Bachelor Bachelorette Weekend Number 1 April 7th & 8th At the beginning of each new summer season, the engaged ladies and gentlemen from the area bring their wedding Bachelor Bachelorette parties to Put-in-Bay. These fun and crazy weekends are popular with Bachelor Bachelorette parties because our hotels and reports permit single-night stays on weekends! The first [...]
Put-in-Bay Mardi Gras Weekend May 12th & 13th! In case you missed Mardi Gras week in New Orleans this February no need to fret, we've brought Mardi Gras to Put-in-Bay Ohio instead! You know a bunch your friends at Put-in-Bay are always down for a great party. Put-in-Bay celebrates an island-wide Mardi Gras weekend in May [...]
Put-in-Bay Powerboat Regatta 2023 The annual Put-in-Bay Powerboat Regatta will be the 130th anniversary of the Interlake Yachting Associations' annual Put-in-Bay Powerboat Regatta. Powerboats from all over Lake Erie come together at the Put-in-Bay Ohio Boat Docks. This fun-filled, family-oriented week kicks off on Tuesday night with a dinner held at the Put-in-Bay Yacht Club on [...]
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 [...]
With Loss of Ferry Service, Airline Is Put-in-Bay's Winter Lifeline With the recent stoppage of the Put-in-Bay Ferry Service, several hundred islanders living on South Bass Island known to most as Put-in-Bay, Ohio must now rely on an island airline transportation company for supplies including prescriptions, perishable food goods, and even the US Mail. To make [...]
The Perry Peace Memorial will open for the 2022 season on Saturday, May 16th, at 10 am with a musket firing demonstration by participants dressed in 1812 era uniforms. This year marks the 106th year of operation. The Perry Victory and International Peace Memorial monument was closed for the 2017 season while the monument underwent an [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary March 2021 Mon., March 1st - Tom Thanasiu takes one last iceboat ride before packing it up for the season. There’svopen water on the east side of the island, off East Point, looking out to Ballast Island and in front of Lonz Winery on Middle Bass. Tue., March 2nd - Doug Rank, from the [...]
Put-in-Bay Police Department Update 03/02/2021 PUT-IN-BAY — Put-in-Bay’s mayor Jessica Dress will recommend acting police Chief James Kimble take over as the full-time police chief. Mayor Dress said she will bring the matter to council for a vote during Tuesday’s scheduled village council meeting. The village has been interviewing potential applicants for a little over a [...]
Miami Vice Boat Visits Put-in-Bay For 5 great seasons, The Miami Vice Boat along with Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Phillip Michael James as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs entertained millions of Americans. The Miami Vice Boat visited Put-in-Bay and captured some great photos and video of Lake Erie. Million of Americans were entertained with the [...]
The 9th Annual Put-in-Bay 2017 Road Races Reunion held the last week of August can be summed up best by this comment. “It appears the word has gotten out about how cool this event is,“ said a frequent Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion participant as he drove off the incoming Put-in-Bay Ferry boat onto Ohio’s South Bass [...]
