Foundation Events | BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation

2023 Crab Feed April 1!

by gdavi2535 | March 2, 2023 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

2021 Crab Feed Fundraiser Event

by gdavi2535 | December 30, 2021 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

This year was most definitely a different type of year, so naturally the Crab Feed auction and dinner had to be morphed into a completely different type of event. Instead of being held in February upstairs in the dining room, this year it was in September outside on...

2021 Crab Feed – September 10!

by gdavi2535 | July 9, 2021 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Get Crabby! Returning to Balboa Yacht Club after a year off, the BYC MSSF Crab Feed is scheduled for September 10! All the crab and fixin's you can eat, served up by some really great young sailors. This is the the Foundation's premier fundraising event and we need...

Butler Cup 2018 – Jeffrey Petersen

by gdavi2535 | December 24, 2018 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Recently I had the amazing opportunity to compete in the Butler Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club in the Catalina 37’s. This event although not atypical for Southern California in the fall, was extremely light and very challenging sailing. Over the course of two days we...

Bilge Bazaar 2016

by gdavi2535 | June 20, 2016 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Our annual Bilge Bazaar, held in the front spot at Minney’s Chandlery yielded more than $5,000 for the Foundation’s Junior Sailing Fund this year. We had over 20 volunteers helping to price the sale items, sort, load and offload from the truck, and then sell, sell,...

Bilge Bazaar 2014

by gdavi2535 | June 4, 2014 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Another year another Bilge Bazaar! This year, thanks to the many donations of yachting treasures received from BYC members and friends, we were able to raise over $5000 for the Foundation's Junior Sailing Fund! Once again, many thanks to all the volunteers who made...

Bilge Bazaar 2013

by gdavi2535 | June 12, 2013 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

On Sunday, June 2, parents and friends of Balboa Yacht Club junior sailors gathered well before the crack of dawn in front of Minney's Yacht Surplus in Newport Beach to offload a giant U-Haul truck full of "yachting treasures" donated by BYC members to support the...

BYC Opening Day 2012

by gdavi2535 | May 14, 2012 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Junior sailors manned the BYC MSSF information booth under sunny skies at the BYC Opening Day on Saturday, May 12. It was a great opportunity for the sailors to showcase their adventures, talk about their upcoming plans, and generally inform interested event attendees...

2012 Crab Feed for Junior Sailing

by gdavi2535 | February 19, 2012 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Once again over 200 guests dined on crab, corn, cole slaw and potatoes in support of the BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation. The event, hosted on by the Balboa Yacht Club Junior Sailors has become an annual affair with both live and silent auctions...

Bilge Bazaar 2011

by gdavi2535 | June 15, 2011 | Featured, foundationEvents | 0 Comments

On June 12, parents and friends of Balboa Yacht Club junior sailors gathered well before the crack of dawn in front of Minney's Yacht Surplus to sell three truckloads of "yachting treasures" donated by BYC members to support the Junior Sailing Fund at BYC MSSF. The...

High School Sailing Team Support

by gdavi2535 | March 28, 2011 | foundationEvents | 0 Comments

As part of its community support mission, the Foundation supports local high school sailing teams. This year, BYC MSSF supported teams at Newport Harbor High School, Corona Del Mar High School and Mater Dei High School. All three of these teams proudly represent their...

2011 Junior Crab Feed

by gdavi2535 | March 1, 2011 | foundationEvents | 0 Comments

Over 200 guests dined on crab, corn, cole slaw and potatoes in support of the BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation. The event, hosted on by the BYC Juniors has become an annual affair with both live and silent auctions benefiting the Foundation's Junior...

BYC Opening Day Booth

by gdavi2535 | June 10, 2010 | foundationEvents | 0 Comments

The BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation, along with the BYC Junior Racing Team, sponsored an informational booth at Balboa Yacht Club's Opening Day in May. In addition to helping spread the word about the Foundation, the booth collected donations to...