CIYC is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year! The blessing of the fleet is an event held every year. It is a tradition with most nautical and recreational boating clubs to begin the boating season. This year it was held on May 29. We gather to honour those members who […]
The Kingsville club had been using Ontario Sailing which is centered in Hamilton to provide boats and instructors to teach the exciting skill of sailing to youngsters from the ages of 8 to 14. With the crushing effect of COVID-19, all of these programs were stopped and subsequently, Ontario Sailing […]
Cedar Island Yacht Club’s mighty tug boat “Little Toot” was pressed into service for its final duty of the year. Through the summer channel markers guide boaters from the perils of a capricious Lake Erie into the Cedar Island channel and the safe harbour that awaits. Every year it is […]
The ever-changing autumn colours are a sign that the sailing season has come to an end at Cedar Island Yacht Club. On October 24, almost 50 boats were plucked from the cooling waters of Cedar Creek to their winter storage cradles on the grounds of CIYC. Despite the COVID-19 abbreviated […]
Breaking News … After many decades plying the waters of Lake Erie the stalwart vessel Whispering Winds has finally met an ignominious end. The Cedar Island Yacht Club has been temporarily been turned into a nautical knacker yard when the aging vessel was pronounced unfit for sea duty and condemned […]
Judi Lacey and Brian Isaacs are cruising what looks like a Caribbean vacation paradise but it is in reality the pristine waters of Cedar Island Marina here in Kingsville. Cedar Island Yacht Club has throttled back its activities due to the current virus restrictions but we did manage to have […]