Pensacola Yacht Club wins the 54 th Annual Navy Cup Regatta

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1 Pensacola Yacht Club wins the 54 th Annual Navy Cup Regatta

2 2016 marks 85 Years of Navy Yacht Club HISTORY Established April 12 th, 1931 Navy Yacht Club Pensacola has a long prestigious history: Founded by flight students at NASP in 1931 Navy Cup--Originated in 1962, with the trophy provided by the US Navy. A unique club competition concept that was, by request of the base, part of the th Anniversary Celebration of NASP *The race to Isla Mujeres celebrating over 50 years was only possible because of the collaborative efforts of NYCP and NASP *Hosted the Cradle of Naval Aviation Regatta that commemorated the 75th Anniversary of Naval Aviation *The Bikini Regatta, originated by Lloyd and Beverly Stagg, brought a new concept in female competitive sailing to Pensacola Bay that has been replicated by other local clubs *NYCP continues to honor its Military roots, offering military students the opportunity to compete on the water at a minimal membership cost *NYCP says "thanks" to those who have' given so much for our freedom. The originator of Wounded American Veterans Event, WAVE, is "rolling" around Florida, thanks to adoption by the Florida Commodores Association. This "Day on the Bay" is a labor of love for hosting yacht clubs NYCP supports the Dan Smith Memorial Youth Sailing Scholarship In 2011, Kathy Champagne searched through vintage GOSPORTs, and collaborated with Hill Goodspeed, Naval Aviation Museum Historian, to reveal the following NYCP sailors, who are most likely our founders: *A. Dixon winged in 1931 *William Masland winged in 1931 *H. Starves winged in 1931 *J.H. Smith winged in 1932 We have been entrusted with a rich legacy, for which we should feel honored to protect. JULY 2016 Commodore s Comments JOHN MATTHEWS From the Helm: The 54 th Anniversary of the traditional and historical Navy Cup competition was successfully concluded on June 12. This regatta is our biggest event as Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. Unfortunately only two clubs competed in this outstanding regatta. It appears that Pensacola Beach Yacht Club could not field a team for the competition. It was really terrific that many of our members were in attendance to witness the regatta competition. The competition between Navy YC and PYC was really great. Pensacola Yacht Club came out on top as the winner of the Navy Cup a well deserved win. Congratulations to PYC and their outstanding team. Most of the winning skippers and crews actually attended the trophy presentation at the Crow s Nest. This is a terrific testimony to the significance of the Navy Cup Regatta. The next big regatta is the Bikini Regatta for NYCP featuring all female and mixed crews competing as one of the principal Trilogy regattas which include the Fast Women and the Race of the Roses. This regatta occurs on July 9 with crews and skippers from all over the Gulf Coast racing. George Hero a member of Southern Yacht Club will serve as the PRO for the event. He always enjoys coming to NYCP and helping out with a great regatta. I really think he does it because his wife is going to be a competitor. It would really be great if the NYCP members would come out and support this great event. The facilities committee is still working to find us a temporary home off the base. The Bridge will meet on July 5 at the American Legion Post 33 located on Barrancas Avenue. The building is well suited for our needs and is centrally located. We will be investigating how our needs fit into the requirements of the Legion. We do know that they will allow us to serve and sell our bar libations. Another beneficial item is they have handicap access to the building with plenty of close in parking to the building. It is completely air conditioned and they have a full kitchen which will be available for our use. After our Bridge

3 meeting we will have a report for the general membership on the outcome and a recommendation for its use. Your continued participation in NYCP activities and events is essential to achieving success so I hope to see you around the Crow s Nest. We will begin our process of seeking volunteers to serve in leadership positions for the Navy Yacht Club Bridge for the year We need leadership with dedication and commitment to making Navy Yacht Club Pensacola the best it can be in serving our members and recruiting new members with a strong interest in the mission of Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. If you have an interest in serving please let your desires be known to any current member of the Bridge. Hope you all have a great July 4 th celebration and remember we all need to do all we can to continue to make the United States of America the greatest nation on this planet. HYC = Houston Yacht Club LBYC = Long Beach Yacht Club MYC = Mobile Yacht Club NOYC = New Orleans Yacht Club OSYC = Ocean Springs Yacht Club PCYC = Pass Christian Yacht Club PtYC = Point Yacht Club The Navy Yacht Club will now be using the US Sailing Regatta Network, powered by Regatta Network.com For all race registrations visit to obtain registration the link. All sailors have something in common the importance of keeping sailing vibrant and strong for future generations John Matthews 2016 Commodore johnmatthews@cox.net (850) Upcoming Local Regattas Meetings Gatherings JULY 1-3 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival PYC 2 Patriot s Day Regatta PBYC 5-10 US Junior Women s Double-handed Championship BWYC 7 NYCP Membership Meeting NYCP 9 36 th Annual Bikini Regatta NYCP 9-10 Meigs Regatta FWYC 9-10 Island Hop OSYC 16 Bastille Day Regatta - NOYC GORR LBYC Summer Regatta MYC 23 Race for the Roses PBYC GYA Women s PHRF Championship PBYC Junior Lipton Championship - MYC USODA Team Race Nationals HYC USODA Girls Nationals HYC USODA National Championship HYC 28 NYCP Bridge Meeting Ferguson Airport 30 Fast Women Regatta PtYC Birthday Regatta PCYC Weatherly Regatta GYC 2016 NYCP Racing Calendar July 9, th Annual Bikini Regatta September 24, 2016 Commodore s Cup #3 (Bay Champ #10) October 29, 2016 Commodore s Cup #4 / Veteran Regatta The Navy Yacht Club sends out our sympathies to the family and friends of Blue Angel Pilot Marine Captain Jeff Kuss who was recently killed on June 2 nd, 2016 during an Air show weekend in Smyrna, Tennessee. NYCP = Navy Yacht Club PBYC = Pensacola Beach Yacht Club PYC = Pensacola Yacht Club BWYC = Bay Waveland Yacht Club FWYC = Fort Walton Yacht Club GYC = Gulfport Yacht Club

4 NYCP FACILITY COMMITTEE: Chairman Vice Commodore Bob Sutton Members: Barry Pokorney, Don Robinson, Jim Parsons, Ellen Costigan, Liz Richbourg, Marcia Cooper and Beverly Stagg (alternate) If you would like to see what it looks like go to and check it out. After the bridge has seen it and has a chance to talk about it we will decide if it is something to bring to the membership, if so I will present it at the July 7 th Meeting that I hope all of you make. This is a Pot Luck for the 4 th so bring what you would eat on the 4 th and share. Just after that is the Bikini Regatta Saturday the 9 th of July so come out and help it s always a great time. One last thing we need volunteers and we need members, remember it takes all of us to make a great club greater!!! Vice s Verses Bob Sutton Hello All, OK, so I didn t want to come back from Mexico!! Part was selfish because coming home meant that Renee had to go back to Providence and after 30 days with her it was hard to let her go, and part was it was a great time had by all. As I came back and got well we had the Navy Cup on the door step. It was a well put together event (thank you to all the volunteers) the outcome was not what I wanted but next year we will bring the cup back home. The following weekend was its 5 O clock somewhere summer sailstice and the margaritas were flowing. We had a lot of local visitors but not a very good member turn out. I thought this Club was full of a bunch of outgoing partiers. Was I mistaken? If NYCP is going to survive we need you to come out and have some fun and make us want to keep the doors open. 85 years is a long tradition to just say so long to. I will not be the one to do that. We Need You!!! I have had some time to look around and see what is out there for us to call home and not doing so well. Then a little birdie came to me and said what about the Post AL33? (The birdie of course was Commodore Matthews). So I went and checked it out. I made some phone calls and it sounded very good. The Commodore and I went to check it out and talk to the Post Commander. It looks and sounds like something to pursue. The bridge will have their monthly board meeting there to see it and decide if it s something to bring to the membership. Remember what I said this is a membership decision not a bridge decision. I can let you in on some of what it has to offer. The price is right, $ a month for bridge and Membership meetings. If we want to have Regatta parties after Regattas it s $75.00 a Saturday. We can put a refrigerator in the kitchen with a lock for are beer and wine. The store room as a place for locks boxes to keep the party and meal stuff locked in. The kitchen has an ice maker. The room is big enough to hold 300 people. No Stairs, wheel chair friendly. Plenty of parking around the Post. rrsutton01@cox.net (662) Bob Sutton Vice Commodore Social Committee Notes By Kathy Champagne The Social Committee helps with Membership meetings, Regattas and Special Events. Here are the Themes for the NYCP General Membership Meetings in 2016 July 4 th of July Picnic Potluck August Road to Rio Kick-off for the 2016 Olympics and hopefully our NYCP Paralympian, Damian Brazilian Cuisine and Trivia September Potluck October Sailing to Cuba November Year Look Back and NYCP 2016 Reflections 1966 Cuisine In addition we will be planning 4 Marina events during the year (85 th Anniversary Champagne Social April 10th, Summer Sailstice June 18th, a shipwreck Jaw2 party August 13th and Christmas Tree Trimming party December 5th). We are also looking for a flyer designer to replace Susan (who did a fantastic job last year). If you are interested in helping with any of these events in 2016 please contact me - Kathy Champagne. Kathy Champagne kathychampagne@bellsouth.net

5 After a meeting or activity at the Crow s Nest - Please remember to wipe down your tables and return the chairs back to their original set-up (four chairs to each table) Thank you. We are looking for volunteers to help with our social activities if you would like to help cook, bartend, cleanup or help provide assistance please contact Kathy Champagne June 2, 2016 NYCP Membership Meeting Kick-off for Navy Cup Regatta Dogs and Sailing Chips FOURTH OF JULY MONDAY 7/4/2016 (Celebrating our 240 th Birthday) NYCP Membership Meeting July 7 th Bring a food item to share - something you would bring to a picnic Canada Day July 1st (Canada s 149 th Birthday) Attention all members 36 th Annual Bikini Regatta Mark your calendars and come out to the club to help support our 36 th Annual Bikini Regatta on Saturday, July 9th. There will be specialty drinks, pull pork sandwiches, sailing chips and of course plenty of social activities and fun with the lady sailors of Pensacola Bay. There will also be a drawing for a Regatta Gift Bag filled with goodies - $1.00 per ticket. On shore activities will begin when the racers return from the Bay beginning about 3:30 PM with trophies and awards at approximately 5:30 PM Come out and enjoy the day! Kim Kaminski Bikini Regatta Chair & Coordinator

6 NAVY YACHT CLUB PENSACOLA BIKINI REGATTA HISTORY In 1981, Lloyd T. Stagg, OMC, USN, was the Commodore of Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. He and his wife Beverly had previously been stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, and active in the Navy Yacht Club JAX. They were also members of North Florida Cruising Club which sponsored an annual Bikini Regatta to encourage women in sailing and racing. Lloyd thought a Bikini Regatta would have the same positive effect to draw more women into the sailing/racing community in Pensacola. Ron McAffee was the Fleet Captain of NYCP that year and he scheduled the Inaugural Bikini Regatta in the summer of The rules were simple a female had to be on the helm of the sailboat throughout the entire race, from 1 st warning until finish. There was no restriction on the numbers and gender of the remainder of the crew. The race was a success and it was decided to continue and improve the event the next year. The first winner was Ann McBride from the Pensacola Yacht Club aboard Super Fly. In 1982, the rules were changed to require that a female should be on the helm throughout the race and that 50% or greater of the crew must be female (babes in arms did not count.) Subsequently throughout the years the rules were modified. Although the first regatta was for non-spinnaker class only, later (and at the request of the female skippers) a spinnaker class was added. By the fourth year of this regatta, 41 boats participated and they were broken into classes A through F. There was also special recognition for all-female crews. They were awarded a bouquet of red roses, and this inspired the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club to originate The Race for the Roses a regatta for all female crews which was established in 1988 by Ellen Hunt & Karen Kriegel. The Bikini Regatta has not been conducted without controversy. In 1996, the title of the then-politically-incorrect name Bikini Cup Regatta was changed for three years to The Bev Stagg Regatta. After that time, the event s name was restored to the Bikini Regatta. The Point Yacht Club in Josephine, Alabama was inspired to follow in the footsteps of the Bikini Regatta and created in 1992 their own version of a women s race called The Fast Women Regatta. The Point Yacht Club also created in 1999 a Virgin Skipper award to recognize the accomplishments of a first time skipper and the Best All Female award to recognize an all female racing team. First winners were: Savannah Phillips Easy Lady Virgin Skipper & Kathy Holler Conjure II All Female. In 2001, due to the success of the ladies races in the area, Rick Zern from the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club suggested and submitted to the Gulf Yachting Association to create an officially sanctioned event - PHRF GYA Women s Championship Regatta and to tie in the new race championship following the three ladies races in the Pensacola Bay area. To aid in this endeavor and encourage more women participants in the newly created GYA event, representatives from the three area yacht clubs: Kathy Coates from The Point Yacht Club, Maryanne Hayes from The Navy Yacht Club and Rick Zern from the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club helped to support the creation of the Ladies Trilogy Series Trophy given to the top finishing participant who raced in all three of the established ladies races. The first winner of the Trilogy trophy was Pam Rowell on Cuda been Paris and the first winner of the GYA Women s PHRF Championship was Susan Kerzweg. In 2009, the NYCP chapter of the International Order of the Blue Gavel honored Lloyd and Beverly Stagg by donating a perpetual trophy entitled The Commodore Lloyd Stagg and Beverly Stagg Bikini Regatta Trophy which is given to the first place spinnaker fleet and first place non-spinnaker fleet winners each year. The first recipients were: Kriss Ridgeway on Black Ice, Spinnaker Fleet and Linda Curenton on Caddy Wampus, Non-Spinnaker Fleet.

7 Sailing & the Marina Party June 18, 2016 It was a beautiful day to welcome the beginning of summer and enjoy the Summer Sailstice Celebration being held not only at our Navy Yacht Club facility, but being celebrated around the world. The breezes were steady from the southeast blowing 8 to 10 knots as sailors took to their boats. The group from Helldiver took new sailor Marcia Cooper out for her first sail aboard the 33 foot sailboat as other members and friends did the same on their perspective vessels. After a great sail out on Pensacola Bay, the sailors returned to the marina to continue the celebration ashore as the Navy Yacht Club s Summer Sailstice Marina Party Its 5:00 Somewhere! Hostess Kathy Champagne had appetizers from around the world as well as a Margaritaville blender full of the frozen concoctions. There were plenty of visitors, guests and yacht club friends in attendance as Kim Kaminski made the Margaritas, Jim Andrews played the saxophone and warm food, big smiles and music filled the air. Art and Joan Shuck paid a visit to the club, and Art took the time to chat with the young military visitors who came to the party. There was a raffle drawing for special tumblers from Margaritaville and the winners received the tumbler along with a freshly made margarita! Welcome Summer!!!

8 Pensacola Bay Championship Series The hope and idea for this new Pensacola Bay Championship Series would encourage greater participation by everyone in all of the regattas on the bay in 2016, not just in your home club regattas. There will be 12 regattas in the series and only 9 races would have to be sailed to qualify a yacht for the Bay Championship thereby offering the potential for 4 throw-outs or regattas that could be skipped if a yacht wasn t able to compete in all 12. The series is open to all boats owned by a member in good standing of one of the Pensacola area yacht clubs. A Pensacola Offshore Championship will be sailed within the series and awards for these 4 offshore races* only. Boats need not sail in any of the other Pensacola Bay Championship series races in order to compete for the Offshore Championship. There s definitely room for multihull divisions as well as PHRF racing and cruising and One-Design divisions, youth divisions, etc Pensacola Bay Championship Series * Sep 3 Pcola Bch Pier and Back PBYC (Bay Champ #9/Offshore) Sep 24 CC#2 / CC #3 NYCP (Bay Champ #5 & #10) Oct 1 Lost Bay PtYC (Bay Champ #11) *Oct WFORC PYC (Bay Champ#12/Offshore)

9 Gulfport to Pensacola / Bay Champ #8/ Offshore - Race Results June 24-25, PBYC SPINNAKER 100 miles (42 boats participated in the 2016 event Class A Rating 1 Great Escape 72 12:42:30 2 Fresh Pineapple 54 13:18:19 3 War Canoe 15 13:21:30 4 Zydeco 36 13:36:18 5 Madame J 30 13:42:50 6 Coquette 72 14:03:02 7 Lunami 60 15:11:51 Class B 1 Tiare :12:32 2 Southern Rain :40:26 3 Forerunner 84 13:46:05 4 Gotcha :47:32 5 Seduisant :37:45 6 Perfidia :54:04 7 Flying Pig :54:20 8 Moonglade :31:03 9 Ghost :38:08 10 Madcap :53:39 Class D 1 Easterly :10:38 2 Koala :00:47 3 Beasterly :09:19 Cruising A 1 Mystic :17:46 2 Fidelis II :41:14 3 Judicious :37:40 4 Pursuit :38:40 5 Lady Gray 90 15:22:25 6 Dejavu :21:24 Cruising B 1 Free Spirit :49:19 2 Sazerac :46:18 3 Cloud :39:58 4 Nina Marie :43:07 7 R & R DNF 7 Scorpio RAF Non-Spinnaker 1 Touche :19:49 2 Windsome :28:53 3 Blue Moon :38:28 6 Red Boat DNF 6 Voyager DNF Multihull 1 Belefonte P Michael Anderson :12:00 2 Cat Daddy Tommy Clark 51 19:37:36 Rally Class 1 Duet Jack Hulse :35:33 Moxie James Long 219 DNF Happy Day Rob Spratt 168 DNF Masters Division 1 Great Escape Eric Aschaffenburg 86 12:19:10 2 Tiare Bill Provensal 89 13:04:12 3 Fresh Pineapple Guy Williams 59 13:09:59 4 War Canoe John Dane 20 13:13:10 5 Forerunner John Mathis 93 13:31:05 6 Madam J Ralph W Junius Jr 37 13:31:10 7 Free Spirit Thomas Stokes :32:39 8 Fidelis II Jay Williams :37:54 9 Gotcha Victor Echenique :44:12 10 Coquette Dan Lee 75 13:58:02 11 Moonglade Lee Creekmore :09:23 12 Lady Gray Robert Hughes 93 15:17:25 13 Ghost Charles Jagneaux :23:08 14 Touche Dennis Cheuvront :06:29 15 Nina Marie Timothy Norton :38:07 16 Windsome - William Jobst :07:13 RAF Scorpio Frank Collins 220 DNF Red Boat Tom Maag 190 DNF R & R - Fred Turbo 174 REAR COMMODORE Jim Parsons Hello All, The 54 th Annual Navy Cup was held on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday June 12, We had great weather for both days and a good turn out between the Navy Yacht Club and the Pensacola Yacht Club (the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club & the Point Yacht Club did not participate this year as they had in years past.) There were 6 Spinnaker Boats and 8 Non-Spinnaker boats and we had 4 sunfish, 2 lasers and 2 Hunter 18 s racing during the weekend with approximately 75 sailors out on the water. Everyone enjoyed the cold drinks, regatta dogs and swabby joes following the racing. Our race committee was well prepared for Saturday s bay racing (see the picture below) and on Sunday our own Commodore took to the water and ran the small boat races with the assistance of Buddy Hamilton and staff from the Bayou Grande Marina. After the first day of racing the competition was close between the two clubs and the final outcome would be decided on the final day of racing between the small boat sailors. The Navy Yacht Club gave a gallant effort but the Pensacola Yacht Club rose to the top and earned the Perpetual Navy Cup Trophy for the 38 th time in the 54 year history of the Navy Cup. Our next race event is the 36 th Annual Bikini Regatta to be held on July 9 th. This Race is a ladies race that allows 50% of the crew to be female and a female sailor on the helm. Come sail, support and be a part of this special race event. If you are interested in being trained to help out with our regattas for let me know we would love to have you help out with any of our upcoming activities. Jim Parsons Rear Commodore jimparsons@bellsouth.net (850) Members of the 2016 Navy Cup Race Committee

10 US Sailing Area D Sears Eliminations To all prospective participants in the NYCP Regattas Please be advised that access to NAS Pensacola is being highly enforced. Since we (NYC) do not know in advance, we are unable to give the main gate a list of possible attendees. If you do not possess a DoD ID card, you may not be permitted access without sponsorship. You will be held at the gate until a sponsor can come to allow your entry. All persons in the car must have some form of ID, even if the driver has a DoD ID. If you arrive at the gate and are told you need a sponsor, you can call and someone will be sent to help you gain access. We will be manning the Crow's Nest (Bayou Grande Marina) from 0800 Race Day Saturdays. Registration for the NYCP Regattas is available via the Regatta Network and is mandatory. Registration will be open at the Crow's Nest on Saturdays at Computer access to the Regatta Network will be available for your use for registration. The NOR is available on the Regatta Network website and on NYCP's web site ( under Racing. For future regattas, it is advised that you register a week in advance via Regatta Network so that we may generate a list for the Security Department, which will facilitate entrance to the base. If you anticipate entering the base and do not have the proper credentials, please furnish a list of crew members ten days in advance. We look forward to providing a great regatta with lots of participation. REGISTER TODAY! Pass this information on to other folks I may have missed. Thanks, Jim Parsons Rear Commodore Sears Area D Eliminations scheduled for July 22 at Mobile YC (Friday before the Jr Lipton Regatta). This event will be in Flying Scots; finals are in Lightnings One team from Area D will go to the finals in August at Mission Bay., San Diego,CA. Interested teams may contact Karen Reisch or Pete O Neal for more information and to let us know you intend to participate. Registration: tion_form.php?regatta_id=12949 Event Website: FLEET CAPTAIN "Racing News" Barry Pokorney Hello All, Unfortunately, I was unable to make the 54 th Annual Navy Cup due to my medical condition but I do want to thank Rear Commodore Jim Parsons for stepping into my shoes and acting as Fleet Captain / Race Chairman for the Navy Cup Regatta. There is a lot of behind the scene work and effort that goes into the Navy Cup event, so the next time you see Jim tell him Thanks! Our next race of the year will be held on Saturday, July 9 th. This race needs you - the ladies of Navy Yacht Club and all you boat owners out there willing to let a lady sailor take the helm of your boat (Don t worry guys, the rules do allow 50% of the crew to be male if necessary). Jim Parsons (Acting Fleet Captain) has already posted the notice of race for the Bikini Regatta so check out the details on our website racing page. If you don t sail.come out and show your support for all the sailors. If you have a boat (power or sail) and would like to assist us in upcoming races, or would like to learn about race committee work, please contact me. We are always looking to add new crew to the Race Committee. Barry Pokorney Fleet Captain barry.pokorney@gmail.com (850) Thank You Race Committee!!

11 54 th Annual Navy Cup Race Results June 11 & 12, miles 2.2 miles Spinnaker Class A R1 R2 Total Pts 1 Rodent Hunter Riddle (PYC) 1:05:45 23: Atlantic Union Rachael Gillette (PYC) 1:09:22 24: Helldiver-Kim Kaminski (NYC) 1:14:02 26:15 6 Spinnaker Class B 1 Phoenix-Stephen Nichols (NYC) 1:08:08 23: Reach Around Jeff Hunt (PYC) 1:12:07 25: Hoot Mark Mager (PYC) 1:22:16 28:55 6 Non-Spinnaker Class A 1 White Shell Woman J.Connerley (PYC) 1:16:08 29: Sea Breeze-Dan Owczarczak (NYC) 1:27:33 32: TraSea Larry Cost (PYC) 1:39:15 36: Shaman-Don Williams (NYC) 1:23:23dsq 30:35 12 Non-Spinnaker Class B 1 Lockeness-Fred Locke (NYC) 1:20:50 30: Acadia-Bob Kriegel (PYC) 1:23:35 30: Wild Goose Pat Jackson (NYC) 1:30:27 33: NYCP- Bob Wilson (NYC) DNS DNS 10 Sunfish - PYC 1 st, NYC 2 nd Laser PYC 1 st, NYC 2 nd Hunter 18 s PYC 1 st, NYC 2 nd Total Points PYC =, NYC = Navy Cup Small Boat One Design Sailors Photos by Buddy Hamilton Dick Piatt, NYC s Laser Sailor Vanessa Williams, NYC s Sunfish Sailor Marcia Cooper & Kim Kaminski NYC s Hunter 18 Sailors Message from PYC Fleet Captain Dave Oerting Navy Cup is definitely a favorite of the old time Pensacola Bay racers. This year was certainly right up there with the best. As this unique regatta strives to bring forth, there was great competition and thoughtful team strategy present throughout the weekend. One of the admirable pieces to this regatta are the dedicated volunteers of the Navy Yacht Club, starting with the annual Navy Cup brochure which is very well done and no small task. The race committee work was fair to all, even including the protest hearing. The Swabby Joes and Regatta Dogs and the welcoming faces of all the members present at NYCP make this regatta very special. PYC is proud to have participated in every Navy Cup Regatta to date and most proud to have been able to come away from this year s tightly contested competition with the 2016 Navy Cup Championship. Thanks and congratulations to the Navy Yacht Club Pensacola on an all around outstanding regatta experience. DO Jim Parson s Granddaughter Sara Fe White NYC s Sunfish Sailor

12 US Sailing GYA GYA Sportboat Championship & Interclub Series Regional/District/National/World Events Jul Jr Lipton Championship Jul USODA Team Race Nationals Jul USODA Girls Nationals Jul USODA Nationals Aug Knost Championship Aug Galloway GYA Sunfish/Laser Champ Sep 3-5 Lipton Challenge Oct 8-9 GYA Finn Championship Oct GYA Fish Championship Nov USODA Opti Midwinters GYA (Gulf Yachting Association) Activities 2016 Regatta Dates GYA Opening Fairhope Yacht Club* Meigs Regatta Ft Walton Yacht Club* Weatherly Regatta Gulfport Yacht Club* Sugar Bowl Regatta - Southern Yacht Club* 2017 Regatta Dates Mardi Gras Regatta - New Orleans Yacht Club GYA Opening Gulfport Yacht Club Candler Regatta St Andrews Bay Yacht Club Meigs Regatta Ft Walton Yacht Club Summer Regatta Mobile Yacht Club Weatherly Regatta Gulfport Yacht Club Wadewitz Regatta Fairhope Yacht Club Sugar Bowl Race of Champions New Orleans Yacht Club Dick Piatt Hello All, July hosts plenty of Championship activities along the coast for the GYA including: the Junior Lipton Championship, the USODA Team Race Nationals, the USODA Girls Nationals, the USODA Nationals and the Women s PHRF Championship. It will also be a busy time for the GYA regarding all of the Capdevielle & Interclub Series racing events being held throughout the month starting with: the Meigs Regatta July 9 th & 10 th in Fort Walton Beach at the Ft Walton Yacht Club, the Summer Regatta in Mobile at the Mobile Yacht Club & the Weatherly Regatta in Gulfport at the Gulfport Yacht Club. Both the Meigs Regatta and the Weatherly Regatta are races that count as part of the Sportboat & Interclub Series. Please let me know if you have any information or need any info about GYA. Any questions ask Dick! Dick Piatt GYA Coordinator Director piatt49@att.net (850) The Gulf Yachting Association Sportboat Championship and Interclub Series will be sailed in the years 2016 and 2017 in parallel with the 2016 and 2017 Capdevielle Series, as outlined herein, for the purpose of introducing and transitioning the Viper 640 as the GYA Interclub Boat effective in GYA Capdevielle RACING Flying Scot / GYA Events Standard Schedule 2016 Jul 9-10 Meigs Regatta (Flying Scot)* Jul Summer Regatta (Flying Scot) Jul Women s PHRF Championship Jul Junior Liptons (Flying Scot) Jul Weatherly Regatta (Flying Scot)* Aug 6-7 GYA J-22 Aug Knost Regatta (Flying Scot / PHRF) Aug Galloway Regatta (Flying Scot) Sep 3-5 Lipton Regatta (Flying Scot) Sep 10 Chappell-Stitt Sep Back to School (Flying Scot) Sep Wadewitz Regatta (Flying Scot) Oct WFORC Oct GYA Fish Class Nov Jubilee Regatta /Flying Scot Individual Championship Dec 3-4 Sugar Bowl Regatta (Flying Scot)* Women s Regattas 2016 July 9 - Bikini Regatta - NYCP July 23 - Race for the Roses PBYC July GYA Women s PHRF Championship - PBYC July 30 - Fast Women - PtYC Aug GYA Knost Regatta PCYC Aug 27 Pam Sintes Regatta - NOYC Oct 22 - Pink Ribbon SYC / NOYC / LPWSA

13 Navy Flying Scot Sailing Greetings! The current Flying Scot schedule this year for our Navy Yacht Club team is: Meigs Regatta (9-10 July) Ft Walton, Summer Regatta (16-17 July) Mobile, Weatherly Regatta (30-31 July) Gulfport and the Lipton Regatta(3-5 Sept) Mobile. Since, I was out of the country for the two regattas in May and one regatta in June. Dick Piatt took the helm for the Flying Scot Team. Let either Dick or myself know if you are interested in racing on the Navy Yacht Club Flying Scot team and if you want to be part of our Flying Scot sailing effort. Thanks!! Where in the W rld is the NYCP Burgee? This is a variation of the Where s Waldo drawings that were popular several years ago. Basically members of the club can submit pictures - to the Social Committee - which have the Burgee or our license plate somewhere in the photograph. Pictures can be submitted at any time electronically or dropping them off at one of the club events to any member of the social committee. Each month the social committee will review the picture(s) submitted and selection of one along with a runner-up which is unique and would be of the most interest to the entire club to submit to the Foghorn. Club members or their guests are eligible to participate. ssteph7@juno.com (850) Sue Stephenson Flying Scot Fleet Captain Navy Yacht Club-Dan Smith Memorial Youth Sailing Scholarship Flying Scot Racing News By Dick Piatt The scot team did not get to travel to Panama City to compete in the Candler Regatta on June 4 th & 5 th since we did not have enough people to race. Many thanks go out to John Buziak, Kim Kaminski and Buddy Hamilton for willing to race for the Panama City event but we need to get more sailors to compete. Let me know if you can sail in any of the upcoming events in July. R/Dick piatt49@att.net (850) SAILING CAMP begins July 18 th thru July 29 th, 2016 Age range 10 years to 16 years old If you know a military dependant youth who is interested in learning how to sail or if you are interested in helping with the youth sailing program Please submit their name and information or provide your contact information to any of the Navy Yacht Club Board members contact can be made by , phone or in person. Or you can apply through the MWR Summer Programs application found on the Navy Yacht Club website: July 2 nd, Pensacola Beach Yacht Club One Design Race World Youth Day July 26th

14 Please be sure to check the Navy Yacht Club website: for all of the yacht club news such as upcoming meetings, sign-up for activities or sailboat crew, information about the club and notice of races as well as other contact information. I added a new function to the Website. Check out Navy Yacht Club on You Tube. There's a link to it on the home page. It's a work in progress and it's got a lot of potential. Also check out the photos from the Navy Cup and the new Where in the World is the NYCP Burgee map link. If you have a picture to submit be sure to let us know. N.Y.C.P. Meeting June 2, 2016 Hello All, We had some new members, a guest and some members who have been out of state at our June meeting: New Members Bob and Cheryl Ayers Guest Dick Porter Out of Town Members Oscar and Stacy Robertson If you are new members to the club - we would like to welcome you. We look forward to seeing you at the meetings. If you bring any new friends with you to the meeting be sure to let us know so we can introduce you or your friends to our members-you never know who may want to join our ranks and become the newest Navy Yacht Club member. Richard Smith Website and Newsletter Director rps2949@att.net Sandy Pyle Miss Hospitality Navy Yacht Club Objectives: A) To instruct, train and encourage recreational boating and competitive sailing events including all race management activities. Operation Desert Storm Popularly known as the first Gulf War, was the successful U.S.-Allied response to Iraq's attempt to overwhelm neighboring Kuwait. B) To instruct and develop skills in seamanship, piloting, navigation, water safety and boat maintenance including cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard in promotion safe boating practices. C) To establish and maintain professional liaison with local commands. D) To establish and maintain an association with the military and civilian sailing or recreational organizations. E) To sponsor and provide training to youth groups.

15 F) To encourage membership and participation in the U.S. Naval Sailing Association. G) To promote and encourage social activities among members. Welcome to the Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. As an all- Volunteer organization we look forward to your becoming directly involved in many of the activities and events conducted by NYCP. It is the interest in and commitment to the avenues of service that makes the administration and operation of the Club successful. We look forward to an exciting year and the success of our membership becoming personally involved with their time and talents. We appreciate your interest and willingness to make a commitment especially in the following areas of activity: Social, Sailing, Communications and Site Management Sincerely, The 2016 Navy Yacht Club Bridge Officers NYC dues for $240 per family *** - $120 per member *** - $25 per student Note: a $30 late fee is added to the 2016 dues for current members if payment received after 3/3/2016 *NOTE: Portions of the dues payment will be placed in a special Building Fund account. ***In addition, any NYCP member who permanently resides more than 150 miles from Naval Air Station Pensacola (for at least six consecutive months) annually shall be eligible for a reduced dues rate of 50 percent per member/family. Checks should be made payable to the Navy Yacht Club. Send your check directly to: Treasurer NYC P.O. Box 4422 Pensacola FL If you would like to order a name tag, please let me know at the monthly meetings. The cost of a name tag is $8.50. Applications for membership can be found on the Navy Yacht Club website at: or by contacting Molly Werner, Membership Chair at or by mc4werner@aol.com Membership News By Director - Molly Werner Attention all members To date we have 72 members - 13 New and 59 who have renewed. The Dues for 2016 are now $150.00* per returning member and the students memberships will be $25.00 per person. (*There is a $30.00 late fee added if dues are not paid by March 3 rd, 2016 (per our bi-laws).) If you would like to pay your dues bi-annually you can contact me for arrangements. If you have friends who would like to join our club please contact me. Be sure to have them fill out the brand new application form with all the latest updated information that is being requested. Also, if your phone number has changed, please let me know so I can update that information on our membership roster. If you requested a name badge or membership card, please don t forget to check in with me to pick up your items. Many thanks! mc4werner@aol.com Molly Werner Membership Director New Members If you are interested in joining the Navy Yacht Club as a club member - please be advised that our updated and revised membership requirements and bylaws changes have been recently approved. Qualified applicants shall now include: Reserve and Former Military personnel of all United States Uniformed Services and their dependents Actively employed or retired civilians of the Department of the Defense and their dependents Student members members who are assigned as students to military schools located on military installations located in the Pensacola Bay area. Their student membership shall expire upon their graduation from the military school they had been attending. Student members are not eligible to vote. Honorary Members members whose membership has been proposed to and elected by the Bridge and approved by the general membership, Individuals nominated for Honorary Membership shall have made a significant contribution to the Club in the form of time, services rendered or by having a special skill or talent needed by the Club. Honorary members are subject to approval on an annual basis and honorary members are not eligible to vote.

16 Family Membership = Membership of the family of a person who has qualified as a Regular Member. Family includes husband and wife, legally married and their legally dependent child (children) who qualify as Junior Members as described below. Junior Membership = Membership of a dependent child (in a family membership) under the age of eighteen and twenty-two if still financially supported by the family. Junior Members shall not be eligible to vote. Miss MoonShine - Marcia Cooper HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS! As Captain Lili (our one and only Sunshine Lady) always said IF YOU PLAN ON BEING SICK SOON GIVE ME A CALL. Or if you are ill or know someone who is ill, due to have surgery, or may be in the hospital and would like some moonshine send their way, please call. Marcia Cooper MISS MOONSHINE (850) Fred Russell, Past Commodore Dear all, Thank you for your prayers for my Dad especially trying to handle losing his bride of 60 years. Several of you have experienced this very same feeling and know it is very tough. Dad really is doing pretty well and we are thankful for that. The reason for my is that he Is turning 85 June 20, He LOVES to get mail and so I thought if any of you wanted to send him a birthday card that would be so great. His address is as follows: (Either one is fine) Fred Russell PO Box 2303 Cumming, GA Or 815 Atlanta Highway, Unit 5B Cumming, GA We will be having a big celebration for him and we hope it will help ease his pain. Please forward to anyone I don't have in Mom's address book. Thanks for your love of both of our parents. We know Mom is smiling down from heaven, Love, Cindy fredbarbararussell@gmail.com (Editor s note: If you missed these two special celebration dates please consider sending a belated birthday wish.) Photos by Carol Johnson Lili Cartwright celebrated her 90 th Birthday at a special party hosted by several yacht club friends. Our sympathies go out to the family of Jacob Gallawa, one of the few remaining Pearl Harbor Survivors who passed away on June 13, 2016 at age 96. He was assigned as a radioman to the USS Pelias in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack. While delivering a message to the ship s captain on the bridge, he said, I witnessed the bomb striking the Arizona, resulting in the massive explosion which sank her. Later during WWII, he was in London during the Blitz, he was part of TORCH, a high-speed communications network in the north Atlantic. His team set up communication networks between New York & Russia. He was also stationed in Paris during the war and at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, USSR.

17 NYCP - Historical Archives Hello All, This year will be the Navy Yacht Club s 85 th Anniversary and we need your help! If you have any old photos of the Navy Yacht Club or any of the club s past activities, please be sure to contact me or send them to me for archiving. If you take any new photos please send me a copy - We are planning a special presentation for the end of the year and your photos will help make the celebration significant. Thanks for your help in keeping our history alive. Tina Sulser Historical Archives Director tinak456@hotmail.com Who else in our Navy Yacht Club family has an interesting moment in history here on the Pensacola Naval Air Station? Shelley Jean Ovsak Pictures Miss Navy Pensacola Beauty Pageant May 21, 1971 (Photo taken at Mustin Beach Officer s Swimming Pool top of diving board) Day of the Pageant 2 Miss Navy Pensacola Beauty Pageant Swimwear Competition 3 Model Shoot with U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team Blue Angels aboard NAS Pensacola 4 Miss Navy Pensacola Beauty Pageant Evening Wear I am receiving a Miss Navy Consolation Prize Bracelet 5 Miss Navy Pensacola Beauty Pageant Talent Competition I sang in French to a song from a Canadian Country Singer 6 In 1971, I did a promotion for the Navy Relief Society Gosport Newspaper I read with interest the little article on the Kaminski wedding in the May 2016 Foghorn. I too have an interesting moment in history aboard Pensacola Naval Air Station that I wanted to share. It is truly amazing how time goes by and these photos were taken 45 years ago on May 21, 1971 when I represented (AIMD) Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department in the Miss Navy Pensacola Beauty Pageant while stationed as a WAVE at NAS Pensacola from This was my first pageant which launched my pageant career and freelance modeling career. I have been in many pageants and was a freelance model for over 15 years. I was a Gosport Girl for the base newspaper Gosport. Although the paper still exists today the Gosport Girls were a memory of the past. As a model I did several photo shoots with the Blue Angels for publicity. On a similar note, I was selected Miss Photogenic in the Miss Pensacola Beach Pageant in Because of all my pageant and modeling accolades I was selected and named to Who s Who in Pageantry 2014, a huge honor that has also been bestowed upon 3 former Miss America s. Shelley Jean Ovsak NYCP Member

18 Viva Florida Fun Fact As the Nation s First settlement attempt, the Pensacola Bay Area plays a significant role in over 500 years of history that helped to create the State of Florida. In honor of this history be on the lookout for monthly Viva-related fun facts about Pensacola! Viva Pensacola! Fun Facts On July 7, 1915, a new officer reported for flight training at NAS Pensacola, receiving his wings the following year as Naval Aviator Number 23. William Merrill Corry, Jr., was the first native Floridian designated a naval aviator. He tragically lost his life as a result of an aircraft accident in 1920, sustaining fatal injuries while attempting to rescue a fellow officer from a burning aircraft. For his actions, he received the Medal of Honor celebrates: 400 th Anniversary of William Shakespeare s Death 400 th Anniversary of the work of Copernicus 200 th Anniversary of the birth of Frankenstein 150 th Anniversary of Commissioning First Admiral in Navy 130 th Anniversary of Ground Hog s Day 100 th Anniversary of the National Park Service 100 th Anniversary of Einstein s theory of relativity 100 th Anniversary of US declared War on Germany 100 th Anniversary of 1 st Ship to Shore Voice Communication 100 th Anniversary of AB3 Flying Boat Launch 100 th Anniversary of Greer s 100 th Running of the Indy th Anniversary of Spanish Civil War 80 th Anniversary of the Hindenburg Airship first flight 80 th Anniversary of the first flight of a Spitfire 80 th Anniversary of the Pensacola Little Theatre 75 th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor 75 th Anniversary of the 1 st Liberty Ship 75 th Anniversary of the Commissioning of the US Hornet 75 th Anniversary of the Lend-Lease Act 75 th Anniversary of Captain America 75 th Anniversary of M & M s (candy) 70 th Anniversary of the Blue Angels 70 th Anniversary of the Pensacola Council- US Navy League 60 th Anniversary of Disneyland 50 th Anniversary of the Super Bowl 50 th Anniversary of Boat US 50 th Anniversary of the River Patrol Force (PBRs) 50 th Anniversary of Gemini th Anniversary of the movie Top Gun 30 th Anniversary of the Challenger Disaster 20 th Anniversary of Ice Hockey in Pensacola 25 th Anniversary of Desert Storm 25 th Anniversary of Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery 15 th Anniversary of Ellen McArthur (youngest women to sail around the world alone) 15 th Anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom Viva Florida Promoting Florida s History and Culture July 18, 1943, marked one of the most unique gun battles ever waged at sea when the K-74, a blimp on a night patrol mission off the coast of Florida, spotted a German U-Boat (U-134) on the surface. Rather than crash dive, the crew of the enemy submarine manned the deck gun, scoring a hit that shot down K-74. It was the only airship lost to enemy fire during World War II. As for U-134, she was damaged to such an extent that she had to set a course for home. She never reached her base. An aircraft sent her to the bottom in the Bay of Biscay. Pensacola Fun Fact! Rear Adm. William A. Moffett once commented to a fellow officer that those who flew were either crazy or foolish. Thus, it was ironic that when Congress created the Bureau of Aeronautics to oversee the administration of naval aviation on July 21, 1921, Moffett was the man chosen to serve as the organization s first chief. By that time his opinions about aviation had changed and he is known to history as the Father of Naval Aviation. More Fun Facts! Take a look at the patch on a Naval aviator s flight suit and one is sure to see a squadron designation like HS or VT. It makes sense that H identifies a helicopter squadron, but what does V mean? To find the answer, one needs to look back to July 17, 1920, when the secretary of the Navy issued a standard nomenclature that assigned the latter V as the identifier of heavier-thanair aircraft (now it identifies fixed-wing aircraft. Research indicates that this was derived from the French world volplane, which used as a noun means a device sustained in the air by a lifting device, like wings. Florida Department of State - Division of Historical Resources Florida Humanities Council invites you: For more information: Enjoy our events around the state!

19 NYCP SHIPS STORE Navy Yacht Club Burgees and License Plates are available contact a Board member if you would like to purchase Navy Yacht Club burgee or plate found in our Ships Store inventory! Show your support for NYCP by wearing or using items with the Navy Yacht Club logo. Remember we have regattas and celebrations throughout the year a perfect occasion to show off your yacht club spirit especially for our Navy Cup Championship or Marina Parties / Raft-up Opportunities. And don t forget our 85 th Anniversary LOGO!! If you need a logo to be embroidered on a hat, shirt, etc. contact Wings & Things Monogramming at 3815 W. Navy Boulevard (next to El Agave Mexican Restaurant), at (850) They have the Navy Yacht Club Burgee Embroidery Patch as well as other Navy Yacht Club logos on file and can place the logo on any item you want to bring in for under $8.00 plus tax. The shop is opened from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday thru Friday. Attention Navy Yacht Club Boat Owners: If you keep your boat at the Bayou Grande Marina and need to have someone work on your vessel or prepare your boat for Storms and they do not have a military ID to gain access onto the base please contact Mike Helms or Janelys Christopher in the Bayou Grande Marina Office. The marina office can place them on an admittance list. Items needed by the Marina office in order to be placed on the list include obtaining a copy of their ID (identification), the Business name and copy of their insurance as well as the Vehicle ID number and Vehicle -Plate number. If you have any questions please contact: Bayou Grande Marina bgmarina@bellsouth.net Office, FAX Looking for Sailors.. -Are you interested in sailing or crewing on a boat? -Have you ever wanted to learn how to rig a boat, hoist a sail or anchor a boat? -Are you an experienced racer and need a boat and crew to sail with? Then you should come out and join in on the yachting fun with the sailors and members of the Navy Yacht Club of Pensacola (NYCP) located aboard the Pensacola Naval Air Station at the Bayou Grande Marina. Visit our website at for more information or sign up under the Hey I need Crew listing on the home page Membership meetings are held on the First Thursdays of each month and guests are always welcome. Sunfish sailing is held on Thursdays during the season. Upcoming Community & Yachting Events July 4th Sertoma s Fourth of July Celebration Downtown Pensacola - Seville Square 11AM events, 9PM fireworks For the 27th year, area Sertoma organizations are coordinating and hosting the largest Fireworks display on the Gulf Coast over Pensacola Bay on Monday, July 4th, 2016, at 9:00 pm. There will be activities throughout the day, from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, in Seville Square July Jacksonian Guard Colors Ceremony Saturdays - 6:00 PM Plaza Ferdinand Reenactment of Jacksonian era soldiers, fifers and drummers performing a Colors Ceremony in period 1821 uniforms, offering military salutes, manual of arms, fife and drum music and, the lowering of a replica 23-star flag that first flew over the Plaza. The ceremony will last approximately 25 minutes, including questions and photos with tourists. July 13 th thru 16 th Blue Angels Pensacola Beach Air Show (Red, White & Blue Practice Week 13 th -15 th, Air Show 16 th ) Pensacola Beach Witness exhilarating stunts and heart-stopping maneuvers at the Blue Angels Air Show - The Blue Angels will perform aerial acrobatics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun. This must-see event features the world-famous Blue Angels performing over Pensacola Beach on Santa Rosa Island. July 16 th Discovery Saturday Experiment in Survival with Author George Sigler 10:00 11:00AM National Naval Aviation Museum Author George Sigler will discuss his book, Experiment in Survival. Sigler is a former navy carrier pilot who sailed an inflatable rubber boat from San Francisco to Hawaii testing survival equipment, techniques, and human endurance. Lieutenant Commander Sigler had developed the survival kit and was able to convince the U.S. Navy to perform the medical research which would be invaluable in that he and his sailing partner, Charlie Gore, would be the only castaways whose medical conditions were well

20 documented prior to the stress of being at sea for two months in a rubber boat with only 6lb. of food and no water. Although the Navy declined to endorse the trip officially prior to the two aviators being cast off in San Francisco, when the pilots, turned castaways, were just over 125 miles from Hawaii the Navy then declared them an official navy project. July 28 th Heroes Among Us Veteran Speakers Series U.S. Coast Guard Night 6:00PM Veterans Memorial Park Representing those who have distinguished themselves in combat from every generation and branch of the Armed Forces the Guest of Honor: A Life Saver Friday, July 29 th thru Sunday, July 31 st Shrek: A Treehouse / Mainstage Production 7:30PM, Fri & Sat, 2:30 PM Sun, Pensacola Little Theatre Saturday, July 30 th 41 st Annual Coin & Currency Show 9:00-5:00PM Sat, 9:00-3:00 PM Sun, Hadji Shrine Temple FORWARD MARCH Airing Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Channel 44 about local military UPCOMING EVENTS in the PENSACOLA/Gulf Coast AREA Saturday, July 2 nd Ronald McDonald Firecracker 5k 7:30AM, Seville Quarter Saturdays, July 2 nd, 16 th & 30 th, Fridays July 8 th, 22 rd Toast at the Top Tour 6:30 PM, Pensacola Lighthouse-Pensacola NAS Saturdays, July 2 nd, 9 th, 23 rd & 30 th Ghost Hunt 6:30 PM, Pensacola Lighthouse Saturdays, July 2 nd, 9 th, 16 th, 23 rd & 30 th 2016 Palafox Market 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturdays MLK Plaza (all 3 medians) Palafox between Garden & Wright Sts Monday, July 4 th Sertoma s Fourth of July Celebration 11AM events, 9PM fireworks, Seville Square Monday, July 4 th Independence Day Fireworks 8:30 PM, Casino Beach, Pensacola Beach Tuesdays, July thru October Bands on the Beach 7:00-9:00 PM, Pensacola Beach Gulfside Pavillion Saturday, July 8 th Hill Kelly Dodge Drive-In Movies 8:15PM, Community Maritime Park Saturday, July 9 th Robert Cray Band 7:30 PM Saenger Theatre Saturday, July 16 th Light of the Moon Tour Pensacola Lighthouse, NAS 85 th Anniversary Established April 12 th, 1931 Plans are in the works for establishing a: Establishing Committees to help in various areas regarding all of the 2016 events especially helping with our 36 th Annual Bikini Regatta 85 th Anniversary recognition during W.A.V.E. event Yacht America visit starting on November 11 th In conjunction with the 85 th Anniversary If you want to assist and take part in this special year for the Navy Yacht Club PLEASE let us know. WE need your help and your ideas! Contact any one of the Board Officers; and/or the Foghorn or Website Director. OR Sign up at the next meeting! Let s make 2016 a year to REMEMBER! Sunday, July 17 th Blues Angel Music s Blues on the Bay Summer Concert Series 6:00-8:00 PM, Community Maritime Park Friday, July 22 nd Gallery Night PM to 9PM Downtown Pensacola - Palafox Street Friday, July 22 nd Boo Weekly s Annual Boo Fest 5:30PM 8PM, Pensacola Bay Center Thursday, July 28 th thru Sunday, July 31 st The Importance of Being Ernest 7:30PM-Thurs, Fri & Sat, 2:30 PM Sun, Panhandle Community Theatre Navy Yacht Club is also a member of the United States Naval Sailing Association USNSA.org

21 Fred Kendall another Paralympic athlete that the Navy Yacht Club supports (and has supported for the last 4 years) won 1 st Place in the Worlds Competition in the Sonar sailboat. The Sonar is a 7 m (23 ft) one-design keelboat for three to five people. It is bermuda-rigged, with a large mainsail and a 100% jib. The class is recognized by the International Sailing Federation. The Sonar showcased disabled sailing at the 1996 Paralympic Games where the sport was a demonstration event with just the Sonar. The Sonar has been the three person keelboat at every subsequent Paralympics. When being sailed by disabled it is crewed by 3, and sailed without a spinnaker. When running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward for maximum exposed sail area. The Sonar is well suited for disabled sailing because of its large open cockpit making adaptations easy. The Sonar was designed in 1979 by Bruce Kirby, designer of the popular Laser dinghy. Since then, over 800 boats have been built. Most of the fleet is in the USA, with smaller fleets in Britain and Canada. Since its adoption as a Paralympic class the Sonar has spread to many other countries as well. The Sonar was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame in Damian- All of us, at Navy Yacht Club wish you the best in competition. We'll be cheering for you all the way. Thank you, for the recent update on your website. Tina Sulser, NYCP Secretary We'd like to share his story with the rest of our members- Damian & Lori Orslene joined NYCP in Damian is a 28 year veteran of the US Air Force, and a Wounded Warrior. In 2007, an explosion in Iraq changed their lives forever. Today, they are both an inspiration to our club, although, we don't see them as often as we like since their training schedule is so demanding. They are getting ready for the Olympic Trials next month in Rio. He is fund raising to cover his expenses for being there. Please help make his Olympic Dream come true! It has been an amazing journey so far. They have been blessed to have come so far from those hospital rooms and dark despair. Help "Team O" Throw Far! Dream Big, Live Large, Throw Far! We Support you Damian! Members of the Navy Yacht Club To The Members of the Navy Yacht Club, Thank you so much for all that you have and continue to do! That sounds Awesome! We leave in the morning for the last National Track Meet before the Olympic Trials! Trials will be June 30-July 2. They announce the Team, July 3rd!!!! I throw Jun 30th at 7pm EST. NBC is covering it!!! Thanks again!!! Dream Big, Live Large, Throw Far, damian

22 Celebrating over 85 years of history. Established on April 12, 1931 Like us on Facebook Enter Navy Yacht Club Pensacola 2016 Navy Yacht Club Officers Commodore: John Matthews Vice Commodore: Bob Sutton Rear Commodore: Jim Parsons Fleet Captain: Barry Pokorney Secretary: Tina Sulser Treasurer: Bill Clark Website/Newsletter Director: Richard Smith Membership Director: Molly Werner Historical Archives Director: Tina Sulser GYA Coordinator Director: Dick Piatt Past Commodore: N/A Social Committee: Kathy Champagne Sailing Committee: Jim Parsons Facilities Committee: Bob Sutton Communications Committee: Tina Sulser Finance Committee: Bill Clark Capt. Sunshine: Marcia Cooper Miss Hospitality: Sandy Pyle Ship s Store: tbd Foghorn Editor Kim Kaminski The FOGHORN is the official publication of the Navy Yacht Club Pensacola and will be published monthly. NYCP the NYCP Membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 7th, :30 PM at the Crow s Nest aboard Pensacola Naval Air Station All Guests are Welcome! Hurricane Season begins June 1, Storm Names: Alex Igor Richard Bonnie Julia Shary Colin Karl Tomas Danielle Lisa Virginie Earl Matthew Walter Fiona Nicole Gaston Otto Be Ready Hermine Paula Next Marina Party August 13 th 3:00 to 6:00 PM Theme = Jaws 2 Party Editor Material for the Foghorn Newsletter should be submitted by the 20 th of each month. If you can t make this deadline please - Contact Kim Kaminski at (cell) or navyfognews607@yahoo.com Navy Yacht Club Pensacola P. O. Box 4422 Pensacola, FL 32507

23 Navy Cup th Annual Photos from Day One by Kim Kaminski and Marcia Cooper

24 For more pictures from the Navy Cup weekend Race Day #2 - please visit the Racing Page on the Navy Yacht Club Website