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Executive Secretary’s Report – Com. Cindy Johnson-Mintus

Welcome to Fall everyone! Time to begin winding down and celebrating another great boating year. Please join us at the I-LYA Fall meeting to be held at the Sheraton Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Michigan. The Members meeting will be held on Saturday, December 5^th at 1530 hours, room to be announced. Please plan to join us.  All members of our member clubs are welcome to attend the meeting. This is a very important meeting as we will be electing our Bridge Officers and Trustees. In addition to  the information in the newsletter, please login to the I-LYA website where you will find all meeting information at https://i-lya.org/reserve/ which includes all meeting notices and the minutes from the Spring Meeting. There is a tab on the I-LYA website for each Spring and Fall meeting to enable you to easily locate the meeting information in advance of each meeting.

If you have any questions or need any additional information, please contact me at 330-328-5470 or email at . Thank you for your participation and support of I-LYA, we could not carry out our mission without you!

INTER-LAKE YACHTING ASSOCIATION

2026 FALL MEETING

December 4th – 5th, 2026

SHERATON DETROIT METRO AIRPORT

8000 MERRIMAN ROAD, ROMULUS, MI 48174

734.729.2600

PLEASE MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATION BY NOVEMBER 3rd, 2026

The I-LYA room rate should be requested when making reservations. One of the two options below must be selected at the time of reservation.

$142 Standard Room per night plus taxes and does NOT include breakfast (CLICK HERE)

$152 Standard Room per night plus taxes and does INCLUDE breakfast for two (CLICK HERE)

Or call the Hotel, ask for in-house reservations and request the I-LYA group rate.

Join us Friday evening in our Hospitality Rooms to socialize and network and Saturday for the Organizational Meetings to help us plan for the 2027 regattas.

Ladies Luncheon and Dinner Reservations

Fall Meeting Flyer

2027 I-LYA Officer Candidates

The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following candidates for the positions of 2027 I-LYA Rear Commodore and Trustee to be Elected at the I-LYA 2026 Fall Meeting on December 4^th.

2027 Rear Commodore Candidates (elect one)

David Monk, Elba-Mar Boat Club

Kevin Stone, Great Lakes Steel Boat Club

2027 Trustee Candidates (elect three)

Todd Duffett, Grosse Ile Yacht Club

Matt Kern, North Cape Yacht Club

Todd Tigges, Put-in-Bay Yacht Club

Diane Wright, Swan Boat Club

Tim Yanda, Edgewater Yacht Club

Stanley Ziemkiewicz, Riverview Yacht Club

Please look for Bios on Candidates in an upcoming I-LYA News.

Registration is OPEN! – Click Here to Register Today

Want to enjoy Bay Week, but not race? Join us at the Sail Regatta Rendezvous!
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The 2026 issue of the I-LYA Yearbook is now available online. Visit the “Yearbook” page to view/download.

Power Regatta Registration is open for 2026! Click here to register

Interested in sponsoring a keg or shuttle? Click here to sponsor – Thank you in advance!