In 1953, the Fairhope Yacht Club won the Junior Lipton Regatta for the third year in a row. In 2010, 57 years later, it was captured again by the Fairhope Junior Yacht Club sailors.
The Junior Lipton Regatta is the premier competition among kids 18 and younger in the Gulf Yachting Association. In 2010 16 yacht clubs from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas competed for the trophy at the Gulfport Yacht Club in Mississippi.
Fairhope was an...