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Feature Photo: Elaine Charteris aboard Impulse with Marshall Williamson. Taken by Scott Richards. Marshall Williamson was voted the unanimous winner of the Fall 2020 Blunder Bucket for a nomination that … Continue Reading And Ye Blunder Bucket goes to Marshall Williamson
Feature Photo by George Tingom: An ASF C14 sailboat punched off its trailer by the mast-killing bar. Due to our event cancellation in May, we missed our mid-year nominations for … Continue Reading Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Ye Blunder Bucket Nominations Are Now Open
Just in time for the holiday gift giving season our merchandise store, Coral Reef Sailing Apparel, is offering us another discount code to use between now and Dec 6th (for … Continue Reading AYC Apparel and Gear Sale for the Holidays
By: Rob Gibbs & Wendy Larsen What happens to the scoresheets between the time the race ends and the scores are posted? This sacred art of turning scribbles on paper … Continue Reading Race Scoring Alchemy
Last October, Joel Hurley and Tony Chapman won the Buccaneer National Championship hosted by the Arizona Yacht Club and held at Lake Pleasant. Winning a national championship qualified them to … Continue Reading Two AYC Members to Compete in 2020 Event
This is US Sailing’s 3rd in a series of online forums addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This month’s panel will be focusing on Women in Sailing and AYC member Debbie … Continue Reading AYC Member Debbie Huntsman Selected as Panelist
By Paul Miachika The Jordanelle Reservoir is just a few miles east of Park City, Utah, at an elevation of 6,500 ft. With temperatures 30 to 40 degrees lower than … Continue Reading Paul Miachika Places 5th Overall at the Laser Fleet District 23 Championships
Introducing RailMeets, a new boat/crew platform. This site is for anyone looking for crew or crew looking for a boat. Please connect with us on Zoom this coming Thursday when … Continue Reading RailMeets: Calling all Sailors
Volunteers spray months of dust off everything! Feature photo: Marc Danner Another day of excessive heat warnings did not stop about 20 new, old, and prospective members from showing up to prep, … Continue Reading A Big Thanks for Another Successful Adopt-a-Boat Cleanup
Feature photo: Mike Ferring There will be washing and scrubbing, repairing, tweaking, and inventorying. Once again we need volunteers to join in and help get the Adopt a Boats ready … Continue Reading Adopt-a-Boat Clean Up at Tempe Town Lake
Feature Photo: Dave Newland on the calmer waters of TTL By David Newland Since my introduction to Laser sailing/racing back in November 2018 (article here), I’ve been signing up for … Continue Reading 2020 Laser Masters Pacific Coast Championships
Save 15% on 3 or more AYC Branded Items Check out our updated site with more apparel and brands to choose from: Spyder, Columbia, Columbia PFG, Holloway, Gill, Under Armour, … Continue Reading New Apparel & Merchandise
By Deb Heisler Once again, AYC is in the news. Sailing Magazine interviewed Bob Naylor, our rear commodore for their July featured article, “The Cactus Club.” The impressive feature and … Continue Reading The Cactus Club
Thank you for the opportunity to be your Commodore these past two years…
If you were a voting-eligible member of the Arizona Yacht Club as of April 1, you’ve received an email allowing you to participate in the election of the next board … Continue Reading Voting Open for the 2020-2021 Board of Directors
AYC activities for April have been canceled or postponed. Here’s the announcement from Commodore Rob Gibbs. We can still go sailing at those places (please do), but not as an … Continue Reading How the Lakes Are Responding to Coronavirus