June 2012 Latitude N 30°21.65 - Longitude W 89°05.35

Chris J. Bridley 210 Southern Circle Gulfport, MS 39507

Joshua Nicholas Schmitt 3201 D Avenue Gulfport, MS 39507

Tod Cotman 11604 Bluff Lane Gulfport,m MS 39503

Jack Williams 1012 27th Street Gulfport, MS 39501

Jason Goldin 12207 Preservation Drive Gulfport, MS 39503

Suzanne Magee 35 Old Oak Lane Gulfport, MS 39503

Joe H. Hayman 236 Honours Drive Madison, MS 39503

Charles W. Purvis 178 Pebble Beach Drive Siidell, LA 70458

Race for The Case

Another month has come and gone, but it has been a fun month at the GYC. Once again Mother Nature did not want to cooperate with us. Our Annual GYC Flag Raising Ceremony was forced indoors, but the GYC Entertainment Committee and Staff rose to the challenge and pulled off a great Ceremony and Party. May has proven to be another great month at the club, beginning with the Cinco de Mayo kick off party followed by our Opening Day Ceremony & Flag Raising, Mother’s Day Brunch, Ship Island Rendezvous and ending with the Galves-ton to Gulfport Regatta. This time of the year is when your Powerboat Committee gets going with their activities. As this issue is being published the Chandeleur Rendezvous where Marvin Koury, of the Rufnek II fishing team, will try to defend his “Trout King” title and the crew of the Madame II (banana boat) will do anything in their power to dethrone the King. Rumors have it that Dr. Pierce, a member of that other boat, has already caught and froze the winning fish. On a serious note, we have had a problem recently with non members using our launch ramp and fish station. Please lock the gates when you are finished and do not give the gate code out. This is one of our many privileges of being a member of the GYC. Also many clubs along the coast have seen an increase in theft at their marinas so please have locks on your motors and keep valuables out of site. We look forward to a very exciting and eventful summer at the club. Try your best to attend as many social activities as you can .It’s not too early to mark your calendar for our 4th of July Celebration and viewing of the wonderful firework display pro-vided by the City of Gulfport. Look for details that will be provided by the club through signage, e-blast and The Log.

Laurence Hage GYC Commodore

Bring your own Booze (?) Gulfport Yacht Club Rules, revised 2011

Summer is upon us, and we are going to have some fun – the open deck, the pool, the Tiki Bar, etc. Oh boy! “Fun,” “fun” and more “fun!” On the coast, “fun” is usually defined as including alcohol and good food.

Just think, we can bring our own booze, grill our own food and really have some “fun.” Right? Nope, fun needs to be redefined. Club Rules, Section XII, Subsection 5, provides this redefinition. It states that: “No food or beverages may be brought to the club without the permission of the General Manager or his or her designee.” In other words, plan your fun without “food or beverage” or at least coordinate your outing with the general manager.

This sounds rather harsh. After all, during the nineties didn’t a group of sailors (i.e. real boaters) sponsor, during the summer months, what they termed as the “Thursday night beer-can races?” Not only did they ace, but they also brought their own food and drink and cooked, drank, and ate down-stairs, all with the knowledge and permission of the club which provided the salad for each outing; and now, we have almost monthly a “Steak Night.” Spawned during the post-Katrina trail-er days, club members bring their own steaks and cook them outside using yacht club grills. Veggies, etc. are mostly provided “pot luck” by the participants.

Those were and are “fun” events, and they may or may not have been conducted with the specific consent of the General Manager; but he at least condones them. After all, the “Steak Nights” are quarterbacked by no one less than the Com-modore, and numerous members participate. These events do not need to be defended. They are really Club functions. It is felt that Subsection 5 was not meant to prevent outings like the “Steak Night” nor the “Beer Can Races.”

So, as a caveat to members: If you have a private party or a party of any nature, for adults and/or children, that you want to have at GYC, confer first with the General Manager. If you alone or with some buddies want a few drinks and food, don’t bring your drinks and/or food acquired elsewhere to the club until you’ve talked with the General Manager.

To further support this caveat, Club Rules, Section III, Subsection 5m provides that “... bringing food and/or beverag-es on Club property without permission of the General Man-ager” is grounds for suspension of Club membership. But does this apply to persons bringing booze and/or food to their boats? Answer: Always confer with the General Manager.

Rules and Bylaws Committee

GYC BINGO

Next Bingo

is July 7 at

6:30pm!

Lazy Magnolia Beer Tasting Dinner

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Schedule: 6:00pm Cocktail Hour with Jefferson Stout Draft Hors d’oeuvres Aged 2 year Irish Cheddar Cheese Tray Charred Oyster Orleans with Parmesan and Smokey BBQ Glaze

7:00pm Dinner Served First Course: Indian Summer paired with Snap-per Sashimi Salad with Buffalo Mozzarella Mixed Micro Greens and light Garlic Olive Oil Dressing

Second Course: Southern Pecan paired with Spicy Grilled Blackened Salmon with a Spicy Soprasata and Crumbled Gouda Cheese, Starch and Vegetable Du Jour

Third Course: Deep South Pale Ale paired with Maple Bread Pudding with Roasted Bananas

9:00pm After Dinner Party Southern Gold Draft with a DJ

$39.95++ per person

We will have a Bar set up for member sales to offer other beverages.

Please call Alex to make reservation at 228-863-6796, ext 306. We can serve a minimum of 50 and maximum of 75 people for this event so call early to make your reservation. All reserva-tions need to be in by Thursday, June 21, 5:00pm.

Father’s Day Brunch Sunday, June 17, 2012

Seating’s

11:00am & 1:00pm

Soup Station: Seafood Gumbo, Shrimp & Crab Bisque

Salad Station: Full Salad Station with Smoked Salmon & Boiled Shrimp

Omelet Station: Build your own Omelet

Carving Station: Prime Rib

Main Buffet: GYC Famous Fried Chicken, BBQ Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Brisket, Chicken Fried Steak/White Gravy, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Cabbage with Sausage, Sweet Potato Yams with Marshmallows, Baked Beans, Macaroni and Cheese, Fried Chicken Tenders, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage/Bacon, Southern Biscuits & Rolls

Dessert Station: Assorted Cakes, Pies, Bread Pudding, Cookies and Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

$21.95 Adults, $13.95 Children 6-13 years of age Children under 6 years of age eat for free

Reservations Required 228-863-6796 ext. 306

If you make a reservation and are a no show or cancel the reservation within 48 hours of the event you will be charges 100% of the total cost. Please make your Reservations early, the two available seating’s offered fill up vey quickly!

Slip Island Party

Saturday June 16 6pm-9pm

Come on down to the party on the docks! This is a party you will not want to miss.

Sunday Jazz Brunch

Featuring

Jesse Hill

June 10th

We had a great May at the Club and I’m looking for-ward to an exciting June. Despite the bad weather for some of the events the parties went on and the members in attendance had a great time. I have had numerous compliments about our Mother’s Brunch and would like to thank our Staff for a job well done!! Mark your calendars in June for the following up-coming events: Sunday Jazz Brunch, June 10 with music by Jes-se Hill, Slip Island Party, Saturday, June 16, Father’s Day Brunch, Sunday, June 17, Sunset Sunday, June 24 and Beer Tasting Dinner June 28 featuring Lazy Magnolia, Mississippi Brewery.

We encourage all members to utilize our facilities and services. However, when planning an outdoor deck or pool party you must contact the office to make arrangements with details. There are some Club Rules that need to be discussed before the event. I have posted in this Log a copy of the deck party agreement for your review. When having any deck activi-ty or pool party this agreement must be signed and approved by management. This will simply keep us organized from dou-ble bookings.

Summer is an extremely busy time at the club with a number of children using our facilities, having fun at the beach, sailing and enjoying the pool with family and friends. I need to mention a few things to keep in mind from a safety point of view. Parents please remind your children running in the Club-house, Tiki Bar Area, Parking Lot and Pool is not permitted. We have Wait Staff serving hot food on trays that could become a disaster if a child accidently runs in front of the server. Also, the child could slip and fall on a wet or greasy area from food production and hurt themselves. The parking lot is always a concern of mine because drivers can not always see children especially if they are running. The rocks on the beach around the water have very sharp shells that could cut your foot or the loose rocks could become a hazard. Please try to stay away from these areas. Children are not allowed to sit at the Tiki Bar or Main Bar where alcohol beverages are sold. Lastly, the Club-house is not a playground. We have several events and pro-duction going on all the time and your children exploring or playing hide in seek in these areas is not permitted. The safety of your children, members, guests and staff is a high priority for Management and the Board. Let’s be Safe and have a Fun summer at GYC!!! As promised each month I will ask a Trivia question in my letter. The first member who brings me the correct answer in when dining at the club on a Friday will receive a $20.00 gift certificate. May’s answer 1988 was provided by Mr. Michael Schrantz, Congratulations! Trivia Question for June: In what year was the City of Gulf-port, MS incorporated? Good Luck!

See you at GYC,

Steve Chatelain General Manager

Our annual mother/daughter luncheon was well attended by over 80 mothers/daughters/granddaughters! Our guest of honor was Gene Hopkins Golden Parkerson, daughter of the founder of our club, Dr. Arvah St. Clair Hopkins. In honoring Gene, we were told the story of the Skipperettes, the forerunner of the present Ladies Auxiliary. Linda Goesling presented an historical accounting of the original Skipperettes in an article by Dorothy Broussard in 1937:

Men have always been vain creatures, and according to their own belief (and they really believe it – that’s the strange part) they know everything. Men in Gulfport are no exception and the smug expression worn by all yachtsmen when they have sailed a victori-ous race, and the satisfaction that the yacht club was complete within itself proved too much for the feminine element – not that the men had not been exceptionally generous in letting the women claim club membership, but they were careful to let them know that they were no integral part of it, and allowed women to sail only when it did not interfere with other plans. Therefore, it fell to the lot of the women to show that the Yacht Club was founded on brawn alone, that Skipperettes could show prowess at the tiller and could prove themselves indispensable to the club as a whole.

Thus, the Skipperettes organization (Ladies Auxiliary) was born. The yachtsmen were a little dubious about the organization of the women (Dr. Hopkins being our sole champion). When the idea of making money for the club was mentioned, the men became solicitous.

It was very fortunate that it was decided to let the ladies sail as the very first trophy that was brought to the yacht club was not by a big strong man of the sea, but by a member of the less husky sex, a “Skipperette.” This first glory was won by the Yacht Club in competition with other members of the Gulf Yachting Asso-ciation. The winning Skipperette was Miss Attwood Harding. She won the cup in the fish class races that opened the 1937 summer racing season in Biloxi. When the Skipperettes finished their sailing years, they formed the Gulfport Yacht Club Ladies Auxiliary.

Today our Auxiliary encourages women sailors and we just presented our sailing director, Sam V. with a check for $500.00 to-ward a traveling female coach who will instruct at the girl’s sailing clinic this summer. Bridge winners for May were Helen McDonald and Willi-dora Kremer. Thanks to Linda Diorio who is teaching a beginning bridge class to auxiliary members. They are looking forward to join-ing in the monthly Ladies Auxiliary bridge group. The Ladies Auxiliary is happy to be supporting the Leuke-mia Cup Regatta Fund Raiser. Pass Christian will sponsor the Regatta which will be held in July. We say a special ‘thanks’ to all members of the GYC who donated to the Leukemia Society by buying the sail-boats which are displayed in the Chart Room. Water Aerobics began on Wednesday after Memorial Day and will continue every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:00 a.m. This low impact exercise is good for all aspects of the body so come out and get your day started right! Cost will be $5.00 per class… Our June luncheon will feature a presentation by “WINGS” from the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center. Hostesses will be Di-aneKiser, Charlotte Orr and Becky White. Dottie T. Long, Auxiliary President

GYC POOL RULES -NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY / SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK -UNDER 10 yrs MUST BE SUPERVISED BY AN ADULT -NO DIVING, RUNNING OR FLIPS OFF THE SIDE OF THE POOL OR FENCE -NO FIREWORKS -NO GLASS CONTAINERS OR BOTTLES BY POOLSIDE -NO FOOD BY POOLSIDE -NO FURNITURE TO LEAVE POOL AREA -DO NOT THROW ITEMS OVER FENCE -DO NOT CRAWL OR ENTER UNDER POOL DECK -DO NOT ENTER PUMP AREA -IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 911 -NO FISHING GEAR & TACKLE ALLOWED IN POOL AREA

JUNIOR SKIMMERS ARE CHILDREN AGES 2 TO 5. Practice will

focus on beginning basic stroke instruction, survival, water

safety and endurance.

SKIMMERS ARE CHILDREN AGES 5 AND OLDER. Children are

accepted at all swim levels. Stroke instruction will be taught

and mastered at all levels.

SWIM TEAM PRACTICE MAY 21-JUNE 29 (NO PRACTICE ON MAY 28) 9:00-9:30 (2-5 YEAR OLDS) 9:30-10:30 (6 AND OLDER) 3:30-4:00 (2-5 YEAR OLDS) 4:00-5:00 (6 AND OLDER)

MAY 21-JUNE 29 (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY-NO FRIDAY AF-TERNOONS) BABY POOL WILL BE CLOSED DURING 9:00-9:30 AND 3:30-4:00 INSTRUCTION. AGES 4-8 $135.00 AGES 9-10 $75.00 AGES 11-12 $25.00 AGES 13-14 $10.00

SWIM MEETS BEGIN 4:30 TO 5:00 P.M. JUNE 5 (TUESDAY) GYC at E-Fit JUNE 12 (TUESDAY) DH at GYC JUNE 19 (TUESDAY) PCYC at GYC JUNE 26 (TUESDAY) GYC at BB

SWIM TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS at GYC SATURDAY JUNE 30 7:00 WARM UPS- 10 AND UNDER-25’S 8:00 MEET STARTS- ALL 25’S 11:00 WARM UPS- 11 TO 18 YEAR OLDS-50’S 11:30 MEET STARTS- ALL 50’S

BATHING SUITS GIRLSNAVY BLUE ONE/TWO PIECE BOYS –NAVY BLUE TRUNK OR JAMMER-MAY HAVE A STRIPE ON THE SUIT-PREFER RED.

WE ALSO OFFER PRIVATE OR SEMI-PRIVATE SWIMMING LES-SONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SWIMMING PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINE O’BANNON, 861-0273 CCOBannon@gmail.com

GYC Deck Party Information

A fee will be charged for all functions occurring on the grounds outside of the clubhouse as follows:

Party for members/dependents not using the pool under 20 people – NO CHARGE

Party for members/dependents

21-50 people $50.00

51-75 people $100.00

76-100 people $150.00

GYC Club Rules and Regulations:

Section XV Swimming Pool and Swim Team Activi-ties and Guidelines Gulfport Yacht Club Rules, re-vised 2011, page 14, number 9, Member and

Member Sponsored Events: Guests of members hosting birthday party may use the pool. If the pool will be used during the time the club does not have a lifeguard on duty, arrangements must be made through the club to have a certified lifeguard on duty. Payment of the lifeguard will be at the expense of the member or the member hosting

the party.

Section XII Club Rental and Catering of the Gulf-port Yacht Club Rules, revised 2011

XII: CLUB RENTAL AND CATERING:

1. Club members shall contact the Club manage-ment to rent Club facilities.The rental fee will be quoted by the General Manager or his designee. The Chart Room and rest rooms shall remain ac-cessible to all members when the Club is used for any activity.

2. Functions sponsored by the Club take priority over any private party. However, the Club func-tion and reservation of space for the function must

be scheduled in advance.

3. Request for rental must be made by a Club member.

4. A request to reserve Club facilities not specifi-cally covered by these rules will be referred to the House Committee for consideration.

5. No food or beverages may be brought to the

Club without the permission of the General Manag-er or his or her designee.

The facility should be left in the same condition as it was upon arrival.

The Deck Party Agreement can be found online and in the office

The 44th Annual Race for the Case was a light air reach all the way to Biloxi. We would like to thank Chris-tie Yoste and her team for putting on a great race.

1st to Finish—Knotfast - PCYC 2nd—Last Call - PONT/GYC

3rd — Cherry Baby - BYC

PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE

PAID Permit #135 Gulfport, MS

GYC Ship Island Rendezvous

May 27, 2012