Sailboats or boats that draw 4′ or more need to proceed with caution in the channel. Depths of 4.5′ (hard packed, not silt) have been reported near the channel buoy closest to the SW corner of the BCYC wall with WSW winds at approx. 8 knots. Winds from the North help the depth a little but may not be present when you are navigating the channel. Please use extreme caution when entering or leaving the channel.

Due to inclement weather, the working party scheduled for this Saturday (Oct. 14th) at 10:00 am has been postponed until Saturday Oct. 21st at 10:00 am.

The following schedule will be reviewed on an annual basis by the BOD and amended as needed.

SSYC ANNUAL CALENDAR

JANUARY

No Activities

FEBRUARY

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

MARCH

March 5 – Annual Invoices Mailed to Shareholders

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

APRIL

April 1 – Gates Open – No Utilities

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

Third Saturday – Club Opens for Season, Utilities Turned On

Fourth Saturday – Annual Shareholders Meeting 9:00, SSYC Community Room

MAY

Second Tuesday– Board Meeting

May 15 – Annual Assessment Payment Due – Late Fee of $25 per month Starts

May 15 – Channel Sounded and Entrance Channel Bouys Deployed

JUNE

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

June 15 – Annual Assessment with Late Fee Due

JULY

No Activities

AUGUST

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

Second Saturday 5:30 pm – Annual Picnic, SSYC Community Room Peninsula

SEPTEMBER

Second Saturday – Winter Dock Height Set

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

OCTOBER

October 1 – Notify Membership of Which Docks Need to be Raised

Second Tuesday – Board Meeting

Second Saturday – Water Turned off, Restrooms Locked, Raising of Remaining Docks, Picnic Tables Put Away, Winterization of Equipment

NOVEMBER

November 1 – Late Payment Fee of $500 Added to Annual Assessment

November 1 – Locks Changed to All Gates Except Main Gate

November 15 – SSYC Closed for the Season – Electric Turned Off, All Gates Locked, All Boats Must Be Removed from Club

DECEMBER

December 1 – Final, Annual Assessment, Late Fee Invoice Sent to Shareholder and 30-day Clock Begins

December 31 – Non-Payment Share is Returned to SSYC for Sale

Select the link for a printable document – SSYC Annual Schedule

Winter dock height has been determined. Please measure your dock and compare to the top deck boards of SSYC’s slip 180. Your slip can be up to 10″ lower than slip 180 but not more than 10″. Higher is better. It is the slip owners responsibility to adjust their slip or make arrangements to have the slip adjusted in preparation for winter. Please note that this needs to be done prior to the club closing the last weekend of October.

Please note that the water will be turned off around the middle of October. SSYC officially closes the last weekend of October and the gates will be locked in November. Please make arrangements to have your boat out of the slip by the end of October.

BOAT HANDLING COURSE
American’s Boating Club of Saginaw Bay (formally called the Saginaw Bay Sail & Power
Squadron) will offer a Boat Handling course October 2023. The course meets for two hours (7-
9 PM), once a week for six weeks at the Bay Landscaping, 1630 SE Boutell Rd. Essexville.
Classes are Wednesdays 10/11/23 – 11/15/22 at 7 PM. Cost: $70/person or $85/ couple
sharing a textbook. The classroom setting encourages extensive dialog in which the instructor
can transfer much of his or her boating experience to the student.
Individuals with a potential interest are requested to reply to Craig Murchison, 989-295-0810,
cbmurch2@gmail.com, expressing their interest.

For more info please click on the following link : Fall Boat handling Course

Please note that as a SSYC member you are eligible for a discount on your Tow Boat/BoatUS membership by using the SSYC insurance discount code number GA 82524Y

Save the date! The annual SSYC Picnic is rapidly approaching!

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Meet and greet your boating neighbors at 5:30 pm

SSYC will provide: Hot Dogs, Brats, and Chips

*** please bring your favorite dish to pass ***

Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm

Drawing to be held around 6:30 pm

Euchre tournament to begin around 7:30 pm Feel free to bring your favorite lawn game!

SSYC has located two areas in the channel that have submerged logs/debris near the center of the channel. Both areas are marked with jugs. It has been reported by fellow boaters that they have had good luck when going around the two marked areas that they stay to the north side of the jugs and split the distance between the jugs and the red channel buoys. Once past the markers they move back into the center of the channel going both directions. SSYC will continue to work on removal of the debris in the coming weeks.

Our channel is free of logs for now!  This was more trouble than any of us can remember regarding log removal.  The process was performed in 2 stages.

First stage: Dennis Albee, Tom Duch, Dennis Reinke and Bill Roberts went out to locate & remove whatever could be found.  They located and removed a single 25’ log. They also located a second submerged log. However, due to the size of the log they didn’t have the proper equipment to complete the job and the weather was turning on them.  So, we contacted Prime contracting to see if they could remove the log for us. He said he would give it a try for $5,000. If we had done it that way we would have split the cost with Bay City Yacht Club.  $2500.00 divided by 186 = $13.44 a share… Seemed fairly reasonable.  In the meantime, Joe Shotwell (BCYC) called. He wanted to try to get the log out.  The Commodore said “well, okay if you think you can do it then let’s get it out!”

Second stage: Dennis Albee, Dave Dammann, Dennis Reinke, Randy Bauer (SSYC neighbor)  and Joe Shotwell (Bay City Yacht Club) went out to give it a try.  Joe Shotwell used a ladder to get down on top the log.  He was able to get a wire line around the log and Randy Bauer then pulled the log out with his tractor.  After that they searched around and found yet another log. They removed that one as well.  

For now our channel is clear, but we must continue to be careful because the potential for more logs to drift into our channel from the river is ever present.

In the meantime, if you cross paths with any of the club members mentioned who volunteered their precious time to clear our channel… a hearty handshake and a gigantic Thank You is certainly in order