- Mississippi Coast Yachting Association
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Mississippi Coast Yachting Association 
BurgeeFounded 1947 Country 
United StatesCommodore Harry Chapman Website http://www.mcya.info The Mississippi Coast Yachting Association was organized to promote the sport of yacht racing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and nearby areas.
Contents
History
Founded in 1947, the MCYA is composed of the seven Gulf Yachting Association General Member Yacht Clubs[1] of the Mississippi coastal counties.
Sailing
2008 Chapman Regatta
It sanctions various yachting events, including interclub competition in Flying Scots, and serves to coordinate the association activities of its member clubs. One event, the Chapman Regatta[2] is believed to be the oldest consecutively sailed interclub Team Racing contest in the United States.[3] The teams consist of three boats from each of the seven Mississippi Coast Yacht Clubs. The regatta consists of four races sailed in Flying Scots which are nineteen-foot open sailboats that carry a mainsail, jib and spinnaker. This regatta involves a significant number of sailing enthusiasts from one end of the Mississippi Coast to the other, and it annually attracts many of the best sailors on the Coast.
The organization also sponsors the Race Week Regatta (A GYA Capdeville Event[4] which is raced in the fall at one of the member clubs (the event rotates annually) and the Great Ship Island Race.
Each year a sailor from the Mississippi Gulf Coast is chosen as the Budweiser Sailor of the Year[5]
Location
Southern Mississippi, coast counties of Jackson, Harrison and Hancock.
Member Yacht Clubs
See also
Notes
- ^ GYA Member Clubs
- ^ MCYA Web Site, Chapman Regatta Page
- ^ Doug Barber (3 June 2002). "PASS WINS CHAPMAN FOR 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR". The Sun Herald: pp. D1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F4D9BE20195DAD6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ GYA Sanctioned Events
- ^ MCYA Budweiser Sailor of the year winners
External links
Categories:- Organizations based in Mississippi
- Hancock County, Mississippi
- Harrison County, Mississippi
- Jackson County, Mississippi
- Sports in Mississippi
- Sports in the Southern United States
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