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MYC Regattas
The Mobile
Yacht Club sponsors and participates annually in numerous regattas,
which are described below. Those individuals interested in
participating, or seeking participants, may post their name and contact
information in the enclosed link,
Available Crew.
Notice of Race Events and race
results from MYC sponsored events can be viewed below.
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Thursday Night Fun Races ~ These fun races are
open to all sailors, casual (no spinnakers allowed) and there is no
entrance fee. This is a great time for all people interested in
sailing, amateurs and experienced sailors alike, to enjoy racing at
a leisurely pace and watch beautiful sunsets on the bay. The race
features a “Bermuda start”, which is a start based on the boat’s
handicap rating and ensures exciting finishes since all boats
(theoretically) should finish at the time time! The course is
approximately six (6) miles around established channel markers.
Races are held each Thursday beginning and ending with Daylight
Savings Time. Weekly winners receive a prize, and at the end of the
season the overall champion is announced.
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Senior Bowl Regatta ~
Sailing enthusiasts from throughout the Southeast gather each year
to officially kickoff
Senior Bowl Week festivities, and the start
the sailing race season (the Senior Bowl Regatta serves as the first
two races of the Mobile Yacht Club’s Winter Race). All participants
receive T-shirts and jackets and the overall winners also receive
tickets to the Senior Bowl football game. The Regatta winners also
receive the Perpetual Senior Bowl Trophy, a grand silver wine cooler
engraved with all of the past winners of the Food World Senior Bowl
Regatta.
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Norton Brooker Broken Triangle Race
~ This regatta was formerly known as the ADA Broken Triangle Race
and is the Club's premier charity fund raising event. In 2006 the
regatta name was changed to honor past commodore, and GYA commodore,
Norton Brooker.
A silent auction is held the night before this
regatta, which annually raises several thousands of dollars.
Participate receive T-shirts marking this event.
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Round-the-Rig Regatta
~ This regatta, usually beginning at 4:30 p.m, is the only
potentially overnight race on Mobile Bay. The course is simple, race
from a start near MYC to around the Exxon Mobile Bay #63 Natural Gas
Rig, near the tip of Dauphin Island, and back.
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Dauphin
Island Regatta ~ arguably the largest single day
point to point sail race in the U.S.A., the Dauphin Island Regatta has
endured since 1957 through the continuous support of the four Mobile Bay
yacht clubs that rotate as host. Annually, hundreds of boats with over a
thousand crew members participate in this weekend regatta which heralds the
end of winter. The activities begin with a warm-up race held the Sunday
before the regatta. Typically the actual race weekend begins the last
weekend in April with the race starting in the middle of the bay and
finishing at Dauphin Island. The Saturday evening features a party on the
island highlighted by the race awards ceremony. A return race on Sunday
concludes the regatta.
The Mobile
Yacht Club will host the Dauphin Island Regatta next in 2009.
The Mobile
Yacht Club is proud to Area D quarter finals, which represents more than 160
sailing organizations in the southeast and includes the following
Associations:
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GYA – Gulf
Yachting Association
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DIYRA -
Dixie Inland Yacht Racing Association
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FSA -
Florida Sailing Association
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SAYRA -
South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association
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MYC Boat of the Year
2007
The Mobile Yacht Club recognizes Boat of Year, "Pal",
owned by Lee Creekmore.
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Race
Committee:
Vince Arbour
sva3@yahoo.com
Fleet Captain:
Josh Deupree
Regatta Chairman:
Donna Ballard
Juniors:
Ken Robinson
Sailing School:
Bill Haffner
Cell: (251) 421-2033
Email:
wchx@wchxrail.com
Hank Schwarz
Email:
accounting@mobileyachtclub.org
Racing Information:
Notice of Race ~
MYC Race Results
~ 2008
Round
the Rig
Summer Regatta
Capdevielle
Fish Class
Senior Bowl
Winter Series Race Overall
Winter Series Race 1
Winter Series Race 2
Available Crew:
View people interested in crewing
2008 GYA Schedule
Race Photo Gallery
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The Mobile Yacht
Club encourages fleet racing.
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GYA
sponsored Liptons ~ This magnificent silver cup
was presented to Southern Yacht Club by Sir Thomas Lipton in 1919 as a
challenge trophy. Following Lipton’s wishes, SYC offered the trophy for
interclub races between clubs in the Gulf Coast area. This was followed by
the first challenge in October 1920, which marked the beginning of this
competition for this yacht racing prize. Winners of the previous year’s
competition are hosts to this annual event.
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GYA
Capdevielle Series ~ dedicated in 1941 to the
memory of Auguste Capdevielle, Commodore-President of the GYA during the
years 1936 – 1939, this trophy is one of the oldest and most prestigious in
the Gulf Yachting Association. This is an annual competition between GYA
clubs for this championship.
The Capdevielle
trophy and associated banner are presented to the winning club, and awards
are also presented to the second and third place clubs. Any club that
participates in all 16 Capdevielle Regattas will receive special
recognition. The awards for the Competition will be made at the GYA Awards
Banquet the following year.
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