First and foremost, thanks to all who purchased a raffle ticket. We sold all 200! The winning ticket was purchased by Ernest Posey at SYC. Congratulations Mr. Posey!!

We’re closing in on our self-imposed deadline of getting photos and text to the publisher for the Centennial book. While we have quite a number of Lipton programs and a complete list of skippers and crew for every Lipton race – Thank You Harry Chapman and Michael Hage – we don’t have a lot of photos. I would ask that everyone look around your club, look through your photos, look anywhere you think there may be Lipton photos, scan a copy of the photo and send it to me along with the year the photo was taken and, where possible, identify each person in the photo. Action photos/on-the-water shots are also needed.

Club Commodores: I need a photo of your current club.

Preferred media for all photos is .jpg with as high a resolution as possible.

Any of the above should be sent to cbook@gya.org with the subject line ‘Lipton Book’.

We’re still pre-selling the Centennial book. There are several ways you can purchase yours:
1) go to the GYA web site and on the left side of the home page you can purchase up to 3 books through PayPal
2) click here to go to the Pre-Order Form on the GYA web site if you want to go the old fashion route and use snail mail
3) give me a call and I can take your CC# over the phone

There is also still time to honor someone or their memory in the book.  Click here for the form and details.

If you have any questions feel free to give me a call at 251-895-0993.

Thanks to all.

Cathy Cromartie
PC, GYA and FYC

https://www.gya.org/documents/notices/2019/2019NoticeofMeetingWinterFYC.pdf

The Emerald Coast Sailing Association operates as anon-profit 501 C3 in conjunction with the Fort Walton Yacht Club (www.fwyc.org) and Bluewater Bay Sailing Club (www.bbsc.com) in Okaloosa County,FL.  ECSA is seeking a FULL-TIME Sailing Director.  The Sailing Director position would be on-site at the Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL. The Sailing Director would be responsible for all Adult and Junior sailing lessons including the ECSA Summer Sailing Camp Program, as well as providing High School and NW Florida State College coaching, practices and regattas, and overseeing all boat maintenance as needed. In addition he/she will coordinate with FWYC for waterfront activities and ensure safe boat checkout and use.

We are looking for someone with experience and preferably a US Sailing Instructor Class 1 certification. 

Please contact Robert Harrison for additional information: robert@ecsasailing.com or (850) 651-0777.

GYA FOUNDATION GRANT REQUESTS   need to be postmarked no later than midnight December 1, 2018.

 It is time to get your GYA Foundation grant requests sent to Janet Miller-Schmidt, P.O. Box 73, Monteagle, TN 37356.

The GYA Foundation issued $4,910.00 in grants for the sailing year of 2017.  The GYA Foundation Board will consider all requests for grants in late December.  Each Applicant will be notified by mail the determination of the request in January after the annual meeting of the Foundation.

If you are interested in completing a grant application, go to the GYA Foundation Web site.  The application can be found under GYA Foundation Documents.  All applications must be postmarked not later than December 1, 2018.

GYA Winter Meeting & Awards Banquet

Fairhope Yacht Club

January 11-13, 2019

The annual GYA Winter meeting and annual GYA Awards Banquet will be held January 11-13, 2019 at the Fairhope Yacht Club. A block of rooms has been established at the Hampton Inn Fairhope-Mobile Bay. The room block will expire December 7, 2018. Guests have two ways to reserve:

Contact the hotel directly at 251-928-0956 and ask for the Gulf Yachting Association 2019 special group rate or Online at www.fairhope.hamptoninn.com and utilize the group code (GYA)

 

As part of the GYA and Lipton Regatta 100th Anniversaries in 2020, the GYA is putting together a 9×12”, 128-page, hard cover with dust jacket commemorative coffee table book. The GYA, its clubs and the Sir Thomas Lipton Regatta are rich with history and this commemorative book will combine that history into one source.

The commemorative books will be available for pick-up at the GYA Opening Regatta at St. Andrews Bay and at the anniversary celebration and Lipton Regatta at Southern YC Labor Day Weekend, 2020.

Reserve your copy today by completing the below linked form and mailing it, along with payment, to:

Questions: Cathy @ cbook@gya.org

Links:
Pre-Order Form
Memory-Honor Order Form

Bay Waveland Yacht Club August 31, 2018 – September 2, 2018

The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Gulf Yachting Association in conjunction with the Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge will be held on August 31st – September 2nd, 2018 at the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club, 1 Yacht Club Drive, Bay St. Louis, MS (228) 467-4592.

Friday, August 31, 2018

1000-1630       Boat Measurement
1100                     Registration Desk Open (Upstairs/Bar Area)
1800                     GYA Executive Committee Meeting/Dinner (Board Room)
1800                     Dinner in Dining Room, Reservations suggested (228) 467-4592
1800 – 2200     3 Guys Strumming/Mike Callecod Bank (Front Deck)
All Day                The “All Day” Gosling’s Rum Happy Hour – $4 Dark’n Stormies / Pool Open

Saturday, September 1, 2018

0800                   Registration/Hospitality Desk Open (Upstairs/Bar Area)
0800                    Weigh-In/Crew List Submission (Upstairs/Bar Area)
0800 – 1000     Continental Breakfast (Upstairs/Bar Area)
0830 – 0930     One-Design Council Meeting (TBA)
0830                     RC Meeting (back of Main Dining Room)
0830 – 0930     Trophy Committee Meeting (Home of Past Commodore Basil Kennedy)
0830 – 0930     GYA Capdevielle Committee Meeting (Board Room)
1000 – 1100     GYA Board of Directors Meeting (Dining Room) Reservations suggested
1100                     Race Ready Po’Boys To-Go for Sale (Bar)
1100 – 1400    Lunch Buffet (Dining Room)
1115 – 1145    Team Captains Meeting (Board Room)
1200 – 1230    Flag Raising Ceremony (Front Lawn)
1300 – 1700    Burgers and Hotdogs on the Grill (Under Club)
1400                     Warning signal first race of the day (race two sailed back to back)
1700 – 2000   Pig Roast (Under Club)
1800 – 2200    Pat Murphy and Sippiana Soul Band (Dining Room)
All Day                 The “All-Day” Gosling’s Rum Happy Hour – $4 Dark’n Stormies / Pool Open

Sunday, September 2, 2018

0800 – 0830    Sunday Services
0800 – 1000    Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)
0800                    Registration/Hospitality Desk Open (Upstairs/Bar
Area)
0800                    Weigh-in/Crew List Submission (Bar)
0830                    100th Anniversary Meeting (Board Room)
0900                    Race Ready Po’Boys To-Go on Sale (Bar)
1030                    Warning Signal First Race of the Day
1100 – 1500    Burgers and Hot dogs on the Grill (Under the Club)
1430                    Warning Signal Second Race of the Day
1600 – 1900    DJ Elvis (Poolside)
TBD                     Trophy Presentation (Dining Room)
All Day               The “All-Day” Gosling’s Rum Happy Hour – $4 Dark’n Stormies / Pool Open

➢ This schedule is subject to change – please be sure to check the official bulletin board.

Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Notice of Race

Lipton 2018 Viper Measurement checklist

Sir Thomas Lipton On-Line Registration