Photo: Ruth Beals Cup winning skippers (L to R) Fay Powell (3rd Place), Lori Lorenz (1st Place), and Olivia Jackman (2nd Place) after a windy day of competitive racing. Photo by Bob Worrall. by Jen (Lee) Moffitt As the Women of the Arizona Yacht Club (WAYC) Committee gains traction within the club, our first event … Continue reading Women’s Race Clinic Offered
Commodore’s Comments: Today is International Women’s Day, and AYC is honored to announce a new Committee focused entirely on Arizona women in sailing. A year after Jen Lee Moffitt became the first woman in our club’s 65-year history to claim the Club Championship, AYC still has much more to do. Only 8% of our Spring … Continue reading Announcing the Women of the Arizona Yacht Club Committee
Photo by Deneen Ramirez, Pleasant Harbor Events. The City of Peoria held its 3rd annual “Touch-a-Truck” event at Pleasant Harbor last Saturday, a perennial community crowd-pleaser turning out tons of kids, big and small, and their families to interact with all the BIG TRUCKS! AYC leveraged our partnership with Pleasant Harbor and Maricopa Water District … Continue reading Peoria Touch-a-Truck Event Goes Nautical
By Mike ParkerFeatured photo: Jason Steele “When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life” – Confucius. That saying was “borne out” for me with this year’s Birthday Regatta (BDR) organizational team. MVP Joanne Aspinall and Commodore Bob Naylor helped cultivate an environment of organization and camaraderie in the dozens … Continue reading 2023 Regatta Wrap-up!
Photo: Newly minted sailors from the Arizona Sailing Foundation Adult Learn to Sail Class … ready for their next sailing adventure. Many people join AYC to learn sailing or to improve basic sailing skills. Others are interested in returning to the sport after an absence of many years. Still others want social opportunities and non-competitive … Continue reading L.A.S.T. + FUN Fleet = Better Sailing
