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2021 IS LOOKING BRIGHT There’s nothing like a difficult year to shine a bright light on the enormous dose of happiness and fulfillment we get from racing sailboats. One of the best parts about the fiasco of 2020 was how much local sailboat racing was still able to go on, and how much good it did for those who were able to participate! 2021 will see that trend continue, and hopefully we can be racing freely around the region soon. More this year than most, you’ll want to check back in on this schedule for changes and adjustments — watch for SARC updates at 48north.com/sarc and periodically in the printed version of 48° North. Additionally, we recommend staying in contact with organizing authorities to learn the specifics of various precautions and protocols. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the clubs, organizers, and advertisers who partner with us to put the SARC together each year. And to all the sailors — get out there, sail fast, have a ball, and remember how fortunate we are to be able to do the thing we love.
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JANUARY 3 RVicYC
Johnstone Reef
3 SLF
Seattle Frostbite Series #4
9 TTPYC
Duwamish Head SSS #2
16 SBYC
Snowbird #3
16 SSSS
Eld Inlet Race
17 RVicYC
Winter Around the Buoy Race #1
17 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #1
23 STYC
Iceberg Race
23 CYCT
Harbor Series #1
23–24 CYCS, SLF
Seattle Frigid Digit
24 RVicYC
Winter Long Distance #1
24 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #2
28–31 NMTA
Seattle Boat Show Connected
31 RVicYC
Winter Around the Buoy Race #2
31 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #3
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FEBRUARY 6 CYCT
Harbor Series #2
6 SSSS
Henderson Inlet Race
6 OIYC
Shaw Island Winter Classic
7 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #4
7 RVicYC
Winter Long Distance #2
7 SLF
Seattle Frostbite Series #5
13 SBYC
Snowbird #4
13 OYC, SSSS
Toliva Shoal SSS #3
14 CYCE
Frostbite Series 1
14 RVicYC
Winter Around the Buoy Race #3
14 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #5
20 PMYC, WSSA
Jim Depue Memorial Race WSSA #1
20 AYC
Girts Rekevics Memorial Foul Weather
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Winter Long Distance #3
21 SSYC
Goosebumps Race Series #6
27 CYCT
Harbor Series #3
27 STYC
Freshwater Race, Kirkland
27 SSSS
Skookum Inlet Race
28 SLF
Seattle Frostbite Series #6
28 CYCE
Frostbite Series 2
28 RVicYC
Spring Around the Buoy Race #1
MARCH 3 CYCS
Blakely Rock CSS #1
7 RVicYC
Winter Long Distance #4
13 CYCS
Scatchet Head CSS #2
13 BYC
Hales Pass Dash
14 RVicYC
Spring Around the Buoys #2
14 CYCE
Frostbite Series 3
14 SLF
Seattle Frostbite Series #7
20 RVicYC
Spring One Design Race
20 GHYC, SSSS
Islands Race SSS #4
20 SBYC
Snowbird #5
20 RCYC
Frostbite Regatta
20–21 RVicYC
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Frozen Assets Race
21 RVicYC
UVic Western Canada Cup
21 RVicYC
William Head Race
27 RVicYC
Spring Around the Buoys #3
27 POYC, WSSA
Spring Shakedown WSSA #2
27 CYCS
Three Tree Point CSS #3
27 SSSS
McAllister Creek Race
27 BYC
Vendovi Island Race
27 RVanYC
RVYC Day Race (VARC)
28 RVicYC
Lipton Cup
28 CYCE
Frostbite Series 4
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APRIL
2–4 WVYC
Southern Straits Classic (VARC)
17–18 RVicYC
THRASH Race (VIRS 2)
3 CYCT
Spring Single/Double Handed Race
17–18 CYCS
Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Big Boats)
3 SSSS
Spring Series Race #1
10 PTSA
Around Smith & Minor Islands
24 PoulsYC, WSSA
10 STYC
Carol Pearl Blakely Rock Benefit Race
24 SSSS
Spring Series Race #3
24 RVicYC
Opening Day RVicYC
24 TCYC
Passage Island Race
10 WSCYC, WSSA Rich Passage Ramble WSSA #3 10 SSSS
Spring Series Race #2
10–11 PYC
Opening Day Regatta
10–11 SNSYC
Blackline Patos Island Race (VIRS 1)
11 CYCE
Frostbite Series 5
17 TTPYC
Pursuit Race
17 MSA
Spring Regatta
17 SYSCO
COB Challenge
Poulsbo Invitational WSSA #4
24–25 OIYC
East Sound Spring Regatta
24–25 CYCS
Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Small Boats)
24–25 CWB
Norm Blanchard WOOD Regatta
24–25 RVanYC
Kitten Cup
24–25 SYC
Protection Island, Tri Island #1
25 CYCE
Frostbite Series 6
What’s New for 2021? A new year brings more than just resolutions, it brings revelations in the form of creative new races to add to the calendar. The coming year is no exception. One of the big revelations in 2021 will be the addition of designated shorthanded racing classes at many events, and more events that are exclusively shorthanded. 2020 required shorthanded racing for pandemic reasons, and it turns out that people loved it. There are too many events of this type to name, but if you like racing shorthanded (for pandemic safety or the sheer joy and challenge of it) your options are increasing significantly, and there’s a good chance your favorite races may be offering a shorthanded class or two this year. Race Week has a new home for 2021: Anacortes. Why it’s moving on from Point Roberts isn’t important; what is important is that Race Week is running again, this year in an accessible location with a variety of benefits, on and off the water. Race Week fans should note that the event is back to being five days of racing (Monday-Friday), but is in late June this year instead of late July. Filling in the gap in July with a bit of old school Race Week flavor, Oak Harbor Yacht Club is hosting a new three-day event called Whidbey Summer Classic Regatta, with racing on Penn Cove. Even though it ran in 2020, Sloop Tavern Yacht Club’s second Women at the Helm event to complement the buoy regatta in late July is new to the SARC for 2021. This September race has a longer course and is called “Going The Distance”. Both Women SPONSOR E D BY P T R R I G G I N G & S PA R S
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at the Helm events not only had great attendance, they had off-the-charts enthusiasm last year. Let’s keep that going for these and other events that promote inclusiveness. By the time this calendar went to press, we knew that both Swiftsure and Van Isle 360 were unfortunately canceled for 2021. Keep an eye on those weekends for various localities to come up with creative ways to draw racers to the water when those classics would have been taking place. Notably, CYC Seattle is planning a new Puget Sound Pursuit Race on Memorial Day weekend. Finally, there are a pair of fun and unique distance races to include on the calendar for the first time. One is brand new, and the other had its genesis and first run last year. They are the WA360 and the Salish 200, and they each start in Port Townsend. The Salish 200 takes sailors on a pair of 100-mile loops — around Vashon and the San Juan Islands in an order of your choosing. Northwest Maritime Center’s new WA360 takes it a few steps further. Whether you're training for a future Race to Alaska, or looking for an adventure race that doesn't require removing the engine from your boat, the non-stop, no-support WA360 might just be “the biggest on the water adventure you can have in your own backyard,” as their slogan declares. With seven waypoints bringing racers on a counterclockwise tour of Puget Sound, WA360 is a grueling 360-mile celebration of the distinctive maritime communities and challenging natural wonders of our home waters.
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Opening Day
1 WVYC
Halibut/Collingwood Race (VARC)
1 BYC
Opening Day
1–2 STYC
Race to the Straits
1–2 RVanYC
One Design Regatta
1–2 RVicYC
Spring Dinghy Championships
2 SYC
Mark Mayer (Free) Race
8 SSSS
Spring Series Race #4
8–9 SYC
Vashon Island, Tri Island #2
8–9 Hobie
Hobie Race, Cultus Lake, B.C.
8–9 ISSA
Mallory Doublehanded National Championship
8–9 MBYC
Thetis Island Regatta (VIRS 3)
8–9 AYC
Windermere Regatta
13–16 CYCP
Pacific NW Offshore (formerly Oregon Offshore)
15–16 OHYC
Round Whidbey Race
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Portland Themed Beer Can Series Begins
22 BYC
Round Lummi Island Race
22–23 SISC
Round Saltspring Island Race (VIRS 4)
15 PTSA
Around Protection Island
15 POYC, WSSA
Invitational WSSA #5
29 RVanYC
Leukemia Cup Regatta (VARC)
15 RVicYC
School League Regatta
29 BYC
Point Roberts Race
15 Hobie
Round Mercer Island Fun Sail
29–30 CYCS
Puget Sound Pursuit Race
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JUNE
4–6 NWMC 5 SYC
Classic Mariners’ Regatta Blake Island, Tri Island #3
13 SYC
Junior Leukemia Cup Regatta
13 SYSCO
Singlehanded Beer Can Race
18–20 S200
5 MSA
Saratoga Sprint
5 ISC
Water Guns Beer Can Race
5–6 RNSA/WVYC RSNA/WVYC Single/Double-Handed (VARC)
Salish 200
19 CYCT
3 Hour Tour #1
19 RCYC
Medium Distance Race
19 OIYC
Round Orcas
5–6 SCYC
Lasqueti Island Race (VIRS 6)
19–20 PMYC
Figure 8 Race
5–6 BYC
Keelboat One Design Regatta
19–20 RVanYC
WAVES Regatta
5–6 RVanYC
One Design Regatta
21–25 RWPNW
Race Week PNW - Anacortes
6 PYC
Rose Festival Regatta
26 RVicYC
7 NWMC
WA360 Begins
26 WSCYC, WSSA Brownsville Race WSSA #7
Interfleet Regatta
12 BIYC
Round Bowen Island Race (VARC)
26–27 Hobie
Jericho Classic, Vancouver, BC
12 BRYC, WSSA
Blake Island WSSA #6
26–27 PTSA
Watmough Bay Overnight
12 EBM
Leukemia Cup Regatta
26–27 CYCS
San Juan 24 North Americans
12 RVicYC
School League Championship
26–27 NWYRC
Vancouver Lake Youth Regatta
12 TYC
Summer Vashon
27 SYSCO
Grow the Sport Race
12–13 BYC
Etchells Regatta
27 RVicYC
Summer One Design Race
12–13 CYCE
Mad Dash
12–13 Hobie
Live on the Edge, Fern Ridge
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JULY 1 RVicYC
2–4 NYC
Canada Day Pursuit Race
7/30–8/2 CBSA
SIN Regatta and Martin 242 North American Championship (VIRS 7–VARC)
7/31–8/1 CGRA
Columbia Gorge One Design (CGOD)
7/31–8/1 Hobie
Hobie Race, Skamokawa
7/31–8/1 CYCS
J/Fest
10 STYC
Three Buoy Fiasco
10 BYC
WOW Regatta! (Women on the Water)
10–11 VRC
Summer Regatta (VARC)
10–11 Hobie
Kits Invitational
10–11 NWYRC
Ray Jarecki Youth Regatta
11 PYC
Summer Regatta
11 RVicYC
Women in Wind Race
13–31
TransPac
16–18 OHYC
Whidbey Summer Classic Regatta
16–18 SQYC
SOAR Regatta (VARC)
17 CYCT
31 PTSA
Cowichan Bay Regatta (VIRS 8) Around Bush Point
3 Hour Tour: Rushrton Classic
17–18 Hobie
MY SAIL Benefit Regatta, Ocean Shores
17–18 RVanYC
One Design Regatta
24 STYC
Women at the Helm
24–25 NWYRC, CGRA Wind Regatta 24–25 BYC 30 CGRA
Sucia Island Race/Cruise Laser/Aero Blowout
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21 CYCS
Moonlight Race
7 SSSS
Single Handed Race
21 CYCT
Vashon Challenge Single/Doublehand
7 HRYC
Double Damned Race
21 MSA
Leukemia Cup Regatta
7 SJIYC
Shaw Island Classic
21–22 WVYC
Crystal Cup Women's Regatta
7–8 RVicYC
Long Harbour Race
21–22 RVanYC
One Design Regatta
7–8 NWYRC
Bellingham Youth Regatta
21–22 SYSCO
St. Helens Race–Cruise
7 SYSCO
7–8 Hobie
Northwest Championship, Quinault
22 CYCE
7–8 STYC
Down the Sound
28 STYC
Single Handed Race
7–8 CGRA
CGRA Invitational
28 PINK
Pink Boat Regatta, Bellingham
8 SSSS
Double Handed Race
28 CYCT
Windseekers Awards Race
8 CYCE
Halloween Series #1
28 VRC
Ken–Barbie Doublehanded Race (VARC)
Northern Century
28 CYCS
Lake Fall Regatta
13–15 AYC 14 PTSA
Ted Pike Memorial Race
28–29 SYC
14 CYCT
3 Hour Tour: RC’s Delight
29 WVYC
14 TCYC
English Bay Scramble (VARC)
29 SBYC
14–15 CGRA
Opti Pacific Northwest Championship
14–15 SYC
McCurdy Cup Jr. Team Race
8/30–9/2 RVanYC
Halloween Series #2
Junior Olympics Regatta Jack & Jill Race (VARC) TransPuget Race Commodores Cup Regatta
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RACE READY RIGGING CHECKLIST content sponsored by PTR Rigging and Spars
As the presenting sponsor of the SARC, PTR Rigging and Spars is committed to serving the racing community, helping increase knowledge and understanding, and improving every sailor’s experience on the water. Before you and your race crew cast off dock lines and enter a starting sequence this spring, prudence dictates some prerace boat work. A thorough check of your boat's various rigging components is critical for both performance and safety. Use this list to help make sure you’ve covered all of your bases:
MAST
Look the mast over from top to bottom. Check the spar tube for cracks. Examine the mast base for corrosion and drainage. Ensure no rivets or screws are missing from the sail track. The main sail should move freely up and down the track. Spreaders should be checked for proper fit without excessive play. They should be even in orientation, vertically and from side to side. Chafe gear at spreader ends should be removed routinely and replaced after inspection of the spreader ends and wires. Leather is best for chafe gear so use tape sparingly to avoid encouraging corrosion. The mast should be in column and have proper tension for good sail shape and mast support. Rake should be measured as per class and or sail design. Tension should be even port and starboard.
STANDING RIG
Turnbuckles should be free to move for adjustment. Check all turnbuckles and clevis pins for fully bent cotter pins that are tucked into the fitting to avoid sail and line damage. Terminals should be free of cracks, bends, and mechanical
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damage. Clevis pins should have full bearing and be exactly sized for the bore. If daylight is clearly visible along the lower edge of tang or chainplate, the pin might be too small. Check the chainplates for corrosion, proper pin bearing, leaks and cracks. Chainplates should be aligned with the turnbuckles and shrouds. Rig tape should allow water to drain. The backstay turnbuckle or adjuster should be functional for mast stability, main sail flattening, mast and sail shape. The wind indicator should be properly aligned and operational. All cars and blocks should move freely. All non-locking shackles aloft should be moused to discourage pins backing out. A cable tie will work in a pinch but seizing wire is best. All fittings aloft should be inspected for cotter pins. Check the vang bracket and boom gooseneck for play and bore elongation. Ensure that all mast lights are working. Radio check to test the antenna.
DRAG AND FRICTION
A clean rig will have less drag. Wash and wipe it all down, and lubricate moving parts. Take time to understand and isolate the friction. For a halyard, it is best to start by removing the halyard from any clutch or turning block. Grasping both the fore and aft sides of the halyard pull it up and over the mast sheave, feeling for resistance and friction. Do the same exercise at each block and exit. Proper line type and size is critical to operation of sheaves, blocks, clutches, and winches. It’s also one of the simplest ways to decrease drag.
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A common mistake is to oversize the line so that it can be easily grasped. This has potential to create more drag; which thus requires even more grip. The goal is to have the line run through the hardware smoothly and easily. Assuming the hardware, block, clutch, and winch are correctly sized for the application — a good general rule is to favor the smaller line sizes that the manufacturer recommends. The best source of reliable information about line choice and size are the line and hardware manufacturers’ websites.
LINE CHAFE
Look for chafe especially on lines that might only be used in breezy conditions. This includes reef lines, vang, cunningham, and furling lines. Pay special attention to halyard chafe where it enters and exits a clutch. This is especially important for cockpit-led spinnaker halyards, which are susceptible to loaded drop.
LIFELINES
1x19 uncoated stainless cable is durable, inspectable, dependable, and overall is the best value for the least amount of maintenance. • Pro Tip – lifelines will last far longer if you do not tie fenders or anything else to them and limit weight on them when hiking, if possible. Minimize tape over any stainless steel fittings. Closed body turnbuckles create a smooth surface with less chafe and are best reserved for lifelines. Make sure all fittings have been treated with red thread lock to avoid coming loose through vibration and use.
Split rings should be completely closed or lightly taped to avoid being caught by sheets. If using dyneema lifelines, inspect for chafe and replace if necessary.
MISCELLANEOUS
Winches should be routinely cleaned and serviced as per the manufacturer's direction. Carry a jury rig kit for for emergency repairs.
Nobody wants their sailboat to accidentally become a motorboat. Masts are expensive, difficult, and complex to replace. Periodic rig inspections by a professional are highly recommended and can be good value, especially before or soon after purchase. Use the inspection to create a prioritized punch list of items to address before racing and for future maintenance and care of the rig.
By Scott Galbraith, Rigging Tech at PTR Rigging and Spars. This article was provided as a part of a PTR's paid package as the Presenting Sponsor of the SARC.
48° NORTH TOP 25 Distance races and around-thebuoys. Single-race events and multirace regattas. The qualifying races for 48° North’s Top 25 have something for everyone. Scoring is on a percentage basis depending on the size of the class: 0% (did not finish) to 100% (first in class), where the event score = (finishers – position + 1) / finishers. Overall scores are an average of a boat’s
best five finishes. There is no minimum number of races required to qualify. Multi-race events (like the South Sound Series) are scored as a single event. Hopefully all these are able to run in 2021; and sooner rather than later, we can be crossing the presentlyclosed border and racing as a regional community once again.
• South Sound Sailing Society Southern Sound Series • CYC Seattle Center Sound Series • West Vancouver YC Southern Straits Classic • Sloop Tavern YC Blakely Rock Benefit Race • CYC Seattle Puget Sound Spring Regatta • Seattle YC Tri-Island Series • CYC Portland PNW Offshore
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Race Week PNW (Anacortes) Cowichan Bay SA Cow Bay Regatta Bellingham YC PITCH Regatta CYC Edmonds Foulweather Bluff Race • CYC Seattle Puget Sound Sailing Championship • Seattle YC Grand Prix Regatta • Orcas Island YC/Friday Harbor SC Round the County Race
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SEPTEMBER
4–5 RVanYC
Star District 6 Championship
18 SE
Adventuress Cup
4–5 PTSA
TBird Regatta
18 PINK
Pink Boat Regatta – Tacoma
4–5 MBYC
Maple Bay Regatta (VIRS 9)
18–19 NWYRC
Oktoberfest
4–5 Hobie
Harrison Regatta
18–19 WVYC
Howe Sound Regatta (VARC)
4–5 BYC
PITCH
18–19 RVanYC
One Design Championships
Alice E Series 1
18–19 RVicYC
2.4M Pacific Coast Champs
Canadian 2.4mR Championship
18–19 SYC
Ludlow Double Dipper Race
5 OIYC 10–12 RVicYC 11 MSA
Fall Regatta
19 OIYC
Alice E Series 3
11 PINK
Pink Boat Regatta – Seattle
19 STYC
Women at the Helm - Going the Distance
11 SSSS
Fall Series Race #1
25 BYC
Governor’s Point Race
11 WSCYC
Doublehanded Race
25 TTPYC
Commodore’s Trophy Race
11–12 DCYC
Deep Cove Regatta (VARC)
25 PTSA
Nightcap Series 2
11–12 NWYRC
Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta
25 CYCT
Point Series #1
11–12 BYC
Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta
25 CYCE
Everett Challenge Invitational
11–12 RCYC
Long Distance Race
25 OWSA
Out of This World Beer Can Race
12 STYC
J & J Race
25 VRC
SHAG Singlehanded Race (VARC)
12 RVicYC
Thermopylae Trophy Race
25 SSYC
NW Harvest Benefit
12 CYCE
Halloween Series #3
25–26 PMYC
Round the Island Race
12 OIYC
Alice E Series 2
25–26 CWB
El Toro Regatta
CRASH Regatta (VIRS 10)
25–26 RVicYC
Fall Dinghy Champs
17–19 SNSYC
10
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One–Design Race
26 OIYC
Alice E Series 4
18 SSSS
Fall Series Race #2
26 CYCE
Halloween Series #4
18 PTSA
Nightcap Series 1
16–17 RVanYC
One Design Regatta
OCTOBER 2 SSSS
Fall Series Race #3
2 CYCE
Foulweather Bluff Race
16–17 WVYC
Pumpkin Regatta
2 PTSA
Nightcap Series 3
16–18 CFSA
Cascadian Convoy (VIRS 11)
2 OIYC
Benson Cup
2 DD
Rum Run
2 RVanYC
Fraser River Lightship Race (VARC)
23 PTSA
Nightcap Series 6
2–3 PYC
Robert A Smith Regatta
23 SSSS
Eagle Island Race
2–3 OHYC
Scott Cline Memorial Regatta
23 CYCT
Point Series #2
2–3 CYCS
Puget Sound Sailing Championship (Small Boats)
24 CYCE
Halloween Series #6
2–3 RVicYC
Thermopylae Regatta (VIRS 12)
24 RVicYC
Fall Around the Buoys #1
17 RVicYC 22–24 SYC
9 SSSS
Fall Series Race #4
9 CYCT
Memorial Singlehanded Race
9 PTSA
Nightcap Series 4
9–10 CYCS
Puget Sound Sailing Championship (Big Boats)
10 CYCE
Halloween Series #5
16 BYC
Marmetta Cup
16 STYC
Fall Regatta
16 PTSA
Nightcap Series 5
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29–31 OIYC
Whitehouse Trophy Race Grand Prix Regatta
Trick or Treat Regatta
30 BYC
Jack Island Race
30 STYC
Race Your House
30 PTSA
Nightcap Series 7
31 STYC
Great Pumpkin Race
30–31 NWISA
ISSA Singlehanded National Championships (High School)
31 WVYC
Snowflake 1
31 RVicYC
Virtue Cup Trophy Race
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Herron Island Race
4 TYC
Winter Vashon SSS #1
6–7 CYCS
Turkey Bowl
5 RVicYC
Fall Around the Buoys #4
6–7 NWICSA
ICSA Singlehanded National Championships (College)
11 SBYC
Snowbird #2
Fall Around the Buoys #2
11 SSSS
Hope Island Race
12 WVYC
Snowflake 4
12 RVicYC
Fall Long Distance #3
26 THSA
Rum Race
7 RVicYC 11 VRC 13–14 OIYC, FHSC
Remembrance Day Race Round the County
14 WVYC
Snowflake 2
14 RVicYC
Fall Long Distance #1
20 WSCYC
Fowl Weather Regatta
20 GHYC
LeMans Race
20 SSSS
Squaxin Island Race
15 SBYC
Snowbird #3
20 SBYC
Snowbird #1
22 STYC
Iceberg Race
21 RVicYC
Fall Around the Buoys #3
28 WVYC
Snowflake 3
28 RVicYC
Fall Long Distance #2
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RACING RULES CHANGES FOR 2021 On January 1, 2021 a new version of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) goes into effect. Most of the rule changes for 2021-2024 are clarifications that remove ambiguity in the wording to reinforce the current common interpretation. Here are some of the important changes. (The comments provided below are mine alone and are not official interpretations.) CHANGES AFFECTING SAFETY:
• New Rule 37 requires that when the Race Committee Signals Boat flies Code Flag Victor (White with a Red “X”), all boats must, if possible, monitor the race committee communication channel for search and rescue instructions. • RRS 40 (PFDs) has been rewritten. If Code Flag Y is displayed before or with the warning signal, competitors are required to wear a PFD during that race. If the signal is made ashore, then competitors are required to wear a PFD while on the water. • RRS 41 has been revised so a boat that receives help from others to aid an injured crew member or a crew member in danger (e.g., crew overboard) cannot be penalized for accepting such aid — even if they gain an advantage from it. • New RRS 20.4 requires a boat to “make a signal that clearly indicates her need for room to tack” in addition to a hail when “conditions are such that a hail may not be heard.”
CHANGES TO DEFINITIONS:
• Start and Finish have been changed so the position of a boat’s hull (not its bowsprit or sails) is the only thing relevant to these definitions. Using the definitions of hull and bowsprit in the Equipment Rules of Sailing, this means boats with bowsprits (fixed or adjustable) can have their sprits — and headsails attached to the sprits — over the line at the start signal as long
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as their hull is fully on the pre-start side of the line. • The definition of a mark still says the anchor line of the mark is not part of the mark. But now, all other objects intentionally attached to the mark (like a limiting mark trailing behind a committee boat) are part of the mark and may not be touched without incurring a penalty. • Proper Course now makes it clear there may be multiple options for a proper course by stating that a proper course is “A course a boat would choose in order to sail the course and finish as soon as possible…”
OTHER CHANGES:
• The penalty for a violation of Fundamental Rule 2, Fair Sailing, cannot be excluded from a series score. • New Fundamental Rule 5 makes it explicit that the RRS apply to the organizing authority, race committee, and other race officials. • RRS 16.2 (Altering Course) has been revised to read: On a beat to windward when a port-tack boat is keeping clear by sailing to pass to leeward of a starboard-tack boat, the starboardtack boat shall not “bear away” if as a result the port-tack boat must change course immediately to continue keeping clear. The wording “bear away” is an update from the previous language “change course.” • RRS 42.3(c) now allows pumping on a beat for boats that can plane upwind, one pump per wave.
These modifications provide important clarity for racers, committees, and judges. Find more details in the full rule book at sailing.org, and in the December 2020 issue of 48° North. By Charlie Macaulay 48º NORTH • S A RC 2021
SEA
SEATTLE AREA EVENING SERIES
3/10–9/15 AYC Wednesday Keel Boat
5/4–9/7 Duck Dodge
4/1–8/5 TTPYC Thursday Series
5/5–7/28 CYCE Summer Series
4/2–8/27 PTSA Friday Multi-Leg Open Series 4/6–9/21 BYC Tuesday Dinghy Series
5/5–8/25 OIYC Beer Can Series 5/12–11/3 Eagle Harbor Beer Can Series
4/7–8/25 PTSA Wednesday Windward/Leeward
6/2–8/18 SSSS Wednesday Series
4/7–9/22 BYC Wednesday Keelboat Series
6/4–7/30 STYC Take Your Time Fridays
4/12–8/30 STYC Ballard Cup
6/4–7/16 WSCYC Six Pack/Casual Friday Series
4/14–8/25 CYCT Wednesday Windseekers Series
6/4–8/13 MSA Log Dodge Series
4/20–9/7 CYCS Lake Tuesday
6/4–8/27 Kirkland Summer Sailing Series
4/21–9/8 CYCS Lake Wednesday
6/10–8/19 EBM Downtown Sailing Series
4/21–9/8 CYCS Sound Wednesday
8/6–8/27 SNW/CYC Friday Sail Fest
4/22–9/9 CYCS Sound Thursday
BC
8/27–9/24 WSCYC Fall Evening Series
BRITISH COLUMBIA AREA SERIES
1/10–3/7 WVYC Snowflake
4/28–9/8 WVYC Wednesday Series
1/17–3/14 VRC Polar Bear Series
4/28–9/8 RVanYC Wednesday Series
2/14–2/14 RVicYC Casual Pursuits
9/1–9/29 RVicYC Wednesday Harvest Moon
4/28–8/25 RVanYC Wednesdays
PDX
10/24–12/5 VRC Polar Bear Series
PORTLAND AREA SERIES
3/22–9/27 ISC Monday Racing
5/16–9/25 Themed Beer Can Series
4/20–8/26 Tuesday/Thursday SYSCO Series
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ABBREVIATIONS – WEBSITES Abb. AYC BIYC BRYC BYC CBSA CFSA CGRA CWB CYCE CYCP CYCS CYCT DCYC DD EBM GHYC FCYC FHSC HOBIE HRYC ISC ISSA MBYC MSA NWICSA NWISA NWMC NWYRC NYC OHYC OIYC OWSA OYC PINK PMYC
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Organization Website Anacortes YC www.anacortesyachtclub.org Bowen Island YC www.biyc.bc.ca Bremerton YC www.bremertonyc.clubexpress.com/ Bellingham YC www.byc.org Cowichan Bay Sailing Association www.cowbay–regatta.ca Canadian Forces Sailing Association www.cfsaesq.ca Columbia Gorge Racing Association www.cgra.org Center for Wooden Boats www.cwb.org Corinthian YC of Edmonds www.cycedmonds.org Corinthian YC of Portland www.cycportland.org Corinthian YC of Seattle www.cycseattle.org Corinthian YC of Tacoma www.cyct.com Deep Cove YC www.deepcoveyc.com Duck Dodge www.duckdodge.org Elliott Bay Marina www.downtownsailingseries.com Gig Harbor YC www.gigharboryc.com False Creek YC www.fcyc.com Friday Harbor Sailing Club www.fridayharborsailing.com Hobie Division 4 www.hobiediv4.org/ Hood River YC www.hoodriveryachtclub.org Island Sailing Club www.islandsailing.org Interscholastic Sailing Association www.hssailing.org Maple Bay YC www.mbyc.bc.ca Milltown Sailing Association www.milltownsailing.org NW Intercollegiate Sailing www.nwicsa.collegesailing.org NW Interscholastic Sailing Assoc. www.nwisa.hssailing.org NW Maritime Center www.nwmaritime.org Northwest Youth Sailing www.nwyouthsailing.org Nanaimo YC www.nanaimoyc.ca Oak Harbor YC www.ohyc.org Orcas Island YC www.oiyc.org Oregon Womens Sailing Association www.owsa.net Olympia YC www.olympiayachtclub.org Pink Boat Regatta www.pinkboatregatta.org/ Port Madison YC www.portmadisonyc.org
Abb. POYC PTSA PYC PoulsYC R2AK RCYC RVanYC RVicYC RWPNW S200 SBYC SCYC SE SISC SJIYC SLF SNSYC SNW SQYC SSS SSSS SSYC STYC SYC SYSCO TCYC THSA TPYC TTPYC TYC VLSC VRC WSCYC WSSA WVYC
Organization Website Port Orchard YC www.poyc.org Port Townsend Sailing Association www.ptsail.org Portland YC www.portlandyc.com Poulsbo Yacht Club www.poulsboyachtclub.org Race to Alaska www.r2ak.com Rose City YC www.rosecityyachtclub.org Royal Vancouver YC www.royalvan.com Royal Victoria YC www.rvyc.bc.ca Race Week PNW (Anacortes) www.raceweekpnw.com Salish 200 www.salish200.com Shilshole Bay YC www.shilshole–bayyc.org Schooner Cove YC www.scyc.ca Sound Experience www.soundexp.org Saltspring Island YC www.saltspringsailing.ca San Juan Island YC www.sjiyc.com Seattle Laser Fleet www.seattlelaserfleet@gmail.com Sidney North Saanich YC www.snsyc.ca Sail Northwest www.www.sailnorthwest.com Squamish Yacht Club www.squamishsoar.com Southern Sound Series www.www.ssseries.org South Sound Sailing Society www.ssssclub.com Seattle Singles YC www.seattlesinglesyc.com Sloop Tavern YC www.STYC.org Seattle YC www.seattleyachtclub.org Small Yacht Sailing Club of OR www.syscosailing.org Tiddly Cove YC www.tiddlycove.bc.ca Turkey Head Sailing Association www.thsa.bc.ca Transpac Yacht Club www.2019.transpacyc.com Three Tree Point YC www.ttpyc.org Tacoma YC www.tacomayachtclub.org Vancouver Lake Sailing Club www.www.vlsc.org Vancouver Rowing Club www.vrcracing.ca West Sound Corinthian YC www.wscyc.net West Sound Sailing Association www.wscyc.net/wssa West Vancouver YC www.wvyc.ca
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