C-15 racing in 2024

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!

I wanted to check in with some updates…  here’s the schedule we know about for C-15 racing in 2024:

DateClubLocationEvent
1/27SCCYCMarina Del ReyShallow Water #1 Ice Breaker
2/3SMWYCMarina Del ReySuper Bowl Charity Regatta
3/23SCCYCMarina Del ReyLido Invitational – SoCal Championships
3/23HMBYCHalf Moon BayLonderville Regatta
4/27HMBYCHalf Moon BayCommodore’s Regatta
5/2 – 8/29SCCYCMarina Del ReyThu night Sunstroke Series
5/11LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoOne Design Regatta #1
6/15SCCYCMarina Del ReyShallow Water #2 Getting Dinghy
6/16WYCWestlake VillageWestlake Cup
6/22HMBYCHalf Moon BayRear Commodore’s Regatta
6/22LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoOne Design Regatta #2
7/20HMBYCHalf Moon BayTake the Tiller Regatta (Women)
7/20-21Fresno YCHuntington LakeHigh Sierra Regatta – Jim Holder Cup
8/3LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoDelta Dinghy Ditch Regatta
8/9-11SBYCSanta BarbaraC-15 Nationals
8/17HMBYCHalf Moon BayVice Commodore’s Regatta
8/18SCCYCMarina Del ReyOutlook Trophy (outside)
8/24LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoOne Design Regatta #3
9/7SCCYCMarina Del ReyMDR Dinghy Fleet Championship
9/21LWSWLake Washington, SacramentoOne Design Regatta #4
10/5SCCYCMarina Del ReyShallow Water #3
10/26HMBYCHalf Moon BayPumpkin Regatta
10/26LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoOctoberfest Regatta (replaces Turkey Shoot)
11/2SCCYCMarina Del ReyShallow Water #4 Last Light
11/2HMBYCHalf Moon BayDie Hard Regatta

Please let me know if I missed anything, or if you have corrections.

I apologize to the Beaux Arts Washington Fleet actually don’t know who to contact to get your schedule.  If anyone knows a good contact there, please let me know (ole.eichhorn@gmail.com).

Above I have highlighted the High Sierra Regatta as well as the Nationals.  It would be great to have a nice fleet there, such a great place to sail.  (And this year we don’t have the conflict with the Transpac.)  The Class have decided to deed a new perpetual trophy in honor of Jim Holder to the winner of the C-15 Class at the High Sierra Regatta each year.  High time we did this, we’ve been racing there for 50 years now!  Jim was actually there for the first one and is still sailing, so Wow.

I would love to get as much history as I can so we can engrave the trophy with previous winner’s names.  If you won (!) or know who did, or have any records or suggestions on how to find old winners, please let me know. 

You may have heard, the Santa Barbara YC was again battered by a winter storm at year-end, as it was last year.  Fortunately there was less ongoing damage and the club is fine, no impact on the Nationals this summer.  Nothing new to report but will keep you posted.

If there is interest I’d be happy to try to work a deal with Ullman Sails for a fleet discount again.  Let me know if you would like to do this.  Or we could approach North Sails but being bigger they might not be as amenable.

Finally want to note again, the class does have some money set aside for promotion.  What should we do with it?  Super Bowl ad?

Cheers and thanks, and see you on the water!

C-15 Nationals in Santa Barbara on Aug 9-11, 2024, …

Greetings all, checking in with some updates…

The Santa Barbara Yacht Club have graciously agreed to host the C-15 Nationals on August 9-11, 2024.  SBYC is a high-end club with a beautiful clubhouse right on the beach, and a professional race committee.  They host all kinds of major regattas and we are honored to be among them next year.

At SBYC we race out in the ocean, just off the beach, generally mild Westerlies and wave conditions with lots of sun.  The SBYC bar on the second floor of the clubhouse is a perfect place to watch the racing 🙂

The high-level plan is to have the Corp Series on Friday, a pot-luck-type dinner event Friday night, the Nationals on Sat and Sun, and the annual association dinner and meeting at the Yacht Club on Sat night.  I am hoping we might attract enough junior skippers to have a Junior Nationals, maybe a few races on Sat morning.  Your thoughts on this are eagerly invited.

There are many hotels in the area – Santa Barbara *is* pricy – and also camping nearby.  We’ll share more details as we get closer.

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It already seems a long time ago but we had a wonderful 2023 Nationals at Huntington Lake, July 14-16, 2023!  Thank you to Dave Rumbaugh and everyone who helped make it an amazing experience.  There is a great report from Dave right here.

Along with the memories and reports, many pictures were taken.  A repository of them may be found here.  (If you have others, please share!)

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We would like to compile a schedule of all C-15 activity to post a central calendar.  As your yacht clubs / sailing associations create schedules for 2024, please share them.  We have active fleets in Marina Del Rey, Half Moon Bay, Sacramento, and Lake Washington, and a number of other C-15s sailing elsewhere.  Let’s keep everyone in the loop, nothing is more fun than traveling to a new place and sailing a C-15 with new friends.

11/4/23SCCYC / Marina Del ReyShallow Water regatta
11/4/23HMBYC / Half Moon BayLast Gasp regatta
7/13-14/24FYC / Huntington LakeHigh Sierra regatta weekend #2
8/9-11/24SBYC / Santa BarbaraC-15 Nationals

If you have a C-15 regatta or activity report, please share! 

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As a final note, the C-15 Association is in good shape and we have a few dollars available for class / fleet promotion.  If you have thoughts about how these could be spent, please share.  (Super Bowl ad?)  We all agree we don’t want C-15s to be a secret.  And especially we want to support junior sailing and getting more young people into the class.

Cheers, Ole Eichhorn : ole.eichhorn@gmail.com

NAC 2023 recap – July 14-16

Once again the Coronado 15 NACs traveled to Huntington Lake, one of the most
beautiful and amazing places to race that I can think of. Although the fleet was smaller than we had hoped for, the action was jammed packed with tight racing all over the fleet. 10 boats ended up making the trip to Huntington, and the fleet was greeted with great weather and wind despite the extremely hot temperatures in the valley floor below (which can cause clouds, lighter
winds, and even thunderstorms at times). We had 5 races scheduled on Friday, and racing over the weekend in conjunction with the High Sierra regatta schedule of 3 on Saturday, and 2 more on Sunday. With 10 races in the series, and no throw outs, all of the races were going to be important at this event.

Read the full story from Dave Rumbaugh who held on to his championship title after much drama.

Classic view of the Huntington Lake – the C15 fleet is headed to the boy scout camp