Every year the Sodus Point Yacht Club sponsors races on the Bay and on the Lake. Here is a race from 1958. Photo courtesy of Dick Ransley.
Sailboat Racing – 1958
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- Ling Eaters and Other Strange Fish Presentation
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- Old Tom
- Swordfish Caught in Sodus Bay
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