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Hi all, from the SBYC Race Director:

The Santa Barbara Yacht Club is pleased to invite the Cornado 15 class to compete in the North American Championship held in beautiful Santa Barbara, California on August 9-11, 2024.  Competitors can register and find the Notice of Race at https://www.sbyc.org/2024-c15-na-championship. 

The event will consist of a qualification day on Friday, August 9, followed by a championship series on August 10-11. Santa Barbara boasts an average temperature of 77 degrees, while the water temperature is roughly 64 degrees. Winds tend to be from the WSW and range between 10-20 mph in the afternoons. Register early to get early entry discounts and order custom embroidered bags and don’t miss out on this year’s rendition of the C15 North American Championship!

I had previous shared a detailed schedule and maps, please see below.  Further (and more accurate) information is in the NOR at the link above.

I have canvassed the delegation and it appears we will have about 15 competitors.  They are rumored to include our current Champion and three ex Champions, several sailors who have won championships in other classes, and one Olympic Champion.  Please join us for some great sailing! 

I want again to help matchmake between people looking for boats to charter and people who want to rent out their boats.  Right now there is a surplus of people looking for boats; if you won’t be able to attend the regatta and would like to make your boat available, maybe we can make a deal.

Please let me know if you have any questions will be delighted to answer!
Cheers and see you in Santa Barbara

Hi all –

Another C-15 update!  I hope you’re all sailing your great little boats.  The Marina Del Rey fleet has cranked up sailing with a Shallow Water regatta and now the Thu night Sunstroke series.  Great fun in excellent conditions.

I haven’t heard from other fleets but I’ve seen some Facebook posting about Half Moon Bay sailing, so yay.  Please keep me updated so I can relay.  And everywhere else C-15s are being sailed.

The Fresno Yacht Club have posted 2024 High Sierra regatta information.  C-15s are on the second weekend, July 20-21.

On to the upcoming 2024 North Americans in Santa Barbara on Aug 9-11.

We will be posting the NOR and SIs soon.  SBYC uses Regatta Network and that’s where we’ll take entries.

Here is the schedule:

Thu 8/10

• Apps/drinks at the club for those who are in town.  I’ll be there to buy 🙂
• The SBYC is going to issue temp membership cards to all competitors can be used for charging in the bar and restaurant, and bosun’s locker.

Fri 8/11

• 10:00 – checkin at the club, weigh in (people), and measurement (as needed)
  • Vince Paternoster has agreed to head up weighing hulls / measuring sails as needed – if someone has already sailed in an NA in the last few years and hasn’t made any changes, no need to weigh / measure
• After – launching for the day/weekend, sail over to the end-tie dock
• 12:00 – competitor’s meeting for Corp series
• 14:00 – Corp Series: first start – five races – plan for three hours (30 min races)
  • Races will be windward leeward with a weather offset mark and a leeward gate.  Standard 2024 racing setup.  I personally enjoy triangles but this would be a dated approach.
  • 5 minute starting sequence
  • R/C will be on ch 71 for those with radios
• After: apps/drinks at the club
• View videos from the day in the bar (club has drone)
• Dinner on your own but welcome at the club (has a full restaurant)

Sat 8/12

• 10:00 – breakfast (burritos)
• Review petitions if anyone wants to change fleets / for people who didn’t sail in Corp series
• 11:30 – competitor’s meeting for North Americans
• 13:30 – North Americans: first start – five races – plan for three hours (30 min races)
  • Separate starts for A and B
  • A boats will be issued ribbons
• After: apps/drinks at the club
• View videos from the day in the bar
• Dinner on the beach / live band
• Annual meeting after in the Fleet Room

Sun 8/13

• 10:00 – breakfast (burritos)
• 13:00 – NAs Day 2: first start – four races – plan for 2 ½ hours (30 min races)
• 15:30 – deadline for last start
• 17:00 – apps/drinks at the club / award presentation

Scoring will be low point.  One throwout if we have at least six races.  Target nine for North Americans.  Corp scores will not count toward NA results.

• We are working on some beautiful engraved water bottles for trophies.
• Boats will be launched at the launch ramp, there is plenty of trailer parking there.  See map below.  We are working on a plan to defray the cost of leaving trailers at the ramp.
• Club has a hoist but will only be used for weighing boats if necessary
• We will have an end tie dock available near the club for leaving boats overnight in the water
  • Competitors will be encouraged not to haul out every night
  • It’s a long walk from the ramp to the club
• Competitors will be issued parking passes for club lot – one pass per boat
  • So you can drive from launch ramp to club if you want
• Entry fee TBD (will let you know ASAP)  – includes dinner for two, two drink tokens, and two tee shirts
  • Shirts will be custom for each boat – if people register soon enough beforehand
  • Extra dinners will be fine cost TBD

Final note there are a few SBYC members who have volunteered to host competitors.  If anyone is having trouble w housing please let me know, and I’ll matchmake.  Also working on charters and crews, let me know.

Final final note: this would be a great time to check your mast.  You never know when a halyard shackle might break.  Some recent Sunstroke action!

Cheers, and thanks in advance for your feedback!

Hi all wanted to weigh in with another C-15 update. 

The recent SBYC Opening Day was held in a frozen rainstorm, and as you know it is traditional for the Commodore to announce “the harbor is free of ice, and the season is open!”  Our Commodore said “I can’t see the harbor and it might be full of ice by now, but the season is open anyway”.  But the sun is now out, and hopefully will stay that way!

I have heard from a number of you that finding housing for the Nationals in Santa Barbara is difficult and expensive.  Yeah, it is.  There are a number of hotels but they are expensive, and of late there has been an anti-AirBnB sentiment which has cut down on the available choices.  In case it helps, the map below shows a few alternative areas nearby:

To the West (I think of it as North!) is Goleta and its neighbor Isla Vista, which is where UCSB is located.  Goleta has a number of hotels which are more reasonable, and doesn’t have so much of an anti-AirBnB sentiment.  It’s about 15 minutes drive away.

To the East (I think of it as South!) is Carpinteria, which is a nice seaside town that has some hotels, and further East are Ojai – a cute little town with a nice downtown area – and Ventura – a bigger area with quite a few hotels and more AirBnB choices.  Carpinteria is about 15 min away, Ojai and Ventura are about 30 min away.  The road in and out of Ojai is pretty but not a freeway, the PCH down to Ventura is a freeway with a pretty view, but it can get crowded at rush hours.

I’m also working with the SBYC to see if we can solicit members who might be interested in housing sailors.

I don’t have any changes to the racing schedule below, but do want to highlight that the SCCYC Sunset Series on Thu nights is starting on May 2.  Time to dust off the boat, fix those rigging issues, and get your crew lined up!  The Marina Del Rey channel is being dredged so the no-sail buoys have been moved closer together, making for a narrower channel, more tacks and jibes, more boathandling practice, and more fun… 🙂

Evergreen reminders, let me know:

• If I can help find a boat / charter your boat / find a crew / find a driver for your boat.  Yes I have a list.
• If you sail in a C-15 regatta let me know how it went!  (Pics!)
• If you have memory of going to a Nationals or High Sierra regatta – where it was and who  won.
• If you are interested in new sails – we can put together a fleet deal and get a discount.

Cheers and Happy Sailing

Hi all a few quick updates:

I would like to offer my services as a matchmaker for the SB Nationals.  Please let me know if:

• You would like to charter a boat (several people have already contacted me, I have your requests)
• You have a boat in SoCal and would be open to chartering it
• You are a driver who needs a crew
• You are a crew who would like to join a driver

I understand the HMBYC Londerville Regatta was cancelled due to a storm.  Sorry!  Good luck for Commodore’s Regatta on 4/27, we are standing by for a report / pictures.

For SoCal people*, the SCCYC Thu night Sunstroke series starts on May 2: Sunstroke Series 2024- Thursday Night Dinghies : South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club. You can now register …

* if you find yourself in LA on a Thu night, please LMK and/or drop by SCCYC, we will find you a boat!

Several of you signaled interest in sailing at ABYC for Memorial Day 5/26-27, which is great! Please tell me, would you prefer to sail Sat, Sun, or both days?  I will announce so we are all in sync.

Here’s the C-15 schedule as a reminder:

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 regatta / Stan Miller Perpetual
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
7/20-21	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 Roundup event (not a 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

Evergreen reminders, let me know:

• If you sail in a C-15 regatta let me know how it went!  (Pics!)
• If you have memory of going to a Nationals or High Sierra regatta – where it was and who  won
• If you are interested in new sails – we can put together a fleet deal and get a discount.

Cheers and thanks, and see you on the water!

Hi all checking in with a quick C-15 update.

Last weekend the Marina Del Rey fleet at South Coast Corinthian YC had our first second C-15 regatta of the year, the Shallow Water, with 10 boats three of them C-15s.  We race with Portsmouth handicap, also some Snipes, Lasers, Lido 14s, and I think something else too.  Sun was out and wind was blowing and was just a nice day on the water.

As you know the C-15 Nationals  are August 9-11 in Santa Barbara.  If you think you might be coming, please let me know.  I’d like to start getting a feel for how many boats and people we will have.

I have updated the 2024 C-15 Racing Schedule and will continue to do so.

For SoCal C-15 people, ABYC have noted there is a Stan Miller Perpetual to be awarded to the winner of the C-15 class in their Memorial Day Regatta, May 25-26.  Maybe we can “all” plan to sail this year?  And/or, we could pick a day (Sat or Sun) and make it a one-day regatta?  LMK!

(This would be an excellent chance to check out your road trailer – as you will need it to go to Santa Barbara!)

Evergreen reminders, let me know:

• If you sail in a C-15 regatta let me know how it went!
• If you have memory of going to a Nationals or High Sierra regatta – where it was and who  won
• If you are interested in new sails – we can put together a fleet deal and get a discount.