYC pays Parrot Sportsgear ~$50 to design a form that has about 8-12 items listed on the form This form is online and individual club members can pick sizes and colors and order/pay with a credit card. The items are directly shipped to the customer's address. If we want to change the order form to add/subtract new items a $50 fee is charged. This change could happen each year or more often if members want more options. Marge Gross and I have worked with Parrot Sportswear to create an order form.
Security: Kevin Irwin was in contact with the ProForma Albrecht Co. security personnel concerning how our credit card purchases will be handled, and what type of security measures to safeguard our private information will be followed. Below is the company's e-mail response that he received: "We have several ecommerce platforms all of which are PCI level 1 compliant. In regards to HBYC, here are some of the key payment security protocols we implement as a part of the payment processing:
We use Microsoft Azure; a highly available, cloud-based, and secure hosting environment. This environment is both BAA (HIPAA) and PCI (DSS) level 1 compliant.
The payment processors offered (Stripe or Square) are all PCI Level 1 compliant
User card data are never transmitted, processed or stored by our websites or forms, The transaction data are transmitted directly from the user’s browser to Stripe (or Square) payment processors.
No card data are ever kept, stored or collected at any time."
Both Kevin and I think that ProForma Albrecht's approach is first rate, and is as safe as currently possible for these types of transactions.
Clubhouse: A display case will be located in the club house that will contain a very limited number of items, such as hats, decals, etc., for direct purchase. The old Ship’s Store room will be repurposed for other club activities in the future. There are still some items for purchase in the Ship’s Store room as we transition to setting up the display case. Hats are now available for purchase. 5. Way Forward: We are including the Parrot Sportsgear online order form website in our HBYC website so club members can order apparel items. Marge Gross will be the HBYC focal point for the Ship’s Store. She will handle bulk orders. Please contact her with your questions and comments.
The new HBYC online order form will be accessed from the Members Only Section of the Website.
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By Janell Lundgren, Rear Commodore
High winds forced us to reschedule the Race in the Bay for Stein Hospice to August 8th.
Join us on August 8th at 5PM for our General Membership Meeting in person or on Zoom. At 7PM we are sponsoring a scavenger hunt starting at the club house. Please keep in mind Ohio’s Social distancing recommendations as we are encouraging the use of face masks and OR maintain safe distances.
