RACING CALENDAR than 250 sailboats and 1,700 sailors each year to race 153 offshore nautical miles through the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Port Aransas, TX. Conceived as a gentlemen’s race by a few members of the Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, the course reaches southwesterly down the Texas coast when the prevailing winds are southeasterly. Regatta participants moor at the City Marina or at Island Moorings in Port Aransas following the race. The Harvest Moon Regatta, a/k/a “Rum Regatta,” culminates in the Welcome Sailors Rum Party and awards dinner on Saturday night to see who won the coveted Bacardi Cup. As many as 2,000 sailors and friends show up to celebrate and enjoy a party and barbecue dinner with music. Sunday morning, many of the sailboats return via the Gulf ICW or offshore. For more information, go to www.harvestmoonregatta.com
Hobie 16/18/20 North American Championships, Galveston, TX, Oct. 21-25 This is the qualifier for the 2015 Pan Am Games to be held in Toronto. Held at Porretto Beach, Galveston Island. Host hotel is the Holiday Inn Sunspree Rest Galveston Beach. www.hobieclass.com
14th Annual Fish Class Championships, Mobile, AL, Oct. 26-27 This regatta will be at the Buccaneer Yacht Club. This Gulf Yachting Association event, held at the Buccaneer Yacht Club in Mobile, annually allows member clubs the opportunity to sail in the historic Fish, a gaffed-rigged sailboat. Boats will be provided by the yacht club. Three races are planned, with the winning club earning the John G. Curren Trophy. Class awards for first, second and third in the series will also be awarded to the helmsman and crew on the final day of competition. For more information, go to www.bucyc.org.
4th Annual Caterwaul Regatta and F16 Nationals, Panama City, FL, Oct. 27-29 F16, F18, minimum of 6 boats is required to have any other multihull OD Fleet, St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club. stabyc@live.com.
4th Annual J/Fest Southwest Regatta, Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX, Nov 2-3 Held on Galveston Bay, this regatta will have J/boats racing in a PHRF race and in the J/Cruise class. J/boats racing include J/22, J/24, J/80, J/105 and the J/109. Any J/boat is 64 October 2013
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welcome and there will also be One-Design races. The regatta is a circuit stop for J/22s and J/24s. Skippers meeting Friday and after race parties on Saturday and Sunday with awards on Sunday. Go to www.lakewoodyachtclub.com or www.JfestSouthwest.com Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races. LEGEND BSC Birmingham Sailing Club, Birmingham, AL BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS CSA Corinthian Sailing Association, New Orleans, LA FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL GYA Gulf Yachting Association GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS HYC Houston YC, Houston, TX JYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MS LAYC Lake Arthur YC, Lake Arthur, LA LBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS LFYC Lake Forest YC, Daphne, AL LPRC Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit, New Orleans, LA LPWSA Lake Pontchartrain Women’s SA, New Orleans, LA LYC Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX MYC Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans, LA NYC Navy YC, 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 OCTOBER 5 Lost Bay Regatta. PtYC 5 Round the Cat. PCYC 5 Single Handed. Round the Lake. TYC 5 Pink Ribbon Regatta. SYC / LPWSA 5-6 Charity Race. LFYC 5-6 Lorilard-Kent. StABYC 5-6 Great Scot (Open Scot). BSC 8-12 Viper North American Championship. HYC 11-13 WFORC. PYC 12 Monk SmithRegatta. BWYC 12-13 Fish Worlds. BucYC 12-13 Snipe Southerns. BSC 13 Sunfish Rondinella. BWYC 15-18 Rhodes 19 Nationals. SYC 17-20 Harvest Moon Regatta. LYC 19 Schreck Regatta. PYC 19 Anniversary/Norton Brooker Broken Triangle Regatta. MYC 19 Gumbo Regatta. LAYC 19 NOYC Closing. NOYC 19-20 Great Pumpkin (Thistle). BSC 20 SYC Closing. SYC 21-25 Hobie 16/18/20 NAs, Galveston, TX. www.hobieclass.com 25-27 Hobie Wave NAs. PBYC & Key Sailing 25-27 LPRC. TYC/SYC/NOYC/PontYC 26 Double-Handed Regatta. FYC 26-27 GYA Fish Class-John G. Curren. BucYC See RACING CALENDAR continued on page 68 www.southwindsmagazine.com