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For over 90 years, the Balboa Yacht Club has served to encourage yacht racing and cruising, promoted the science of seamanship and navigation, and provided a beautiful clubhouse and marina for the educational, recreational, and social use of its members, families, and guests.

California Governor (later US President) Ronald Reagan granted the Deed of Gift for the Governor’s Cup to Balboa Yacht Club in 1967 “for the purpose of encouraging Youth Racing in the State of California and the recognition of the skill and high performance of those men and women under twenty years of age…” As an invitation only match racing regatta, the Governor’s Cup was established by the late Chet and Glee Purcell. Mr. and Mrs. Purcell had a vision that a national match racing competition should be created for younger sailors, similar in format to the internationally recognized Congressional Cup Regatta.  As the years progressed, the Governor’s Cup grew in popularity with its first international team participating in 1989. Since then teams from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Finland and Spain have participated and become regular entrants and often multiple winners. The Cup has served as a gateway for future champions in collegiate competition, the Olympics, Congressional Cup, Swedish Match Tour and numerous America’s Cups. 

The Governor’s Cup has a special relationship with the America’s Cup with the latter having visited Balboa Yacht Club during “Gov Cup Week” twice in recent years. Norbert Bajurin, Commodore of the current holder of the America’s Cup, said it best, “The Governor’s Cup is the America’s Cup for youth.” Truer words were never spoken. BYC can be very proud of this illustrious history and its alumni from fourteen countries and territories around the world. When you watch this and every year’s Governor’s Cup, you are seeing some of the future stars of the sport. 

Pathway for Champions

If the sailing careers of decades of Governor's Cup alumni are any guide, the GovCup is truly a "Pathway for Champions." Below are profiles of some of the great sailors and world champions that have sailed in the Governor's Cup and gone on to the America's Cup, the Olympic Games, the World Match Race Tour, and, in what has to be the event most different from the GovCup, the Round the World Race!

Argyle Campbell

Argyle Campbell of Newport Beach, California, won the first two Governor's Cups in 1967 and 1968, sailing for the Balboa Yacht Club. He was also a two-time All American sailor at the University of Southern California while beginning his match racing career, but hit the big time in match racing soon after his Gov Cup wins.

In 1970 and 1972, Argyle won Long Beach Yacht Club's Congressional Cup, with a crew that included Andy Rose (winner of the '69 and '70 Gov Cup).

Argyle continues one-design sailing to this day, including a world corinthian championship in the Melges 24 class and multiple championships in the Etchells class.

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Founded in 1922, the Balboa Yacht Club is one of the oldest clubs on the Pacific Coast. The Club, with its beautiful setting in Newport Harbor, is widely recognized as one of the premier yachting facilities on the West Coast. It operates a year-round facility including a full-service restaurant and bar, marina and a Catalina Island facility. The Club has a very active junior sailing program, and all members are committed to the Corinthian traditions of yachting

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Balboa Island Yacht Club: A lifetime of memories

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100 YEARS OF HISTORY

BIYC has a long and happy history. Generations of kids have enjoyed the program, learned and strengthened skills, formed lifelong friendships and returned – with joy – to watch their own children take part.

Each year, the Club is managed by the Commodore plus officers and staff. They run the meetings, paddleboarding, swimming, SUP and rowing races and are assisted by adults for sailing. An advisory board, headed by Seymour Beek, sets the standards and guidelines for Balboa Island Yacht Club. The activities and spirit of the Club have remained amazingly unchanged for a hundred years.

HISTORY & MEMORIES

“Mom loved BIYC and her memorial service was at the Pavilion so all could see Murphy dock, the first one east of Beek’s.”

- Jim Hawkins, 1933 Sec | Treas June Murphy’s son

• • •

BEYOND BIYC — COLLEGE LIFE

BIYC LEADERSHIP & MEMBERS ARE A FORCE AT  PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES, BOTH AS SCHOLARS & ATHLETES

Please click on each photo to learn more

ROBERT GRIFFIN

1922-1924 COMMODORE

FIRST BIYC COMMODORE

PICTURED WITH 1982 VICE COMMODORE JEVON HADLEY AT THE 60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OPENING DAY CEREMONIES HELD ON BEEK'S PIER ON BALBOA ISLAND

1923 SEC | TREAS

FIRST BIYC SECRETARY | TREASURER

Pictured with 1946 Commodore Seymour Beek and 1982 Commodore Chad Clark at the 60th Anniversary ceremony. 

More of the 60th Anniversary article pictured in 1982 memories.

When Mrs Beek died in 1981, a steering committee was formed to provide guidance to the officers.  Gene Baum chaired the committee until he died in 1996.

Presenting the Gene Baum Perpetual Trophy to Eddie De Witt at the 1989 banquet, pictured with Commodore Ross McIlwain

MICHAEL BAUM

1955 COMMODORE

GENE'S SON

THE GENE BAUM PERPETUAL TROPHY

Awarded to the season’s most improved sailor over the course of the summer.

MARIE MCSPADDEN

1923-1925 SEC | TREAS

Glendale HS grad1929 or 30, graduated Scripps College 1934 and Stanford Masters in history around 1935, married John Sands 1938, lived in Glendale, AZ, teacher, 4 kids, she headed the Glendale Arts Commission and ASU cultural advisory committee

Pictured front child, far left, and in black? 

JACK MAYNARD CROOK

1925 COMMODORE

BILL MERRILL

1927 COMMODORE ​

THE MURPHY FAMILY

GERTRUDE • BILL • DAN • HELEN • JUNE • BARBARA

PARTY ON SEAHAWK 1968

MURPHY FAMILY ARTWORK 

GERTRUDE MURPHY

1926 SEC | TREAS

1928 COMMODORE

HELEN MURPHY

1927  SEC | TREAS

UCLA KKG & EQUESTRIAN LIKE HER SISTER GERTRUDE

MARRIED DAN'S STANFORD TEAMMATE

EXCERPT FROM 1928 COMMODORE DAN MURPHY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY​

Early in summer vacation, a newcomer to the island would be asked to have his youngsters (ages 6 to 16) join BIYC, the children’s yacht club in the area. It had recently been started by Mr. Beek, and when we got there, it was a going concern with a meeting place, activity schedule, young officers, and committee members. The purpose of the club was, of course, to promote healthful activities and give youngsters some responsibility with respect to the organization. These purposes were fulfilled admirably. Every weekday there was something doing: Monday model-boat racing, Tuesday swimming races, Wednesday sailing races, Thursday rowing contests. Each Friday was a wiener roast or barbecue in one of the vacant lots in the area. The early officers of the club were the older children. 

At the beginning, all boats were often converted rowboats with a mast or two and a centerboard or leeboard. Gradually, class boats came into being. First, there was the Marion class, a 15-foot gaff-rigged catboat, and the Sea Mew, the same length but considerably slower and wider. Soon after came the Snowbirds - a 12 footer with good sailing qualities. It took the bay by storm, and the annual “Flight of the Snowbirds” witnessed hundreds of the little boats, all sailed by youngsters competing for prizes. Later came the Star boats.

BILLY MURPHY

1931 COMMODORE

WILLIAM MURPHY

THE MURPHY'S FATHER

POSSIBLY THE FIRST STAFF COMMODORE

ADULT SUPERVISOR OF THE CLUB TREASURY

BIYC MEMORIES FROM 1933 SEC | TREAS JUNE MURPHY HAWKINS​

From 1924 on, we spent the summertime in Balboa first renting a house while ours was built. My father bought a lot at 546 S. Bay front on Balboa Island. We first rented a house at 133 Pearl for the first three summers. The pier was built in 1927 and we moved into the house in 1928. It had 6 bedrooms upstairs.  ​ We called that house the “Hurricane deck” because there was always something going on. We had our friends visit often. Our pier in front was the meeting place for all the sporting events for the BIYC: swimming, sailing, paddle boarding, rowing, diving, and canoeing. Mother ran the show most of the time. I had a regular group of girlfriends. They called us the “howling” mob. They came from several different cities in So. California. Their families had summer cottages on the island. Very few people lived there all year. I don’t think anyone had heat in their homes. We sailed a 12- foot wooden hulled cat boat called Snowbirds. Ours was number 10 and called Shenanigan. They were easy and safe to sail. We went all over the bay, often getting stuck on the sandbars and mud flats. At times we went to Harbor Island for picnics and a swim “a la nude.” There were no houses on that island then. Other times we sailed to the entrance of the bay and had a picnic at China Cove. It wasn’t named that then. The entrance to the harbor was crooked due to the many sand bars.  If we wanted to get out to the ocean, we had to watch the tides and never were allowed out without two or three boats together.     I was brother Bill’s crew for races most of the time. On weekends we sailed at the Southland Sailing Club now the Balboa Yacht Club and also the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. We would always do fairly well, but seldom first place.    My father always insisted that we were able to swim well. We had to swim across the bay from J.A. Beek’s pier to the pavilion, usually on Sundays when my father would be down for the weekend and the water was calm.    On special occasions we went to Emerald Bay for picnics. We went with neighborhood kids.  We would body surf in from our boats anchored out beyond the waves.  We explored the tide pools and used plow holds of kelp for our anchor.  Once we explored an old movie set of a Venice village built around 1924 for a movie. There were no houses, just a beautiful empty beach.  We either went by cars or boats.  Father bought a 41’ wooden hull sloop from his brother (Hayes Murphy) in Connecticut. He had it shipped on a freighter through the Panama Canal into LA harbor.   It was a slow, seaworthy boat.  On it we would anchor and swim to shore at various beaches along the So. California coast.     Our time with the Balboa Island Yacht Club was busy. Mr. Beek organized trips to Catalina Island. We went there on weekends.  There were usually three or four boats, and his favorite cove was 4th of July Harbor. We also went to San Clemente Island a couple of times.  It was a barren island with little round cacti that were hard to see, but easy to pick up thorns through our tennis shoes.  Ouch!  Santa Cruz Island was our favorite.  We hoped to get there once every summer and see the fresh waterfall and the painted caves.  I attended several regattas in Long Beach and Santa Barbara, but I was too young to do much else.  I crewed for my brother Bill on the Snowbird in both harbors seemed very large.

BERNIE MCNALLY

1929 COMMODORE

THE COMMODORE BERNIE MCNALLY TROPHY

Awarded to the season’s champion sailors for Lasers and Sabots with the best race results for the entire summer. 

ROBERT ROLLINS

1930 COMMODORE

THE ROLLINS PERPETUAL TROPHY

The Round-The-Island Row race is held once a year, participants enter with a partner and row around the island. A trophy will be awarded for the 1st overall team. Medals will be given for the 1st place team in each age group (4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, and 14-16). An award will also be given to the youngest team to finish within the specified guidelines.

BURL JOHNSON

1933 COMMODORE

THE BURL JOHNSON MEMORIAL TROPHY

Awarded to the Commodore’s Cup Sabot winner

WARWICK HAYES JR.

1936 COMMODORE

THE PENBERTHY FAMILY

FIRST GENERATION COUSINS

PEARLITA • MARY • JOAN • ARTHUR (SIBLINGS)

and their cousins,

PAUL • FARRIER "FEY" (SIBLINGS)

PAUL PENBERTHY

1935 COMMODORE

PEARLITA PENBERTHY

1932 & 1934 SEC | TREAS

FARRIER PENBERTHY

1937 COMMODORE

Joan and Pearlita at the Beeks' pier

JOAN PENBERTHY

1939 SEC | TREAS

ARTHUR PENBERTHY

1942 COMMODORE

Pearlita, Mary and Joan Penberthy

ARCHIVES FROM JOAN'S SCRAPBOOK

Art  Penberthy and Ted

VOLLEYBALL & BADMINTON ON VACANT LOTS

100 BLOCK OF TURQUOISE 

SECOND GENERATION

KAREN VORSTER (PEARLITA)

SUSIE • MICHAEL SMITH (MARY)

JOHN • STEVEN • ANNE • DAVID LAMONTAGNE (JOAN)

JULIE PENBERTHY (ARTHUR)

DAVID LAMONTAGNE

1978 COMMODORE

AWARDED THE MUNROE TROPHY   BY 1938 COMMODORE TED MUNROE

ANNE LAMONTAGNE JUDGING THE DIVING COMPETITION IN 1972

Karen Vorster plunges into swimming race - 1968

ANNE LAMONTAGNE with Carrie McKinley

Karen Vorster ( center ) with Richar Matics and Charlie McKinley

THIRD GENERATION

TONY • MICHAEL LAMONTAGNE (JOHN)

LAUREN • LUC • GRACE LAMONTAGNE (DAVID)

GRACE, LUC, MARY KATHRYN, LAUREN, DAVID LAMONTAGNE 

LAUREN LAMONTAGNE

2015 COMMODORE  

WITH DAD, DAVID

LUC LAMONTAGNE

2016 SEC | TREAS

WINS MUNROE TROPHY

MERCOTTI SANDERS • GRANT BYERS • ERIK SVENDSEN • LUC LAMONTAGNE

LAUREN &  LUC LAMONTAGNE

GRACE & LUC LAMONTAGNE, CARA REDDIN

2015 BIYC OFFICERS

LUC LAMONTAGNE • GRANT BYERS • LAUREN LAMONTAGNE BRODIE BORLAND • KATHRYN PETERS

DICK MUNROE

1939 COMMODORE

THE MUNROE FAMILY

FIRST GENERATION

TED • MORA • DICK

MORA MUNROE

1935 SEC | TREAS

1938 COMMODORE

Madeline ?, Mora Munroe, Pearlita Penberthy, Mary Penberthy & Joan Penberthy

Mora with Munroe family home in background - 1400 South Bay Front 

 Mora Munroe

DICK MUNROE MEMORIAL TROPHY

This trophy is presented to the Most Outstanding Competitor of BIYC. It is a memorial trophy honoring BIYC member Dick Munroe, who lost his life in World War II. Dick was a terrific all-around sportsman, so his trophy is awarded based on a calculation that gives points for every event. Final tally honors top ten kids who accumulate the most points for all their activities.  Sailing is included, so highest ranks generally end up going to those who sail. Winner is considered All-Around Champion of the Club.  

 Mora Munroe & Domino

Cooper Blackband - Munroe

Champion 2020

KATHY • BARBIE • RICHARD  • CONNIE (TED)

TRACY • ANN REICHLING (MORA)

COUSINS:  Tracy Reichling, Kathy Munroe, Ann Reichling, Barbie Munroe

KATHY MUNROE

1966 SEC | TREAS

TRACY REICHLING

1963 SEC | TREAS

ANN REICHLING

1967 SEC | TREAS

Connie Munroe and Mitzi Raff - Round the Island Row - circa 1980

JOHN • BOB • KRISTY • MIKE BRITTINGHAM (KATHY)

MUNROE KRAUS (CONNIE)

1988 - John Brittingham (10) in red shirt and Kristi Brittingham (6) in striped dress were in the top ten for the Munroe Memorial Trophy

Their grandfather, Ted Munroe is presenting. ( at left )

Bob Brittingham prepares for Tuesday Swimming race.

THE BEEK FAMILY

BARTON • ALLAN • SEYMOUR

BIYC ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HOSTED ON THE BEEKS'  BALBOA ISLAND PIER FOR A CENTURY & COUNTING

BARTON BEEK

1940 COMMODORE

SEYMOUR BEEK

1946 COMMODORE

ADVISORY BOARD AND SAILING

RACE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN 

Barton, Seymour & Allan Beek with Joan Penberthy and Shirley ???

Barton docks his boat after the Flight of the Snowbirds

SEYMOUR & MRS. BEEK

MR. & MRS. BEEK

PICTURED WITH THEIR SONS, GENEROUSLY GUIDED THE CLUB FOR ITS FIRST SIX DECADES

Joe Beek at BIYC on a Monday afternoon circa 1968

EXCERPT FROM 1950 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY JOSEPH ALLEN BEEK

"The Balboa Island Yacht Club was formed in 1922 for yachtsmen from six to sixteen years of age, was to elect flag officers, conduct its own affairs, have no dues or assessments but always have money in the treasury; this last matter to be attended to by the one adult member, who became the honorary staff commodore. 

"The juniors took measures into their own hands and levied dues of twenty-five cents a year and adopted a money raising device which makes the finance committees of senior yacht clubs look like pikers. They hold a club picnic every other Tuesday, charge everybody fifty cents for the feed, put the proceeds in the trophy fund, and let the mothers supply the food! Fathers are allowed to contribute cash if they wish, so it is no wonder that their trophy display frequently outshines that of the senior yacht clubs."

THE MR. & MRS. JOSEPH A. BEEK SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY

This trophy is presented for outstanding enthusiasm and good sportsmanship. The officers select a member who exemplifies kindness, good humor and helpfulness throughout the summer.

Mrs Beek presents the Sportsmanship Award to Carrie McKinley at the 1969 BIYC Banquet.

Seymour Beek chairs the BIYC Race Committee with Cosy Ctvrtlik & Bobbie Daniel

Allan Beek presents the Sportsmanship Award tat the 2021 BIYC Banquet

CARROLL BEEK

COMMUNITY CENTER

Located on Balboa Island where weekly BIYC meetings & picnics take place, named in honor of Mrs. Beek

2004 BIYC meeting hosted by Commodore Reid Vitarelli on the lawn of the Carroll Beek Center

MRS. BEEK ON THE DOCK ON A TUESDAY MORNING

MEMORIES FROM 1972 SEC | TREAS DIANE BIRNIE BOCK

In those days, Swimming was timed by Moms — it switched to kids when Quincy was Commodore in 2005.  Mrs. Beek, the only Grandmother always, always rowed one of the boats.  She was very strong and very meticulous about keeping the finish line straight.  Whoever rowed the other boat had a big job keeping even with Mrs. Beek’s boat.

In this photo, she is holding the number cards for Diving - so this shot must have been taken between Swimming and Diving.  She sat on the top part of the dock near the flag pole.  Each age group would line up and give her their names and then walk down to the float for the competition.  She recorded the scores of the three judges: one sat right next to her near the flag pole, one was on the beach and the main judge stood on the float right next to the Diving Board…..   The scores were neatly recorded in a certain format in her distinctive handwriting.  Afterwards, she handed the book to the Diving Chairman (the judge down on the dock) to do the calculations and keep the records. 

Mrs. Beek told me that she especially liked to do this job because she also kept the Munroe standings and having a brief, direct contact with each child helped her to recognize each and every kid in the club.  When she died, my mom Barbara (Potter) Birnie did that job from 1981 until 2009 when BIYC’s Diving competition ended.

MRS. BEEK ROWED ONE OF THE SWIMMING RACE COMMITTEE BOATS EACH WEEK

PICTURED WITH HELEN DOYLE IN THIS PHOTO FROM 1968

MRS. BEEK RECORDING TUESDAY MORNING DIVING SCORES --- PICTURED WITH DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DODIE BEEK AND SALLIE SEAVER

FRESH SPLASH IN THE WATER!

CHUCK - CARROLL - ROCKY - BARBARA - JOE ( BARTON )

BETH - KATHARINE  ( ALLAN )

TOM - DAVID - CLARK - JIM - CYNTHIA  ( SEYMOUR )

1968 SEC | TREAS

BARBARA BEEK

1973 SEC | TREAS

ROCKY & CHUCK BEEK WITH THEIR MOM, DODIE

COUSINS BARBARA & BETH BEEK

Barton Beek in his Snowbird 

Another Barton Beek ( Rocky ) in his Snowbird circa 1970

Siblings, Carroll and Rocky Beek

compete inMonday Sailing races, Snowbird class

BETH BEEK ( center ) WITH COLLEEN WALTERS AND DIANE BIRNIE AT 1973 BIYC BANQUET..

CYNTHIA BEEK

2001 COMMODORE

JIM BEEK  

1996 COMMODORE

CLARK BEEK - 

1990 DOCK MASTER

JIM BEEK - 1996 COMMODORE

PRESENTING THE BURL JOHNSON MEMORIAL TROPHY TO THE SABOT COMMODORE'S CUP WINNER AT THE 2021 BANQUET

HANNAH & CHAZ  BEEK  ( CHUCK )

JACK & CATALINA  McCALLUM  ( CARROLL )

NED & MARY  LYON  ( BARBARA )

RILEY  BEEK   ( DAVID )

Catalina McCallum and Quincy Bock - Round the Island Row -- 1995

Catalina McCallum (center) and friends

display their mudball inventory

Jack McCallum diving and paddleboarding

BOB CLEMMER

1941 COMMODORE

CHARLOTTE PHINNEY

1943 SEC | TREAS

BIYC BEACH 1945 ​

Reunited with fellow member Barbara Potter Birnie at the 2005 banquet. Awards were postponed in the WWII years due to metal shortages so the 2005 officers invited these winners back 60 years later to collect their trophies. 

See more in the 1960s Potter • Birnie • Bock Family section. 

Presenting the Miriam Kirk Memorial Trophy (honoring his mother) awarded to the Commodore's Cup Laser winner Piper Blackband at the 2021 banquet

MORRIE KIRK

1944 COMMODORE

GIL KRAEMER

1948 COMMODORE ​

MADE HEADLINES IN THE ANNUAL "FLIGHT OF THE SNOWBIRDS" RACE

MORGAN MORGAN

1949 COMMODORE

UCLA GRAD 1954

ANN RAWLINS

1949 & 1950 SEC | TREAS

ANN AND CAROL ON BEEKS PIER

CAROL EYMANN

1951 SEC | TREAS

​ STANFORD 1956

OCCIDENTAL GLEE CLUB 1951

ACCOMPANIED BY COUSIN & FELLOW BIYC SEC | TREAS ANN RAWLINS IN BRIDAL PARTY

PHYLLIS RAWLINS

1952 SEC | TREAS

ANN, CAROL, PHYLLIS AND A NEIGHBOR ON THE RAILING

OF BEEKS PIER 

MONA RAE BARLOW

1953 SEC | TREAS

NOEL BARLOW

1952 COMMODORE

SON & DAUGHTER OF ACTRESS ZOE RAE BECH

MICHAEL SMITH

1954 COMMODORE

WITH MUNROE TROPHY

1954 SEC | TREAS

RICHARD BRIDGMAN

1957 COMMODORE

BILL DE WITT

1958 COMMODORE

FIRST GENERATION OF

DE WITT FAMILY IN BIYC

BILL • ED • DOUG (BILL'S KIDS)

ELIZABETH • JOHN (BILL'S NIECE & NEPHEW) 

1995 COMMODORE

PICTURED WITH HIS VICE COMMODORE JIM BEEK & REAR COMMODORE JEFF MCCORMAC

DOUG DE WITT

1999 COMMODORE

2003 COMMODORE

ED DE WITT WITH 1923 SEC | TREAS GENE BAUM & THE GENE BAUM PERPETUAL TROPHY AT THE 1989 BANQUET

CURRENT BIYC MEMBERS

TEDDY • OSCAR (BILL)

CAMPBELL • RORY • KENZIE • HANNAH (ED) 

THE LLOYD FAMILY

MARY LOU • BILL • BOB • RICHIE • GREG • TOM • LAURIE

MARY LOU LLOYD

1958 SEC | TREAS

1959 COMMODORE

RICHARD LLOYD

1964 COMMODORE

1967 COMMODORE

SECOND  GENERATION

ALEX (RICHIE)

CURRENTLY IN BIYC

RICHIE &

PATTY JONES

1959 SEC | TREAS

THE JONES-WATERS FAMILY

PATTY • CASEY

NANCY WATERS

1983 SEC | TREAS

NICOLE & NANCY AT BIYC IN THE 70s

KELLY WATERS

1991 SEC | TREAS

ROCKY BEEK AND CASEY JONES

PATTY'S FOUR DAUGHTERS

NANCY • NICOLE •  SHANNON • KELLY

LARRY CAPUNE  aka   "LARRY LIFEGUARD" 

ORIGINAL DOCKMASTER

Previously, the dock was unattended but Mrs Beek hired Larry in the mid-60s to help out. He was also known for long-distance paddleboarding trips, which were remarkable. He was a huge movie buff and started the tradition of showing movies at the foot of various streets on the island, including Onyx at the South Bay Front and at the tail end of Balboa Ave on the Little Island.  These were old fashioned reel-to-reel, which he stored in the rafters of his tiny place on Topaz. One summer, he injured his shoulder and wore a cast for several weeks .

JEFF HOUSTON

1982  DOCKMASTER

ROUND-THE-ISLAND ROW WITH STEVE WITT

1961 SEC | TREAS

Lorna Buck, Nancy Buck and Marilyn Rollins ( top )

Marshall Wright

THE SEAVER FAMILY

"THE SAILING SEAVERS"

CARLTON • CHRIS • PATRICK • VICTORIA • MARTHA

CARLTON SEAVER

1963 COMMODORE

PATRICK SEAVER

1965 COMMODORE

MARTHA SEAVER

1970 SEC | TREAS

CHRIS SEAVER

Victoria Seaver wins the Munroe Trophy - 1969

from left:  Ted Munroe,  Ken (Quiggle) Rowell,  Rocky Beek,

Bruce Wachtel,  Martha Seaver, Mrs Beek,  Victoria Seaver, Barbara Beek,  Doug Birnie,  Marta ?????,   Diane Birnie,    Kristie ( Quiggle ) Rowell

1970 BIYC BANQUET

COMMODORE DOUGLAS BIRNIE, VICE COMMODORE TOM SMITH, REAR COMMODORE KIM JONES, TREASURER MARTHA SEAVER, SECRETARY DONNA MATICS

THE POTTER • BIRNIE • BOCK FAMILY

BARBARA • RALPH POTTER

1936 CRAFT ACTIVITY

Barbara & Ralph's mother Vivian Potter & Mrs. Beek organized a flower arrangement craft activity for the BIYC kids ~1936

Pictured Back: Avis Redfield, Barbara Potter

Front: Ralph Potter, Diane Redfield, Zoe Redfield, Allan Beek, Seymour Beek

KINDNESS & CAMARADERIE

"My Uncle Ralph (Potter) received this sweet note from fellow BIYCers while he was recuperating from being hit by a car while riding his bike on Park Avenue. It starts with Mrs Beek’s distinctive handwriting and is signed by lots of BIYC kids." - Diane Birnie Bock

Proud recipients of 1942 war-time awards presented by 2005 Commodore Quincy Bock:   Bob Halderman, Bob Yardley, Seymour Beek, Hall Seely, Ralph Potter, Barbara Potter Birnie, Charlotte Phinney Anderson, Morgan Morgan,  Allan Beek, Morrie Kirk

BARBARA POTTER  

AND ALLAN BEEK

1936  and  2014

STILL GREAT FRIENDS 78 YEARS LATER

BARBARA WITH LARRY LIFEGUARD

1943 BARBARA  &  RALPH POTTER

RALPH & FRIENDS

HI-JINKS ON THE SEA WALL

BARBARA POTTER

1944 SECRETARY

WORLD WAR II AWARDS REUNION IN 2005

During World War Two, BIYC did not award competitors with trophies because metal was needed for the war effort. Instead, scrolls were presented and the intention was that “real” trophies would eventually be available after the war ended. This finally happened in 2005 – Commodore Quincy Bock had heard her Great-Uncle Ralph facetiously grumble about it and decided to round up as many BIYCers from the early 1940s as she could to present real trophies…. albeit sixty some years later.

The event was covered by the LA Times, OC Register and local Newport Beach papers. Coverage highlighted the extra special bonds that BIYC fosters.

See 1943 Charlotte Phinney for larger image of the article.

BRIAN • DOUG • DIANE BIRNIE ( BARBARA )

BEN - CHRIS  ( RALPH )

BRIAN BIRNIE

1968 COMMODORE

DOUGLAS BIRNIE

1970 COMMODORE

USC  MBA 1978

DOUG BIRNIE PICTURED WITH 1970 SEC | TREAS MARTHA SEAVER & LARRY LIFEGUARD

DIANE BIRNIE

1972 SEC | TREAS

BARBARA POTTER WAS DELIGHTED TO RETURN TO BIYC AS MRS BIRNIE. SHE LOVED HELPING WITH SWIMMING AND DIVING AS ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING

1971  14-16 GIRLS SWIM RACE: Far right - Kelly Doyle calmly examining her suit, and Martha Seaver is focused - looking at something, strategy pending. Laurie Lloyd is already raring to go, toes curled over the edge for extra traction… And there’s me in the blue one-piece — wearing my POW bracelet and looking a bit tentative - how did I end up in a heat with these top dogs?  !'m still friends with each of them today, but I will always feel that they're "older" and "cooler" than I am.  Commodore Tom Smith is the starter.      ~ Vivid and treasured memories from Diane Birnie Bock 

BRIAN, DOUG AND DIANE BIRNIE WITH MRS BEEK

WILL • CAROLINE BIRNIE (BRIAN)

DANA JOY • DAVE BIRNIE (DOUG)

QUINCY • TASHA BOCK (DIANE)

THE BIRNIE FAMILY PERSEVERANCE AWARD

The Perseverance Award honors any and all BIYC members who participate in every single paddleboarding, swimming, stand-up paddling and rowing event throughout the summer but end up without winning a trophy. (Sailing is not included in this award.)

CAROLINE BIRNIE

2002 COMMODORE

WILL BIRNIE

2000 SEC | TREAS

QUINCY BOCK

2005 COMMODORE

BIRNIE / BOCK COUSINS

Quincy Bock, Dave Birnie, Will Birnie, Dana Joy Birnie, Tasha Bock, Caroline Birnie

Barbara Potter Birnie - back at BIYC again with her grandkids, Dna Joy and Dave Birnie and Larry Lifeguard

20 OF THE THEN 79 COMMODORES PICTURED AT THE 2005 BANQUET

Back row: 1937 Farrier (Fay) Penberthy, 1938 Ted Munroe, 1940 Barton Beek, 1945 Bob Yardley, 1942 Allan Beek, 1944 Morrie Kirk, 1946 Seymour Beek

Middle row:  1949 Morgan Morgan, 1950 Bob Halderman, 1968 Brian Birnie, 1973 Tom Donovan, 1974 Ken Quiggle (Rowell), 1980 Bill Donovan

Front Row: 2001 Cynthia Beek, 2002 Caroline Birnie, 2003 Elizabeth DeWitt, 2004 Reid Vitarelli, 2005 Quincy Bock

2008 COMMODORE

PICTURED WITH THE POTTER • BIRNIE • BOCK CLAN AT THE 87TH ANNUAL BIYC BANQUET CONCLUDING 44 SEASONS OF BIYC FOR THE FAMILY

THE BOCK FAMILY ENDURANCE AWARD

This award honors all exiting 16-year-olds who have been BIYC members since they were 4 years old.

RACING HARBOR 20s TOGETHER IN 2010

TASHA BOCK - 2008 COMMODORE

TED MUNROE - 1938 COMMODORE

DIANE BIRNIE BOCK - 1972 SECRETARY

FOURTH GENERATION

ANNIKA • MICAH BIRNIE ( DAVID )

Annika and Micah are looking forward to the

summer of 2022, BIYC's 100th year and thier

first year.

1972 COMMODORE

PICTURED: 1974 KEN ROWELL, 1973 TOM DONOVAN, 1972 KIM JONES, ERIC TUPPAN, RICHARD PIPER

BIYC 50TH ANNIVERSARY PATCH

THE DONOVAN FAMILY

TOM • MATT • MIKE • JOHN • BILL • ALANA • DAN

TOM DONOVAN

1973 COMMODORE

BILL DONOVAN

1980 COMMODORE

ALANA DONOVAN

1986 SEC | TREAS

DAN DONOVAN

1990 COMMODORE

Tom Donovan & Kristie (Quiggle) Rowell

Bill. Alana & Elana Donovan

Dan Donovan

JOE • JIMMY • SARAH • WILLY • DAVID (BILL)

GRAHAM • EMMET • CHARLIE MCGEE (ALANA)

JIMMY DONOVAN

2010 COMMODORE

SARAH DONOVAN

2010 SEC | TREAS

GRAHAM MCGEE

2014 COMMODORE

2010 OFFICERS: REAR COMMODORE MATILDA BRESS, VICE COMMODORE ERIK CTVRLIK, COMMODORE JIMMY DONOVAN, TRESURER SARAH DONOVAN, SECRETARY JOE GOELZ

BILL & LYNDA DONOVAN

THE QUIGGLE (ROWELL) FAMILY

KEN • RUSS • KRISTIE

KEN QUIGGLE (ROWELL)

1974 COMMODORE

RUSS, KEN & KRISTIE QUIGGLE (ROWELL) WITH MRS. BEEK

KRISTIE QUIGGLE (ROWELL)

1976 SEC | TREAS

RUSS QUIGGLE (ROWELL)

1975 COMMODORE

MERRILEE FORGY

1975 SEC | TREAS

1976 COMMODORE

THE FORGY & MOTT FAMILIES SPENT THE SUMMERS TOGETHER

MERRILEE & STEVE PICTURED WITH BIYC ALUM COSY VINJE CTVRTLIK AT THE 2010 BIYC BANQUET 

2011 ALUMNI PARTY 

THE RAFF FAMILY

DOUG • ERIC • MITZI

1980 SEC | TREAS

1977 COMMODORE

1980 - ROUND THE ISLAND ROW

 CONNIE MUNROE & MITZI RAFF

SECOND  GENERATION

KEVIN • COLLIN • AARON (DOUG)

COLLIN RAFF

2009 SEC | TREAS

2014 SEC | TREAS

2009 - ROUND THE ISLAND ROW

AARON RAFF & DAIN WOODS

CHEYNE KELLY & COLLIN RAFF

THE WITT FAMILY

CRAIG • CHRIS • JASON • HAYLEY • DIANA • STEVE

SEC | TREAS

1979 COMMODORE

1986  COMMODORE

ODIN (JASON)

PICTURED AS VICE COMMODORE WITH COMMODORE TIM SCANLAN AND REAR COMMODORE JOHN CLARK AT THE 1985 BANQUET

PICTURED WITH PARTNER IN CRIME, COOPER BLACKBAND (2021 COMMODORE)

1982 COMMODORE

CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY WITH BIYC ALUMNI

PICTURED WITH FIRST STAFF SECRETARY | TREASURER, GENE BAUM

ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY NAME TAGS RECOGNIZING STAFF OFFICERS

JEVON HADLEY

1983 COMMODORE

THE VINJE-CTVRTLIK FAMILY

Cosy • Eric

1984 COMMODORE

Jason Witt, Mike Wiley, Jeff Hammond, Eric Vinje

Cosy Vinje & Matt Donovan - circa 1978

JOE • ERIK • MATT   ( COSY )

ERIK CTVRTLIK

2011 COMMODORE

Kip Kallal, Erik Ctvrtlik, Jimmy Burger

MATT CTVRTLIK

2013 COMMODORE

Matt Ctvrtlik, Nick Curci, Joe Ctvrtlik, Erik Ctvrtlik

Cosy Vinje Ctvrtlik returns to BIYC as a Mom and helps

on the Race Committee for Monday Sailing races along

with Bobbie Daniel and Seymour Beek.

Erik, Joe, & Matt Ctvrtlik with their uncle, Eric Vinje

Erik, Matt and Joe Ctvrtlik 

The Ctvrtlik family - Bob, Cosy, Joe, Matt, Erik

REID VITARELLI

2004 COMMODORE

CURTIS CONVERSE

2006 COMMODORE

2006 SEC | TREAS

ANDREW GROKE

2007 SEC | TREAS

EVAN FULLERTON

2007 COMMODORE

ALANNA WOODS

2008 SEC | TREAS

2012 SEC | TREAS

ELIN WOLKER

2013 SEC | TREAS

2009 COMMODORE

MATILDA BRESS

2012 COMMODORE

BRODIE BORLAND

2016 COMMODORE

GRANT BYERS

2017 COMMODORE

THE SVENDSEN FAMILY

Eric • Monique Svendsen

Ferrying to the banquet with 2006 Commodore Curtis Converse

2018 Officers

Anne LaMontagne lowering Mo into the water

LARKSPUR HADLEY

2018 SEC | TREAS

THE CORONA-BLACKBAND FAMILY

Mike • Wendy Corona

Cooper • Piper Blackband ( Wendy )

COOPER BLACKBAND ​

2021 COMMODORE

PIPER BLACKBAND

2022 COMMODORE

*MORE TO COME*

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Balboa Yacht Club (BYC)

by Marie Rogers | May 19, 2023 | Yacht Club Members

Balboa Yacht Club (BYC) balboayachtclub.com 1801 Bayside Dr, Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 (949) 673-3515 Fax (949) 673-8937

Total: 800 members – 60% power, 40% sail.

Facilities: Bar open Wed, Thur. 1130 to 2200, Fri., Sat., 1130 to 2300, Sun. 1130 to 2200. Dining room open for breakfast Sat. 0800 to 1200, Sun. 0800 to 1200. Lunch Wed. – Fri. 1130 to 1430, Sat., Sun., 1200 to 1430. Dinner Wed. – Sat. 1730 to 2100 and Sun. 1730 to 2000. 72 member slips and 72 member moorings. 2000# and 5000# hoists. Small boat launch ramp. 1 guest dock, 1 main loading dock available.

Membership: By member sponsorship only.

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Phone: +507 228 5196

CAUTION: When approaching from the south, do not turn into the mooring field until you are past buoy 14.5. There is a large sandbar stretching across the south end of the mooring field.

The Club offers swing moorings and provides a 24 hour Spanish speaking launch service (personal tenders are not allowed in the mooring field). Capacity is limited and it is difficult to obtain a buoy here during the high season (January through April). Reservations in advance are not possible.

The Clubhouse, which burnt down 1999, will never be rebuilt, but there is a new restaurant and bar open to the public. There are also showers, laundry, WiFi and haul out facilities, using a railway.

Sites around Balboa Yacht Club (Panama)

Taboga island (Panama Pacific coast)

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Taboga anchorage (Panama)

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Let it first be said that we’re talking about the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club. Not the Balboa Bay Club, not the Balboa Yacht Club, and

definitely not the Newport Harbor Yacht Club.

Get this wrong and you’re in for some pain, former commodores of the

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club joke. With the history that they have in

mind, and the efforts to find a unique name as well as own their own

property, it’s no wonder they’re proud of their identity.

Known at this time of year as the party place on the eve of the

Newport to Ensenada Race, the Bahia Corinthian boasts a history few

non-boaters know.

Founded in 1958 by 10 yachtsmen, the first version of the group was

called the Bahia Yacht Club and leased a room from the Balboa Bay Club.

But one of the first things members did was change its name -- they added

“Corinthians” to the title so as not to share an acronym with the Balboa

Yacht Club.

“Corinthians” means an amateur, nonprofessional yachtsman, said Lorin

Weiss, the original vice commodore for the club. “Bahia” means bay and

was also the name of the boat belonging to the group’s very first

commodore, Don Bussey.

In 1968, the club joined with the Orange Coast Yacht Club, of which

Weiss was a founding member. They chose to go by the name “Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club” because of the recognition commodore Pat Dougan

had brought to the club when he purchased the 12-meter Columbia, a boat

that had won the America’s Cup a decade earlier.

“Pat Dougan became famous in yachting circles,” said Brian Carter,

also a founding member who joined the club in 1964. “With Dougan’s

stature, we were able to negotiate for the purchase of the old

Richardson’s Yacht Anchorage.”

This was a big deal for the club.

“In the ‘60s, the primary interest of most yacht club members here was

to race, and to race you had to belong to a yacht club that was a member

of the Southern California Yachting Organization, and to do that you had

to be a dues-paying member of a yacht club,” Carter explained.

Which is why many clubs of that day were formed merely on

“letterhead.”

But the Bahia Corinthian did not at that time buy the anchorage on

which it still sits today. Instead, they leased the property --

including land and marina -- from the Irvine Co. until 1993, when they

finally purchased it.

“We grew and prospered through trials and tribulations and that sort

of thing,” Weiss said. “We built the present clubhouse and moved in in

1971. We’re one of the few yacht clubs on the West Coast that owns its

own yacht club, land and marina.”

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1801 Bayside Dr,Corona Del Mar,CA,92625,United States

Business name : Balboa Yacht Club

In 1922, when Newport Harbor was more shoals and sandbars than open water, the Southland Sailing Club, soon renamed the Balboa Yacht Club, was formed by a small group of sailors wanting an active organization with an emphasis on family sailing. From its beginnings in a small wooden structure on open, sandy Balboa Peninsula, BYC has evolved to become one of southern California’s most prestigious yachting organizations. In 1926 the Club moved to a new clubhouse on the southeast corner of Little Balboa Island, a stone’s throw from its present location on Bayside Drive. Over the fireplace hung a burnished wood plaque bearing the Club’s motto, “A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.” Originally donated by the first commodore, Isaac B. Potter, the plaque hangs today over the present Club’s dining room fireplace.

The Newport Harbor of the past began to change as dredging began in 1935, and the following year the harbor we know today was officially opened for navigation. Balboa Yacht Club, with it’s prime location near the harbor entrance, now had a convenient, protected anchorage for its growing fleet.

BYC signed a lease with the Catalina Island Company in 1957 giving them an outstation site at Whites Cove west of Avalon. Thanks to members’ untold hours of hard work, from cement work to landscaping, from plumbing and wiring to carpentry and painting, this facility is now a treasured getaway site for members to enjoy. The Clubhouse and facilities on Bayside drive have evolved over their half-century of use to meet the changing yachting needs of the membership and to provide a comfortable environment for a wide variety of social activities. A detailed history of Balboa Yacht Club includes a litany of its members’ successes in some of yachting’s most highly acclaimed competitions. Its cruisers have ranged worldwide in their boats. In fact, Baja California and the coast of mainland Mexico are as familiar to many of the members as the coves of Catalina.

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Tolyatti: A Russian Homage To Italy

This is the curious story of a Russian city named after an Italian politician, Palmiro Togliatti.

“Togliatti” by Shine Phantom is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This is the curious story of a russian city named after an italian politician, palmiro togliatti.

There are cities which were made great by men, and men which have been made great by a city. This is the case of Palmiro Togliatti — a founding member and the longest serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party — and a Russian city located in Samara Oblast, known as Stavropol on Volga until 1964, which was then renamed Tolyatti, becoming the greatest tribute in the world to an Italian politician. The city of Tolyatti was named after him immediately after his death in Yalta — a seaside town in the then Soviet Union — on August 21st, 1964, as a result of a sudden stroke and cerebral bleed. He was on vacation, on his way to give his support for Brezhnev as Khrushchev’s successor.

Who was Palmiro Togliatti?

If you happen to travel around Italy, you may have noticed that in every Italian city — however big or small — there is a street named after Palmiro Togliatti. That’s because Togliatti was not just the charismatic secretary and one of the founders of the Italian Communist Party, but a legendary figure of Italian and international politics. He started his political career before World War I, joining the Italian Socialist Party in 1914, then serving as a volunteer, and returning home to Turin after being injured. During this period he learned about the Russian Revolution and became fascinated, wanting to bring soviet ideas to Italy. He became a founder of the Communist Party of Italy, which was a part of Communists International (Comintern). In fact, after the end of Fascism — during which he spent almost 17 years in Moscow, becoming one of the highest representatives of the Comintern with the blessing of Stalin — he came back to Italy as Deputy Prime Minister until 1945 and taking part in the Constituent Assembly until 1948, writing the current constitution of the Italian Republic. Under his political and intellectual leadership — enough to be nicknamed ‘The Best ’ — the Italian Communist Party would become the largest non-ruling party in Europe and the second in Italy, after the Christian Democracy, which was consistently the most popular Italian party until 1992, when the Cold War ended and the danger of a ‘ Soviet ’ turning point in Italy was warded off.

Nevertheless, the Communist Party ruled by Togliatti had a big influence in Italian society, especially regarding culture, and achieved great results in local elections within particular regions of Italy. Togliatti chose to become a Soviet Union citizen in 1930, in fact giving up Italian citizenship. What may have seemed like complete devotion to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its General Secretary Joseph Stalin, clashes with his next choice of refusing the head of the Communist Information Bureau proposed by Stalin himself in 1951, preferring to remain General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party. Throughout his career he supported his communist beliefs but fought to bring them to his beloved home country of Italy. Palmiro Togliatti wanted to fulfill his dream of a communist plan through democracy: the original ‘ Italian way to Socialism’.

Tolyatti, the Russian city

The Russian homage to Palmiro Togliatti was not chosen at random. In fact, a significant city was named after him: Stavropol on Volga became Tolyatti ( Togliatti Russianized) because right there — on the banks of Volga river — the Italian politician had a key role in building the popular AvtoVAZ factory, the manufacturer of the Lada car brand. And thus, in the 1960s, through cooperation with FIAT , the city took a new shape and a new name, because the old Stavropol on Volga was also covered by the Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station. This infrastruscture was crucial for the development of a large industry. Therefore Tolyatti — just like what happened in Italy with Turin — became the working-class city par excellence, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made it a great vehicle for propaganda and experimentation. Many facilities were built, especially for sports, and new parks and monuments emerged in Tolyatti, which were made to represent the perfect Soviet city for the perfect Soviet citizen.

Not surprisingly, many popular athletes grew up in Tolyatti, such as the Olympic champion Alexei Nemov and the former ice hockey players Alexei Kovalev, Ilya Bryzgalov, Viktor Kozlov and Alexei Emelin. As you might imagine, ice hockey is very popular around there, and the local club sponsored by Lada is one of the best across Russia. Tolyatti, due to its vast spaces, has several monuments of national interest : Victory Park, a memorial dedicated to the Soviet victory in World War II built in the Auto Factory district; Liberty Square with its Obelisk of Glory dedicated to the fighters of World War II; the Mourning Angel standing in Central Park, a memorial to victims of political repression built after the end of the Communist era. Also the Transfiguration Cathedral, with its wonderful golden domes, was built after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tolyatti was also the city where the great Russian painter Ilya Repin stayed for a brief period in 1870, painting his masterpiece ‘ Barge Haulers on the Volga’. The house where he stayed then became a monument.

Last but not least, among the most meaningful monuments of Tolyatti is ‘ Loyalty’. It is a bronze statue dedicated to a faithful dog, called ‘ Kostya’, who survived a car accident in which its owners lost their lives. Like what happened in Japan with Hachiko, Kostya wouldn’t give up, waiting for its owners for seven consecutive years at the same spot. Under the snow and the rain, winter and summer, the dog stayed there, running up to all the passing cars and hoping one day to again see its beloved masters. Only his own death let him abandon his spot, but Tolyatti citizens unanimously wanted to honor the loyalty of Kostya, building a sculpture in his memory. I could say no place was more appropriate than Tolyatti, because the city’s namesake itself represents a great metaphor of loyalty: that of Palmiro Togliatti to the Soviet Union.

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Governor's Cup

This year's governor's cup.

Join us this year, July 22 - 27, for the 57th Governor's Cup.  Teams from all over the world are once again coming to BYC to try to win this prestigious youth match racing regatta. We'll kick the week off with a Welcome Dinner on Monday, July 22, open to members and non-members. Racing will take place Tuesday - Saturday, making for an exciting week!  Friday after the races, BYC will host a special reception and press conference for the teams, members, and non-members.  This is another great event you won't want to miss.  We'll wrap the week up with the final day of races followed by a trophy presentation and reception once everyone comes back from out on the water.    

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