Year-Round Sunday Series
Sunday Series Schedule & Results
We're in one of those fortunate places that is possible to have year round sailing. So why not take full advantage of it. We offer four series covering each season of the year. Each series consist of eight Sunday races and the best seven will count. On cancelled races there won't be any make up race.
Our race procedure is simple: We pick a course that everyone follows. We all start at the same time. We report our elapsed time and we determine the positions after calculating the adjusted time for each boat using its PHRF rating.
For a more formal description check out the Sailing Instructions document.
Also check out this excellent pdf document "The Basic Sailboat Racing Rules All Racers Should Know"
Pre-planned courses
Effective July 2020 we have pre-planned a number of courses which are intended to be used in both pursuit racing and in races where all boats start at the same time.
Here they are:
("IH" means "In-Harbour", "OS" means "Outside the Harbour).
IH-#1 In-Harbour short race,7.1 nm
IH-#2 In-Harbour longer race,8.4nm
IH-#3 In-Harbour to Mariner's Rest, 9.0 nm
IH-#4 In-Harbour to Hutt Rock, 9.0 nm
OS-#1 Outside and round the islands, 8.0 nm
OS-#2 Outside around Keats, variant, 8.7 nm
OS-#3 Outside Halibut Bank, 20 nm
Regatta 2020:
OS Outside Regatta 2020, 12.9 nm
IH In-Harbour Regatta 2020, 11.0 nm
IH In-Harbour Regatta 2020 Alternative 11.7 nm
Pursuit Race Start Times for the new courses
Click on this link to see a spreadsheet summary showing the pursuit race start times for all of the above listed courses and for all boats in the current fleet.
Note: This summary was updated on OCT 01, 2020 (new rating cert for MATILDA, Catalina 25, from 261 to 265).
Current race series schedule
The 2020 Winter Series was concluded on March 15th.
Further SCYC racing has been suspended due to the Corona virus emergency but a few local sailors are continuing to race on an informal basis - open to anybody provided they follow Covid protocols. If you are interested we can put you in touch with them.
Racing this Fall - will continue but not under the umbrella of SCYC.
We've just (Aug 27) decided that due to the continuing covid avoidance restrictions on events and gatherings it is not appropriate for our club to restart racing this fall with our usual "Fall Race Series".
However regular Sunday races will continue, led by the same group of local sailors who have stepped up during the spring and summer. They will be sending out an email to skippers explaining what is happening; if you are interested in participating, send us an email and we will put you in contact with them.
Announcement of series winners
The winner of the 2020 Winter Series was Aura (Tanzer 26), skipper Ignacio Vulliez.
Runners-up:
2nd Namba (C&C39), skipper Mark Evans,
3rd Slopalong Placidly (Soling 27 O), skipper Peter Heiberg.