Eleven of us from the five participating Harlem boats are enjoying a delicious pot luck predinner feast on a mooring of Seacliff Yacht Club in Mahassett Bay. This was before the launch took us all deeply into Mosquito Cove for a short walk up a long dock to a Texas barbecue joint for…well… more food! Clockwise from the left: from “Folly”: Lucille and Christine, from “Lucky”: Vesna and Lee, from “ILENE”: Marcia, Margie and Roger, from “Lotus”: Lawrence and AnnMarie and from “M

Almost all Harlem cruises go NE, out into L.I. Sound toward New England. For this one we pointed ILENE SW into NY Harbor, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the North coast of New Jersey. Day 1 - HYC to Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn. The bay is huge, room for a hundred boats to anchor (as long as a strong SW is not blowing. But we were the only boat anchored there so lots of snubbed chain between the boat and its anchor. I wanted to go ashore and explore the neighborhood but the mari

My most recent report, from Fogland Point RI, dated July 24 described the first 14 days of the cruise, beginning with the Harlem Rendezvous on July 11. This report summarizes the remaining 25 days of ILENE’s cruise which ended August 18, back at the Club It includes a delightful, serendipitous, unplanned second 2026 HYC Rendezvous — in North Cove, Old Saybrook on Day 36. Kasmin and Ester, on their Caliber 41 “Estica” recognized ILENE, called us, and we broke bread in t

Ahoy all. Since the July 11 Club Rendezvous in Oyster Bay, ILENE has been on the move. Some Harlemites are interested in how we cruise. Well first we cruise with our 18 and 15 year old kittens, Alphie, the calico and Cruiser. We have not made long passages this year, as in the past when we got up to Maine and Canada. And so far, no new harbors for ILENE. First stop (Day 2) was on anchor on Cold Spring Harbor, only 5 NM from Oyster Bay (no sails raised on that passage) and we

Ahoy all. Since the July 11 Club Rendezvous in Oyster Bay, ILENE has been on the move. Some Harlemites are interested in how we cruise. Well first we cruise with our 18 and 15 year old kittens, Alphie, the calico and Cruiser. We have not made long passages this year, as in the past when we got up to Maine and Canada. And so far, no new harbors for ILENE. First stop (Day 2) was on anchor on Cold Spring Harbor, only 5 NM from Oyster Bay (no sails raised on that passage) and we

Five HYC boats (and seven crews) moored in Oyster Bay July 11-12, reviving the club's traditional Rendezvous

HYC boats will rendezvous in Oyster Bay on Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 12. Skippers can sail their own boats. Other members can hitch a boat-ride or come overland by car to Oyster Bay. To hitch a ride, reach out to a skipper you know. For example, a new social member is sailing with Fleet Captain Roger Karlebach on the boat ILENE, and he and the human Ilene have room for one more. We'll add info about who is open to passengers here. Here are the basics: Boats enter Oyst

The 2024 sailing season is right around the corner. Do you regularly get away for a couple of days to explore the Sound and kick around...

The Jolly Rogers (a/k/a HYC's Fleet Captain Roger Karlebach (rkarlebach@nyc.rr.com) and CIYC's Roger Landau (rogerlandau2@gmail.com))...