Two New AB Coach Boats!

LYC Sailing is pleased to announce the recent approval to update our fleet of coach boats! The Lauderdale Yacht Club Board of Governors voted unanimously to support an initiative to purchase new coach boats for the sailing program. The vote came at the end of a 6 month process led by Fleet Captain Chip Sabadash and Powerboat Committee Chair Ted Morley, along with the Yachting Committee, to review the needs of the program and identify key manufacturers that can provide a highly customized fleet of coach boats to address the unique needs of LYC.

The result was the approval to purchase AB Profile series coach boats, with their F15 model for our inshore Opti fleet and their F17 for our offshore fleets. These boats are custom designed to specifications provided by LYC and are truly robust platforms.  The boats are powered by 4-stroke Yamaha commercial outboards and equipped with tow posts, jockey consoles, and state of the art communication and GPS devices that will allow the LYC coaches to safely and efficiently provide on-site support and guidance to sailors. 

LYC Sailing currently has 8 coach boats in service supporting sailors in Optimist Dinghies, Lasers, 420s, Snipes, and Mercury sailboats. The first 2 new boats will join the newly acquired 17’ Seaflight coach boat as part of our acclaimed opti sailing program and are due in service within a couple of months!! 

The Sailing Program would like to express their thanks for the tireless support of LYC Commodore Jim Lang, Vice Commodore Peter Commette, Rear Commodore Greg Bellows, the Board of Governors, the membership, and all those that worked to make this a reality.

The LYC Sailing coaches look forward to putting the new coach boats in service during practice and during regattas. These boats, paired with the incredible skills that our sailors and coaches possess, will take the Sailing Program at Lauderdale Yacht Club to new levels!