News & Updates
Welcome
The Gibson Island Yacht Squadron is open to members of the Gibson Island Club. It provides many opportunities for cruising under power and sail, racing, sailing instruction, and related social activities. Gibson Island Harbor facilities include a boathouse and showers, moorings, slips, and a full service yacht yard. Tender service is available from May through October. Read more
May 19 – Spring Regatta and Commodore’s Review
On Line Entry - Early Bird Deadline May 10
Scratch Sheet
This year GIYS has combined the Commodore’s Review and the GIYS – SCC Spring Regatta. Competitors can expect to finish the race around 4 pm and arrive at the harbor in time to join the parade of boats at 5 pm if they wish to do so. The awards party at the boathouse will include supper and an open bar. Party tickets for the skipper and three crew are included in the Race Entry fee. Additional party tickets are $25 per person. BoatPix is scheduled to cover the regatta, and photos taken from the air will be available to the entrants.
A Club Class Division was added to expose more sailors to CBYRA sanctioned racing events. If you like to participate in the point to point races that are traditionally part of club cruises, you will enjoy this race. By entering in the Spring Regatta on Saturday and the MRSA Spring Classic on Sunday, skippers can sail three of the races required to qualify for a CBYRA high point award in one weekend. The idea was to provide a tune-up distance qualifier that finished in the Annapolis area with a true destination finish/party providing an easy trip home or to the party.
In 2011 45 yachts started at Hackett’s Point and raced through the Bay Bridge to a Baltimore Lighthouse finish-line. Gibson Island hosted a lively dockside awards party complete with a bagpipe sunset serenade by a crew member from the J35 Windependent. Boats were encouraged to tie-up or anchor and tender service was provided. The feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive, and both GIYS and SCC received Race Committee of the Year Awards from CBYRA as a result.
Full details and information about how to enter will be found in the CBYRA Green Book and online.
Click here for additional information.
On Line Entry - Early Bird Deadline May 10
Mid Winter Cruise February 25
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Ever wonder what it is like to cross an ocean? How about a race across an ocean? Just how fast was Leopard going? 25 knots, 32 knots, 37 knots??? What prep is involved? What conditions can one expect to encounter? Find out the answers to these questions and more. Clarke Murphy and Will Passano present video footage from their Transatlantic Race on board Leopard. A midwinter cruise guaranteed to part your hair and wash your face. What other crazy things happen on a cruise like this? And in case that is not enough, the 2011 cruising season awards will be presented and there were be several other surprises.
2011 Mid-winter cruise flyer
Junior Fleet News
Last fall GIYS Sailing Director Jim Lodico concluded a major strategic purchase of Optimists that doubled our ability to put young sailors on the water. In January Harbormaster Denver Sanner and his staff who completed new storage facilities for 18 Optimists as well as a dozen 420s and Lasers.
GIYS Annual Dinner
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Broom Race: GIYS 3 – SCC 1
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| Finish | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 |
| 1 | GIYS | SCC | GIYS | GIYS |
| 2 | GIYS | SCC | SCC | GIYS |
| 3 | GIYS | GIYS | GIYS | SCC |
| 4 | SCC | GIYS | SCC | SCC |
| 5 | SCC | SCC | GIYS | SCC |
| 6 | SCC | GIYS | SCC | GIYS |
| GIYS=6 | GIYS=13 | GIYS=9 | GIYS=9 | |
| SCC=15 | SCC=8 | SCC=12 | SCC=12 |
GIYS Sailors
Murray Leigh, Aubrey Berringer, Aaron Maas
Tom Price, Jeff Oak, Tyler Gooder
Scott Schluederberg, Katie Schluederberg, Jim Beh
SCC Sailors
John White, Bruce Empey, Kyle Comerford
Susan Taylor, Donna Schlegel, Lilli Salvesen
Arrthur Libby, Jr., Kenny Comerford, Willy Comerford
Race Committee
Rebel Boykin, Terry May, Claude Engel, Janet Leech, Margaret Clarkson, Walter Mitchell, Tony Kupersmith, Beecie Kupersmith, Geoff Wadsworth, Sue Mikulski, Greg Cukor, Bob Urban, Kimberly Gooder, John Sherwood
Umpires
Jack Lynch, Peter Jost
Broom Race History
by John Sherwood
September 17, 2011 marks the 60th anniversary of the annual team race between the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron (GIYS) and the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake (SCC). Originally referred to as the GIYS/SCC Challenge, it acquired its current name when an old broom, to which the burgee of the winning club is attached and hung in the Gibson Island clubhouse, became the perpetual “trophy.” Read more
Junior Awards Banquet
Sunday September 4 – 5:00 PM
Junior Fleet Members at the Indian Landing Regatta:
Henry New, Jack McDonnell, Magnus (Maxi) Weissenberger, Gunti Weissenberger, Tyler Davis, Jack Savage.
Gunti was 1st in Optimist Green.
Kip Strong placed 3rd in the Laser Radial fleet.
