the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes from the channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along Gulf Coast to the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. www.pensacolayachtclub.org
GYA Challenge Cup, Gulfport Yacht Club, June 14-15 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. 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. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
Fort Walton Yacht Club Round-theIsland 100-Mile Multihull Race, June 29-30 This race is a circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Island. The race begins off the point of the Fort Walton Yacht Club through East Pass and continues west through the Pensacola pass where boaters will turn north for the return trip. At the start of the race, the wind is usually four to six knots from the northeast. After the start, racers round a turning mark off the shoals of Crab Island then head for Destin Bridge and East Pass. A charter boat fleet runs in front of them at the pass with a colorful parade of sailors and fishing boats. Spectators usually line the Destin Bridge and can see the multihull fleet sail under spinnakers using the NNE breeze as they head out around the island. www.fwyc.org.
39th Annual Horn Island Hop, Ocean Springs, MS, July 6-7 A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs Yacht Club and racing out to Horn Island. The sailors lunch, then race back. The final leg is the next day when there is another opportunity to beat the time around Deer Island. Go to www.osyc.com for more information.
USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Gulf Coast, July 5-7 Optimist Red, White, Blue and Green Fleet; Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7; Club 420s; Flying Scot. Pensacola Yacht Club. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
Women’s Trilogy Races, July 20, 27, Aug. 2 The Women’s Trilogy Series is typically held every July. The first race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 20 on News & Views for Southern Sailors
Perdido Bay. In this race, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.pointyachtclub.org. The second race, the Bikini Regatta, is held at the Navy Yacht Club in Pensacola. It will he held July 27 on Pensacola Bay. In this regatta, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.navypnsyc.org. The third race, the Race for the Roses, will be held on Aug. 2 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and only female crew are allowed to race. www.pensacolabeachyc.org. Awards will be at each regatta. At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy for the contestant who enters all three races and earns the most combined points.
Texas Youth Race Week, Houston Yacht Club, July 15-21 A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA Team Trails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and the Houston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.com.
Texas Race Week 2013, Galveston, TX, July 25-28 Texas Race Week is the premiere offshore yacht-racing event held by the Galveston Bay Cruising Association (GBCA), with race headquarters at the Galveston Yacht Club. The regatta encompasses three days of offshore sailboat racing on a variety of courses, beginning on Thursday with a 15- to 30-mile offshore route that lasts for five hours. Courses on Friday and Saturday run along the beach so onshore spectators can view the racing. The 40 to 50 yachts expected to compete will race PHRF, One-design and level fleets.Register online at www.gbca.org.
Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races. LEGEND BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BYC Biloxi Yacht Club, Biloxi, MS FWYC Fort Walton YC, Fort Walton Beach, FL FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS LBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS LFYC Lake Forest YC, Daphne, AL MYC Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans, LA NYC Navy YC of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL PCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA PtYC Point YC, Josephine, AL PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL StABYC St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA TYC Lake Tammany YC, Slidell, LA JUNE 1 Cancer Society Regatta. PYC 1 Ring around the Bay (f/k/a Marathon). FYC 1-2 Candler Cup. StABYC See RACING continued on page 68 SOUTHWINDS June 2013
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