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57.1 Host Club and Schedule(a) The GYA Women’s PHRF Championship shall be sailedannually. The GYA Offshore Council will determine the hostclub one (1) year prior to the event.57.3 Number of Races. To be determined by the organizingauthority. One completed race shall constitute a series.Gulf Yachting Association OpeningRegatta, Mobile, AL, May 5-6By Dave JefcoatTwo Fish class boats sailing in the Gulf Yachting AssociationOpening Regatta. Mark Caraher, who took first overall in the classis on the left, and Louise Douglas, who took second, is on the right.Photo by Dave Jefcoat.Buccaneer Yacht Club hosted this year’s Opening Regattaon Mobile Bay with a very good turnout of 18 yacht clubs.Because of good winds, they were able to get two races completedon Saturday. The first race was scheduled to start at2 p.m., but unfortunately, there was no wind at all. Afterwaiting for almost an hour, the sea breeze finally filled inand they got the first two races in. On Sunday, it was a verylight wind out of the northeast and the committee had toshorten the course in order to get the race completed.Buccaneer Yacht Club ended up winning the GYA Regatta,with the Mobile Yacht Club taking second and the PassChristian Yacht Club taking third.In the Open Scot Class there were five Flying Scots.Claude Danneman, Jr., from Bay Waveland Yacht Club,took first, the Mobile Yacht Club Junior Team took secondand Heather Doolittle from the Point Clear Yacht Club finishedthird.The Flying Scot Masters was won by Steve Langan fromthe Mobile Yacht Club, with Stuart Adams of the FairhopeYacht Club getting a second and Glen Ellis from the BiloxiYacht Club taking third.The FISH Class also competed, with six boats racing.Mark Caraher won two of the races and ended up firstoverall. Louise Douglas won the last race and she woundup second overall. In third was Doug Kesseler from LakeLanier, GA.Upcoming RegattasRace to the Coast, New Orleans,June 9-10Sponsored by the Southern Yacht Club, this race was firstheld on July 4, 1850. It is known as America’s oldest distancerace. The race sails through the Lake Pontchartrain,the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. Formore details, go to www.southernyachtclub.org.56th Billy BowlegsFestival andRegatta, Fort WaltonBeach Yacht Club,June 9-10This week-long event is filledwith family events for all ages. Itis focused on the charismaticcharacter Billy Bowlegs, a localnorthwest Florida pirate. Threeclass divisions are expected:Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, andJ/22. All racing will be held inChoctawhatchee Bay. An afterrace party and dinner will be heldon Saturday at the yacht club and awards ceremony afterracing Sunday. For more information and register online, goto www.fwyc.org.Gulfport to Pensacola Race,June 15-16This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the GulfportYacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola YachtClub and the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes fromthe channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coastto the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. For more information,go to www.pensacolayachtclub.orgGYA Challenge Cup, PensacolaYacht Club, June 22-24The Pensacola Yacht Club hosts the regatta this year withboats from 33 northern Gulf Coast clubs racing. Rulesrequire that the skipper, helmsman, and at least 50 percentof its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must havebeen members of the yacht club represented by the boat forthe six months preceding the event. In addition, only threeor four boats from each club are allowed to compete andare limited to one boat per class. A boat can represent onlyone yacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 record-News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS June 2012 53