Welcome to the Avon Lake Boat Club
Kayak and Boat Racks are available for 14ft class motor boats and kayak/paddle boards for adult residents of Avon Lake for the 2024 season. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis. The cost is $100 one- time initiation fee + $250 annual dues ($200 for retirees). Motor boats are required to use a standard cover provided by the Club. The cost of the cover is $195. Membership cost is per boat (one boat per space only). Please note that rack positions are managed on a seniority basis. Incoming kayak members will likely be assigned a space at the top of our four level racks. After your first year as a member, you can bid for a lower open space during our annual rack bidding in April.
Please understand, the ALBC is a Club, managed by volunteer members; it is not a public service. We rent the property from the City and manage through rules and bylaws, and we expect all members to understand and abide by them. Please keep this in consideration as you make your decision to join.
Our Rules and Bylaws are posted here on our website. Please read them carefully and if you agree to the terms, please respond to this email address indicating you wish to join and then send your check for $350 ($300 for retirees) to PO Box 17, Avon Lake 44012. Once your payment is received you will be contacted by a member of the Rack Committee for logistics and assignment of keys to the Club's common locks and bathroom.
Please understand, the ALBC is a Club, managed by volunteer members; it is not a public service. We rent the property from the City and manage through rules and bylaws, and we expect all members to understand and abide by them. Please keep this in consideration as you make your decision to join.
Our Rules and Bylaws are posted here on our website. Please read them carefully and if you agree to the terms, please respond to this email address indicating you wish to join and then send your check for $350 ($300 for retirees) to PO Box 17, Avon Lake 44012. Once your payment is received you will be contacted by a member of the Rack Committee for logistics and assignment of keys to the Club's common locks and bathroom.
Meetings - 4th Thursday Jan-May & Oct
7:30 PM Old Firehouse
RT 83 and Lake Road
The 2024 ALBC Spring Social will take place This Saturday, May 11 with a social hour beginning at 4PM and cookout at 5PM at the Lake House, just east of our Club. The Club provides the meats, bread, chips, and nonalcoholic beverages. We ask the members to bring something to share such as appetizers, covered dishes, salads, sides, and desserts.
Paul Virgei and Mark Conti have volunteered to Chair the event again this year. We are looking for volunteers to set up and decorate (3PM), man the grill and keep the food supply running, someone to create and manage kids games (e.g. corn hole/casting), and of course clean up and return supplies to the shed.
Paul Virgei pmvirgei@gmail.com, 216-212-6416
Mark Conti meconti@yahoo.com 440-847-8987
Paul Virgei and Mark Conti have volunteered to Chair the event again this year. We are looking for volunteers to set up and decorate (3PM), man the grill and keep the food supply running, someone to create and manage kids games (e.g. corn hole/casting), and of course clean up and return supplies to the shed.
Paul Virgei pmvirgei@gmail.com, 216-212-6416
Mark Conti meconti@yahoo.com 440-847-8987
From Commodore Ray Frank:
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
Thanks to all the members and families who turned out today to help with the Kids Fishing Derby. It was an enormous success, as you witnessed. For all those who measured fish, cleaned fish, untangled knots, baited hooks, managed the raffle, took pictures and certainly to those who prepared and served the delicious food, a heartfelt Thank You! The weather was perfect, a slight breeze, cloudy and pleasant temperatures.
We had over 185 kids, plus the adults who participated in the derby today and a high degree of success catching fish. Trout was the most plentiful catch, but blue gills, catfish, bass and even a large turtle and 13” bull frog were also caught!
I had a half dozen adults and kids too, who came up and thanked me for hosting the event. We had people from as far away as Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland, Grafton, and Olmsted Township. You should feel proud of our club and the interest people from outside our community have in our club. When they ask about membership and learn we have a residency requirement, they are disappointed because they do not have anything like what we have in their communities.
Please make sure you signed the volunteer sheet, and if not, simply reply to this email and we will add you to the list. We have a drawing for five Erie Outfitters gift cards for our volunteers, generously donated by one of our members.
Our Spring Social is coming up next Saturday, May 11th. Paul Virgei and Mark Conti are leading this family event. They will need help decorating, setting up the Lake House, leading kids’ games, and cleaning up afterwards. This is a free event for our members. While it is not necessary, feel free to bring a side dish, appetizer, dessert, or whatever to share with everyone. The club provides meat, fixings, non-alcoholic beverages, and music. We will have raffle items up for grabs.
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
Thanks to all the members and families who turned out today to help with the Kids Fishing Derby. It was an enormous success, as you witnessed. For all those who measured fish, cleaned fish, untangled knots, baited hooks, managed the raffle, took pictures and certainly to those who prepared and served the delicious food, a heartfelt Thank You! The weather was perfect, a slight breeze, cloudy and pleasant temperatures.
We had over 185 kids, plus the adults who participated in the derby today and a high degree of success catching fish. Trout was the most plentiful catch, but blue gills, catfish, bass and even a large turtle and 13” bull frog were also caught!
I had a half dozen adults and kids too, who came up and thanked me for hosting the event. We had people from as far away as Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland, Grafton, and Olmsted Township. You should feel proud of our club and the interest people from outside our community have in our club. When they ask about membership and learn we have a residency requirement, they are disappointed because they do not have anything like what we have in their communities.
Please make sure you signed the volunteer sheet, and if not, simply reply to this email and we will add you to the list. We have a drawing for five Erie Outfitters gift cards for our volunteers, generously donated by one of our members.
Our Spring Social is coming up next Saturday, May 11th. Paul Virgei and Mark Conti are leading this family event. They will need help decorating, setting up the Lake House, leading kids’ games, and cleaning up afterwards. This is a free event for our members. While it is not necessary, feel free to bring a side dish, appetizer, dessert, or whatever to share with everyone. The club provides meat, fixings, non-alcoholic beverages, and music. We will have raffle items up for grabs.
2024 Social Calendar
- Kids Fishing Derby May 4th
- Spring Social (Co-Chairs Mark Conti and Paul Virgi) at the Lake House on May 11th
- Official Opening and Stuff Sale on Cleanup Day at club May 18th
- ALBC Walleye Derby June 15th
- Hooks 4 Hunger June 22nd
- Summer/fall cruise/cookout TBD
- CRS Food Drive September 28th (subject to change - Homecoming)
- Clambake at the Lake House on Oct 5th
2024 Kayak After Rack Bidding
2024 Motor Boat After Rack Bidding
New Listings: Boats for Sale click on the classifieds link under the home tab
Check out the You Tube Drone Video created by Rich Dickson during the April 30, 2020 Rack Moving
Walleye Cake Recipe
Denny Staab has provided us a tried and true walleye cake recipe. Give it a try.
Need your reels cleaned or repaired? Contact Chris. Located locally, honest and fair.
Several years back the ALBC celebrated its approximate 50th Anniversary. We compiled a collection pictures and a video to commemorate the event. There are two videos with a runtime of approximately 20 minutes each. Click the links below to see them
ALBC Memories 1 http://youtu.be/VdaY6kUbSJo
ALBC Memories 2 http://youtu.be/7NcNukUqoA0
ALBC Memories 1 http://youtu.be/VdaY6kUbSJo
ALBC Memories 2 http://youtu.be/7NcNukUqoA0
The dues for 2024 are as follows:
(deadline for payment is March 1, 2024
dues are non-refundable)
Regular membership = $250
Retirees = $200
Social Membership = $100
(Social membership is a non-voting member that has established seniority date with the Club and who has waived the opportunity or is waiting for an open boat position to become available. The Social membership fee will be applied to your one-time initiation fee should a position become available)
Seniority Only = $25
(Former active members wishing to retain their seniority status)
Avon Lake Boat Club
PO Box 17
Or
JoeSlife@AvonLakeBoatClub.com
(deadline for payment is March 1, 2024
dues are non-refundable)
Regular membership = $250
Retirees = $200
Social Membership = $100
(Social membership is a non-voting member that has established seniority date with the Club and who has waived the opportunity or is waiting for an open boat position to become available. The Social membership fee will be applied to your one-time initiation fee should a position become available)
Seniority Only = $25
(Former active members wishing to retain their seniority status)
Avon Lake Boat Club
PO Box 17
Or
JoeSlife@AvonLakeBoatClub.com