SEATTLE AREA RACING CALENDAR
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7 MSA
7 RVicYC
7 SLF
14 SSYC
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FOR THE FUN OF IT!
Sailboat racing is fun. There’s no theme more central to success than fun, for individual race boats and event organizers alike. I’m proud to present our Seattle Area Racing Calendar (SARC) for 2024, a staggering array of more than 350 on-the-water events in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia that offer everything from world-class competition to beautiful adventure in wondrous surroundings, from moments that push us beyond our comfort zones to puzzles that challenge the brightest and most talented. Still, it is my genuine belief that every single one of them is also an invitation for participants to have a seriously good time.
Sailing well and having fun are not mutually exclusive. It might take focus, but you don’t have to take yourself too seriously to be at the top of the game. The best racers I know express their joy for sailing — sometimes directly, but other times through inquisitiveness, curiosity, gratitude, support, ingenuity, respect, and humor on and off the water. These ingredients always combine for a fun racing recipe, whether you’re at the front or the back of the fleet, and whether it’s blowing 15 on a sunny summer day or the current is taking you backwards during a windless winter downpour.
As you look through the SARC and plan your personal racing calendar for the year, do it with a spirit of fun. Do we give our evenings, weekends, and vacation days to our boats, our crews, our fleets, and this regional community of racing geeks solely out of a desire to best our fellow competitors? I do it for the fun of it, and if I get to win a few… well that’s just gravy.
As always, we’re profoundly grateful to the group of sailors, clubs, event organizers, and advertisers who help us create the SARC. Please note, we strive for this document to be as accurate as possible, but it’s a good idea to keep up with updates at 48north.com/sarc, in monthly issues of 48° North, and with various events or organizers.
Joe Cline, Managing Editor, 48° North
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Winter Series 1
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Seattle Frostbite Series #4
Snowbird #3
13 SBYC
Winter Around the Buoy Race #1
14 RVicYC
Snowflake Series #5
14 WVYC
Goosebumps Race Series #1
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CYCT Harbor
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STYC Iceberg Race
SSSS Eld Inlet Race
CYCS Frigid Digits
Winter Series
MSA
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Winter Long Distance #1
21 RVicYC
Goosebumps Race Series #2
21 SSYC
OIYC Frostbite Regatta
RVicYC Winter Around the Buoy Race #2
SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #3
WVYC Snowflake Series #6
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2-10 NMTA Seattle Boat Show
3 CYCT Harbor Series #2
3 SSSS Henderson Inlet Race
4 MSA Winter Series 3
4 RVicYC Winter Long Distance #2
4 SLF Seattle Frostbite Series #5
4 SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #4
10 CYCT Harbor Series #3
10 OIYC Shaw Island Winter Classic
10 SBYC Snowbird #4
10 TSF Youth Leadership Symposium (CYC Seattle)
11 CYCE Frostbite Series 1
11 RVicYC Winter Around the Buoy Race #3
11 SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #5
11 TSF Get on Board Conference (CYC Seattle)
11 WVYC Snowflake Series #7
17 OYC, SSSS Toliva Shoal SSS #3
17-18 RVicYC Frozen Assets Dinghy Regatta
18 MSA Winter Series 4
18 RVicYC Winter Long Distance #3
18 SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #6
24 AYC Girts Rekevics Memorial Foul Weather
24 PMYC, WSSA Jim Depue Memorial Race WSSA #1
24 PTSA Shipwrights' Regatta
24 STYC Freshwater Race, Kirkland
25 CYCE Frostbite Series 2
25 RVicYC Spring Around the Buoy Race #1
25 SLF Seattle Frostbite Series #6
25 WVYC Snowflake Series #8
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03 MARCH
2 CYCS Center Sound Series Blakely Rock
2-3 NWISA Spring Regionals, Orcas/Oly
3 MSA Winter Series 5
3 RVicYC Whitehouse, Trophy Race 2
9 CYCS Center Sound Series Scatchet Head
9 SSSS Skookum Inlet Race
10 CYCE Frostbite Series 3
10 RVicYC Spring Around the Buoys #2
10 SLF Seattle Frostbite Series #7
10 WVYC Snowflake Series #9
16 BYC Vendovi Island Race
16 GHYC Islands Race SSS #4
16 MSA Mid-Distance Series 1
16 RCYC Frostbite Regatta
16 SBYC Snowbird #5
16-17 NWISA Ranking Regatta #2 (Bainbridge)
17 RVicYC Winter Long Distance #4
22 RVicYC Squid to Sid - Race to SNSYC
23 CYCS Center Sound Series Pulley Point
23 POYC, WSSA Spring Shakedown WSSA #2
23 RVanYC VARC Opener (VARC)
24 CYCE Frostbite Series 4
24 RVicYC Spring Around the Buoys #3
24 SYSCO COB Challenge
29-31 WVYC Southern Straits Classic (VARC)
30 AYC Lawson Reef
30 CYCT Spring Single/Doublehanded Race
30 MSA Mid-Distance Series 2
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6 SSSS McAllister Creek Race
6-7 CYCS Spring Regatta (Small Boats)
6-7 NWISA Combined Division Invitational (Sand Point)
7 CYCE Frostbite Series 5
7 RVicYC Spring Around the Buoys #4
13 AYC Doug Fryer Smith Island
13 MSA Mid-Distance Series 3
13 PTSA Smith and Minor Islands I
13 STYC Carol Pearl Blakely Rock Benefit
13 WSCYC Rich Passage Ramble WSSA #3
13-14 NWISA Ranking Regatta #3 (Vashon)
13-14 OIYC East Sound Spring Regatta
13-14 SNSYC Blackline Patos Island Race (VIRS 1)
14 PYC Opening Day Regatta
14 RVicYC William Head: Trophy Series 3
20 BYC Governor's Point Race
20 MSA Spring Regatta
20 SSSS Spring Series Race #1
20 TCYC Passage Island Single/Doublehanded Race
20 TTPYC Spring Regatta
20 WSCYC Novice Regatta
20-21 CYCS Spring Regatta (Big Boats)
20-21 NWISA NWISA Team Race (Bellingham, Leschi)
20-21 RVanYC Kitten Cup
20-21 RVicYC THRASH Regatta (VIRS 2)
21 CYCE Frostbite Series 6
27 AYC Davidson Rock (Rum Race)
27 PoulsYC, WSSA Poulsbo Invitational WSSA #4
27 PTSA Partridge and McCurdy Points
27 RVicYC Opening Day
27 SSSS Spring Series Race #2
27 WVYC Collingwood/Halibut Bank (VARC)
27-28 NWISA NWIS Team Race Championships (Oak Harbor, Sand Point)
27-28 SYC Smith Island Tri Island #1
4 BYC Opening Day
4 SSSS Spring Series Race #3
4 SYC Opening Day
4-5 NWISA Fleet Race Championships (Anacortes)
4-5 RVanYC One Design Regatta
4-5 RVicYC Spring Dinghy Regatta
4-5 STYC Race to the Straits
5 SYC Mark Mayer (Free) Race
11 AYC Post Point Race
11 MSA Mid-Distance Series 4
11 OIYC Opening Day
11 PTSA Protection Island I
11 SSSS Spring Series Race #4
11-12 HOBIE Hobie Race, Cultus Lake, B.C.
11-12 MBYC Thetis Island Regatta (VIRS 3)
11-12 OHYC Round Whidbey Race
11-12 SYC Vashon Island Tri Island #2
16-19 CYCP Pacific NW Offshore (formerly Oregon Offshore)
17-19 ISSA Baker Team Race Championship (Oak Harbor)
18 POYC, WSSA Port Orchard Invitational Regatta WSSA #5
18 RVicYC School League Championship Regatta
18-19 AYC Windermere Regatta
18-19 HOBIE COSA Springtime Regatta, Kelowna
18-19 SISC Round Saltspring Island Race (VIRS 4)
19 OWSA Tropical Dream Beer Can Race
25 KYC Kits YC Spring Regatta (VARC)
25-27 RVicYC Swiftsure International (VIRS 5)
31-6/2 RVicYC 2.4mR Fleet Championship
31-6/2 SCYC Lasqueti Island Race (VIRS 6)
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06 JUNE
1 CWB Tiny Boat Regatta
1 SYC Blake Island Tri Island #3
1-2 HOBIE Jericho Cat Classic, Vancouver, BC
1-2 JSC Jericho Classic Regatta
1-2 PTSA Classic Mariners' Regatta
1-2 RNSA,WVYC RNSA/WVYC/NYC (VARC)
6 EBM Parkinson Disease Charity Regatta
8 BIYC Round Bowen Island Race (VARC)
8 BRYC, WSSA Blake Island WSSA #6
8 BYC Point Roberts Race
8 MSA Mid-Distance Series 5 - Saratoga Sprint
8 RVicYC School League Championship Regatta
8 STYC Three Buoy Fiasco
8 TYC Summer Vashon
8-9 CYCS Area L Sears Qualifier (Leschi)
8-9 HOBIE Live on the Edge, Fern Ridge
8-9 RVicYC, PAYC Hands Across the Water Regatta
9 R2AK R2AK Begins
9 SYSCO Singlehanded Beer Can Race
15 AYC Vendovi Island Race
15 PTSA Smith and Minor Islands II
15 RCYC Medium Distance Race
15 RVicYC Women in Wind Regatta
15-16 BYC Keelboat One Design Regatta
15-16 RWA J/Fest
15-16 CYCT Lido Rgatta (Port Orchard)
15-16 RVanYC WAVES Regatta Keelboats (VARC)
16 RVicYC Lipton Cup, Trophy Race #4
20 MSA Solstice Single/Double Race
21-23 S200 Salish 200
22 AYC Jack Island Race
22 CYCS The Race to Race Week!
22 CYCT 3 Hour Tour #1
22 OIYC Round Orcas
22 RVicYC Interfleet Regatta
22 WSCYC Brownsville Race WSSA #7
22-23 NWYRC Vancouver Lake FJ Regatta
22-23 RVanYC WAVES Regatta Dinghies
24-28 RWA Race Week Anacortes
26 BYC Moore Invitational Regatta
28-30 NYC SIN Regatta (VIRS 7)
29-30 BYC Bellingham Youth Regatta
29-30 CYCE Mad Dash
07 JULY
1 RVicYC Great Cdn Pursuit
6 PTSA Protection Island II
6-7 KYC Kits Invitational
6-7 RVicYC Long Harbour Race
13 BYC WOW Regatta! (Women on the Water)
13 CYCT 3 Hour Tour #2: Ruston Classic
13-14 CGRA, NWYRC WIND Regatta
13-14 RVanYC One Design Regatta
13-14 VRC Summer Regatta (VARC)
15 PCYC Pac Cup Starts Begin
20 AYC Guemes Island Night Race
20 STYC Women at the Helm 1
20-21 CGRA Opti PNW Championship
20-21 NWYRC Orcas FJ Regatta
26-27 SQYC SOAR Regatta (VARC)
26-28 CGRA Columbia Gorge One Design (CGOD)
26-28 OHYC Whidbey Summer Classic
27-28 HOBIE Lake Quinault Regatta
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MAKE SURE YOUR RIGGING IS RACE READY AND RELIABLE
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Across PTR’s range of rigging and spar building services, our primary support for racers around the region has been through building high quality wire and rod standing rigging. Thanks to partnerships, like with CSR in Seattle, rigging made by PTR can be seen on race boats throughout the Salish Sea.
Racing sailors often focus on performance optimization, but a sometimes-overlooked aspect of performance is dependability. Routine scheduled inspections, maintenance, and preventative care are critical to the structural integrity of the rig and your crew’s safety. These efforts also protect the financial investment in the rigging and the boat itself. Proper maintenance will limit downtime and maximize the time your race program has on the water, keeping you sailing fast and avoiding gear failure.
STANDING RIGGING CARE
1) Regularly use fresh water to rinse wire, rod, and all fittings.
2) Remove tape from rigging after use. Tape can trap water and other contaminants, which will accelerate corrosion.
3) Be sure all halyards are restrained and properly led internally aloft. This will help prevent a halyard wrap, which could lead to a “birdcage” or broken strand on your wiring rigging or a “corkscrew” bend in your rod stay.
4) Check the tension of your rigging regularly and tension appropriately. Generate a log of rig tension settings along with your sail inventory.
5) Check to make sure clevis pin holes on the chainplates are not oval-ed out and cotter pins are properly bent to secure the rigging.
ROUTINE INSPECTIONS
Routine inspections of the entire rig are a great preventive tool; and it’s a good idea to create a schedule for you and your crew to do their own maintenance and inspections, in sequence with routine inspections performed by a professional rigger. Race crew can complete inspections of rigging on deck and aloft, preferably when there is time to thoroughly look over all components. Before any inspection, review information about the rigging on your vessel — rod, wire, and fiber have some similarities, but also have different physical identifiers that
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indicate the need for repair or replacement. Create a photo log as you complete your inspections and maintenance.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
Whether you have rod, wire, or fiber rigging, many factors affect the life expectancy of the rigging and fittings. It’s important to understand what determines when it’s time to replace, and to know that engineers from leading manufacturers have been analyzing these questions for decades. Do not wait until there is a broken strand or fitting to decide it’s time to replace your rigging. We strongly recommend doing your homework to know the age and life expectancy of the rigging components on your boat, and to consider factors like these:
1) Time / miles in service — the amount of sailing time the vessel has seen.
2) Type of sailing conditions the rig has experienced and sailed in regularly — heavy or light air, or sailed through two gale storms.
3) Amount and types of loads — higher loads near breaking strength of wire or rod equals a shorter life span.
4) Environment, UV exposure, and pollutants — has the rigging been cleaned with fresh water regularly to remove contaminants and does fiber rigging have a UV-protectant cover and is it free of chafe?
5) Rod rigging re-heading — this process may add more time to your rigging, but the rigging itself is nearing replacement after about 20,000 miles.
6) Age of the rigging — be sure to document when you replace each of your stays and shrouds, so you can have an accurate schedule for replacement.
Knowing where your standing rigging is in its life span is an important safety and performance measure — losing a shroud is slow whether racing or cruising, and losing a rig is even slower. Preventive care and routine maintenance are key and will help you know when you need to replace rigging. A schedule of routine inspections will keep you informed and limit downtime for your sailing program. Having confidence in your rigging gives racers the ability to optimize, perform, and push your boat safely on the race course.
This article is by Sarah Kolbeck, Client Services and Operations at PTR. It is included as a part of PTR's presenting sponsorship of the 2024 SARC.
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48º NORTH • SARC 2024 11 08 AUGUST
CGRA Skamania Coves Invitational
HRYC Double Damned Race
PTSA Ted Pike Memorial Race
SSSS Single Handed Race 3-4 CBSA Cowichan Bay Regatta (VIRS 8) 3-4 CYCS Commodore & Gibson Races 3-4 HOBIE Northwest Championship, Quinault 3-4 HRYC Hood River One Design 3-4 STYC Down the Sound 4 SSSS Double Handed Race 10 CYCS Lake Moonlight Race 10 CYCT 3 Hour Tour #3: RC's Delight
SJIYC Shaw Island Classic
SYSCO Dual Bridge Duel
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PMYC, NWYRC Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta
PTSA Small Boat Regatta
RVicYC Juno Cup (6 Meters) 11 CYCE Halloween Series #1
10-11
AYC Northern Century 17 CYCT Vashon Challenge Single/Doublehand 17 PTSA Bush Point Race 17 SBYC TransPuget Race 17 TCYC English Bay Scramble (VARC) 17-18 RVanYC One Design Regatta 24 CYCT Awards Race 24 PINK Pink Boat Regatta, Bellingham 24 STYC Single Handed Race 24 VRC Dynamic Duo 24-25 SYC, NWYRC Junior Olympics Regatta 25 CYCE Halloween Series #2 25 WVYC Jack & Jill Race (VARC) 27-29 RVanYC Commodores Cup Regatta 28 RVicYC Floyd Night 31-9/1 BYC PITCH
HOBIE Harrison Regatta
31-9/1
MBYC Maple Bay Regatta (VIRS 9)
PTSA Thunderbird Regional Regatta
31-9/1
09 SEPTEMBER
6-8 RVanYC Salish Sea Distance Regatta
6-8 RVicYC 2.4mR Pacific Coast Championship
7 AYC Bird Rocks (Pursuit Race)
7 CYCT Point Series #1
7 PINK Pink Boat Regatta – Seattle
7 SSSS Fall Series Race #1
7-8 DCYC Deep Cove Regatta (VARC)
7-8 NWYRC, SSP Octoberfest at Sail Sand Point
7-8 RCYC St. Helens Long Distance Race
7-8 RVanYC 6mR Westerleigh Regatta
8 CYCE Halloween Series #3
8 STYC J & J Race
14 BYC Marmetta Cup Pursuit Race
14 MSA Fall Regatta
14 PINK Pink Boat Regatta – Tacoma
14 PTSA Nightcap Series 1
14 SSSS Fall Series Race #2
14-15 CYCS Puget Sound Sailing Championship (Small Boats) and Singlehanded Qualifiers
14-15 CYCS Midnight Run
14-15 RVanYC One Design Fleet Championships
14-15 SNSYC CRASH Regatta (VIRS 10)
14-15 WVYC Howe Sound Regatta (VARC)
15 PYC Robert A Smith Regatta
10 OCTOBER
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5-6 RVicYC Thermopylae Regatta (VIRS 11)
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20-22 WVYC Melges 24 Canadian National Championship
21 AYC Cone Island Race
21 CYCT Point Series #2
21 MSA Autumn Series 1
21 PTSA Nightcap Series 2
21 SSYC NW Harvest Benefit
21 STYC Women at the Helm 2
21 SYSCO One–Design Race
21-22 BYC Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta
21-22 HOBIE Caleb Tarleton Memorial Regatta (SSP)
21-22 PMYC Round the Island Race
21-22 RVanYC Women's Invitational Regatta
21-22 SYC Ludlow Double Dipper Race
22 CWB Norm Blanchard WOOD Regatta
22 CYCE Halloween Series #4
28 DD Rum Run
28 PTSA Nightcap Series 3
28 RVanYC Fraser River Lightship Race (VARC)
28 TTPYC Commodore’s Trophy Race
28 VRC SHAG Singlehanded Race
28 WSCYC Mosquito Fleet Mayhem
28-29 RVicYC Fall Dinghy Regatta
28-10/5 CYCS J/24 World Championship
19-20 NWISA NWISA Keelboat Championship (Shilshole)
19-20 RVanYC Champion of Champions Regatta
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CYCE Foulweather Bluff
Singlehanded Race
5 CYCT Memorial
Autumn Series 2
Benson Cup
5 OIYC
Nightcap Series 4
5 PTSA
Fall Series Race #3
OHYC Scott Cline Memorial Regatta
RVanYC Splash Regatta
BYC Round Lummi Island Race
PTSA Nightcap Series 5
SSSS Fall Series Race #4
Puget Sound
CYCS
Sailing Championship (Big Boats)
CFSA Cascadian Convoy (VIRS 12)
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13 CYCE Halloween Series
19 AYC Belle Rocks Race
19 CYCT Point Series #3 19 MSA Autumn Series 3 19 PTSA Nightcap Series 6 19 SSSS Eagle Island Race
19 STYC Race Your House 19 WSCYC Commodores Cup Regatta
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BYC Jack Island Race
PTSA Nightcap Series 7
19-20 WVYC Pumpkin Regatta — Optis 20 STYC
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Island Classic Regatta
11 NOVEMBER
2 AYC Commodores Race
2 CYCT Point Series #4
2 MSA Autumn Series 4
2 STYC Fall Regatta
2-3 KYC Bluenose Regatta
3 WVYC Snowflake 1
9 SSSS Herron Island Race
9-10 OIYC, FHSC Round the County
11 VRC Remembrance Day Race
16 MSA Autumn Series 5
16 SBYC Snowbird #1
17 WVYC Snowflake 2
23 GHYC LeMans Race
23 SSSS Squaxin Island Race
23 WSCYC Fowl Weather Regatta
23-24 CYCS Turkey Bowl
12 DECEMBER
1 WVYC Snowflake 3
7 TYC Winter Vashon SSS #1
14 SBYC Snowbird #2
14 SSSS Hope Island Race
15 WVYC Snowflake 4
26 STYC Boxing Day Race
26 THSA Rum Race
'25 EARLY 2025
1/4 TTPYC Duwamish Head SSS #2
1/5 RVicYC Johnstone Reef
1/11 SBYC Snowbird #3
1/12 SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #1
1/18 STYC Iceberg Race
1/25-26 CYCS Frigid Digits
2/8 SBYC Snowbird #4
3/15 SBYC Snowbird #5
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SEA SEATTLE AREA EVENING SERIES
4/3-9/18 AYC Wednesday Keel Boat
3/14-9/26 OHYC Thursday Series
4/5-7/26 PTSA Friday Multi-Leg Open Series
4/3-8/21 BYC Wednesday Keelboat Series
4/3-8/28 PTSA Wednesday Windward/Leeward
4/4-8/1 TTPYC Thursday Series
4/11-9/26 CYCB Evening Series
4/15-8/26 STYC Ballard Cup Series 1, 2, 3
4/10-8/21 CYCT Wednesday Series
4/9-9/10 CYCS Lake Tuesday
4/10-9/11 CYCS Lake Wednesday
4/10-9/11 CYCS Sound Wednesday
4/11-9/12 CYCS Sound Thursday
4/19-5/17 POYC Friday Evening Series
4/30-9/3 Duck Dodge
5/7-9/30 Kirkland Sailing Club J/22 Series (All J/22s Welcome)
5/1-9/29 OIYC Wednesdays + Alice E Sundays (Sept.)
5/1/-7/31 CYCE Summer Series
5/2-5/30 GHYC Bill Harter Spring Series
5/7-9/24 BYC Tuesday Dinghy Series
5/22-8/7 SSSS Wednesday Series
5/31-9/20 WSCYC Six Pack/Casual Friday Series
5/31-8/30 STYC, CYC, SSC Sailfest
6/7-8/23 MSA Log Dodge Series
6/7-8/30 Kirkland Summer Sailing Series
6/6-8/15 EBM Downtown Sailing Series
BC BRITISH COLUMBIA AREA SERIES
1/7/-3/3 VRC Polar Bear Series
4/24-9/4 WVYC Wednesday Series
4/24-9/11 RVanYC Wednesday Series
PDX PORTLAND AREA SERIES
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ABBREVIATIONS – WEBSITES
AYC Anacortes YC www.anacortesyachtclub.org
BIYC Bowen Island YC
BRYC Bremerton YC www.bremertonyc.clubexpress.com
BYC Bellingham YC
CBSA Cowichan Bay Sailing Association www.cowbay–regatta.ca
CFSA Canadian Forces Sailing Association www.cfsaesq.ca
CGRA Columbia Gorge Racing Association www.cgra.org
CWB Center for Wooden Boats www.cwb.org
CYCE Corinthian YC of Edmonds www.cycedmonds.org
CYCB Corinthian Yacht Club of Bellingham www.cycbellingham.org
CYCP Corinthian YC of Portland www.cycportland.org
CYCS Corinthian YC of Seattle www.cycseattle.org
CYCT Corinthian YC of Tacoma www.cyct.com
DCYC Deep Cove YC www.deepcoveyc.com
DD Duck Dodge www.duckdodge.org
EBM Elliott Bay Marina www.downtownsailingseries.com
GHYC Gig Harbor YC www.gigharboryc.com
FCYC False Creek YC www.fcyc.com
FHSC Friday Harbor Sailing Club www.fridayharborsailing.com
HOBIE Hobie Division 4 www.hobiediv4.org
HRYC Hood River YC www.hoodriveryachtclub.org
JSC Jericho Sailing Centre www.jsca.bc.ca
ISC Island Sailing Club www.islandsailing.org
ISSA Interscholastic Sailing Association www.hssailing.org
KSC Kirkland Sailing Club www.kirklandsailingclub.org
KYC Kitsilano Yacht Club www.kitsilanoyachtclub.com
MBYC Maple Bay YC www.mbyc.bc.ca
MSA Milltown Sailing Association www.milltownsailing.org
NWISA NW Interscholastic Sailing Assoc. www.nwisa.hssailing.org
NWMC NW Maritime Center www.nwmaritime.org
NWYRC Northwest Youth Sailing www.nwyouthsailing.org
NYC Nanaimo YC www.nanaimoyc.ca
OHYC Oak Harbor YC www.ohyc.org
OIYC Orcas Island YC www.oiyc.org
OWSA Oregon Womens Sailing Association www.owsa.net
OYC Olympia YC www.olympiayachtclub.org
www.pacificcup.org/ www.pinkboatregatta.org www.portmadisonyc.org www.poyc.org www.ptsail.org
www.portlandyc.com
PoulsYC Poulsbo Yacht Club www.poulsboyachtclub.org
R2AK Race to Alaska www.r2ak.com
RCYC Rose City YC www.rosecityyachtclub.org
RVanYC Royal Vancouver YC www.royalvan.com
RVicYC Royal Victoria YC www.rvyc.bc.ca
RWA Race Week Anacortes www.raceweekpnw.com
S200 Salish 200 www.salish200.com
SBYC Shilshole Bay YC www.shilsholebayyachtclub.org
SCYC Schooner Cove YC www.scyc.ca
SE Sound Experience www.soundexp.org
SISC Saltspring Island YC www.saltspringsailing.ca
SJIYC San Juan Island YC www.sjiyc.com
SLF Seattle Laser Fleet https://seattlelaserfleet.org/
SNSYC Sidney North Saanich YC www.snsyc.ca
SNW Sail Northwest www.sailnorthwest.com
SQYC Squamish Yacht Club www.squamishsoar.com
SSS Southern Sound Series www.ssseries.org
SSSS South Sound Sailing Society www.ssssclub.com
SSYC Seattle Singles YC www.seattlesinglesyc.com
STYC Sloop Tavern YC www.STYC.org
SYC Seattle YC www.seattleyachtclub.org
SYSCO Small Yacht Sailing Club of OR www.syscosailing.org
TCYC Tiddly Cove YC www.tiddlycove.bc.ca
THSA Turkey Head Sailing Association www.thsa.bc.ca
TTPYC Three Tree Point YC www.ttpyc.org
TYC Tacoma YC www.tacomayachtclub.org
VLSC Vancouver Lake Sailing Club www.vlsc.org
VRC Vancouver Rowing Club www.vrcracing.ca
WSCYC West Sound Corinthian YC www.wscyc.net
WSSA West Sound Sailing Association www.wscyc.net/wssa
WVYC West Vancouver YC www.wvyc.ca
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