The Lipton Challenge is less than one month away, and while your team is
preparing for this event, it is imperative that you add "Confirm Flying
Scot registration with FSSA" to your checklist. This is an annual
renewal and is likely paid automatically by your club's manager or fleet
captain, but please check to make sure your club is
current. You may not be allowed to participate in the Liptons if your
Scot is not properly registered.
FSSA Membership Application
With the start of
school around the corner for most kids that can only mean one thing,
the 2010 Junior Lipton Challenge. Gulfport Yacht Club hosted the
regatta this year and Sam Vasquez, the sailing director for GYC, did
an excellent job running a two day seminar for the juniors that
included chalk talk, rules seminar, racing with on the water
coaching and a pro-am sailing event. The weekend ended with Fairhope
Yacht Club being the 2010 Junior Lipton Challenge Champions. The
juniors did an excellent job and won the regatta with 7 points.
Congratulations to the entire
Fairhope Yacht Club junior team and next year Fairhope Yacht Club
will host the Junior Lipton Challenge.
Congratulations to the lady sailors at Buccaneer Yacht Club for
winning the 2010 Knost All Female Championship at Pass Christian
Yacht Club. Pass Christian did and awesome job hosting the regatta.
Make sure you check the GYA schedule for all the upcoming regattas.
With that being said, make sure your yacht club’s team captain files
all the appropriate paperwork if your yacht club intends to sail in
the Lipton Cup Challenge. The deadline is quickly approaching.
With the oil in the Gulf of Mexico and several harbors and bayous
are closed Pensacola Yacht Club has stepped up to help out Point
Yacht Club. To keep with the tradition of the Alabama/Florida
women’s regatta trilogy Pensacola Yacht has graciously offered Point
Yacht Club the Pensacola Yacht Club facilities to host the Fast
Women’s Regatta on August 21, 2010.
It
is important that if your yacht club has an event on the GYA
Schedule to please keep the GYA Executive Committee, David Bolyard
Commodore
westwindsails@bellsouth.net, John Matthews Vice Commodore
johnmatthews@cox.net, Pete
O’Neal poneal@asdd.com,
Jane Eshleman Secretary
skygoddess51@bellsouth.net, in the loop as to whether or not
your regatta has been postponed rescheduled or moved to another
location. We will post your official regatta information here on
www.gya.org.
As a reminder,
please get your NOR’s out in a timely fashion and if you send
Cathy Cromartie,
cmcromartie@bellsouth.net, a copy of your club’s NOR Cathy
will put it or a link on the
www.gya.org site.
If you are hosting a regatta and find it necessary to cancel,
change the date or move the regatta please let Cathy Cromartie,
cmcromartie@bellsouth.net, know so we can get it posted.
