Toledo Yacht Clubs Mills Cup Sailing Races! Originally started in 1907 as a test of sailing and navigational skills, the Mills Cup Race has evolved into the premier sailing race on Lake Erie. This annual race is unique in that the race is held at night. Since 1981, the Mills Cup race has begun at the [...]
Put-in-Bay News April 2018 News April 2018 starts with the Earth Day 2018 celebration. On Sunday, April 22, the Lake Erie Islands Conservancy will hold an Earth Day walk at the Scheeff East Point Preserve. Meet in the parking lot at 10 a.m. to learn about spring arrivals of our summer resident purple martins and tree [...]
Toledo Yacht Club Put-in-Bay Party weekend! The last spring weekend before the 2-night minimum stay policy goes into effect for the Put-in-Bay Hotels and Resorts! Join hundreds of Toledo Yachties on Friday, Saturday or for the whole weekend as they arrive on a chartered Jet Express Ferry Boats for a fun-filled weekend of great food, entertainment, [...]
Put-in-Bay Ohio News January 2018 As we start the New Year, there are a few things of interest we want to report about. It will be nice to have the Perry Peace Memorial Monument open to visitors this coming season. It won’t be until the renovation of the lower plaza will close the Monument again, so [...]
Coast Guard involved in Put-in-Bay Boat Accident- In last month’s Gazette, you may have read the article about the boat that ran aground on Buckeye Reef between Ballast Island and Buckeye Point. Sadly, groundings are not uncommon on our part of the lake, but each one was probably avoidable. I don’t like to criticize someone’s misfortune, [...]
Boating Accident, 7 boaters rescued off Buckeye Reef- Put-in-Bay Oktoberfest was uneventful except for a boat that ran onto the reef off Buckeye near Put-in-Bay Five adults and two children were rescued after the U.S. Coast Guard detachment in Detroit received a call that a 28-foot boat was stranded on Buckeye Reef off the tip of East [...]
The 3rd Annual Put-in-Bay Stargazing Cruise will take place on Thursday, August 10th at 8 p.m. Tickets prices are Adults $20 and Kids are $10. The cruise will leave from the downtown Put-in-Bay Miller Boat Line dock via Miller Boat Line. The stars will light up the sky as Put-in-Bay island resident, a retired teacher and astronomer [...]
July 14, 2017 - Put-in-Bay Algal Bloom — Western Lake Erie will likely experience a significant harmful algal bloom, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and its research partners. They say the bloom could potentially reach levels last seen in 2013 and 2014, though it will be smaller than the record Put-in-Bay Algal Bloom of [...]
On Friday evening, June 16th, A 19-year old was electrocuted at Put-in-Bay. Evan Currie, a sophomore Xavier University student from Dublin, OH, lost his life after being electrocuted shortly after the family boat, a 33’ Sea Ray Sundancer was tied up at its dock and plugged into shore power at Miller Marina on Bayview Ave. west [...]
Coast Guard Information about Put-in-Bay Boating. In last month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette I asked three questions about Put-in-Bay Boating: 1) What is “No Wake” speed? 2) While underway, who on board must wear a life vest? 3) Do you understand the Put-in-Bay Boating buoys and markers in and around Put-in-Bay Ohio? ANSWERS 1) When you pull into [...]
