2023 Seattle Area Racing Calendar (SARC)

published by 20 23

Photo by Jan Anderson

THE MORE THE MERRIER!

One of my favorite things about sailboat racing is its inherently welcoming nature. Every race improves with greater participation. Love skiing, camping, climbing, and or even (dare I say it) sailboat cruising? In any of these wonderful outdoor pursuits, you’re likely to encounter the occasional reality that these activities would be enhanced if only there weren’t so many people trying to enjoy the same things in the same location. Not so with sailboat racing! Our fun only increases when more folks share the water.

I bring this up because the 75-plus organizing authorities that help us put together the SARC each year are walking, talking, sailing models of cooperation and collaboration. It’s an incredibly full calendar, but everyone brings a rising-tide spirit — working hard to minimize competition between events and being flexible whenever possible to maximize participation. I’m humbled each year to witness this unwavering commitment to helping more boats and sailors take to the waters of the Salish Sea.

Thank you to these organizers — always, but especially because of these efforts and desires for the greater good! Thank you to our advertisers who support this community and make the SARC possible each year! And to the sailors who make the boat racing experience in the Pacific Northwest fun, exciting, and inclusive — thank you!

- Joe Cline, Editor 48° North

presented by: Port Townsend Rigging & Spars porttownsendrigging.com

OIYC Shaw Island Winter Classic

RVicYC Winter Around the Buoy Race #3

RVicYC Winter Long Distance #3

SSYC Goosebumps Race Series #6

PMYC, WSSA Jim Depue Memorial Race WSSA #1

PTSA Shipwrights' Regatta

STYC Freshwater Race, Kirkland

CYCE Frostbite Series 2

RVicYC Spring Around the Buoy Race #1

SLF Seattle Frostbite Series #6

TSF Safety At Sea Training (Vancouver, WA)

RVicYC Winter Long Distance #4

TSF Safety At Sea Training (Bainbridge Island)

CYCE Frostbite Series 3

RVicYC Whitehouse Trophy Race

Seattle Frostbite Series #7

BYC Vendovi Island Race

RVicYC Spring Around the Buoys #2

CYCS Center Sound Series #3 

POYC, WSSA Spring Shakedown WSSA #2

SNSYC Blackline Patos Island Race (VIRS 1)

WSCYC Rich Passage Ramble WSSA #3

JSC Penguin Cup #2

RVicYC Spring Around the Buoys #3

MSA Spring Regatta

PYC Opening Day Regatta

SSSS Spring Series Race #1

CYCS Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Big Boats)  15-16 JSC Flights of Spring Regatta 15-16 OIYC Spring Regatta

CYCE Frostbite Series 5

PTSA Partridge and McCurdy Points

PoulsYC, WSSA Poulsbo Invitational WSSA #4

SSSS Spring Series Race #2

TCYC Passage Island Race (VARC)

CYCS Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Small Boats)

RVanYC Kitten Cup

RVicYC THRASH Race (VIRS 2)

JSC Penguin Cup #3

RVicYC Opening Day

AYC Sucia Island Cruise/Race

WVYC Collingwood/Halibut Bank (VARC)

SYC Protection Island Tri Island #1 

CYCE Frostbite Series 6

BYC Opening Day 6 SYC Opening Day 6 SSSS Spring Series Race #3 6-7 RVanYC Star One Design Weekend 6-7 RVicYC Spring Dinghy Regatta 6-7 STYC Race to the Straits 7 SYC Mark Mayer (Free) Race 7 OCSA Themed Beer Can Series Begins 11-14 CYCP Pacific NW Offshore (formerly Oregon Offshore)  13 AYC Doublehanded Jack Island 13 BYC Point Roberts Race 13 MBYC Thetis Island Regatta (VIRS 3) 13 OIYC Opening Day 13 POYC, WSSA Port Orchard Invitational Regatta WSSA #5 13 PTSA Protection Island I 13 RVicYC School League Regatta 13-14 CWB El Toro Regatta 13-14 HOBIE Hobie Race, Cultus Lake, B.C. 13-14 SYC Vashon Island Tri Island #2  20 SSSS Spring Series Race #4 20-21 AYC Windermere Regatta 20-21 HOBIE COSA Springtime Regatta, Kelowna 20-21 SISC Round Saltspring Island Race (VIRS 4) 21 OWSA Tropical Dream Beer Can Race 21 WSCYC Taking Care of Business Regatta 27-28 OHYC Round Whidbey Race 27-28 RVanYC Star Invitational 27-29 RVicYC Swiftsure International Yacht Race (VIRS 5) 30-6/3 RVanYC Star North American Championship

2-4SCYC Lasqueti Island Race (VIRS 6)

3 MSA Saratoga Sprint

3 SYC Blake Island Tri Island #3 

3-4 JSC Jericho Classic Regatta

3-4 PTSA Classic Mariners' Regatta

3-4 RNSA,WVYCRNSA/WVYC (VARC)

3-17 VI Van Isle 360

4 PYC Rose Festival Regatta

5 R2AKR2AK Begins

10 BRYC Blake Island WSSA #6

10 AYC Eliza Island

10 BIYC Round Bowen Island Race (VARC)

10 EBM Parkinson's Cup Regatta

10 PTSA Smith and Minor Islands II

10 RVicYC School League Championship

10 TYC Summer Vashon

10-11 CYCS, SNW J/Fest

10-11 HOBIE Live on the Edge, Fern Ridge 10-11 HOBIE Jericho Cat Classic, Vancouver, BC 10-11 PMYC Figure 8 Race

11 RVicYC Lipton Cup

11 SYSCO Singlehanded Beer Can Race

17 CYCT 3 Hour Tour #1

17 RCYC Medium Distance Race

17 RVicYC Women in Wind

17-18 RVanYC WAVES Regatta

23-25 S200Salish 200

24 OIYC Round Orcas

24 PTSA Protection Island II

24 RVicYC Interfleet Regatta

24 WSCYC Brownsville Race WSSA #7

24-25 CYCE Mad Dash

24-25 NWYRC, OHYS Dave French Memorial Regatta (Oak Harbor)

24-25 CFSA CFSA Dinghy Regatta

24-25 RVicYC 6 Meter Regatta

25 SYSCO Grow the Sport Race

26-30 RWPNW Race Week PNW - Anacortes 

27-7/1 TPYC Transpac Starts

28 BYC Moore Invitational Regatta

30-7/2 NYC SIN Regatta (VIRS/VARC)

07 JULY

8 BYC WOW Regatta! (Women on the Water)

8 STYC Three Buoy Fiasco

8-9 KYC Kits Invitational

8-9 RVicYC Long Harbour Race

8-9 VRC Summer Regatta (VARC)

15 CYCT 3 Hour Tour #2: Ruston Classic

15 SYSCO One Design Regatta 1

15-16 BYC Keelboat One Design Regatta

15-16 CGRA WIND Regatta

15-16 HOBIE Smoke on the Water, Skamokawa 15-16 JSC Andy Hunt Celebrational

15-16 RVanYC One Design Regatta

21-23 SQYC SOAR Regatta (VARC)

22 AYC Guemes Night Race

22 PTSA Watmough Bay Race/Cruise

22 STYC Women at the Helm 1

22-23 CGRA USODA NW Optimist Champs 28-30 OHYC Whidbey Summer Classic and San Juan 24 North Americans

29 SYSCO St. Helens Race–Cruise

29-30 CGRA Columbia Gorge One Design (CGOD) 29-30 HOBIE Northwest Championship, Quinault

Photos by Jan Anderson

UNLOAD THE OLD ROPE

IT’S DYNEEMA TIME!

There’s an incredible amount of options when it comes to outfitting a racing sailboat. From choosing the right sails, bottom paint, electronics, and many other decisions — an owner has a lot to consider before even getting to the start line.

Once the primary components of the standing rigging and spars are optimized, a next step would be to look at the running rigging. While agetested lines made from Dacron or other materials may still keep the sails up and trimmed, modern advances in rope technology will provide that extra boat length that is needed to win.

The upgrades we choose for running rigging will depend on where the line is used. Starting with halyards, we are looking for a line with minimal stretch so that, once hoisted, we can be assured the sail stays in the same position at the masthead. A stretchy halyard will allow the sail to drop, thus changing the draft shape of the sail. Dyneema is the standard for low-to-no-stretch.

For working sail halyards (main and jib), we typically look for a Dyneemacored line, usually SK78 at least. What does the SK mean? That is a nod to the two designers of modern Dyneema, Smith and Kirschbaum. SK 78 is the standard Dyneema in use for most lines. Higher “SK’’ numbers typically mean higher load capacity. We’ll use SK38 as a budget option for some halyards, while SK99 is the choice for very high loads and where low stretch is necessary —

including removable staysail stays and backstays.

We also have to consider what’s covering a Dyneema core, and what systems will hold the line. A soft cover will get eaten up in a rope clutch or if sitting in the same position on a sheave. Look for 24-plait covers as they will be much more chafe resistant. A soft cover is easier on the hands, but a stiff, tightly braided cover will hold up for many seasons of use.

What about sheets, vangs, and other deck control lines? Sometimes a little stretch can be a good thing. We’ve heard of several boats using lines similar to climbing ropes for traveler controls as the stretch acts as a shock absorber during jibes. A line that is held in hand, such as a spinnaker sheet on a J/24, doesn’t necessarily need high load cores but does need to remain lightweight and not absorb water. Lines that are waterlogged will not only add weight aloft but will also affect sail shape on light wind days.

New lines can be stronger than old wire-to-rope halyards and, with the option to taper, can fit into smaller sheaves and mast sections. They can also drastically reduce weight aloft, which reduces heel. Hey, easier hiking!

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.

A QUICK OVERVIEW:

HALYARDS AND JIB SHEETS:

No stretch, SK78 or SK99 depending on boat size, chaferesistant 24-plait cover. Taper halyards to reduce weight aloft or ease lines through small masthead sheaves.

SPINNAKER SHEETS:

Look for a line that is lightweight and won’t absorb water. For a smaller boat where sheets are held by hand, look for a softer cover.

CONTROL LINES:

Possibly some stretch to help with shock absorption during jibes. Uncovered Dyneema is great for cascade purchases in vangs, outhauls, and backstays — but it won’t hold well in clutches.

Content sponsored by PTR Rigging and Spars

08 AUGUST

1-4 HOBIE Hobie 17-18 North American Championship

4-6 CGRA Skamania Coves Invitational

5 HRYC Double Damned Race

5 PTSA Ted Pike Memorial Race

5 SSSS Single Handed Race

5-6 BYC Bellingham Youth Regatta 5-6 CBSA Cowichan Bay Regatta (VIRS 8)  & M242 Canadian Championship 5-6 RVicYC Comox Bay Regatta 5-6 STYC Down the Sound 6 CYCE Halloween Series #1 6 SSSS Double Handed Race 11-13AYC Northern Century 12 CYCS Lake Moonlight Race

CYCT 3 Hour Tour #3: RC's Delight

SJIYC Shaw Island Classic

SYSCO Dual Bridge Duel–CC Cup

12-13 PTSA Small Boat Regatta 19 CYCT Vashon Challenge Single/Doublehand 19 TCYC English Bay Scramble (VARC) 19-20 JSC Rum Runner Regatta 19-20 PMYC Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta 19-20 RVanYC One Design Regatta 20 CYCE Halloween Series #2 21-26 WVYC Canadian Optimist Nationals 25-27 RVanYC Commodores Cup Regatta 26 CYCT Awards Race 26 PINK Pink Boat Regatta, Bellingham 26 STYC Single Handed Race 26 VRC Ken & Barbie Race (VARC) 26-27 SYC Junior Olympics Regatta 27 WVYC Jack & Jill Race (VARC) 28-9/3 PTSA Thunderbird International Regatta

Doublehanded sailors, there’s now a new regional racing series just for you! Comprised of eight races that are either doublehanded by design or with established doublehanded divisions — the PNWSSS Series aims to recognize doublehanded teams from around the Salish Sea.

Scores will be tabulated by the Pacific Northwest Shorthanded Sailing Society (PNWSSS) throughout 2023, with awards presented at the end of the season. Your top four finishes count with simple low-point scoring (a first place in a shorthanded race or division equals one point). Awards will also be available for the boat(s) that participate in the most races in the series. For more information visit www.PNWSSS.org

The 2023 PNWSSS Series includes:

• May 6-7, STYC, Race to the Straits

• May 20-21, SISC, Round Saltspring Island

• J une 24, OIYC, Round Orcas

• August 5-6, STYC, Down the Sound

• August 11-13, AYC, Northern Century

• August 26, VRC, Ken & Barbie

• August 27, WVYC, Jack & Jill

• S ept. 16-17, SYC, Ludlow Double Dipper

Distance races and around-the-buoys. Single-race events and multi-race 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 – Place) / (Finishers – 1). Overall scores are an average of a boat’s best five finishes.

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Carol Pearl Blakely Rock Benefit

Southern Straits Classic

Puget Sound Spring Regatta (Big Boats)

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Swiftsure

Cowichan Bay Regatta

PITCH

Foulweather Bluff

Puget Sound Sailing Championship (Big Boats)

YC Grand Prix Regatta

IYC/FHSC Round the County

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BYC PITCH 

2-3 HOBIE Harrison Regatta

2-3 MBYC Maple Bay Regatta (VIRS 9)

3 CYCE Halloween Series #3

3 OIYC Alice E Series 1

8-10 RVanYC Salish Sea Distance Regatta

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BYC Governor's Point Race

9 CYCT Point Series #1

9 MSA Fall Regatta

9 PINK Pink Boat Regatta – Seattle

9 SSSS Fall Series Race #1

9-10 DCYC Deep Cove Regatta (VARC)

9-10 JSC Tasar BC Championship Regatta

9-10 NWYRC, SSPOctoberfest at Sail Sand Point

9-10 RCYC Long Distance Race

9-10 RVanYC Splash Regatta

9-10 RVicYC 2.4mR Pacific Coast Championship

10 OIYC Alice E Series 2

10 STYC J & J Race

16 AYC Cone Island

16 PINK Pink Boat Regatta – Tacoma

16 PTSA Nightcap Series 1

16 SE Adventuress Cup

16 SSSS Fall Series Race #2

16 TTPYC Commodore’s Trophy Race

16-17 CYCS Distance Race

16-17 HOBIE Caleb Tarleton Memorial Regatta

16-17 JSC End of Summer Regatta

10 OCTOBER

16-17 PYC Robert A Smith Regatta

16-17 SYC Ludlow Double Dipper Race

16-17 SNSYC CRASH Regatta (VIRS 10)

16-17 WVYC Howe Sound Regatta (VARC)

17 CYCE Halloween Series #4

17 OIYC Alice E Series 3

23 CWB Norm Blanchard WOOD Regatta

23 CYCT Point Series #2

23 PTSA Nightcap Series 2

23 SSYC NW Harvest Benefit

23 SYSCO One Design Regatta 2

23 VRC SHAG Singlehanded Race (VARC)

23 WSCYC Fall Equinox Regatta

23-24 BYC Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta

23-24 PMYC Round the Island Race 23-24 RVicYC Fall Dinghy Champs 24 OIYC Alice E Series 4 24 STYC Women at the Helm 2 30 AYC Bird Rocks 30 DD Rum Run 30 OWSA Out of This World Beer Can Race 30 PTSA Nightcap Series 3 30 RVanYC Fraser River Lightship Race (VARC) 30 SBYC TransPuget Race 30 SSSS Fall Series Race #3 30-10/1 CYCS Puget Sound Sailing Championship (Small Boats) 30-10/1 CFSA Cascadian Convoy (VIRS 11) 1 CYCE Halloween Series

JSC Penguin Cup #5

AYC Vendovi Island

CYCT Point Series #3

PTSA Nightcap Series 6

STYC Race Your House

WSCYC Commodores Cup Regatta

WVYC Pumpkin Regatta — ILCA and Doublehanded

JSC Penguin Cup #6

STYC Great Pumpkin Race

OIYC Skull Island Classic Regatta

SYC Grand Prix Regatta 

BYC Jack Island Race

PTSA Nightcap Series 7

RVicYC Whitehouse Trophy Race

WVYC Snowflake 1

SEA SEATTLE AREA EVENING SERIES

3/15–9/13 AYC Wednesday Keel Boat

3/16–9/28 OHYC Thursday Series

3/31-8/25 PTSA Friday Multi-Leg Open Series

4/4–8/22 BYC Tuesday Dinghy Series

4/5–8/23 PTSA Wednesday Windward/Leeward

4/5–8/23 BYC Wednesday Keelboat Series

4/6–7/27 TTPYC Thursday Series

4/10–8/28 STYC Ballard Cup

4/12–8/23 CYCT Wednesday Series

4/18–9/12 CYCS Lake Tuesday

4/19–9/13 CYCS Lake Wednesday

4/19–9/13 CYCS Sound Wednesday

4/20–9/14 CYCS Sound Thursday

4/21–5/19 POYC Friday Evening Series

5/2–9/5 Duck Dodge

5/2–9/26 KSC J/22 Series (All J/22s Welcome)

5/3–8/30 OIYC Wednesdays

5/3–9/13 Eagle Harbor Beer Can Series

5/4–5/25 GHYC Bill Harter Series

5/10–7/26 CYCE Summer Series

5/24–8/9 SSSS Wednesday Series

5/26–9/15 WSCYC Six Pack/Casual Friday Series

6/2–7/28 STYC Take Your Time Fridays

6/2–8/18 MSA Log Dodge Series

6/2–8/25 Kirkland Summer Sailing Series

6/15–8/10 EBM Downtown Sailing Series

8/4–8/25 SNW/CYC Friday Sail Fest

BC BRITISH COLUMBIA AREA SERIES

1/15–3/12

4/26–9/6 RVanYC Wednesday Series

5/3–9/27 RVicYC Wednesdays

10/29–12/10 VRC Polar Bear Series

1/8–3/12

3/20–10/2

5/7–9/30 Portland Area Clubs Themed Beer Can Series

Managing Editor Joe Cline joe@48north.com

Editor Andy Cross

Designer Rainier Powers

Advertising Sales Kachele Yelaca kachele@48north.com

Photographer Jan Anderson

48° North is published as a project of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA –a 501(c)3 non–profit organization whose mission is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery.

THANK YOU TO

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ABBREVIATIONS – WEBSITES

Abb. Organization

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

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

JSC Jericho Sailing Centre www.jsca.bc.ca

HOBIE Hobie Division 4 www.hobiediv4.org

HRYC Hood River YC www.hoodriveryachtclub.org

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

PINK Pink Boat Regatta www.pinkboatregatta.org

Website .portmadisonyc.org www.poyc.org www.ptsail.org .portlandyc.com .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

RWPNW Race Week PNW (Anacortes) www.raceweekpnw.com

S200 Salish 200 www.salish200.com

SBYC Shilshole Bay YC www.shilshole–bayyc.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 www.seattlelaserfleet@gmail.com

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

TPYC Transpac Yacht Club www.2019.transpacyc.com

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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