The recipient of the Jack & Flo Scheib Service Award Service Award for 2025 was presented to Past GYA Commodore Shan L. Kirk at the Annual GYA Winter Meeting held in January at the Pensacola Yacht Club.
2025 Commodore Auguste Capdevielle Trophy, Southern Yacht Club
2025 Race Management Excellence Trophy – William Zehner, 2025 Sir Thomas Lipton Interclub Challenge (BucYC)
Richard “Boo” Heausler, Commodore
Jennifer Schmidt, Vice Commodore
Scott Hartwell, Rear Commodore
Alan C McMillan, Past Commodore
Cary Trapani, Parliamentarian
Race 1 Winners Skipper Mike Levert Crew Brandon Addison/Matt Kickhafer (Pensacola Yacht Club) Floyd Davis Memorial Trophy
Race 2 Winners: Skipper Clerc Cooper Crew Gavin Rudolph / Dwight LeBlanc IV (Southern Yacht Club) J Fred Clerc Trophy
Race 3 Winners: Skipper Connor Fanberg Crew Zak Fanberg / Anders Fanberg (Bay Waveland Yacht Club) Commodore Michael S. Johnson Trophy
Race 4 Winners: Skipper Chris Alexander Crew Collin Ross / Anderson Wolfert (Gulfport Yacht Club) GYA Past Commodores Trophy
Final Race Winners: Skipper Zak Fanberg Crew Conner Fanberg / Ricky Welch (Bay Waveland Yacht Club) Commodore Larry Beauvais Trophy
Top Female Competitor: Clerc Cooper (Southern Yacht Club)
Most Improved: Fort Walton Yacht Club Tim Murray Memorial Trophy
Sportsmanship Trophy: Biloxi Yacht Club Lipton Interclub Sportsmanship Trophy
3rd Place Overall: Pass Christian Yacht Club
2nd Place Overall: Southern Yacht Club
2025 Lipton Challenge Winners: Bay Waveland Yacht Club
1st Overall Southern Yacht Club
2nd Overall Jackson Yacht Club
3rd Overall Buccaneer Yacht Club
1st Place: Fairhope Yacht Club
2nd Place: Gulfport Yacht Club
3rd Place: Bay Waveland Yacht Club
Leslie P. Beard Sportsmanship Trophy Winners: Long Beach Yacht Club
Roy A. Troendle Trophy Winner: Conner Fanberg, BWYC
Commodore Walter G. Chamberlain Trophy Winner: Conner Fanberg BWYC
1st Southern Yacht Club
2nd Pass Christian Yacht Club
3rd New Orleans Yacht Club
SYC – Christian, Gavin and Clerc
Winners The Brennans
Buzzy, Donnie and Robert
The GYA Race Management Committee has published the GYA Standard Capdevielle / Opening Regatta Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions on the GYA Website (https://www.gya.org). The Documents can be found under Committees | Capdevielle and Committees | Race Management. They have been reviewed by both Race Management Committee Members and the GYA Judges. If you are hosting a Capdevielle event, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU USE THESE TEMPLATES.
Also, the guidelines for competing for the Race Management Excellence Trohpy are published in the Race Management Committee Page.
If you have any questions, please email race.management@gya.org
Thank you.
Robbie Schmidt
GYA Race Management Committee Chair
GYA Past Commodore Basil Kennedy was presented with the Jack and Flo Scheib Service award at the Fairhope Yacht Club.
