March 2014 Latitude N 30°21.65 - Longitude W 89°05.35

VA L E N T I N E ’ S D I N N E R 2 014

Scott Yadon 408 Caribe Place Gulfport, MS 39507

Here it is March and I don’t know about y’all, but I am over this cold weather. It is time to see people on the beach and boats in the water. The club has endured the coldest weather that I can remember in years and boy did it test us! Thanks to Jay, Tim, and Louis for keeping us up and running.

Although February was a slow month, it was good for House operations. Super Bowl Sunday had a great crowd despite the uneventful game. Congratulations Seahawk fans! Thanks to all who entered chili in the 3rd annual GYC Chili Cook-Off. I think I was robbed, but congratulations to past Commodore Hage as 2014’s winner and first place prize recipient of $100. I received second place and third went to Randell Love.

Many thanks to all for a memorable Valentine’s night; the staff served 246 members. It was a great Friday night with great food, entertainment, and camaraderie. Club usage continues to increase and the Sunday after Valen-tine’s Day we served 175 members. It was a good weekend for the GYC.

I hope everyone has taken advantage of the new daily Happy Hour, available seven days a week from

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. To better serve our members, the House Committee has established operating hours for the club. This is to let members know the exact times we will be open.

Things to look forward to in March are: Party Hardy Mardi Gras Party, Alfonso Sutter Cup, St. Patrick’s Day brunch, and we get to “Spring Forward” on the 9th.

Again, I remind everyone of our membership drive. For the first 50 new members the initiation fee will be $500, and for the next 50 the initiation fee will be $1000. Please invite your friends, relatives, and co-workers down to the club and show off what we have to offer.

“Fair Winds and Following Seas” Greg Pietrangelo

Summer Sailing Fes: Full Day (9am-4pm) $380 Half day (12pm-4pm) $255 Ext. Family & GYA Club +$65 Non-Member +$100 Own Boat (must use) -$50

Spring Sailing Camp

April 15-17 Session 1

April 22-24 Session 2

Summer Sailing Camp

Session 1

June 9-12 4 days

June 16-19 4 days

June 23-26 4 days

Session 2

July 7-11 4 days

July 14-17 4 days

July 21-24 4 days

Session 3

July 28-31 4 days

ADULT SAILING CLASS INFO: Would you like to learn how to sail and become a Certified GYC Sailor? Earn

privileges to use club owned boats for pleasure or racing. If so, then come take the GYC ADULT SAILING COURSE. The fee of $25 is used to cover the expense of

the course materials.

Class/Barroom Chalk Talks March 17 - April 7

On-Water Classes will be on Monday and Wednesday April 28 & 30 - May 5 & 7 - May 12 & 14 - May 19 & 21

Contact George Schloegel (228) 861-4706 or Samson Vasquez (228)323-1336

SIGN UP FOR SPRING SAILING CAMP TODAY!

Great for the young first timers.

6 years or older. Let’s get them on the BOAT!

Pot of Gold Friday

Starting Friday, March 07, 2014

At 8:30pm every Friday night we will draw a

name from our entire membership roster. If we

pull your name you will WIN a $100.00 credit on

your GYC account!!! You must be present to

win. If the person’s name pulled is not present

the Club will add another $25.00 per week until

we have a Winner!! See you on Friday nights,

Good Luck!!!!

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:00am – 2:30pm

Menu Carved Corned Beef with accompaniments

(cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in broth, mustard), Omelet Station, Fried Chicken, Sliced Ham/ Bacon, Grits, Sweet potato casserole, Biscuits and Rolls, Guinness Beef Stew, Irish Benedict (hash brown,

Irish bacon, poached egg and a potato leek sauce), Harp Lager Glazed Lamb Chops, Colcannon (mash potatoes, shredded cabbage, and green onions)

Braised Brussel Sprouts

Desserts: Irish Bread Pudding with an Irish whiskey sauce & Irish Cream Crème Brulee with a sugar shamrock

$16.99 Adults, $8.99

Children 6-12, 5 and under Free

High School Sailing

Drawdown Fundraiser

6pm Saturday, April 12, 2014

at Gulfport Yacht Club

$50 ticket includes one entry in the Drawdown & two dinner tickets. Insurance can be purchased for $10 (number must be drawn twice to be eliminat-ed). Additional dinner tickets may be purchased for $10.

Dinner provided by local restaurants: The Chim-ney’s, The Dock Bar & Grill, Mississippi Brewing Company Brewpub & Gumbo House, Newk’s Eat-ery, Gulfport Yacht Club, Fallons Gourmet & More….. Prizes to be awarded: $5,000 in cash, gift cards, ap-parel, sailing lessons, boat cleanings, jewelry, fine art, etc…

Biloxi Mayor AJ Holloway will start off drawing numbers and Gulfport

Mayor Billy Hewes will finish.

Tickets can be purchased by contacting Julie Christian 228-669-6057, Samson Vasquez 228-323-1336, or any High School Sailor

Entrants need not be present to win Grand Prize

GYC Placed 2nd at SYC TEAM RACE!

Over 60 sailors battled it out at Southern Yacht Club for the Gulf Coast Team Race Invitational. GYC tied for 1st, losing the

tie breaker to Buccaneer Yacht Club.

GYC Sailors: Chris Alexander, Collin Ross, Samson Vasquez, Hugh Hawkins, John Harrison Doucet, Barrow Hawkins, Daw-

son Doucet, Louis Doucet, Thomas Pfaff, H Hewes, Finley Ward, Crockett Collier, Greg Olin

I would like to thank everyone for their participation in several events we had at the club in February. The Super Bowl 3rd Annual Chili Cook-Off was a foggy evening. However, it did not stop the diehard football fans coming to the club. Congratulations to Louis Bell for winning the flat screen television, and to Laurence Hage for winning the Chili Cook-Off. Thanks to the Junior Activities Committee for organizing the kid’s events on the 3rd floor. Love was definitely in the air for our Friday Night Valentine’s Dinner. We managed to serve over 245 members for din-ner as well as the massive crowd around the bar. The live entertainment by David Jones set the perfect ambiance for the evening. What a great night! It brought back memories of the Club of the past.

By now I am sure you have had a chance to enjoy our Happy Hour bar specials. We have half price drink specials for domestic beer, house wine, and well liquor EVERYDAY from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Trust me, these are the best prices in town! Speaking of best prices, if you have not experienced our Saturday morning Breakfast Service you are definitely missing out. You can get the ‘Burgee’, which is an egg, sausage, bacon or ham steak, hash browns, grits and a biscuit or toast for only $6.00. Or you can create your own omelet for $8.00. We also have a kid’s menu for 12 years and under offering pigs in a blanket, French toast, or kid’s omelet all for under $5.00. Hope to see you on Saturday mornings from 8:00am to 11:00am.

Lastly, mark your calendars for the following events at GYC: Mardi Gras Party, March 1st after the downtown Gulfport Parade; St. Pat-rick’s Day Celebration Sunday Brunch, March 16th, 11:00am -2:00pm; Asian Night, Wednesday, April 2nd; High School Sailing Foundation, Saturday, April 12; Crawfish Boil, Saturday, April 19th; and Easter Brunch, Sunday April 20th.

After socializing with a glass of wine, the ladies enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by our own Chef Jason. A spe-cial thank you needs to be extended by all to our hostesses for a great presentation. They were Maybelle Dukes, Margaret Blount and Ann Mathers.

Ms. Kathryn Taylor Gray of Nooboo Designs presented us with an interesting program showcasing her hand craft-ed jewelry. It is currently available in several shops locally, in addition to being available online. Kathryn was also gracious enough to provide us with two of our door prizes.

Our March program will be “Spruce up for Spring” with our featured guest speaker Charles Wambolt RN, PT, LMT and Life Coach. Mr. Wambolt will enlighten us on the fact that our bodies need a wakeup call.

Bridge winner was Dean Hunter with Elaine Schmidtling following a close second.

More members are encouraged to join the Wednesday morning bridge gathering which is open to all players.

Volunteers are needed to sell ads for the new year books being compiled at this time. You are encouraged to let JoEllen know of any changes in your status so that we can compile an accurate book of information. If you are aware of anyone who would like to advertise in the new book, please pass this information along to us.

March hostesses will be Nancy Wheeler, JoAnn Van Atta, Dottie Long, and Sandy Morrison. As a reminder, please call JoEllen on the Monday before our meeting if you plan to attend and are not on the permanent list. Additional-ly, if you would like to be on the permanent list, please call JoEllen to sign up. This information is needed in order for the kitchen staff to prepare accordingly.

Just as a further reminder, the next meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary will be March 19th at 11:30 am. I look forward to seeing you all there. Lynn Ward Borders

President, Ladies Auxiliary

Steve Chatelain General Manager

GYC SKIMMERS SWIM SEASON SKIMMERS - SWIMMING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AGES 3,4,5. Swim lessons will be taught with focus on survival, water safety, and basic water introduction. Children will be broken up into small groups of 5-10 according to swim ability.

JUNE 2 THRU JUNE 27 9:00-9:30 OR 3:00-3:30 COST-$145.00

Additional $25.00 fee for sponsors, grandchildren or GYA members ____________________________________________________________________________________________ JUNIOR SKIMMERS - ARE CHILDREN AGES 6-8. Children must be able to jump in deep end and swim to lifeguard stand independently. Basic stroke instruction and improvement with emphasis on endurance, starts and water safety wills be taught and mastered at all levels. If you have questions regarding ability due to age please call Christine to test swimming ability.

MAY 12-29 3:15-4:00 (NO FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES) JUNE 2-27 9:30-10:15 OR 3:30-4:15 (NO FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES) COST-$140.00

Additional $25.00 fee for sponsors, grandchildren or GYA members _____________________________________________________________________________________________ SENIOR SKIMMERS - ARE CHILDREN AGES 9 AND OLDER. Children are accepted at all swim levels. Stroke instruction and improvement, endurance, turns and starts will be taught and mastered at all levels.

MAY 12-29 4:00-4:45 (NO FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES) JUNE 2-27 10:15-11:00 OR 4:15-5:00 (NO FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES) COSTS AGES 9-10-$75.00 AGES 11-14-$10.00

Additional $25.00 fee for sponsors, grandchildren, or GYA members ____________________________________________________________________________________________

SWIM TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS-SATURDAY-JUNE 28 AT GYC 7:00 WARM UPS-10 AND UNDER -25's 8:00 MEET STARTS-ALL 25's 11:00 WARM UPS-11 TO 18 YEARS OLD-50's 11:30 MEET STARTS-ALL 50's

SECOND SESSION MAY CHANGE AFTER SEEDING IS DONE FOR 25's ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SWIM TEAM BANQUET WILL BE HELD SUNDAY JUNE 29 AT 4:00 ON THE LOWER DECK _______________________________________________________________________________________________

SWIM LESSONS AND SWIM TEAM PRACTICE:

IT IS RECOMMENED TO ATTEND AT LEAST 3X'S WEEKLY IN ORDER TO MASTER SWIM SKILLS. Our goal is for each child to learn optimal swim skills. Discipline will be strictly enforced. If a child is disruptive during practice, a timeout discipline will be enforced. Safety for all children is our main concern. Parents are required to pick up children after practice. COACHES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILDREN AFTER PRACTICE. PARENTS ARE ENCOUR-AGED TO ATTEND AND ASSIST WITH VARIOUS JOBS DURING SWIM MEETS. The coaches will contact you prior to meets to discuss job options. The meets will run more smoothly with your assistance. If possible, please notify one of the coaches if your child is unable to attend a meet so we will not schedule them on a relay team. The meets are held on Tuesday evenings approximately 5:00 and generally last 3 hours. If your child has transportation problems ,please notify one of the coaches to assist you and your child with this need. Participation in the meets is encouraged but not manda-tory. Each child is encouraged to swim a variety of strokes. This is to enhance individual improvement and team com-petiveness. We must accumulate times on each child's individual strokes prior to Championships. BATHING SUITS -GIRLS-NAVY BLUE ONE/TWO PIECE-BOYS -NAVY BLUE TRUNK OR JAMMER -MAY HAVE A STRIPE ON THE SUIT-PREFER RED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SWIMMIMG PROGRAM PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINE O'BANNON -861-0273. Obsconstruction@AOL.com or ccobannon@Gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________________________________

WATER AEROBICS PLEASE JOIN US FOR BASIC STRETCHING AND SIMPLE EXERCISES DURING OUR WATER AEROBICS CLASS. COST-$5.00 PER

CLASS BEGINNING JUNE 2. WE WILL CONTINUE CLASS IN JULY IF THERE IS A REQUEST. CLASS TIMES

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY 8:00-8:45 A.M.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR A CLASS TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BY CONTACTING CHRISTINE O'BANNON AT THE ABOVE NUMBER.

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Gulfport, MS 39502