CYC Membership Status: There are several classes of CYC Members.
Senior Members are full voting members of the club with all the rights and privileges available.
A Junior Member is a person who is under 19 on the day he or she registers and is offered a 50% discount on race registration (dinghy events only).
An Intermediate Member is at least 19 and not more than 24 years old on the day of registration. Intermediate members are eligible to pay junior race fees.
Junior and Intermediate Members, as defined above, are welcome to enter any CYC event where their class is accepted. Individual event entry fees for Junior and Intermediate racers that are CYC members or non-residents who meet these age requirements are 50% of the individual CYC member event entry fee. (Junior and Intermediate racers who live in King, Snohomish, Kitsap or Pierce County must be CYC members to receive the 50% race fee discount.) Whenever a Junior or Intermediate race fee is paid, the helmsman of the boat must meet either the Junior or Intermediate definition.
For events not specifically designated as junior events, CYC requires a ratio of one safety boat for every ten juniors who are under the age of 15 on the day of the first start. The ratio cannot be less than 1:10. It is the responsibility of the parents and coaches to provide the safety boats. CYC does not guarantee the availability of junior safety boats.
Associate Members are sailors who do not own their own boats, but who crew on boats and enjoy the CYC’s social and educational programs, (including the use of the bar). We ask Senior Member skippers to encourage their regular crew to join as Associate Members for only $75/year to support our activities and become more closely related to the Club and the opportunities it offers.
Please visit www.cycseattle.org/membership for more information.
CYC Race Packages: Purchasing a Race Package permits a specific boat to participate in a distinct group of CYC race events at a substantial discount as compared to the already discounted member rate for the individual events. Only CYC Senior Members, their spouses, their children under the age of 21, and CYC Junior or Intermediate Members are eligible to purchase Race Packages. Substitutions may not be made to package contents. If you are not a member of US Sailing, add 10% to the package fee. (In order to encourage participation and manage class breaks, package registrants will be contacted prior to each regatta or series to confirm participation.)
Weekend Events: Adults who are not members of CYC, but are members of any club that is an active or associate PIYA member or is affiliated with US Sailing, may enter any CYC weekend event by paying the "Guest" entry fee. Some events have a nonresident fee; a nonresident is a person living outside of King, Snohomish, Kitsap or Pierce Counties. See the CYC Racing Schedule for detailed fee information.
Evening Series: Adults who are not members of CYC may enter any CYC evening series by paying the "Guest" entry fee. See the CYC Racing Schedule for fee information. However, such individuals may enter CYC evening series only for a period of twelve months from the date of their first evening series registration.
PHRF Rating: A boat is considered to have a valid PHRF rating only if current PHRF dues have been paid. You can get a valid PHRF rating or check your status by calling PHRF Northwest at (253) 857-8858 or on the web at http://www.phrf-nw.org/.
Minimum number of boats registered: If fewer than 10 keelboats or 15 dinghies register for a race by the race deadline, the race may be cancelled and the entry fees refunded.
Late registrations: Please register by the stated deadlines. This allows our staff to organize scoring and generate class breaks efficiently. The more time it takes to manage races, the more expensive it gets. Late registrations may be accepted, but a late fee of $25 will be charged in addition to the fee listed for the event.
Boats not registered: Boats that race in CYC evening events and are not registered by the second evening of racing may not be scored and may subject their fleet to a lost start on the next evening's race.
Exceptions: The CYC Fleet Captain-Race or, in his/her absence, the Race Manager or Commodore may make exceptions to these policies.
Shilshole Bay Guest Moorage: Boats seeking guest moorage for CYC Regattas must contact the Shilshole Bay Marina office upon arrival in the marina to receive instructions. The boater can contact the office by phone at (206) 728-3006 during office hours (M-F 8:00- 4:30 or Saturday 8-3) or on VHF Channel 17. After hours phone is (206) 601-4089. Guest moorage fees are based on LOA. Reserving slips in advance of arrival is encouraged.