Click on the link to the AYC Racing Page for all the information, race documents and the registration button for the 2019 fall racing action. Racing begins at Tempe Town Lake on Sunday, September 8, and at Lake Pleasant on Saturday, September 21. Plug your ears for the opening gun at Lake Pleasant: we're firing … Continue reading Registration Open for Fall Racing
Have you seen the movie Maiden? It's currently showing at the Harken's theater at Fashion Square and it's a truly inspirational and entertaining documentary tracing the 1989-1990 all-women's campaign in the Whitbread Around-the-World race. A boatload of women challenged the men in this grueling event, not only finishing the race, but coming in second in … Continue reading How to Get More Women Sailing
Arizona Highways magazine in the 1960s was at the height of its fame: a lavish, glossy publication that was the state's answer to Life magazine, with splendid color photographs shot with large format film cameras. In September of 1962, Arizona Highways chose to feature the nascent Arizona Yacht Club and Arizona sailing on the cover … Continue reading More Bright AYC History: Arizona Highways 1962
The 1995 Club Championship contest in Santana 20s. Photo: Bob Worrall Bob Worrall was sorting through what he says were some 30,000 pictures he's accumulated on his computer when he stumbled on some with some serious AYC history: shots from 1995 and 1997 of AYC Club Championship racing.The 1995 Championship was run in Santana 20s … Continue reading Historic Club Championship Photos
By Deb Heisler, Rear Commodore 4Ocean, cleaning the stuff that's clogging the world's oceans. How will we clean up the mess that's destroying our oceans? At August's monthly meeting, Emilie Johnsen of 4ocean will tell us how their organization is attacking this massive problem.It reminds me of that phrase, "In for a penny, in for … Continue reading August Meeting: Ocean Cleanup
