Membership Meeting #1
First Membership Meeting of the year! All HBYC members are requested to attend if available!
Social #1: Commodore's Dinner / Old World Night
Join us for our first HBYC social, “Old World Night”. The menu will include Sausage, Sauerkraut, German Potato Salad, and Swedish Meatballs. All food will be provided! Live music by the Anthony Culkar and Al Battistelli Band.
We’ll also be watching the Kentucky Derby and having a fundraiser, so bring your derby hats, and get ready to have fun!
Come meet our new Commodore Jessie Homer, and the 2024 bridge.
Safe Harbor Marina Memorial Day Event
Join HBYC Members at Safe Harbor Marina’s Memorial Day Event. There will be a Memorial Program in the morning, and music, food, and beer during the evening. More details to come!
Sailing Race #1: Cruiser Fun Race 1
Race #1, Cruisers Fun Race in the Bay
More details to follow!
Membership Meeting #2
Second Membership Meeting of the year! All HBYC members are requested to attend if available!
Social #2: B-Dock and Outside Members
Our second social will be hosted by B-Dock and our Outside Members. Theme and entertainment details will be provided soon! Stay tuned for details.
Cruise #1: Kelleys Island
Our first group cruise of 2024! Join us at SeaWay Marina on Kelleys Island.
Stay tuned for more details to follow!
Safe Harbor Marina Parrothead Party
Safe Harbor Marina is hosting their annual Parrothead Party on the lawn! There will be tropical themed music, beer, food, and frozen beverage mixers provided! More details to come.
Cruise #3: Leamington-Ontario, Canada
Our second cruise of 2024! Join us at Leamington Municipal Marina on the Canadian Mainland.
Stay tuned for more details to follow!
Extended Cruise #1: Leamington to Lake St. Clair
Join us on our Extended Cruise, from Leamington-Ontario, Canada to visit the following ports:
Windsor Yacht Club - 7/2-7/4
William G. Millike Marina - 7/4-7/5
Lake St. Clair MetroPark Marina - 7/5-7/8
Grosse Point Yacht Club - 7/8-7/11
Ford Yacht Club - 7/11-7/12
Cruise will meet up with HBYC Cruise # 4 @ Middle Bass Island for the Music Fest on 7/12
More Details to Follow, stay tuned!
Safe Harbor Marina 4th of July Celebration
Safe Harbor Marina will be providing food, music, and beer for their Annual 4th of July celebration on the lawn. More details to come soon!
Cruise #4: Middle Bass Island
Join us at Middle Bass State Park Marina for the Middle Bass Music Festival weekend!
Stay tuned for more details to follow!
Sailing Race #2: Race in the Bay for Stein Hospice
Sailing Race #2: Race in the Bay for Stein Hospice.
Stay tuned for more details!
Membership Meeting #3
Third Membership Meeting of the year! All HBYC members are requested to attend if available!
Social #3: E-Dock
Our third social will be hosted by E-Dock. Food, theme, and entertainment details will be provided soon! Stay tuned for details.
Safe Harbor Marina Christmas in July Dock Crawl
Join us for Safe Harbor Marina’s 2nd Annual Christmas in July Dock Crawl! Participants on each dock will have a signature beverage and snack at their boats. Get a chance to try new beverages and snacks, and more importantly, meet and greet our Marina neighbors! Music will be provided on the lawn. More details to follow.
I-LYA Sail Regatta, Put in Bay
Join your fellow sailors at the regatta at Put In Bay!
More details to come, stay tuned!
Cruise #5: Huron Boat Basin
Join us for a trip to the Huron Boat Basin.
Stay tuned for more details.
Sailing Race #3: Cruiser Fun Race
Sailing Race #3: Cruiser Fun Race
Stay tuned for more details.
Membership Meeting #4
Fourth Membership Meeting of the year! All HBYC members are requested to attend if available!
Social #4: C & D Dock
Our fourth social will be hosted by C & D Docks. Food, theme, and entertainment details will be provided soon! Stay tuned for details.
Extended Cruise #2: PIB/Middle Bass to Toledo
Our second extended cruise will cover the following ports:
8/15-8/16, Put In Bay, or Middle Bass Island
8/16-8/18 Bayview Yacht Club / Toledo Yacht Club
8/18-8/19, Return to Put In Bay/MBI
More details to come!
Cruise #6: Vermilion
Join us for a fun filled Labor Day Weekend in Vermilion! We will stay or “take over” the Water Works Municipal Docks for the holiday weekend.
More details to follow, stay tuned!
Safe Harbor Marina Labor Day Celebration
Celebrate the Labor Day Holiday with Safe Harbor Marina. Music, Beer, & Food will be provided on the lawn. More details to follow
Sailing Race #4: September Regatta
Sailing Race #4: September Regatta
Stay tuned for more info.
Membership Meeting #5
Fifth Membership Meeting of the year! All HBYC members are requested to attend if available!
Social #5: A & F Dock
Our fifth and final social will be hosted by A & F Docks. Food, theme, and entertainment details will be provided soon! Stay tuned for details.
AYC Bus Trip Visit to HBYC
Our AYC Friends from Perrysburg Boat Club and Lakefront Yacht Club will come and visit on their bus trip.
Stop by the clubhouse to help throw them a mini welcome party!
HBYC AYC "Pirates" Bus Trip
HBYC and All Ports Yacht Club join together to visit 3 of our AYC Clubs onboard a fancy bus! We’ll be spending 2 Hours at each club, (Cooley Canal YC, Riverview YC and Maumee River YC). Each club will welcome us and provide a spread of food, as well as a cash bar. It’s a great time, and you should join us!
Hotel discount at the Comfort Inn on Rt. 250 if you’d like to stay overnight! Contact Rick Billheimer for all the details!
2nd Annual Safe Harbor Sandusky Marina Open House
Come out and help represent HBYC on the Marina’s open house day! Doors to the clubhouse will be open to the public, and may be a great chance to meet some prospective new club members. If you can make it, please try and be there!
AYC 2024 Ball
We have limited tickets (25) for the upcoming AYC Commodore’s Ball on February 16 -18 weekend in Romulus, Michigan. The tickets are $50 per person. A ticket is good for a single person at $50 or a couple at $100. That covers entrance to the whole weekend of live music and hospitality suites. This is a very fun weekend, snacks and booze are included for both nights. The hotel reservations and parking are your responsibility, a link to hotels will be provided in mid-November. Price is expected to be about $160 per night. There is the main hotel and two overflow hotels next door. Parking at the hotel(s) will be $5 per night. NOTE: Currently Expedia has one of the overflow hotels The Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Romulus at $131 per night.
If you are interested, please let me know. I will need the name of the ticket holder and guest and a check/cash to cover the cost of the ticket. Checks are to be made out to AYC (Associated Yacht Clubs) (not HBYC). Send your money in to reserve your spot by November 25th. There is another ticket turn-in happening in December, but that would be a special drive that we’d need a volunteer for.
Email Rick Billheimer if you want to be on the list.
Mail Checks by the Nov 25 due date to Rick Billheimer 5938 CR 279, Vickery, OH 43464 to make everything official!
HBYC Winter Rendezvous
It's that time of year where we are missing our yacht club friends and what better way to see them in the cold winter months than our fun winter rendezvous February 2nd-4th!
To get registered please check your email and fill out the registration form that was included in the message, and send with your payment to Sean by Jan 15th. You also need to book your own hotel room with code: harborbay with Sawmill Creek. (https://www.sawmillcreekresort.com/hotel-deals-discounts)
We will send out an exact itinerary soon but here is a snapshot of what is going on: Friday night an appetizer get together. Saturday morning we will have some fun speakers in one of the meeting rooms. Saturday night come dressed as your favorite Hollywood Star: for an example: James Dean you can wear a t-shirt and some jeans or Marilyn Monroe and come dressed up or down in one of her outfits or dresses. We will do the change of watch ceremony, dinner, and dancing with DJ Scott. Sunday morning you are on your own .
Can't wait to see everyone there!
Social #5: Dock Wars D & A docks
Dock Wars Continues!
Our fifth social will be sponsored by D & A Docks. Get your 1980’s outfits back out, and come with us “Back to the 80’s!”
This will also be a fundraising event for the youth sailing education.
Entertainment will be provided by Venyx LTE. Venyx is one of the PIB Beer Barrel Saloon’s house bands, LTE is a three person version of the full band. Great tunes and a great time to be had!
Membership Meeting #5
Join us for our fifth and final HBYC Membership Meeting. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Meeting time begins at 5PM at the Clubhouse.
Sailing Race #4: Youth Sailing Education Benefit
Our final sailing race of the season, to benefit Youth Sailing Education.
This race will be held in the Sandusky Bay with the course being designated by our Racing Director.
More details will be posted on our Racing Page, so stay tuned.
Cruise #8: Vermilion
Join the HBYC on our final cruise of the year for Labor Day Weekend.
Vermilion is a picturesque town located on the Vermilion River. Sightsee the beautiful lagoons, enjoy the beach, browse charming shops, and eat at great restaurants.
There is a Friday and Saturday departure date, but a combined total of 30 boats. We will be docking at the Vermilion Water Works docks, with additional overflow/larger boats at McGarvey’s Landing (next to Quaker Steak & Lube).
Sandusky Sailing Club: Sandusky Islands Race
Sandusky Sailing Club: Sandusky Islands Race / Leukemia Cup
Stay tuned for more information to be posted.
Cruise #7: Huron Boat Basin
Our 7th cruise is headed to the Huron Boat Basin!
Shopping, good food, great beach, and friendly faces. Perhaps Dinner at the Huron Yacht Club, and watching Eddie and the Edsels playing at the amphitheater.
Visit our Cruising page for more information on how to join us!
Social #4: Dock Wars F & Outside Docks
Dock Wars Continues!
Our fourth social will be sponsored by F & Outsider Docks.
Membership Meeting #4
Join us for our fourth HBYC Membership Meeting. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Meeting time begins at 5PM at the Clubhouse.
Sailing Race #3: Cruisers Fun Race 2
HBYC Cruisers Fun Sailing Race #3, to be held in Sandusky Bay. Course to be determined by Racing Director. Stay tuned for more updates!
Garden Cleanup Party
All are welcome to the Garden Party to be held this Saturday, August 12th, at 10:00am. The goal is to clean up the front flower beds and cut down or pull out the weeds on the side and back if the building.
Please bring your work clothes and gloves and implements of destruction. (Rakes, hoes, shovels. etc). There will be free beer upon completion.
Thank you,
The Building Committee
Extended Cruise #6: Western Lake Erie
Join us on week 2 of our Extended Cruise!
Ports of Pelee Island Canada, Toledo Yacht Club, Safe Harbor Toledo Beach, Put In Bay Yacht Club and then back to Safe Harbor Sandusky.
Visit our Cruising Page for more information.
I-LYA Sailing Regatta
Join the HBYC sailors at the 130th Annual I-LYA Sailing Regatta at Put In Bay!
Races and Events scheduled all weekend. Races, games, food, and of course, entertainment and beverages.
Regatta Registration: Click Here
Deepwater Registration: Click Here
Extended Cruise #5: Mid-Eastern Lake Erie
Join us on week 1 of the HBYC Extended Cruising Trip!
Ports of Lorain, Cleveland, Mentor Harbor, Erieau Canada, and Pelee Island Canada!
More details on our Cruising Page.
I-LYA Powerboat Regatta @ Put in Bay
Powerboaters unite!
The 130th Annual I-LYA Powerboat Regatta will be hosted at Put In Bay from Wednesday July 26-Sunday July 30th. The event hosts docking competitions, races, games, food, and of course, entertainment and beverages.
Sandusky Iron Man 70.1 Triathlon Assistance
Sandusky hosts the Ironman 70.1 Triathlon. One of the events is swimming in the bay, and they are always looking for volunteers to help. This will usually involve the use of personal kayaks to help keep the swimmers safe during the race.
Commodore Rick Billheimer and Lady Theresa volunteered last year and had a great time!
Check back here for more details as they become available!
Cruise #4: Middle Bass Island Music Fest
Join the HBYC on their most well attended cruise of the season, to Middle Bass Island! In 2022, we had 35 boats!
The Middle Bass Island Music Festival is a great event held on Saturday featuring live music acts, food trucks, and just a general good time for all.
Cruise details will be provided on our Cruising Page, so check back there for more details!
Social #3: Summer Steak Dinner - Dock Wars B/C Dock & Luther T
Dock Wars Continues!!
Our third social is sponsored by B & C Dock.
Membership Meeting #3
Join us for our third HBYC Membership Meeting. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Meeting time begins at 5PM at the Clubhouse.
Sailing Race #2: Race in the Bay for Stein Hospice
Our second and most attended sailing race of the year, the Race in the Bay for Stein Hospice!
Race is held in Sandusky Bay, with the course being determined by our Racing Director the day of race.
This race and social event is also a fundraiser for Stein Hospice, the local Sandusky Hospice care facility.
More details will be posted on our Racing Page, so stay tuned.
Cruise #3: Leamington, Canada
Our third cruise takes us all the way north to the Canadian Mainland for the Canada Day holiday weekend!
Join us for a 4 day cruise at the beautiful Leamington Municipal Marina in the Ontario province. It’s renowned for outstanding facilities, excellent customer service, beautiful flowering gardens and waterfront park.
This cruise does require a valid passport, and there may be additional travel restrictions. Our Cruise Director will fill you in on all these details prior to the trip.
We also recommended flying the Canadian flag on your vessel as a courtesy while staying in the marina.
More information will be provided on our Cruising Page as it becomes available!
Social #2: Dock Wars E Dock & Babes in Black
Let the Dock Wars Begin!!
Our second social will be sponsored by E Dock. Taco Bar! Price is $7 per person. See the signup sheet at the clubhouse, or find an E-Docker to reserve your spot!
Entertainment will be provided by Babes in Black. This acoustic duo plays a great mix of hits. This is their 3rd performance here at HBYC, and are always a great time!