PIYC Floating Clubhouse 1954

This photo was taken around 1954.  At this point in time, the club was given permission to construct large boat slips and was allowed to moor their clubhouse next to these boat slips.   This area was located just to the East of the small boat slips shown in the 1948 photo.  The large boat in the foreground belonged to Ben Bjalme who lived aboard this boat in the summer one season with his wife and two daughters.  Prior to this move, the floating clubhouse was moored near this area and had to be accessed via any boat.  I believe that arrangements were made to move the clubhouse into the new dock area, once they were built.

PIYC Lockerhouse 1948

This photo taken around 1948 shows the club’s “Lockerhouse” located just south of the old Presque Isle State Park’s Police Barracks where the original small boat stalls were located.  Larger boats were moored out front of these stalls on floating kegs that were chained onto very heavy weights sunken into the bottom of the bay.  Everyone that had a boat moored on a keg needed a dinghy to travel back and forth to their boat.  In front of this lockerhouse you will see our dinghy resting against the “loading dock” where one could launch and load their dinghy to travel to their boat.  Fifteen minutes was the time limit to be in this “locading dock” as many folks needed to use this spot.  PC Elmer Schmidt is the guy standing there facing the camera with the sweater and hat on.  Inside this lockerhouse were many individual lockers where the fellows stored their boating equipment like outboard motors, gasoline, ropes, fishing gear, etc.  Club members paid an annual rental for these lockers as well as their dockage to the club, which in turn paid the State Park an annual lease fee for the leased area.

This information has been added to PIYC History page.  Thanks to P/C Harold Eisert for providing us this information.