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Sunshine Coast Yacht Club
British Columbia
#5 Winter Series scheduled for February 22nd, 2026
Skipper's meeting now at 11:15 for the first warning signal at 12:10
2026 Membership Fees are due! Please go to membership page to renew.
NOTE - AGM - Date change - March 22nd 15:30 hours Gibsons Public Market.
February 25, Pub night - Meet, Great and Eat - Blackfish 5 pm.
"Race Start" tactics and "What do all those flags mean?" explained by Kim Davies
Race Results
2026 Races
Winter Series 2026
February 15th was a pursuit start race.
It was decided that Take Five was to lead the fleet at 12:15.
As Take Five's handicap is 202, her start is 5 minutes 48 seconds which meant that the rest of the fleet was to subtract 5:48 from their calculated start time. Most skippers did understand. Apologies go out to those who did not stay to the end of the skippers meeting to have this part of the start clarified.
Very exciting finish.
Very sorry for the confusion.
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January 18th, 2026
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​January 1st 2026
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2025 Races
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Congratulations Shadowfax - First place
​​Beer Can Trophy Winner Fall Series.
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Fall Series 2025
​September 21, SCYC Gibsons to Halibut Bank cancelled
September 7, 2025
August 31, 2025
August 24, 2025
​Summer Series 2025​
Jan01,2025​​​​​
​​​​Series Notice of Race amended - ​Effective October 5,2025 updated February 2026.
See official Notice Board for amendments - .
These apply to regular series and ad-hoc Club races.
Specific NoR are available for the regatta.
Usually a group email is sent out to by the Fleet Captain the day before the race to remind members of the race.
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Series Sailing Instructions amended -Effective October 5, 2025 updated February 2026
See official Notice Board for amendment.
These apply to regular series and ad-hoc Club races.
Specific SI's are available for the regatta.
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Pursuit race Start Times Matrix.
The system for pursuit races is described in our August 2021 newsletter.
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A short PDF explaining how pursuit starts are calculated.
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​​2024
Nov 17: 8 boats. Top 3: Topless, Namba, Fast Lane
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2023 Races
Fall 2023 series.
Summer 2023 series.
Spring 2023 series.
Winter 2023 series.
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2022 Races
Fall 2022 Series Results​​
Gibsons to Halibut bank race, Sept11, 2022 The race timeout out at 4:30pm and no boat crossed the finish line.
Winter 2022 Series Results​​​​
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2021 Races
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2nd Annual Gibsons to Halibut Bank 20 mile race, ​​​
Summer 2021 Series Results
Spring 2021 Series Results
​Winter 2021 Series Results
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2020 Races
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Winter 2020 Series Results
Fall 2020 Series Results
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2019 Races
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Winter 2019 Series Results
Fall 2019 Series Results
Summer 2019 Series Results
Spring 2019 Series Results
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2018 Races
Summary list of all series winners
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Sunday pre-race Skipper's and Crew meeting
​Skippers Meeting on Sunday race mornings at 10:15 at the Gibsons Marina.
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If you plan to race your boat for the first time you must complete the race entry form. This is a 2 minute exercise that can be done on your mobile device.
Go to Race Entry on the main page for further information see NoR and Si.
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At the skippers meeting the course and the type of race is announced and the type of start as either a "Shot gun" (time on time) or a and "pursuit start".
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For Time on time races, boats report their finishing time by radio channel 73 and the Race Committee later determines the results after calculating the adjusted time for each boat using the PHRF handicapping system. If the race is a pursuit race, the finishing order of the boats is the race result as the handicapping is calculated into their start time.
Further details can be found in the Official Notice Board.
Even though it is a little out of date, C​​​heck out this excellent brief description of the basic Sailboat Racing Rules.
Ten Commandments of Beercan racing -
Although there are references to regulations that are no longer in force, this humorous "spirit of Beer Can" racing is embodied within.
Sunshine on the downwind leg with Fast Lane surfing on their wake. ​Thank you John Sverre for the video.​
Click here to view the video​
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