By Bob Naylor - Sunfish Fleet Captain Wind conditions for Sunday’s races (10/13) were less than favorable on an otherwise beautiful Sunday afternoon. Sailors relied on their light-air tactics for much of the day while contending with periods of no wind, very light wind, 180-degree wind
By Scott Richards On a breathtakingly beautiful fall day at Lake Pleasant, a group of eight highly competitive women would have made our AYC founder proud. The Ruth Beals Cup is a regatta that mandates a woman at the helm of every boat and is considered
Jerome Rand got a standing ovation when he finished speaking at the AYC October monthly meeting and I don't recall that ever happening before. But then, it was quite the story he told. The tale really needs to begin with his 2012 trek along the Appalachian
And how unusual is that? On Saturday we gave some serious thought to giving up when the wind failed to show until well into the afternoon, but when it arrived we enjoyed some good racing, bouncing west-east on windward-leeward courses. Sunday arrived with with strong north wind
By Clay Poulson, Portsmouth Fleet Captain Week three of the 2019 Tempe Town Lake race series turned out to be a dandy. The racing dinghy fleets were greeted with fairly steady westerlies ranging up to the mid teens. A bit up and down but generally, we
It started with a bang and kept going from there. Okay, Opening Day 2019's opening cannon shot was actually just after Joe and Bonnie Motil's beautiful breakfast spread, just after Fleet Captain Scott Richards' welcoming and just before everyone headed out for a magnificent day on
The all-woman Ruth Beals Cup Regatta will return to Lake Pleasant on Saturday, October 12, with the starting gun at 9:30 am. It's for women at the helm in run-what-you-brung boats rated by PHRF handicap. Race documents and registration available here. The race is named for the
That's the gentle way to describe the generally breeze-less race day (9/15). It didn't prevent a dozen Lasers, a few Sunfish, Clay Poulson (his own fleet of one Portsmouth) and the Juniors from testing whether they could still move. They did it enough to lay
Imagine sailing 271 days at sea. Around the world. By yourself and without stopping. On a 32-foot boat built in 1975. Frightening idea? Foolish? Probably. But that's what Jerome Rand did and he lived to tell us about it. Jerome is our speaker at the next
By Marc Danner The day started with the Junior More sailing class rigging boats with new sails! (The ASF board voted to replace the well-worn original sails with crisp new ones.) The kids practiced starts, rounding the marks in the right direction and trying capsize drills
Fireball sailor Clay Poulson travels the world for his import business and manages to race Fireballs all over the world as well. This warm August he's racing at the North American and World Championships at Pointe Claire Yacht Club of Montreal. Clay finished 29th out of
By Deb Heisler I've been briefed that on past Opening Days we've had dinner and a movie with popcorn, a chili competition, tacos and a Mariachi band, USCG boat inspections, and even a burn the summer flip-flops ceremony. Well, this year, pull out and don your favorite, decorative,
AYC sailors were two of the 41 entries in the Viper 640 World and North American Championships this last week (8/20-24) at Los Alamitos Yacht Club in Long Beach. Mike Hester finished 32nd and Tony Chapman 34th and Mike is looking for a recommendation for
A large group of volunteers turned out at Tempe Town Lake Saturday, August 24, to prepare the Arizona Sailing Foundation (ASF) boats for fall classes and the AYC Adopt-a-Boat program. By the time the morning work party finished, the boats were washed and prepped for action.
When: Saturday, September 7, from 4 to 7 pm. Where: Royal Gardens Condominium Pool & Clubhouse, 1917 E. Medlock Drive, Phoenix (plenty of parking available along the street). See map Fall racing starts Sunday, September 8, so if you’re a skipper in need of crew or are
The AYC September monthly meeting will feature North Sails One Design sailor Eric Doyle, one of the top Star boat sailors in the world and an America's Cup veteran. The meeting is at 7p on Tuesday, September 10, at Dave & Buster's at Tempe Marketplace
In August, four AYC sailors packed their Lasers off to Mission Bay Yacht Club for one-design races in the Pacific. David Newland describes what happened. By David Newland When AYC hosted the Laser District race in March, five members from San Diego’s Mission Bay Yacht Club came
A little late afternoon monsoon both Friday and Saturday didn't keep the Annual AYC Campout from being tons of fun! With a high temp of 80 and tucked in a stand of pine trees, Dairy Springs Campground was as hospitable a venue as you'd find to
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
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