50th Annual Windjammer Days Festival 2012 – A terrific opportunity for the BHODs to race in the inner harbor! The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club has been asked to organize and host a race for the Boothbay Harbor One Design fleet as part of the 50th Annual Windjammer Days Festival 2012 this June. The race will [...]
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Sailing and Racing Committee
Posted in Sailing on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
BHYC GMORA ad
Posted in Communications & Community Outreach, Sailing on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sailing and Racing Committee
Posted in Sailing on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Windjammer Days 2012 – A terrific opportunity for the BHODs to race in the inner harbor! The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club has been asked to organize and host a race for the Boothbay Harbor One Design fleet as part of the 50th Anniversary of Windjammer Days this June of 2012. The race is currently scheduled [...]
Sailing and Racing Committee
Posted in Sailing on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Sailing & Racing Committee has had two meetings and has focused on providing specific, task related support to each Committee involved with sailing and racing at BHYC. It appears that our sailing and racing activities have provided a great deal of fun for our members this season. The BHYC Regatta, part of the Gulf [...]
Thursday/Saturday Racing – June 16 & 18, 2011
Posted in Sailing, Thursday/Saturday Racing on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The racing started on a lovely Thursday evening, June 16. Winds were around 4 knots, died and shifted to the right, but built again to around 5 knots. We ran two fun races with Chuck Koch dominating the evening. Saturday races were planned for June 18, and we were ready to go!Unfortunately the fog and [...]
Summer Racing Season – More Fun in 2011
Posted in Sailing on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We are already planning for summer racing. Plans for 2011 include: More racing – Thursday racing starts on June 16 this year and Saturday racing starts June 18, so get your boat in the water early. More fun regattas – Mark your calendar: BHYC Regatta – July 23-24 Classic Boat Race – July 15 & [...]
More Learn to Sail Seminars in July
Posted in Sailing on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The June classes are full, but we have scheduled two more sessions: July 4, 6, 8 July 11, 13, 15 Each session is 3 days, from 9 am to 5 pm, and includes classroom training with lots of time on the water. The Learn to Sail seminars are intended for adults with limited (or no) [...]
Get Ready for Summer Boating
Posted in Sailing on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah! It’s almost summer. In Boothbay that means your boat is plopped into the water and it stays in the water all summer long. SUGGESTION – Do some checks and maintenance BEFORE the boat goes in the water; potentially saving some expensive and ill-timed repairs during the summer. Below are some quick suggestions for both [...]
Sailing and Racing Committee
Posted in Sailing on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yacht Club Summit sponsored by US Sailing Jim Matel, Club Manager, and Eric Hakanson, Chair of the Sailing and Racing Committee, attended the first Yacht Club Summit sponsored by US Sailing, in Chicago, April 1 – 3. The event was attended by over 350 people from 200 Yacht Clubs and Associations in the US and [...]
Sailing and Racing Committee
Posted in Sailing on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Norton who, after loyally serving for a number of years as the BHYC representative to GMORA, volunteered that he is ready to hand off that responsibility. Bob highly recommended Bill Hunt to succeed him. Commodore McArtor agreed that given Bill’s interest, experience and enthusiasm for sailing, racing, and for BHYC, he is the right person to fill that position. Bill enthusiastically agreed to serve [...]
