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Corona del Mar
Balboa yacht club.
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.
- Ocean/Water View
- Outdoor Dining
- Reservations Recommended
Access to this recently renovated club with stunning harbor views is an exclusive opportunity to select groups. Please contact your Visit Newport Beach representative for opportunities with this private venue.
Established in 1922, our newly renovated clubhouse and outdoor flag deck have evolved into one of southern California’s most prestigious yachting organizations. We are a premiere location with the best views of the harbor, a true hidden gem in Corona Del Mar. Whether you are planning a small affair for 50 or a grand celebration for 200 or more with our professional staff and Executive Chef your event will be flawless.
MODEL ROOM (Capacity: 40)
Cozy room that can accommodate 40 guests with an adjoining outdoor deck overlooking the water. This 500 square feet room with models on the wall and a fireplace in the room is a perfect setting for your next event. $500 Facility Fee and Food and Beverage Minimums Apply.
COMMODORE’S GALLERY (Capacity: 50)
Located on the third level of the clubhouse with breathtaking views of the harbor this 900 square foot room can accommodate up to 60 guests and is a member favorite. $750 Facility Fee and Food and Beverage Minimums Apply.
BAYVIEW ROOM (Capacity: 200)
A beautiful room with an outdoor patio is the largest indoor space the clubhouse has to offer. This 4,000 square foot room can accommodate 150-200 guests depending on the floor plan. The room offers panoramic views of the harbor for your next event. $3,000 Facility Fee and Food and Beverage Minimums Apply.
FLAG DECK (Capacity: 250)
All outdoor flag deck is the perfect way to impress your guests. With a grass area for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to dining under the stars. This all-outdoor space can accommodate 100-250 guests. Truly the best views of the harbor. $2,000 Facility Fee and Food and Beverage Minimums Apply.
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Balboa Yacht Club
Play in the heart of downtown baltimore, marina info.
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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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.
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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?
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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)
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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
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ODIN (JASON)
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2012 COMMODORE
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2016 COMMODORE
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Opening Day on the Bay: Yacht clubs open boating season
Balboa Yacht Club Staff Commodore Stan Cochran, and his wife Mary, of Newport Beach clink champagne glasses while celebrating the opening day of the summer boating season following Saturday's ceremony at the club.
Balboa Yacht Club members inspect each other's boats and mingle along the dock during the opening day of the summer boating season in Newport Beach on Saturday.
An Orange County Sheriff's boat fires a water canon as it passes by the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club during Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony for the summer boating season.
Members of the Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band perform while they march along the dock at the Balboa Yacht Club, helping to reign in the summer boating season during Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony.
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club member Rhonda Tolar, sitting with friends, gives the thumbs-up sign as her boat, Wild Thing 3, is announced as the winner of the Largest Boat Award at Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony.
The Southern California Children's Choir performs at Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony at the Balboa Yacht Club.
Lt. Colonel Jackson Reese, representing four Battalions of Camp Pendleton Marines that the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club supports, thanks the club for their appreciated support during Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony at the club.
The USMC Color Guard from the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division of Camp Pendleton presents the flag during the Opening Day Ceremony at the Balboa Yacht Club on Saturday.
Tom Madden, right, the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club's 2013 Commodore, presents the Edward F. Kennedy Memorial Trophy, a prestigious award in the sailing world, to club member Doug Campbell during Saturday's ceremony.
Reverend David Comegys gives an invocation during Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony at the Balboa Yacht Club, recognizing those members of the club who passed away in the last year.
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club members celebrate the start of the summer boating season in Newport Beach during an Opening Day Ceremony at the club on Saturday.
Balboa Yacht Club Junior Commodore Harrison Vandervort leads the Pledge of Allegiance during Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony.
Tom Madden, the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club's 2013 Commodore, presides over an Opening Day Ceremony at the club on Saturday afternoon.
Dave and Laurie March of Newport Beach decorate their yacht, Crown Me, with a hanging parrot during the opening day of the summer boating season at the Balboa Yacht Club on Saturday afternoon.
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club members, and Boy Scouts from Troop 90, look up at an American flag during the singing of the National Anthem at Saturday's Opening Day Ceremony.
Ray Lewis, the Balboa Yacht Club's 2013 President, gives remarks and recognizes dignitaries while presiding over the Opening Day Ceremonies at the club on Saturday.
Kids plug their ears while Amanda Morris fires a miniature, but loud, cannon to mark the start of the summer boating season at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Newport Beach on Saturday.
Members of the Balboa Yacht Club celebrate the start of the summer boating season during an opening day ceremony Saturday.
“It’s a bit like a birthday party,” said Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club Commodore Tom Madden. “You have that excitement and anticipation one time a year for the start of boating season.”
The two clubs, both situated on Bayside Drive, enjoyed summerlike weather and capacity crowds for their opening day celebrations.
Balboa Yacht Club posted a new record for boats on display at their docks, with 85 sail and powerboats at the club.
“We got so many comments on how beautiful the boats looked this year with all of the flags flying,” said Balboa Yacht Club Commodore Ray Lewis.
Each club has its own special customs, but both clubs “close” the night before opening day, and open to signal the “clearing of the ice” – a tradition held by yacht clubs on the East Coast.
“We saw some ice last night, so we closed,” joked Bahia Corinthian Port Captain Mark Silvey. “It was cleared by the morning.”
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Among three first-time entries of Balboa Yacht Club’s eighth annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival was Newport Beach resident Evan Krisher with his 28-foot 2002 mahogany-carbon runabout, which he named the Godfather.
Krisher purchased the boat from Orange Coast College after it was donated by the family of its previous owner, who had died. As he was disassembling the boat he found a towing card with that owner’s name on it and was able to connect with his son, who sent him a box containing the craft’s original building plans.
“I spent six months taking it down to bare wood after its original factory varnish was aged from 2002,” said Krisher. “I thought I basically stole the boat from the college for 40K; little did I know I [would spend] more to restore it than I paid for the boat.”
Jason Armstrong displayed his 65-foot trawler, a 1966 Drake, for the first time at the show. Armstrong said the vessel, named Vintage, was made to go to Baja in the 1960s and ’70s “and we still fish [off] this boat a lot.”
Cory Glass, also of Newport Beach, named his 19-foot 1938 Chris-Craft after his mother, Jackie Mae. Glass, who spent nine months doing restoration, is the fourth owner of the vessel and keeps a history album of original paperwork, photos and stories of previous owners.
This year’s festival also included a successful online silent auction of on- or near-the-water experiences donated by individuals and businesses in support of the festival’s efforts toward “maritime education, preservation and recreation,” according to the event’s website .
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