Felicity – 2014 Lake Erie Interclub

By Lidia and Bill Gray What at one point seemed like a good idea has turned into a major undertaking. It is about 4 days until Race Day 1. The past couple of weeks have been filled with gathering gear and information, reading about racing rules, preparing the kids for...

Interclub Firsts

By Jamie Taylor 30 years ago at age 14 year my first Interclub Cruise was aboard J. Boyd Bert’s C&C 33 Diablo. I can remember my father waking me up at 3:30 in the morning and the excitement of my first Interclub. The race started in Erie on a gray and overcast...

Memories Of Merle Crowell

Skipper of DEVSHIRE If one were to examine the Interclub and Erie Yacht Club Trophies they would find the name of Captain Crowell and his pristine yacht DEVSIRE many times over. Merle was a wonderful sailor starting his sailing career about 1947 on his motor sailor...

Dave Heitzenrater

By Dave Heitzenrater My first experience with the Interclub Cruise came in 1972 when perched on a corner stool at the counter in a West 8th Street Erie hang out called The Dog House. Ron, a college friend wondered in “Hey Dave, what are you doing this weekend?” The...

“You’d Have To Be An Idiot”

By John Dunn This is a story about a knockdown on a heavy downwind Colburn to Buffalo (downtown) leg of the 2004 Interclub Cruise. The vessel: Eyerly, a 1982 Beneteau First 42.  Conditions: Downwind, heavy seas and chute up with a starboard pole which is alternately...