We got this email:
From: "George Goodall" <[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Katrin and the Gulf Yachting Association


To my Sailing friends near and far:
Katrina has delivered a major blow to the Gulf Yachting Association. John Matthews lives in Pensacola. I am not sure what his data sources are but there is little contact with folks west of Pensacola to New Orleans.

All of these clubs were right on or very close to the coast. Our regional championships, The Lipton Cup, held for close to 90 yrs was to be in Bay Wavland YC this coming labor day weekend is obviously canceled. The "Bay" is just to the west of Gulfport, Ms. which has been on the national news a lot. The "unknown"
clubs are either on Mobile bay, New Orleans or on the stretch of coast near Biloxi, Gulfport.

George F. Goodall
1986 Catalina 30 TRBS
"Frantic"
georgeg305@cox.net
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It appears that the following GYA member clubs have suffered a total loss or significant damage to their club:

Southern Yacht Club (destroyed by fire) [New Orleans]
Gulfport Yacht Club
Biloxi Yacht Club
Pass Christian Yacht Club [just west of Gulfport]
Pontchartrain YC [north shore of Lake Ponchetrain]
South Shore YC[New Orleans]
New Orleans YC
Pascagoula YC
Buccaneer YC [Mobile Bay]
Mobile YC
Fairhope YC [Mobile Bay-eastern shore]
Bay Waveland YC

Unknown is Tammany YC[Lake Ponchetrain-north shore], Singing River YC, [Pascagoula, Ms.]Lake Forest YC,[Mobile Bay-eastern shore] Long Beach YC,[just wst of Gulfport] and Ocean Springs YC [just east of Biloxi]

If any of you have heard anything about these clubs please let everyone know. Truly a devastating blow to the GYA.

John