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Welcome to the 2012 Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s racing season. There are plenty of opportunities to have fun while learning more and improving your sailing skills. For the distance racers we have the Center Sound Series. On the lake we have Nelson, North and the ever popular Moonlight races. For the buoy focused we have PSSR, NOOD, PSSC and weeknight racing. For dinghies, small boats and short-handed sailing we have the Late Days, Turkey Bowl and Jack & Jill.
Corinthian has a long history of providing quality racing with placed marks and a clubhouse for post-racing carousing. In 2012 we will use this racing platform to richen the CYC community experience. To that end we have added events like to the following.
The Casual class returns to the Center Sound series. This family and fun oriented class is for people to test their skills against other similar displacement type boats. If you don’t have a PHRF rating we’ll craft a ‘club rating’ just for the event including consideration the more cruising oriented layout. The new first Friday socials have been expanded to include weather and tactic discussions on Fridays prior to the major regattas. Wednesday night racing on the Sound will be open to non-members like Thursday nights. The webpage is being continuously updated. Some may have noticed that the Classic weather page back by popular demand under the Racing tab. CYC welcomes T37 RC radio controlled sail boat as the newest race fleet. There will be regular race committee meetings to include lake, sound and one design councils as well any other interested parties.
There are several education initiatives in 2012 including the annual Rookie Rally. Providing in-depth racing instruction through a series of talks and on the water mentoring, it is a great opportunity for skippers and crew. Learn about Racing Rules, Sailing Instructions, starting procedures, finding the favored side, starting tactics, finding wind shifts, boat speed basics and more. Safety is always first on the water and to that end we have a cpr/first aid course tentatively scheduled for the end of March. We hope this will be the first of an annual series. For those interested in the deeper mechanics of race management there is a one day race management seminar on February 26th.
Building a long term volunteer culture will continue to be important in 2012. Race committee and event management will need assistance. Thank you for taking an active role in the sailing community. Have a fun 2012 sailing season.
Bill Blodgett
Race Fleet Captain
Moore 124, More Cowbell fleetcaptainrace@cycseattle.org
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