RACE CALENDAR 53rd Annual Navy Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, June 11-12 The Navy Yacht Club will be celebrating its 53rd year of hosting this regatta for the Navy Cup Trophy. Races will be held both in Bayou Grande and in Pensacola Bay with race activities being held at the Navy Yacht Club at the Bayou Grande Marina. Small boat racing will be in the bayou, with the PHRF sailboats competing on Pensacola Bay. Yacht club teams will race against other club teams for most points. All yacht clubs in the Gulf Coast are invited. The top three scoring boats in each class will be presented awards. www.navypnsyc.org.
Race to the Coast, New Orleans, June 11 Sponsored by the Southern Yacht Club, this race was first held on July 4, 1850. It is known as America’s oldest distance race. The race sails through the Lake Pontchartrain, the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. For more details, go to www.southernyachtclub.org.
60th Billy Bowlegs Festival and Regatta, Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club, June 11-12 This week-long event is filled with family events for all ages. It is focused on the charismatic character Billy Bowlegs, a local northwest Florida pirate. Three class divisions are expected: Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, and J/22. All racing will be held in Choctawhatchee Bay. For more information and register online, go to www.fwyc.org.
GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 17-19 The Gulfport Yacht Club hosts the regatta this year with boats from 33 northern Gulf Coast clubs racing. Rules require that the skipper, helmsman, and at least 50 percent of its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must have been members of the yacht club represented by the boat for the six months preceding the event. In addition, only three or four boats from each club are allowed to compete and are limited to one boat per class. A boat can represent only one yacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 recorded miles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligible to race. Registration on Friday, with racing Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 24-25 This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the Gulfport Yacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola Yacht Club and the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes from the channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coast to the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org
46
May 2016
SOUTHWINDS
Race Calendar Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.byca.org Clubs with regattas listed this month BucYC: Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL, www.bucyc.com BYC: BiloxiYC, Biloxi, MS, www.biloxiyc.org BWYC: Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS, www.baywavelandyachtclub.org FYC: Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL, www.Fairhopeyachtclub.com GBCA: Galveston Bay Cruising Assoc., Galveston, TX, www.gbca.org GYA: Gulf Yachting Association, www.gya.org GYC: Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS, www.GulfportYachtClub.org LBYC: Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS. www.LongBeachYachtClub.com LYC: Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX, www.lakewoodyachtclub.com MYC: Mobile YC, Mobile, AL, www.mobileyachtclub.org NYC: Navy YC, Pensacola, FL, www.navypnsyc.org OSYC: Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS, www.osyc.com PontYC: Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA, www.pontyc.org PYC: Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL, www.PensacolaYachtClub.org StABYC: St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL, www.stabyc.com SYC: Southern YC, New Orleans, LA, www.SouthernYachtClub.org MAY (*= see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 7 Great Circle Race. MYC 7-8 Old Timers. SYC 11-19 Regatta al Sol. PYC/SYC* 14-15 Shoe Regatta. LYC 14-15 Spring Regatta. BucYC 19-22 J/70 North American Championship. LYC** 20-22 GYA Opening Regatta. FYC 21 Bay County Youth Championship. StABYC 21-22 C-22 Championship. FWYC 28 Find Gulfport. LBYC 28 Ring Around the Bay. FYC 28-29 Flying Scot Gulf District Championship. SYC 28-29 GYA Individual Flying Scot Championship. SYC 28-29 Lightning Southern District Championship. SYC 28-29 Slip to Ship. OSYC 28-29 Juby Wynne. SYC 29 Race for the Case. GYC JUNE (*= see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 4-5 School’s Out Regatta. PontYC 4-5 Candler Regatta. StABYC 8-11 Hobie 20 Nationals. OSYC 11 Children’s Hospital Charity. FYC 11 Race to the Coast. New Orleans to Gulfport. GYC/SYC* 11 Juniors Regatta. GBCA 11-12 Navy Cup. NYC* 11-12 Chapman Regatta. BYC 11-12 Billy Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC* 17-19 GYA Offshore Challenge Cup. GYC* 18-19 GYA 420 Championship. LBYC 24-25 Gulfport to Pensacola. GYC/PYC/SYC* 24-26 Leukemia Cup. LYC 25 Independence Day Cup. StABYC
www.southwindsmagazine.com