Racing - Arizona Yacht Club

Online Resources


		*Racing Information*

		Racing Calendar

		Racing Scores

		Questions: E-mail the AYC Fleet Captain

		Directions to Lake Pleasant

		Willing to Crew form

		*Racing Resources*

		Transpac 2007 by Al Lehman, Sr. (PDF)

		NorthU Seminar Tips on sail trim in light air

		Seven-time Club Champ Skip Kempff's Racing Tactics

		Catalina 22 and Laser Speed Secrets by John D. Allen


	Check back often to get the latest information on upcoming races.

Overview

Racing Calendar

Race Results

2008 Fall Series: Tempe Town Lake

Sign up online (by clicking on the icon above) and avoid the paper! Note: This is a new online system called the Active Network. Once you've entered, Active will create an account for you and next time you'll be able to enter very quickly and easily! For the handful of people who refuse to provide a credit card online, fill out the application online and mail a check to the Fleet Captain.

Entry (Please enter online instead. If entering on paper at both venues with different boats, fill out two entry blanks.)
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Tempe Town Lake Chart A

Race Committee Assignments: Sept 21, C14; Oct 5, Bucc; Oct 19, Laser; Nov 2, Portsmouth; Nov 16, C14; Nov 23, Bucc; Nov 30, Laser; Dec 14, Portsmouth

2008 Fall Series: Lake Pleasant

Entry (Please enter online instead)
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Lake Pleasant Chart J (Note: This is a new chart effective Fall 2008)

Note: This fall AYC will use a new method of denoting the race course and present a new course. Study the Lake Pleasant Chart J closely and ask questions to make sure you understand. Here is a presentation by Fleet Captain Skip Kempff explaining the system further.)

Race Committee Assignments: Sept 27-28, PHRF Spin & Viper; Oct 11-12, Merit 25; Oct 25-26, Catalina 22; Nov 8-9, PHRF Non-Spin; Dec 6-7, Thistle.

Interested in adopting a boat for TTL Sundays? Learn more here.

Rules and Start Sequence

Here's a chart to help you follow our five-minute Lake Pleasant start sequence.

Start Sequence: At Lake Pleasant, AYC follows the US Sailing RRS 5-minute start sequence, but to save time we use rolling starts. When one fleet's race begins, another fleet is immediately on the start clock. We do it with a board that "flips" on the committee boat.

Many racing documents are Adobe Reader pdf files. If you don't have an Adobe Reader on your computer, you can get one free by clicking on the Acrobat logo below. If you've never downloaded a program like this and are concerned about trying it, click here for our "how to" page. It's easy. Really.

Arizona Yacht Club Fleets

Arizona Yacht Club has several fleets, each active with many boats and good sailors. The fleets include:

We have two scheduled race series at Lake Pleasant in the spring and fall of each year, plus the annual Birthday Regatta in January. Small boats race Sunday afternoons at Tempe Town Lake, with races running nearly year-round. Race day start times vary by time of year so that racing ends near dusk.

Each Lake Pleasant series contains five race weekends and we normally get in five-six races each weekend, depending on wind. Races begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays and at 9 a.m. on Sundays. See the calendar for schedules.

Lake Pleasant is less than one hour north of central Phoenix. If you've never been there, plan more than an hour to get your boat ready, in the water, and all the way to the starting line. Here are directions to Lake Pleasant.

Tempe Town Lake Marina is plunked down in the middle of metro Phoenix, bordered on the north by Route 202. Here's more information and directions on how to get there.

Here's a chart to help you follow our five-minute Lake Pleasant start sequence.

Start Sequence: At Lake Pleasant, AYC follows the US Sailing RRS 5-minute start sequence, but to save time we use rolling starts. When one fleet's race begins, another fleet is immediately on the start clock. We do it with a board that "flips" on the committee boat.

Many racing documents are Adobe Reader pdf files. If you don't have an Adobe Reader on your computer, you can get one free by clicking on the Acrobat logo below. If you've never downloaded a program like this and are concerned about trying it, click here for our "how to" page. It's easy. Really.

Arizona Yacht Club Fleets

Arizona Yacht Club has several fleets, each active with many boats and good sailors. The fleets include:

Buccaneer

Capri (Catalina) 14.2

Catalina 22

Laser (Including Radial Laser)

Merit 25

PHRF Spinnaker

PHRF Non-Spinnaker

Portsmouth

Thistle

We have two scheduled race series at Lake Pleasant in the spring and fall of each year, plus the annual Birthday Regatta in January. Small boats race Sunday afternoons at Tempe Town Lake, with races running nearly year-round. Race day start times vary by time of year so that racing ends near dusk.

Each Lake Pleasant series contains five race weekends and we normally get in five-six races each weekend, depending on wind. Races begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays and at 9 a.m. on Sundays. See the calendar for schedules.

Lake Pleasant is less than one hour north of central Phoenix. If you've never been there, plan more than an hour to get your boat ready, in the water, and all the way to the starting line. Here are directions to Lake Pleasant.

Tempe Town Lake Marina is plunked down in the middle of metro Phoenix, bordered on the north by Route 202. Here's more information and directions on how to get there.