Buccaneer Yacht Club

Founded in 1928 as a private member run club which emphasized sailing above all other amenities, Buccaneer remains devoted towards pursuing these same goals. Even today we are probably one of the few yacht clubs which operates all their facilities and functions without a single employee. We are in many ways a true club, where members collectively decide on the goals and policies of the club, then work together as a single unit to carry these out.

Buccaneer Yacht Club was not formed by pirates, but rather by a small group of men who fell in love with sailing and wanted to share that passion. Leon Delaplaine, Foster Pfleger, John Mandeville, and Ben Mayfield joined together in 1928 to have a 30 foot gaff-rigged, cabin sloop built. The boat was christened the "Buccaneer" and the men who christened her spent nearly all their spare time sailing, often taking friends along.

Below are contacts for questions or to volunteer. Each of these committees needs volunteers to provide fun activities, quality sailing events as well as to maintain the facilities great condition. Bar - Supervises the operation of the bar by purchasing all materials and supplies, scheduling bartenders, planing bar activities.

Summer brought the winds like always. Dry and gusty early in the season, but Ankah Tor knew the relentless, sweaty winds would soon follow and they would drive the deep ocean swells halfway up the lava palms' scaly trunks and force everyone to scramble to the tops of the stilt halls to seek shelter.

Every summer, since the devastation of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, Buccaneers have stomped their feet, raised their voices, put on their brightest tropical garb, gathered a fine feast and stomped some more - all to chase away the storms from our homes and harbor.

In the tradition of Native American peoples who gather the tribes for potlatch and circle dancing - a Stomp - we hold our own gathering to collect the mystical energies of community and faith and hope and we call it Storm Stomp.