Charter Member Gulf Yachting Association
July 2015
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Commodore’s Report
Rear Commodore’s
Report
Vice Commodore’s
Report
2015 Challenge Cup
Notice of Race
News from the Kitchen
Commodore
Steve Zito
Vice Commodore
Brad Broadus
Rear Commodore
Mike LaSarge
Treasurer
Hank Schwarz
Corresponding
Secretary
Bill Haffner
Recording Secretary
Randy Wendt
Board Members
John Ballard
Eugene LeVert
Josh Murray
Ellis Ollinger
Greg Reed
Mike Reid
Mobile Yacht Club
Established 1847
Mobile, AL
Commodore’s Report
As I write this Friday afternoon, a typical afternoon thunderstorm is rumbling
outside my office window. Summer is quickly upon us. The days are now hot,
but the pool is quite refreshing at the Club, as are the cold beers and other
beverages served up at the bar. The summer schedule remains quite busy as
we prepare for our Capdevielle event in just a few weeks. Our team is very
competitive and is expected to make a good showing this year right outside
our Club windows. Come and support your sailing team. See Mike LaSarge’s
Rear Commodore report for more on the upcoming sailing events and our
performance at the recent GYA Challenge Cup event in Gulfport.
The House Committee continues to oversee the interim management of the
Bar and Galley, while many folks continue to tell us how things are improving.
The staff is working hard to give you the best meals and show you what they
can really do. See more about our Bar and Galley in Brad Broadus’ Vice
Commodore’s report for more on what is up in the House. You have already
been emailed about some July 4th activities. Sounds like a good weekend to
be at the Club.
Our Harbor is being better utilized with an increase in dockage so far this year
and folks are keeping an eye on its upkeep. Be sure to let Tom Batty or Hank
Schwarz know if your area needs attention. Feel free to let them know if you
can handle some of the repairs.
We are still trying to squeeze a little funding to renovate the Men’s room,
fix standing water and potholes in the parking lot, make flooring repairs in
the kitchen, etc., so hopefully we can get those items underway if we keep
improving on the Harbor rent and Bar and Galley sales.
The Blue Angels will be performing at Pensacola Beach on July 10th and
11th. That’s where we’ll be along with quite a few of our other members that
weekend. Wherever you spend your summer weeks, please be safe and
keep the Club in mind for your plans.
See you at soon the Club and on the water,
Steve Zito, Commodore
Official Web Site: www.mobileyachtclub.org
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Rear Commodore’s Report
Vice Commodore’s Report
First of all, congratulations to Mobile Yacht Club’s Challenge Cup team for their
well earned 3rd place win. The Challenge Cup is the most highly contested series
on the Gulf Coast, and to be only a couple of points from first place shows what
the sailors of this club are really capable of.
Summer is here and the sailing season is in
full swing. It’s been great seeing you out
on the water on Thursday nights and on the
weekends. I would like to personally thank
our Capdevielle and GYA Challenge Cup
Teams for their fine efforts in representing the
Mobile Yacht Club with their professionalism
and sailing skills. I’d also like to thank Board
Member Josh Murray for his outstanding
efforts in getting the harbor WiFi online for
your convenience.
The Summer Regatta on July 18th and 19th is our Capedevielle Regatta, where
we host teams from the other clubs around the GYA – kind of like the Challenge
Cup, except the races are sailed in Flying Scots. And the racing is every bit as
intense.
In addition this regatta is considered the practice regatta for the Junior Liptons,
so if you want to see the up and coming generation of expert young sailors competing, come on out and help or just watch. See the Notice of Race for the
schedule and contact information.
I wish everyone a happy Fourth of July and
in case this doesn’t reach you prior to the
event, I hope you had a chance to enjoy the
camaraderie and fireworks at the Club.
Lastly, this may be the last year for just the Flying Scots, as this fall a new boat will
be chosen as the GYA Capdevielle boat. The new boat, either the VX or Viper,
will be much more exciting to sail and watch.
Fair Winds and Smooth Sailing,
Mike LaSarge
Rear Commodore
Brad Broadus
Vice Commodore
2015 Challenge Cup
Sailors for Mobile Yacht Club turned in
a very respectable performance to finish
third at the 36th Gulf Yachting Association’s
(GYA) Challenge Cup Regatta contested
on the Mississippi Sound at Gulfport Yacht
Club June 19-21.
MYC started strong with finishes of 1-2-23 in the first race. The second race results
were not as kind. Showing tenacity MYC
came back in race 3 with three bullets! This
was the club’s best performance since 1998.
Mobile Yacht Club is becoming recognized
as one of the top sailing yacht clubs in the
GYA for both one design and handicap
racing.
The star of the team was Lee Creekmore’s
Creekmore 26 SCOUNDREL. SCOUNDREL
was sailed by Lee Creekmore Skipper (also
designer and builder), Troy Cruthirds
(sailmaker for the winning sails), Robby
Schmidt, Lennard Luiten, Cindy Timmons
and Leo Manuel.
As Lee had designed and built this fine yacht
over 30 years ago, the team and boat were
certainly the crowd favorite at the regatta.
A
B
C
MYC
MYC
MYC
D
MYC
NEW WAVE
CHERRY BABY
MOONGLADE
SCOUNDREL
They did not disappoint.
SCOUNDREL won every race except the
ill-fated race 2, when a torn spinnaker kept
them from running the table. Creekmore’s
team sailed head to head with Southern
Yacht Club’s very well-sailed Bruja (who a
lot of people thought was unbeatable) and
took the overall class bullet.
In class C, Don Faircloth’s Pearson Flyer,
MOONGLADE, fought well and ended up
third. They narrowly missed second by one
point. Josh Deupree skippered the well
prepared boat and was in the podium hunt
all the way.
Josh’s team members were John Marshall,
Banc Marshall, Mike Bullen, Casey
Golemon, Don Faircloth, Jennifer Vereen
and Jeff Guice.
CHERRY BABY, MYC’s B class entry, was
skippered by Wes Stanley. Cherry Baby
came to the regatta ready to rumble. They
also had bad luck in the second race with
a spreader bracket failing. Wes and his
tactician Zane Yoder put a tremendous
MELGES 32 ODR
MELGES 24 ODR
PEARSON FLYER
30
CREEKMORE 26
131
9
15
96
BILL WHISTON
W.STANLEY
168
138
J.DEUPREE
4876
159
L.CREEKMORE
effort into preparing the Melges 24 for the
regatta. The bottom of the boat was long
boarded with a finishing touch of “eel snot”
and certainly had the slickest bottom of any
boat participating in the regatta. CHERRY
BABY’s team also included Mark Lockard,
Andrew Brennan, Chad Foster and
Savannah Vereen.
Bill Whiston skippered his Melges 32
NEW WAVE as MYC’s A class entry. Erna
Whiston, Dr. Cesar Roca, Dr. Randall
Boudreaux, Eugene LeVert, Steve Lange,
Kevin Uteg, and Judd Chamberlain were
the team members. New Wave started with
a third and finished strong with a second.
Unfortunately, the MYC race 2 jinx was also
suffered by missing the race committee’s
communication after an extended storm
watch delay.
Tom Batty served as Team Captain this
year. He did an excellent job of keeping
the diverse group of sailors headed mostly
in the right direction. Tom, Janace and
Josh Murray also did a wonderful job of
providing support boat service keeping the
teams watered up and fed.
(3)
2
2
7
(9)
4
(6)
1
1
(5)
4
3
(5)
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
TOTAL
(5)
4
2
2
3.5
(4)
1
1
50.5
9
17.5
15
9
3
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NOTICE OF RACE
(A Capdevielle Event)
SUMMER REGATTA
JULY 18 & 19, 2015
MOBILE YACHT CLUB
1. Rules
The regatta will be governed by the current Racing Rules of Sailing, by the prescriptions of the
United States Sailing Association, by the Gulf Yachting Association regulations for sanctioned
events, except as any of those are changed by the sailing instructions or any amendments thereto.
(GYA Regulations are available at www.gya.org). MYC Race Committee will attempt to race
FIVE Races for all classes.
2. Changes To The Rules
Any change in the Sailing Instructions will be posted before 1200 on July 18th and 0800 on July 19th.
3.
Classes
1. Flying Scots (GYA Capdevielle)
2. OPEN SCOTS
3. Fish Class (Bobby Hankins Memorial)
4.
Entries And Fees
GYA Capdevielle Scots – No Fee
OPEN SCOTS - $15.00
Fish Class – No Fee
5.
Schedule Of Events
Registration 09:00- 11:00 July 18, 2015
Continental Breakfast 09:00 – 10:00
Skipper’s Meeting 11:00 July 18, 2015
Capdevielle Race 1 Start 13:00 July 18, 2015
(Open and Fish classes to follow)
Capdevielle Race 2 Start ASAP following Race 1
(Open and Fish classes to follow)
Capdevielle Race 3 Start ASAP following Race 2
Hot Breakfast 07:30, July 19,2015
Capdevielle Race 4 Start 10:00, July 19, 2015
(Open and Fish to follow)
Capdevielle Race 5 Start ASAP following Race 4
(Open and Fish to follow)
6.
Registration, Course Description, Racing Area, Scoring, and Regatta Site
Registration shall be online at http://www.gya.org/?page_id=855.
Campers will be accommodated on the lawn.
Bag lunches will be available at registration.
Courses will be sailed South of Dog River channel, and tow boats will be provided to and from
Mobile Yacht Club’s harbor. Crew changes will be provided as necessary from the Mobile Yacht Club
pier to the boats via the tow boats. A spectator boat will be available.
Course description, Scoring, and Racing Areas shall be provided in the sailing instructions.
Sailing instructions will be available at registration. G.Y.A.
VHF Radios may be carried aboard. As a courtesy, the Race Committee will use channel 68 to provide information to competitors. After the starting signal, the Race Committee will attempt to hail
boats (Including by VHF radio) that are OCS and boats that have not complied with RSS 30.1. The
delay of such hails, the order of hailing, the lack of a hail, or the failure of a competitor to hear such
a hail shall not be grounds for redress. This changes RRS 62.1(a).
7. Trophy Presentation
Trophies will be awarded ASAP after racing on Sunday, July 19, 2015. Capdevielle trophies will be
awarded in accordance with the GYA Regulations. Open and Fish Class trophies will be awarded
for first, second, and third place. The Bobby Hankins Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the first
over-all Fish Class.
For further Information please contact Michael LaSarge @ 251-421-3089 [email protected]
or Mobile Yacht Club 251-473-1860 (mobileyachtclub.com).
Please welcome new
members:
Laurie Beth Hill (House)
Edgar H (Chip) Brown
(House
Lisa J. Young (House)
Paul Wesley Pickard
(House)
Katie Beth Gammon
(Junior)
Richard Nelson (Active)
News from the kitchen
Sunday buffet for the month of
July:
July 5th Fried chicken, baked
chicken, turnips, black
eyed peas, macaroni
and cheese, candied
yams, cornbread
July 12th Roast beef, meat
loaf, carrots and new
potatoes, mashed
potatoes and gravy,
green bean casserole,
apple crisp, yeast rolls
July 19th Sausage links, smoked
sausage, hash browns,
biscuits and sausage
gravy, grits, bacon,
stuffed French toast.
July 26th Fried fish, scalloped
potatoes, smothered
cabbage, hushpuppies,
beans, Shrimp Creole
with yellow rice,
cornbread
PRESORTED
STANDARD
US POSTAGE PAID
MOBILE, AL
PERMIT #1266
MOBILE YACHT CLUB
4925 Marina Drive N.
Mobile, Alabama 36605
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MBSS 2015 Class Schedule
Class 1: June 8 – June 12
Class 2: June 15 – June 19
Class 3: June 22 – June 26 Special Opti class (1/2 day sessions)
Break: June 29 – July 3 Fourth of July Holiday week, no classes
Class 4: July 6 – July 10
Class 5: July 13 – July 17
Class 6: July 20 – July 24
Class 7: July 27 – July 31
Notes:
1. With the exception of the special Opti classes, all classes
are full day
2. Special Opti classes are held as half day classes, morning
only over a five day week
3. Full day class schedule is 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
4. Half day class schedule is 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
5. Student age limits – Special Opti class: 7, 8, and 9 year olds,
all other classes ages 8 10 to 18 years
6. Students may arrive as early as 8:30 AM
7. Parents must pick up students no later than 5:30 PM
8. Preferred class size is 16 to 18 students, Opti class size is
10 students maximum
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