Greetings HBYC members –

I wanted to provide an update on the Socials, Racing and Cruises for this year. As you can well imagine, given these challenging times, we have had to re-think and re-vamp the activities that we had planned for the year, given the continuing concerns about COVID 19. Although we can continue to do the racing with some relatively small modifications, the other two, cruising and socials have had to change quite a bit.

Cruising - I think the most disappointing thing for me personally is not being able to go to Canada. At this point in time, if we went to Canada, we would have a mnandatory two week quarantine. So I don’t know about you, for as much as I love travelling to Canada, that would be quite a commitment and one that I cannot do. Additionally, we didn’t feel that travelling to Michigan would be the best thing to do either, given that Detroit was such a hot-spot for the virus. However, all the other cruises remain intact and I encourage you to get in contact with our Cruising Director and make reservations. Click here to see the latest: 5/26 Cruising Update

Socials - As far as the socials go, we have been struggling to imagine how to have a social and remain physically “socially distant.” Genie, our Social Director, has been hard at work trying to navigate all the obstacles thrown at her this year. So, for the first social, we are having a Zoom meeting. Please see the information already posted on the Website regarding this. She has found a compelling speaker and it looks to be a very interesting presentation! I would assume that a lot of you are already familiar with Zoom meetings. They certainly have become popular recently, for better or for worse. There will NOT be a sanctioned social after the membership meeting and Zoom presentation. We have not yet been able to create a scenario that allows us to work within the parameters set up by the State of Ohio regarding social gatherings and remaining “socially distant” as Russ has already mentioned in his previous post. Stay tuned, however, we are going to remain optimistic that this will change for the better as the season progresses. In the meantime, we will play the hand we were dealt.

Stay safe and healthy!

Rear Commodore, Janell Lundgren