FWYC Letter Log July 2014 | Page 10

Page 10 The ore d mo ou a Com es y h w is Each month, Commodore Bobby Dewrell will wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our members who have birthdays in that month. Happy Birthday to our members who have July Birthdays and to those members we missed! Happy Belated Birthday to: Cathy Jones June 14 If your name was omitted from either list, please call or email Sandra in the Office 850-243-7102 [email protected] Marya Bard Dick Secord Randy Smyth Sam Weston Bob Walker Lee Bounds Charles Stewart Jackie Chapman Scott Moore Craig Wilusz Mark Balent Jimmie Beavers Randy Smith July 3 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 10 July 11 July 11 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 14 July 17 July 19 Dub Scroggin Sharon Corey Ginger Harrison Eric Bartlett Charles Wimberly Paula Bushelle Walt Schmidt Ric Shepherd James Tilburg July 20 July 22 July 24 July 28 July 28 July 31 July 31 July 31 July 31 Jibin’ with the Juniors The Juniors continue to represent FWYC at outside regattas and are finding it both exciting and competitive. Ian Hunter, George Hambleton and David Beaudry traveled to Lake Norman in Charlotte, North Carolina June 6-8 to compete in the US Sailing Area D JR Semifinals on Flying Scots. The conditions were typical lake conditions, with winds up and down. The Team came home with a Third in what many of the old-time Scot sailors on Race Committee said was some of the most exciting Scot sailing they had seen in a long time! The following weekend, FWYC was the most well-represented club at the GYA 420 Championship at Long Beach Yacht Club with three teams competing. The Sailors got an added bonus during the regatta as they were able to compete against a Junior who will be representing the United States at the Worlds in Barcelona, Spain this summer. Again, there was "neck and neck" sailing with tight finishes in light air and medium air. David Beaudry and Ian Hunter brought home Second and were only one point behind the Team USA Sailor! Also representing FWYC were Kelly Stukbauer and Adam Metruck placing Fourth and George Hambleton and Jonathan Balent placing Eighth. Todd Garner was one of only two juniors to participate in the Catalina 22 Nationals held in June at the Lakewood Yacht Club in Houston, Texas. Todd crewed for Keith Bennett from Montgomery, Alabama. They got Third place out of thirty-eight boats in this wet and windy week-long regatta on Galveston Bay. Several of the Juniors moved directly on to Laser sailing to prepare for an upcoming Laser regatta and the Junior Lipton Team is practicing on Flying Scots for the Junior Lipton Challenge which will be held at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans 18 -20 July. ~ Fort Walton Yacht Club, Established in 1951 ~