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Line 1: {{~~inline~~more footnotes needed\|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox yacht club \| clubname = Biloxi Yacht Club Line 9: \| short name = BYC \| founded = 1849 \| location = 408 Beach Blvd., [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], ~~{{USA}}~~United States \| campus = \| status = active \| purpose = \| chairman = \| commodore = ~~Nancy Rogers~~ \| website = {{~~url~~URL\|www.biloxiyachtclub.org}} \| }} The '''Biloxi Yacht Club''' ('''BYC''') is located in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], ~~USA~~United States, on the shores of the Mississippi Sound. The BYC is a founding member of the [[Gulf Yachting Association]], as well as the [[Mississippi Coast Yachting Association]]~~. Established in 1849, it is the fourth oldest [[yacht club]] in the United States~~. The object of this Club is to promote yachting in the vicinity of Biloxi in particular and along the [[Gulf of Mexico]] in general; and to do whatever may be consistent in such promotion, such as owning and renting boats, owning and leasing a clubhouse, and owning and leasing property, conducting regattas, entertaining, etc., and in general to do whatever is consistent with the operation of a yacht club. ==Club history== Line 40 ⟶ 38: It was not until 1969, however, that Biloxians would fully appreciate a hurricane. That was the year the BYC elected to renovate the now aging facility. The story could not be told more eloquently that by the historian Murfee in her ''Lee Sheet'' column: :This is the picture of the Biloxi Yacht Club that was indelibly etched in the minds of most of the members of the old yacht club -- this building, indestructible, standing tall and undaunted after the hurricane of 1947, surrounded on all sides by the rubble of buildings that once were neighbors. It had stood the test of time, having been rebuilt after the storm of 1915 and having weathered all that Nature had flung her way since that time.[[Image:bycclubhouse1972.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Biloxi Yacht Club, acquired 1972, destroyed by [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005]][[Image:bycclub2009.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Biloxi Yacht Club, designed by Architect Walter "Buzzy" Bolton]] It is small wonder that a group of energetic members were continuing their work remodeling the upper floor of the clubhouse for a gala opening that would feature and art exhibit and a fashion show in a large room suitable for meetings and other events while a storm, named Camille, was flirting along a path to the coast but until the last minute seemed to be headed for Panama City, Florida, that fateful day in August, 1969. Line 46 ⟶ 44: A different picture awaited the members on that grim morning after. The old familiar landmark was now gone forever. But the Biloxi Yacht Club would come back to life. ~~[[Image:bycclubhouse1972.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Biloxi Yacht Club, acquired 1972, destroyed by [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005]]~~All the while the club stalwarts were considering their options, looking into all possibilities, and in time the El Capitan Lounge, swimming pool and marina of the Trade Winds Hotel became available. With some trepidation and much discussion, pro and con, the Biloxi Yacht Club, with an SBA 3% loan of $239,000 had a new home. ~~[[Image:bycclub2009.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Biloxi Yacht Club, designed by Architect Walter "Buzzy" Bolton]]~~ In its colorful 100-odd year history BYC has had to make many decisions. None, however, caught the community more by surprise that the action taken by the board the year of Franklin Roosevelt's visit. In their pictorial history of "Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast," Colleen and Joe Scholtes report that after due deliberations the board, "banned the turkey trot and other newfangled dances in favor of the two-step and waltz."<ref name="clark">Shaughnessy, Jr., Clark D. - 1988, Compiled from periodicals, personal records and recollections</ref> In August, 2005, [[Hurricane Katrina]] destroyed the organizations clubhouse. A prominent local architect and long time club member Walter "Buzzy" Bolton, started the design of the new Biloxi Yacht Club and construction began in 2007. The new clubhouse opened in April 2009. Line 77 ⟶ 75: Off the race course, BYC also has an impressive record. Seven of its members have held the position of Gulf Yachting Association Commodore — Dr. Eldon Bolton, Wallace Chapman, Jerry J. Ellis, Byrd Enochs, J.J. Kennedy, J.P. Moore and Walter Seymour.<ref name="clark" /> ~~==GYA past commodores==~~ ~~J.J. Kennedy, 1903<br>~~ ~~Byrd Enochs, 1921<br>~~ ~~J.P. Moore, 1922<br>~~ ~~Wallace Chapman, 1946<br>~~ ~~Walter Seymour, 1963<br>~~ ~~Elton Bolton, MD, 1973<br>~~ ~~Jerry J. Ellis, 1984~~ ~~==MCYA past elected commodores==~~ ~~Robbie Schmidt, 1998<br>~~ ~~Jerry Ellis, 2012~~ ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ~~<references />~~ ==References== Line 105 ⟶ 90: ''[http://www.yachtclub.com/oldusycs.html America's Oldest Yacht Clubs]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20080819194347/http://www.biloxiyc.org/committees/history/dateto1849.html BYC History (1849 Resolution)] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819194428/http://www.biloxiyc.org/committees/history/history.html BYC History]'' Gulf Yachting Association 2009 Directory ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002731/http://gulflatitudes.com/2013/05/29/reading-the-wind-sailing-the-mississippi-coast/ Sailing the Mississippi Coast]'' {{Authority control}} ~~==External links==~~ [https://web.archive.org/web/20080525072241/http://www.biloxiyc.org/ Biloxi Yacht Club] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090727062251/http://www.biloxiyc.org/committees/history/ Detailed BYC History] [http://www.gya.org Gulf Yachting Association] [http://www.mcya.info Mississippi Coast Yachting Association] [http://www.biloxi.ms.us City of Biloxi] [[Category:1849 establishments in Mississippi]] Line 120 ⟶ 100: [[Category:Organizations based in Mississippi]] [[Category:Sailing in Mississippi]] [[Category:Yacht clubs in ~~the United States~~Mississippi]]