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RACINGed miles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligibleto race. Registration on Friday, with racing Saturday andSunday. Go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.Fort Walton Yacht Club Round theIsland 100-Mile Multihull Race,June 23-24This race is a circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Islandlocated in northwest Florida. The race begins off the point ofthe Fort Walton Yacht Club through East Pass and continueswest through the Pensacola pass where boaters will turnnorth for the return trip.At the start of the race, the wind is usually four to sixknots from the northeast. After the start, racers round aturning mark off the shoals of Crab Island then head forDestin Bridge and East Pass. A charter boat fleet runs infront of them at the pass with a colorful parade of sailorsand fishing boats. Spectators usually line the Destin Bridgeand can see the multihull fleet sail under spinnakers usingthe NNE breeze as they head out around the island.www.fwyc.org.USA Junior Olympic SailingFestival, Gulf Coast, June 29Optimist Red, White, Blue and Green Fleet; Laser, LaserRadial and Laser 4.7; Club 420s; Flying Scot. PensacolaYacht Club. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.38th Annual Horn Island Hop,Ocean Springs, MS,June 30-July 1A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs YachtClub and racing out to Horn Island. The sailors lunch, thenrace back. The final leg is the next day when there isanother opportunity to beat the time around Deer Island.Contact Judi Altman, event coordinator, at (228) 365-4169Women’s Trilogy Races,July 14, 21, 28The Women’s Trilogy Series is held every July and August.The first race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point YachtClub in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 14 on PerdidoBay. In this race, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50percent of the crew must be female. www.pointyachtclub.org.The second race, the Bikini Regatta, is held at the NavyYacht Club in Pensacola. It will he held July 21 on PensacolaBay. In this regatta, a female sailor must be at the helm and50 percent of the crew must be female. www.navypnsyc.org.The third race, the Race for the Roses, will be held on July28 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and only female crew areallowed to race. In conjunction with this regatta, the GulfYachting Association’s Women’s PHRF Championship willalso be held. www.pensacolabeach-yc.org. www.gya.org.Awards will be at each regatta. At the last regatta, therewill be a special Trilogy Trophy for the contestant whoenters all three races and earns the most combined points.The GYA’s Perpetual Women’s PHRF ChampionshipTrophy will also be presented at that time.Texas Youth Race Week,Houston Yacht Club, July 7-13A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA TeamTrails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian YachtClub (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and theHouston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.comTexas Race Week 2011,Galveston, TX, July 20-22Texas Race Week is the premiere offshore yacht-racing eventheld by the Galveston Bay Cruising Association (GBCA).The regatta encompasses three days of offshore sailboat racingon a variety of courses, beginning on Thursday with a15- to 30-mile offshore route that lasts for five hours.Courses on Friday and Saturday run along the beach soonshore spectators can view the racing. The Galveston YachtClub will be headquarters for the regatta. The 40 to 50yachts expected to compete will race PHRF. One-design andlevel fleets rill race as well. For more information, the NORand to register online, go to www.gbca.org.Northern Gulf Coast Race CalendarSee local club websites for club races.LEGENDBucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, ALBYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MSFWYC Fort Walton YC, Ft. Walton Beach, FLFYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, ALGYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MSJYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MSLBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MSLFYC Lake Forest YC, Daphne, ALMYC Mobile YC, Mobile, ALNYC Navy YC, Pensacola, FLOSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MSPBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FLPCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MSPontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LAPYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FLSYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LAStABYCSt. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FLJUNE2 Ring around the Bay. FYC2 Cancer Society. PYC2-3 Chandler Regatta. StABYC2-3 School’s Out. PontYC9 New Orleans to Gulfport. SYC9-10 Bowlegs Regatta. FWYCSee RACING continued on page 5754 June 2012 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com

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