Erie Solo Challenge Starts Saturday

16 August 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Great Lakes Singlehanded Society perpetuates the sport of solo sailing on the Great Lakes. According to the Society, “It is one of the few organizations where no amount of money will purchase a membership – only by successfully completing a Port Huron to Mackinac, Chicago to Mackinac, Sault Ste. Marie to Duluth, the Lake Erie Solo Challenge, or the Lake Ontario 300 Solo Challenge is lifetime membership conveyed by the Society.

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On Saturday, 17 August 2019, the Lake Erie Solo Challenge places sixteen sailors on the starting line at 10am. The challenge begins off North Cape Yacht Club near Monroe, Michigan, and the fleet proceeds past Pelee Island, Ontario, eastward to a rounding of the Seneca Shoal Light near Buffalo, New York. Then, on to the finish off Presque Isle Harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania.

Russell Krock, from Granville, Ohio, a frequent visitor to the Put-in-Bay Mooring Field aboard a Shock 35, is among the devoted competitors. Russ kindly provides the following links for anyone interested in following the race:

I-LYA Powerboaters Revel with Dinghy Racing

8 August 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Superb Put-in-Bay weather blessed the I-LYA Powerboat members on an activity-filled day which included inflatable boat races!

I-LYA Powerboat

Put-in-Bay: Boats and More Boats!

7 August 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Put-in-Bay teems with amazing vessels this time of year. From the legendary Cantankerus fuel craft to thundering go-fast boats, from cruisers and sail-racers to play-time yachts, the sights are impressive!

Boaters Prepare!

7 July 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Lakeshore Flood Warning

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
347 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2019

...LAKESHORE FLOODING AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie and Sandusky.

* TIMING...Until 5 AM EDT Monday.

* LAKESHORE FLOODING...As of 3 AM, the water level at Toledo and
  Marblehead was 68 inches above low water datum. The combination
  of record high lake levels and a brief period of moderate
  northeast winds may result in greater wave action and lakeshore
  flooding along the western basin of Lake Erie today and tonight.
  The water level is expected to climb through the morning,
  peaking during the afternoon around 76 inches at Toledo and 72
  inches at Marblehead. High swimming risk from waves and
  dangerous currents for area beaches.


* SHORELINE IMPACTS...Flooding is expected along the immediate
  lakeshore. Beach and shoreline erosion is also possible.
  Rising water levels in marinas and waterways into the lake may
  also submerge docks and shoreline structures.

Put-in-Bay Mooring Field Offers Frequent Floater Benefit

6 July 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Put in Bay mooring Put-in-Bay Mooring Field, managed by Boardwalk Harbor Operations for the Put-in-Bay Port Authority, offers visitors a frequent floater benefit. Registrants who stay on a mooring ball five times earn a sixth visit for free. Service by Crosby Tugs with USCG licensed captains operate seven days a week at the boater’s convenience. Hail the captain on VHF channel ten (10) from 8am Monday through Friday, and from 7am Saturday and Sunday.

The mooring field is a beautiful and relaxing setting for Lake Erie boaters. Full details are available at Boardwalk Harbor Operations.

Taxis Audrey B, Stanley B,and Emily B

New Breakwall Going in at Park Place Boat Club

27 June 2019 Put-in-Bay Daily

Park Place Boat Club, at The Keys Put-in-Bay, secures additional protection for its members’ boats by placing a breakwall along floating Dock-A. The new addition alleviates safety issues arising from nor’easters at Put-in-Bay. Placement of iron cribs, scheduled for early spring, was postponed due to the unusual stormy pre-season. The Tug Eagle arrived the first week in June with a construction-crane barge.