Visiting Tahoe to race?? Contact us to gain access to the
hoist in Tahoe Keys Marina. Your boat will need a mussel
inspection sticker; $ , obtainable at the Marina, and contact
us to obtain dock space and/or to raft up inside the homeowners
side of the Marina. AIS
Inspection Info
Wednesday
Night Beer Can Races Meet the boats by the hoist!
Beer Can Races - Timed races beginning end of July and
all thru the month August.
PLEASE Contact Jerry Starkey if you can help with Race
Committee duties on 1-2+ nights.
The
revised Beer Can Race Sailing Instuctions revised Par 2.1
as shown below:
2.1
Races are open to all single hulled keel boats, longer than
19 feet overall, have current liability insurance ,owners
of the yacht have A VALID CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN A BONAFIDE
YACHT CLUB and have paid the required race entry fee (see
7.0). Casual Wenesday night Beer can races will start
in May. Time Beer can races will begin in July. Meet by
the hoist in the Tahoe Keys Marina between 4:30 and 5:00pm.
If you're interested in sailing, take a look at our Crew
List page. Follow the link below for directions to the Marina.
Park on the street just outside the parking lot and walk
to the big yellow hoist.
A note from our Rear Commodore:
WEDNESDAY NIGHT START PROCEDURE
If a race committee boat on station they WILL use universal
time (UT). They will make signals according to Racing Rules
of Sailing 26. You may use their signals for time. Recommend
you always synch your watch to UT.
First warning is 1800. Slow boat start is 1805. Fast boat
start is 1810. One design Express 27 start is 1815.
If no committee boat on station: No horns will be sounded.
Have watch synched to UT/GPS time, corrected to Pacific
Daylight Time. See link below. Recommend you synch watch
a few hours before racing. Start times as above. The start
line/finish line is between white can (a mark sometimes
known as O or Club Mark) and a temporary mark. If no temporary
mark the line is an imaginary line extending 100 yards from
Club Mark towards the outermost green channel marker of
the homeowner's channel. The course is always the traditional
Beer Can Course of Camp Rich (C) to port, Ross (R) to port.
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Race Committee
Boat Duty
It shall be the responsibility of all members, who wish to
race, to serve as committee boat, if needed, at least once
a season. The race committee boat duty roster shall be maintained
by the Rear Commodore or his/her delegate.
After June 1, the Rear Commodore shall assign members who
wish to race, to any vacant committee boat dates. The members
volunteered or assigned shall be responsible for running said
race: If the responsible member is not able to fulfill his/her
obligation, that member is responsible to find a replacement.
If the responsible person does not complete his/her obligation,
that person's boat will not be allowed to compete in any Windjammers
Yacht Club sanctioned events until he has acted as a race
committee in an subsequent event.
LAKE TAHOE
WINDJAMMERS YACHT CLUB RACES and AWARDS
Tahoe Cup Sailing Instructions - The Tahoe Cup (the
award is presently a silver challis) is a race series of
designated races thru one season of the LTWYC races. Designated
races this season have an astrik. See LTWYC Race Schedule.
A contender races their boat in the LTWYC races and must
be a regular member of the LTWYC. The series is scored to
the boat and the same contender should skipper the boat.
Alternate skippers may be designated if the regular skipper
is not racing. This is intended to encourage skippers to
race their own boats and discourage "ringers".
Racing is under the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Standing
Sailing Instructions of the LTWYC.
Scoring is under the Racing Rules of Sailing with exceptions
as listed: (1) One throwout is permitted. Throwout may be
a DNS. A boat serving committee boat duty may use that race
as a throwout or , (2) may take an average of her other
scores for that race. See rule 90.3 and Appendix A. Low
point system will be used.
Boats are scored in overall corrected time for all boats.
Winner may be from any division. Recognition will also be
given to top performing boat in cruising/nonspinnaker divisions.
Southern Crossing - This annual distance (usually
greater than 25 n. miles) event will be open to all boats.
Awards are by division. Perpetual trophy for overall winner.
Windjammers Perpetual - This annual event, usually
toward the end of the season, occurs over two days. A minimum
of 5 round the buoy races will score the winners by overall
and division. A large ships wheel is the perpetual trophy
upon which winner’s names will be placed by division.
Commodore Cup - A mid-distance event of at least
10 n. miles. The perpetual trophy is an acrylic sailboat
presented to the Club through a Gift of Deed. The overall
winner of the event will be inscribed on a plaque on the
base of the trophy.
Mid Summer Madness – Replaces Kent Bourne race.
No perpetual trophy. A few races around our local marks.
Ladies Day – A women must skipper. Men may crew.
No perpetual trophy.
Hildinger Cup - Two day regatta, with a minimum
of 5 round the buoy races, initially for Catalina 27's,
but now open to one design racing. The perpetual trophy
is a challis gifted to the Club.
Fannette Island – Held in September as the last official
race of the season. Selecting from various courses, all
boats enter Emerald Bay to round Fannette Island either
to port or starboard before returning to the finish line.
There is a Perpetual trophy.
Summer Solstice – Wednesday night race nearest the
summer solstice.
Intergalactic Beer Can - Held on the Wednesday
closest to July 4, this event encourages participation by
all member and non-member boats. The single race is held
over the standard Beer Can course of about 4.5 miles with
a reverse handicap start. There is no perpetual trophy.
The purpose is to encourage competition and fun.
Registration the day of the race is held in the Tahoe
Keys Marina/Windjammers Yacht Clubhouse; upstairs from the
Harbor Masters Office; at 10:00 am.
