Change of Watch Ceremony

I hope you all are safe and well these days.  As the previous news announcement noted, due to COVID 19 restrictions, the HBYC 2021 Winter Rendezvous was canceled.  We will conduct the “Change of Watch” ceremony via a Zoom meeting format on January 30, 2021 starting at 2pm.  Please tune in if you can.  Use the following Zoom meeting link to join the ceremony:

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Marcks, Russell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HBYC CoW
Time: Jan 30, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
THE ZOOM INFO WILL BE SENT BY EMAIL.

If you have any questions/comments, call/text me at 937-623-2762.

We will have a brief Trustees’ meeting prior to the ceremony.  More information about this year’s activities, including a calendar, will be sent out soon.

Regards,

Tim Kemerley

Commodore

Change of Watch Plans

January 2021

Greetings from the Rear Commodore, 

I hope this note finds you all healthy in the new year.  I just wanted to give an update regarding the Change of Watch Ceremony and provide a request for those that want to be in virtual attendance to SAVE THE DATE of  January 30th, 2021 at 2 pm.   We will be doing the Ceremony and the trustees meeting via Zoom.  There will be a more formalized invitation to the Ceremony in a couple of weeks,  along with the agenda for the trustee’s meeting. 

 Any questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to reach out.  

 Best regards to all, 

Janell - Rear Commodore

WINTER RENDEZVOUS UPDATE

Greetings from the Rear Commodore~ 

Well, we have been putting off making a decision about whether the Winter Rendezvous will take place in January, 2021 or not.   We have been waiting to see how the State of Ohio would be handling large gatherings as well as the trajectory of cases of COVID -19 with the hopes that case numbers would be trending downward.   Given what we know now, I’m sure that I don’t have to tell you that January 2021 will not be a good month for us to get together, much to my (and I would suspect yours as well) disappointment.  We had some fun things planned and some in the works with the hope that the Winter Rendezvous at the Mohican Lodge would be like it has been in years past, a wonderful time for friends to get together to reminisce about the previous seasons and to look forward to another awesome season of sailing/boating

 As it stands now, we will moving our reservation at the Mohican Lodge back a year to January 2022.  Rick Billheimer, our incoming Rear Commodore, will be in charge of that and I know that he has some great ideas already.

We will be going forth with the Change of Watch Ceremony on that weekend, but as I write this, we are not sure what format that will be in.  That remains a work in progress.

I hope that each and everyone of you have a wonderful holiday season, filled with love, loved ones and gratitude for all that we have been blessed with, even during difficult times such as these.

Happy Holidays!

Janell
Rear Commodore, HBYC

Winter Rendezvous Plans

Greetings from the Rear Commodore!

I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the mild fall weather.   Our boats are out of the water and I’m sure everyone is dreaming about the next season…hopefully, by then, everything will be back to “normal.”   

I want to thank everyone for your understanding and patience last season with regard to the socials,  raffles, etc.   We definitely had to change things up because of the limitations of social distancing and gatherings of large crowds indoors.    We did an awesome job in raising money for some excellent causes despite our limitations.  Genie, Larry and Doug did an excellent job in Socials, Racing and Cruising and their hard work is very much appreciated.  It is so important to have volunteers step up to the plate and offer to help in this way.  An organization like ours does not function without the help of dedicated volunteers.  

I wanted to give everyone an update about the current plans for the Winter Rendezvous.  We have reserved the Mohican Lodge ( www.discovermohican.com) for the last weekend in January (29th-31st) 2021.   This year’s theme is the psychedelic 60’s and the decade of the 1970’s.  I have been in touch with the Visitors Bureau to come up with some fun activities.   I have been in touch with a DJ to play our favorite 60’s-70’s music. (I don’t know about you, but I don’t even have to buy a costume for this one, I have things in my closet that will work!)  The Big Question is…what January 2021 will look like in terms of people being able to gather indoors in large groups.  We all know how much 2020 has been a challenge.   If we have to cancel due to restrictions or lack of comfort of participants coming to an event like this, so be it.  We will save it for 2022.  Fortunately, the Lodge is very understanding of the circumstances and we will let this play out for as long as we can.  But I wanted to put it on your radar so that you can be thinking about it.   

If anyone has any comments,  suggestions or questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at lundgren.janell@gmail.com.  In the meantime, stay safe, stay well, and stay optimistic!  This too shall pass.

Your Rear Commodore, Janell

PS-  This upcoming year, we will be offering yoga classes on the same day as the socials/membership meetings, as per Rick Billheimer’s (the incoming RC) request.  For those of you who are unaware, I have been in training this last year to become an instructor and I look forward to leading a beginner’s yoga class with anyone who is interested. 

Welcome New Members

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 .

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Robby’s Voice Raffle

Hello HBYC Members!  

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 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.  

Janell I Need raffle tickets

You can also call Me at 513-404-2083.

Thanks,  Janell 

Rear Commodore

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Robby’s Voice Regatta Slated for September 12th

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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