GBCA Discussion Forum

We are looking for sponsors for our 2012 Bank Regatta aka GBCA Performance Cup Regatta.  If you, or your company, would like to be featured on the poster, at the event, announced, heralded, etc. as a supporter of Galveston Bay Racing - please reach out to me and let me know so we can get to promoting you!  If you would like to be the title sponsor, that spot is open too!!!

Please let me know!  The race is Oct 6 and 7!

The Call for Nominations is now open for the 2013 GBCA Board of Trustees.  If you are interested in joining the Board or you know of someone who is dedicated to the sport of sailing and would be perfect as a Trustee or Flag Officer in this organization, please submit their name to Jody Henry, jody0221 at yahoo dot com.  A nominating committee will review all candidates and a ballot will be sent to senior members in October.

All - if you can't sail in the rum race this weekend - hopefully, you will be able to attend this fundraiser!

The GB Sail and Power Squadron is a non-profit group that provides public boater safety and navigation training, Vessel Safety checks, and regularly surveys various areas of the bay in order to ensure that NOAA has the best information possible with which to create their charts.

In order to fund these very publicly oriented activities, they hold one fund raising function a year, and this year, it is an auction, with both silent and live components. This year, it is open to members of other trusted boating organization and marine vendors, it will be held at Lakewood Yacht Club, in their ballroom, on August 4th beginning at 5:00 PM.

The May Cannon is hot off the presses!   ENJOY!

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Ask and you shall receive.....

All -- after racing on French Connection yesterday (in Kemah Marina) -- Neil put his foulies and gloves on the table at the top of the ramp on his way to the bathroom. When we went to leave, they had walked away.  We're thinking someone just accientally picked them up thinking they were part of their crew's gear or maybe their own foulies.  This is what I want to think anyway because surely someone wouldn't take someone else' s wet, nasty foul weather gear.

If you accidentally picked up some gray foulies in Kemah marina yesterday.  Can you please call me or send me an email?  jody0221 at yahoo dot com

Thanks!

The GBCA Annual Meeting will be February 17, 2012 at 6:30 pm at the GBCA Clubhouse in Watergate Marina.

According to Article VII, Section 1 of the Club Bylaws,
"An annual meeting shall be held each year for the purpose of transacting business as shall properly come before the membership."

All senior members are encouraged to attend for a financial update and summary of 2011.

At this meeting, we will be voting to update the bylaws.  Click below to review the document that we will be voting to accept.

This meeting will happen one half hour prior to the Skipper's Meeting for the Frostbite Regatta.

All senior members are encouraged to attend.  If you are not a senior member, but would like to be, please go to www.gbca.org and click on "Membership" to join!

Thank you,

Galveston Bay Cruising Association

This is for experience race officers who are looking to refresh and increase their knowledge.  This is a USSailing event and the dates are February 18 and 19 at HYC.  Cost is $70 for a USSailing member.  For more information on the seminar and to learn how to register, follow the link below.

http://www.gbca.org/Resources/Documents/ARMS_HYC_0212.pdf

You are cordially invited to the 2012 GBCA Commodore's Ball on February 4th.

Click here to view the invitation!

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I look forward to seeing you at the Kemah Community Center on February 4th!

....is hot off the presses!

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Registration is now available for the 2012 GBCA Commodore's Ball!  The Ball will be on February 4th, 2012 at the Kemah Community Center.  

Please join us and sign up today!!

Go to the home page www dot gbca dot org and click on "REGISTER TODAY!!"

News from TSA including a sumary of the USSailing General Meeting and an update on Area F Judges.

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GBCA member, Jeff Jones, is currently kicking butt at the Viper 640 North Americans in Sarnia, Canada.

Check out results here.  4 races scored and race 5 is currently underway!

http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=468

Check out this link!

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Please consider doing a write up about racing this Saturday and maybe you can take some of your famous photos, Sailaway, for us to publish?  I'll help do the submission if you submit an article and John snaps some images. 

Are you interested?  Get in touch with me!   jody zero two two one at yahoo dot com

July Newsletter from the Texas Viper Fleet

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Everything you need to know about TRW!

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Hot off the presses!!

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Okay Everyone, I posted a new section on the home page called "Meet Your Officers".  (on the left menu, click on "About Us")

So - I asked the board for biographies, you know -- send me a little bit about yourself and except for Leanne, I didn't hear a peep. 

I wrote what I knew but the descriptions are pretty short and well, kinda boring.

Let's make this a GBCA Wikipedia thing.  Keep it clean, and if you have something to add to one of the bios, let me know what it is!!!

This could be interesting. 

GBCA Member, Jeff Jones, is at the helm of Cold Shot in this week's Melges 24 Worlds in Corpus Christi.  They finished 22nd yesterday in a fleet of some of the world's best sailors.  Racing is all week.  Track their progress here:

http://www.melgesworlds.com/

To all Senior Members of GBCA:

GBCA will sponsor your entry fee to the Area F Elimination Round Regatta leading to the USSailing Championships.

These races include:
The Adam's Cup (Women's) Corinthian Sailing Club Leukemia Cup Regatta on Flying Scot's
The Mallory Cup (Men's) Denver Sailing Association Hornblower Regatta on Ultimate 20's
The O'Day Cup (Single-Handed Men's and Women's) Seabrook Sailing Club Solstice Regatta on Laser Full Rig and Laser Radials
and the Sears, Bemis, and Smythe (Junior) Texas Youth Race Week on Laser Radials, Club 420's and Sonars.

If multiple sailors express interest in participating, the board will decide what sponsorships are awarded and to whom.
For junior racing events, the junior sailor must be a child of a GBCA senior member. 

Please see attached for more information.

Contact me, Jody Henry jody0221@yahoo.com, or any member of the GBCA board to request sponsorship.

GBCA encourages racing in Texas and participation in all USSailing events!

Thank you,
Jody Henry
Rear Commodore, Texas Sailing Association
Secretary, GBCA