Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club

The LHYC thanks all skippers who came out to yesterday's 2020 LHYC Edward Dole Memorial Stratford Shoal race today. Unfortunately, the breeze was not to show and we had do abandon racing. See you on the water?

Just another way to support our Lighthouse! Thank you!!

Long Island Sailors: You are invited to join the LHYC at the American Legion Post #360 this Wednesday at 2000 hrs for our Spring Speaker, Mike Hennessy, skipper of the Class 40 "Dragon". Mike will share his experiences in the recent Route du Rhum, Pineapple Cup, and Miami to Havana ocean races. $5 donation at the door. Cash bar available. Please respond to [email protected] if you are coming.

The 2018 LHYC Racing and Event Calendar is posted! http://lhyc.org/notices%/2018%20LHYC%20Event%20Calendar.pdf

Eight Bells for Bob Kendrick It is with great sadness that we inform the LHYC community of the passing of Robert Kendrick on 25th November 2018. Bob was a computer programmer, passionate sailor, racer, cruiser, Waukegan YC Member (Illinois), Masthead Cove YC Member, LHYC Member, Director & Fleet Measurer, YRA President, PHRF & Distance Committee Member, IRC Measurer. So we can say he has served the sailing community better than most, and he will be missed.... Memorial donations honoring Bob may be made to Rocking the Boat (rockingtheboat.org and https://give.classy.org/Kendrick), which teaches boat building and life skills to youth in the South Bronx.

Attention all LIS racing sailors: The LHYC Women Skippers race is a mere two weeks away on Sunday, July 23 at 1400 hrs. This event is open to members and non-members alike, but is not a YRA qualifier. A woman must be at the helm at all times while racing. We plan to have Spinnaker and Non-spinnaker divisions. Courses are either W/L or triangular or a mix of those, based on movable inflatable marks. Weight limits are waived for this event. Please register with your W/L rat...ing, with any weight credits removed. Following the race, there will be a raft-up at the cub mooring, so bring your dinner, snacks, and beverages. All details via the link below: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/14255 See you in Huntington Bay! Art Kelley, Fleet Captain, LHYC

Hello racers... Please note: the 2018 LHYC Stratford Shoal race registration has been extended to 1800 today. Come race with us! https://www.regattanetwork.com//applet_registration_form.p

Help our lighthouse stay lit!

Deadline extended! Please share.... and don't forget company matching... a way to double your donations!!

One of our members has a last minute opportunity for a week's rental for Block Island Race Week. If you are racin' or just spectatin', Block Island is a special place. Take a look at this post and take action soon!

Our contractor deadline of June 25 is fast approaching! Without additional funds of $180,000, work stops, setting back the significant progress we've made and costing at least $45,000 more to restart the much needed foundation repair. We've come too far to stop here...... The time to donate and help is NOW. Many hands make light work! PLEASE share this link with friends, family, and all around you via whichever method works for you - email, facebook, instagram, snapchat or even good old fashioned phone, snailmail, or face-to-face! Customize your share with your own photos and stories on what the lighthouse means to you. If you're Tweeting, you'll have to keep it short and sweet, you know the deal. To help us reach out to all, we have teamed up with Crowdrise, the GoFundMe site for 501-3c charities (yes you'll get a receipt!). Thank you again and let's get this done so she can shine for another 100 years! https://www.crowdrise.com/huntington-li//leighsterflinger1

10th Musicfest... let's all go out an show our support!

For those who are not subscribed to our LHYC Members & Affiliates page.... The LHYC Commodore’s Cup is scheduled for Friday evening, June 24. This is a fun event with a Racing class and a Cruising class. Those of you who don’t typically race Wednesday nights or in our other open events, and sail with cruising sails (no carbon, Kevlar, or Mylar laminated high-tech sails) are invited to participate in the cruising class. I think by now you all know who you are. If you don’t h...ave a PHRF rating and want to join, please reach out to our fleet measurer, Bob Kendrick [email protected] and he will help you out. The course is simple; From Nun 2 of Lloyd Harbor, Flasher 1 off Sand City, and Bell 8 Target rock. Clockwise or counter-clockwise at the RC’s discretion. Start time 1900. See the SI for specifics. This is a fun family event, so bring the spouses, kids, and significant others, and plan to hang out at the club mooring afterward. There are no weight limits, so racers please leave your weight adjustments at home. This is our official June membership meeting, so come one, come all. Raft-up is likely to begin around 2000 for anyone wanting to join but not race. In fact, fell free to warm up the LHYC mooring before we get there! The event documents are already posted and FREE registration is open! You can find the link at LHYC.org, or directly at http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/12792#_home We look forward to seeing you there, Art Kelley Fleet Captain Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club [email protected]

Lloyd Harbor's new RC boat - great ride!

Its that time of year again. Bring your boat, family and crew to the 50th Commissioning of the Lloyd Harbor YC. Please bring your favorite beverages and snacks to enjoy and your burgee to hoist for the season. Festivities start on Monday May 30 at approximately 1400 hrs. with Ceremony at 1500 hrs. Look for our committee boat Red Kite which should be on station at the LHYC mooring. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Reggae Jazz Ensemble starts at 7 tonight. Bring your crews and let's throw down the Hammer! ... 7:00 pm at the Harbor Boating Club West Shore Road in Huntington.

The Dread returns to compete for The Case! Come join the LHYC and other LIS clubs as we memorialize our friend Jeff Hammer. His crew and family will be back in our waters this season, so come on out!

Next weekend marks the Lloyd Harbor YC’s first major event of the year, the Race for the Case, where at stake is a case of rum for the overall winner! The event is also a qualifier for the Gitana, Sappho, Competitors, Kings Point, Caper & Mertz, and North Sails Huntington Bay Boat of the Year Trophies. That is a lot of reasons to join us for this event. If you need more reasons, there will be a Skipper’s meeting Friday night at 1900 hrs. at the Harbor Boating Club* in Hunt...ington to celebrate the life of recently departed Jeff Hammer, who many of you will remember as the owner of Dreadlocks, frequently found at the front of his division. I understand there will be a reggae band and of course refreshments. Skippers, crew, crew’s families, and friends of Jeff Hammer are all invited. Copies of Sailing Instructions and Scratch Sheets will be available at this event. If you need even more reasons, there will be a reception at Huntington Yacht Club+ following racing on Saturday with food and a keg of beer included. Still not convinced? How about a bottle of rum for each yacht following racing on Saturday? Still need more reasons? How about simply two days of fun, highly competitive racing? There will be a J/80 one design division, a sport boat division, a Jib and Main division, and at least two spinnaker divisions. If the mix of entrants changes significantly in the next few days, we reserve the right to rebalance the divisions to make them even more interesting. The early, discounted entry fee is available through Sunday night, and entries will be accepted through Wednesday at 1800 hrs. Event documents and registration are available here or through the LHYC.ORG web site. Event locations: *Harbor Boating Club, 323 West Shore Rd. Huntington, NY +Huntington Yacht Club, 95 East Shore Rd, Huntington, NY

Summer Series - 10 Wednesday Nights starting May 18 Race for the Case - May 21&22, 2016 Huntington Bay Championship Regatta - June 4, 2016 visit www.LHYC.org for more information.

Come and join us June 1st for a great show and support the Lighthouse!

Chateau at Coindre Hall

5 more days only to RSVP to the 50th Anniversary Celebration - deadline is noon on Friday April 8th. Contact [email protected] for questions or reservations.

2016 BVI Sailing Festival... Solstice (Jordan Mindich's boat) skippered by Bryan Coon with Paul Eliea on board - racing against new member Brian Nixon on Spike. http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_detail.cfm Go get 'em!

Today we are opening up our 50th Anniversary Event to the dedicated crew of our members (& a guest), as well as to yacht owners that have raced with Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club for many years. Please contact Leigh at [email protected] if you are interested and send $95pp payment to LHYC PO Box 60, Huntington NY 11743. There will be no tickets at the door!

Folks, there is still time to register for the LHYC Katrina and CYC Winkle Cups -- THIS WEEKEND! Run, don't walk over to the registration page and get your boat out on the starting line this Saturday morning. A great BBQ follows at Centerport YC, so please let us know how many of you will be coming. See you on the water!... http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/11151

Come join the LHYC and other local clubs in a race benefiting the Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society.. Tomorrow, 5th September at 1900. Pursuit-style race, once around the triangle in Huntington Bay, with a raft-up to follow. Check the registration site for more info...... (Note: tomorrow's race will be scored separately from the other Friday Night races) See you on the water! http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10687#_home

Aerials from the Sail Ahead: Healing Wounded Veterans through Sailing event last week!

Come on friends! See you there on Saturday 5 September..? https://m.facebook.com//a.5765898557038/1125520574144151/

As our 2015 Racing season continues with our halfway point in the Wednesday Sunset Series, we've been blessed with good breeze on weekday evenings. This is an August very few of us are complaining about! Now please note this: Our friends at the Huntington Light Preservation Society, you know, the folks that have brought you the Lighthouse Music Festival since 2006, need your help to run this event. First, they need some strong volunteers with great spirit to help load sound e...quipment onto boats so it can be ferried to the Light, and then installed around the light. You know, the kind of work roadies do, with the difference being that it's on the water! Second, their Teens On The Water volunteer program, which provides community service, is looking for small powerboats, RIBs, whalers or similar craft, to deliver party favors and collect donations from the attendees in Lloyd Harbor and the area around the lighthouse. Both of these needs are essential for the Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society to bring us the much-acclaimed Musicfest. Will you help them? Good! Please see the comments section for more details.

Dear LHYC Members and Friends... Please join our neighbors at the Masthead Cove YC as they hold their 2015 Masthead Race THIS SUNDAY..! Come out to race and celebrate the event at the Wyncote YC in Huntington immediately following. Details on the attached graphic.... Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, LHYC

Wednesday Night Racing Area, circa 1903...

Hey folks! our neighbors over at Masthead Cove YC are holding their annual charity event, the Masthead Race, on 16 August. Come out and join the fun in Huntington Bay and beyond!

Next up, this SUNDAY: The 2015 LHYC Women Skippers' Race. Ladies, come show the boys how it's done! Registration via this link: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10887

Next up: the midsummer casual Women Skippers Race! Head on over to the registration site and show the boys how it's done! http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10887

Well folks, what started out stormy, then soupy and then breezy for a few hopeful minutes, and then died, later turned into an excellent Stratford Shoals Race! Our dear friend Ed Dole would have smiled at the mishaps and close calls in the early-stage slow motion downwind ballet as our Race Committee started the fleet. In this the 43rd running of the Lloyd Harbor YC's Stratford Shoals race, now named in Ed's memory, we had an excellent showing by boats from the Huntington and... Long Island Sound areas. When the Southerly filled in the fleet was still pretty compressed due to a large bubble of warm air parked over the Sound, so there were good visual references to gauge one's progress toward the light. As the boats rounded the light more than one fisherman was kind enough to move so the racers could pick their way around the shallows and prepare to beat home. The only substantive change in positions we noticed on the beat home was Dave Largey's Hobie 33 C'EST LA VIE, rolling no fewer than 7 boats to leeward, including a Frers 33, two S2's, a Baltic 38, a J/80, a Bene 36.7, and an Ericson 39. That little boat can move! As the finishing RC brought the boats home, the finishers would correct into their respective places: Division 1, Double-Handed, the order would be local champs Phil Walters and Glenn Suss's J/80 BLUR, Adrian Little's Jeanneau 3600 HELIOS, and local heroes Bob and June Kendrick's Frers 41 PALANTIR. Division 2, Jib-and-Main's podium would be filled with all local Huntington Bay talent-- Jack Posner's Hunter 34 JUMPING JACK FLASH, Mike Sterflinger's KISMET IV, and Dan Corcoran's Bene-393 BREEZE PLEEZE. In Division 3, the top 3 boats would correct within 8 minutes of each other, in this order: Bob Siegel's J/109 PAX (despite her bumper-boat start!), Christian Kramer's C-32 SIX BROTHERS, and our own Past Commodore Bob Carballal's J/100 DAY TRIPPER. Finally, in Division 4, the order would be led by LHYC Member Kieran Glackin's J/105 TEAM NOT SHAKEDOWN, Past LHYC Commodore Joe Scarpulla's J/105 TRIFECTA, and local champion Rich Corell's Loki III. On behalf of the LHYC's Officers and Board, I extend my thanks to our Regatta Committees led by Jay Meyer and Bill Maher, and all the competitors in this most excellent day of Lloyd Harbor YC Racing. Fair winds, Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, LHYC

Is your boat on this list? Well, if not... Get on it! Register now... Early discount valid through 2000 today... http://www.regattanetwork.com/c/applet_registrant_list.php

Another great video from T2PTV, re-capping the 2015 BIRW. LHYC skippers Rave, Rave and Willis are featured and there is great onboard footage as well as the exciting downwind leg of the Around Block Island race on Day 2. Be sure to watch in HD! https://youtu.be/FeI6dDKDbik

Local champion Chris Schneider and crew! http://issuu.com/windch/docs/birw_news_final_2015/c/sck18pe

LIS Racers: the 43rd Annual Edward Dole Memorial Stratford Shoals Race is coming up on 18th July...! Run, don't walk, to the signup page and come race with LHYC!! http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10800

Great videos from BIRW & Sailing World... Check it out, find your boat in the videos? Comment and let us know which and in what video! http://www.sailingworld.com/block-island-race-week-videos

After a perfect week for sailing, Block Island Race Week is over. In today's BI times, the cover photo shows two J/44s being led by Lloyd Harbor YC member Don Rave's RESOLUTE. In all, there were 170 yachts racing in 15 divisions, and LHYC had 7 entries in five of those divisions. Four LHYC yachts finished in the top four positions and two, Jeff Willis's CHALLENGE and Chris Schneider's RASCAL, came in first place. More updates to follow...

This year LHYC is proud to be represented by no fewer than seven entries in the Block Island Race Week starting Monday 22nd June. We wish the skippers and crews of the yachts BRILLIANT, CHALLENGE IV, ORION, RASCAL, RESOLUTE, RUMOR & SHAKEDOWN well and will be toasting their efforts at the various watering holes. Additionally, local boat LOKI 3 will be on the line with LHYC and Harbor Boating Club sailors aboard. Be sure to follow their adventures on Yachtscoring and on the race website!

Dear LHYC Members and Friends, We are almost there... this weekend will see an historic regatta take place in our local waters. In 1894 the By Laws of the Huntington YC called for three annual regattas to be held. The Huntington Day Race is one of them, and it has been held annually for 120 years. Saturday will mark the 121st year and it will be followed by the 49th annual running of the Lloyd's Trophy.... Although we are now working on the scratch sheet and last minute revisions to the SIs, there is still time to register! We have extended the early registration discount until tomorrow midnight. If you enter after the Scratch is published, then please announce accordingly to the RC. There will be two divisions, Spinnaker and Jib-and-Main. We have a competent RC crew from the yachts RIFT and SURPRISE, and HYC members Hank and Claire Krussman are kindly providing their yacht LADY CLAIRE as the regatta's signal boat. The weather promises to be just lovely with a southerly breeze at 6-12Kt. And all racers and guests are welcome at HYC for a post-race BBQ. The fee is $20 per person. So, what say ye... Will you join us on the water? It's not too late-- in fact last night one shiny red 36-footer joined the fleet for Summer Series... perhaps she'll be on the line Saturday..? You are probably thinking of the projects you have left to do before you start racing again... well, I'll let you get to them, but first go to the link above and register for this weekend's regatta! Best, Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, LHYC Trivia Contest: If you are the first person to identify the names and history behind the other two HYC Annual Regattas, there is a cocktail with your name on it.

Come on folks, let's get out there and join the longest-running event on the YRA of Long Island Sound regatta calendar-- The Huntington Day Race, this Saturday May 30th. It is the first race in the Huntington Bay Championship. Let's see you on the line! http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10381

Just like the LHYC Wednesday Night action! https://youtu.be/Jh1Jksxz4Ig

Great video of the first Summer Series Race - thank you Michael Olsen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP_F7WbI6hA

We had a great kickoff to the 2015 racing season with the Spring Series Race for the Case this past weekend. Special thanks to the visiting boats from Kings Point and Breakwater Irregulars, and especially for our PROs and RC volunteers, without whom we could not have held this event. The weather was a challenge on both days, but on Saturday we managed to get two races off after some initial postponement.... First race went off in fairly steady breeze but up the W/L course things got shifty and there were some lead changes. Because of launch schedules, the first division, in JAM, would consist of only two boats, Jumping Jack Flash and Veronica, and they would finish their course 1-2. In Spinnaker-2, the finishing order would have the three visiting boats from the USMMA, Sabotage, Santana and Sting in sequence, setting up a challenge for the local boats. In Spin-3, it would be local heroes Double Vision and Dreadlocks, followed by the new girl on the block, Tropique Sailing presents Mousse. Yes, folks that was the registered boat name! Race 2 would be a bit more straightforward, just once around, and with some boats having shaken their cobwebs and feeling like Summer again. However, a shifting wind made the downwind leg a close reach which favored heavily the windward side of the course. Finishing order for JAM-1 would be as in Race 1, Jumping Jack Flash and Veronica. Spin-2's finishing order would see the local boats shut out the cadets with Brilliant, Shakedown and Rift coming in 1-2-3. Spin-3 would see Tropique Sailing presents Mousse (yes, kids, that's still the name) earn a bullet, followed by Dreadlocks and Double Vision Sunday we enjoyed a lovely, albeit windless day on the Sound. After a postponement that saw the lunch hour come and go and the cocktail hour almost arrive, the brave RC put out a tiny course and the boats were expecting some slow motion ballet. Jam-1 got a slow start upwind and had almost rounded by the time the other two divisions were trying to start with their spinnakers up! Alas, the shifted breeze would not hold and racing was abandoned around 1400. The "racing" wrapped up, the boats put away, and most of the participation gifts awarded, the LHYC Officers and volunteers called it a day and some even wrapped up a beautiful Sunday with lovely meals and well-deserved naps in shady corners of Long Island. Come join us in our Summer Series-- 10 days of weeknight racing May thru late July! Registration and details on the club website... Yours truly, Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, LHYC

Get that boat ready and join us for two days of quality racing! May 16th & 17th, at the LHYC Spring Series Race for the Case. Details via this link: https://www.facebook.com/raceforthecase

Hello LHYC folks.. hope your pre-season launching activities are going well! Here on Northern Long Island we're getting ready for our kickoff event, the LHYC Spring Series Race for the Case(see links below) and want you to join us on the water in just two weeks! Let's get those boats out there!

Hello racing sailors on LIS... Our calendar of events is now posted. Click on the link below stick a copy on the fridge and in the office so everyone knows when and where your priorities lie! http://lhyc.org/notices%/2015%20LHYC%20Event%20Calendar.pdf... See you on the water!

Water Quality Presentation at Northport Yacht Club tonight

Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society Huntington Harbor Parade of Lights For Immediate Release... We are sorry to report that, due to some upcoming work that will be taking place in Huntington Harbor, the 2014 Huntington Lighthouse Boat Parade/Parade of Lights has been cancelled. Tugboats, barges and ancillary vessels are presently positioning themselves into Huntington Harbor to begin a long awaited dredging project, and additional vessels will be soon be arriving to start the rebuilding of the bulkheads in Halesite. These vessels will impede the channel at the south end of the harbor, making it impossible to navigate safely through the parade route. There is no safe alternate route. Safety on the waterfront is our first and foremost concern, and while we are disappointed that we can’t celebrate this event this year, we are excited about the improvements to our beautiful harbor and promise to make the 2015 Boat Parade better and more exciting than ever. We extend our heartfelt wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to the entire Huntington community and we thank you for your understanding and, as always, your great spirit and continued support! Best wishes, Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society

Dear LIS Racers, On Saturday, October 11th the Lloyd Harbor YC and Masthead Cove Yacht Clubs are hosting the season finale in Huntington Bay. Come out to our Fall Series and get some tune-in time before the final events on Long Island Sound! Registration is now open at ... http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/8208 and we will be posting race documents shortly. See you on the water! Cesar Vallejos, Fleet Captain, LHYC James Gerakaris, Fleet Captain, MCYC

Dear LIS Racers, On Saturday, September 20th, our friends over at Centerport Yacht Club are hosting the 34th Annual Vanderbilt Cup, memorializing one of our most avid resident yachtsmen, William K. Vanderbilt II. Come join the CYC and LHYC fleets on the race course, and later at the exceptional venue they have secured for the post-race festivities: the courtyard at the always enchanting Eagle's Nest-- the Vanderbilt Mansion overlooking Northport Bay. Do not miss this great op...portunity to race in our great waters and celebrate in one of the region's most remarkable homes! Please head over to the CYC website below for registration and further details. All racers, crews and their guests are welcome! Details on the link below: http://www.centerport-yc.org/Default.aspx See you on the water! Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, Lloyd Harbor YC [email protected]

Dear LIS Racers, In just one week the Lloyd Harbor YC and Centerport YC are hosting the annual Katrina and Winkle Cups. These two races take place just outside Huntington Bay and comprise some of the best Fall Racing in the area. Register your boat, get your crew and come join us at CYC for a great BBQ afterwards. Plenty of guest moorings available. Details below:... http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/9077

LHYC Members and Crew take note... Registration now open at http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/9029#_home See ya on the water!

Dear LHYC Members, Friends and Racers, The LHYC Summer Series continues this Wednesday Night June 4th, with Kevin Coneys and the Crew of Perseverance serving as Race Committee. Although we expect somewhat calm air at race time, we expect a lively atmosphere at Northport YC after racing, where we will be gathering to do scoring, tell tall tales and quench our collective thirst. NYC will be providing the racers and guests complimentary pasta and will be accepting cash and credi...t cards. Please be sure to bring your crews and guests! Best regards, Cesar Vallejos Fleet Captain, LHYC