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:
| Date | Club | Location | Event |
| 2/3 | SMWYC | Marina Del Rey | Super Bowl Charity Regatta |
| 3/16 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Shallow Water #1 Ice Breaker |
| 3/23 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Londerville Regatta |
| 4/27 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Commodore’s Regatta |
| 5/2 – 8/29 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Thu night Sunstroke Series |
| 5/11 | LWSC | Lake Washington, Sacramento | One Design Regatta #1 |
| 5/25-26 | ABYC | Alamitos Bay | Memorial Day / Stan Miller |
| 6/15 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Shallow Water #2 Getting Dinghy |
| 6/16 | WYC | Westlake Village | Westlake Cup |
| 6/22 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Rear Commodore’s Regatta |
| 6/22 | LWSC | Lake Washington, Sacramento | One Design Regatta #2 |
| 7/20 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Take the Tiller Regatta (Women) |
| 7/20-21 | Fresno YC | Huntington Lake | High Sierra Regatta – Jim Holder Cup |
| 8/3 | LWSC | Lake Washington, Sacramento | Delta Dinghy Ditch Regatta |
| 8/9-11 | SBYC | Santa Barbara | C-15 Nationals |
| 8/17 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Vice Commodore’s Regatta |
| 8/18 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Outlook Trophy (outside) |
| 8/24 | LWSC | Lake Washington, Sacramento | One Design Regatta #3 |
| 9/7 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | MDR Dinghy Fleet Championship |
| 9/21 | LWSW | Lake Washington, Sacramento | One Design Regatta #4 |
| 10/5 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Shallow Water #3 |
| 10/26 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Pumpkin Regatta |
| 10/26 | LWSC | Lake Washington, Sacramento | Octoberfest Regatta (replaces Turkey Shoot) |
| 11/2 | SCCYC | Marina Del Rey | Shallow Water #4 Last Light |
| 11/2 | HMBYC | Half Moon Bay | Die 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!