Category: Racing
Volunteers Needed for PSSC
CYC Needs volunteers to help with a variety of tasks at the Puget Sound Sailing Championships, a two-weekend event that will be held Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9 at Shilshole. Sailing in the event will not conflict with your ability to help out with one of more of the following tasks. T-shirt sales & registration [ MORE ]
Lifesling Seminar Sept. 25 at CYC Shilshole Clubhouse
The Lifesling rescue device was developed by The Sailing Foundation more than 30 years ago and today there are thousands of Lifeslings aboard boats all around the world. The Lifesling is still regarded as the best device for rescue of a crew overboard, but to be effective, even a skilled sailing crew needs some training [ MORE ]
Racers’ Eyes Turn to Whidbey Week
Northwest sailboat racers are turning their attention to Oak Harbor next week as Whidbey Island Race Week gets underway, with a CYC crew led by Principal Race Officer Charley Rathkopf running the on-the-water action. Rathkopf expects to run the racing the same as he has in past years, setting courses in Penn Cove in westerly [ MORE ]
Blake Bentzen Near Top in Bay Opti Event
CYC Junior Blake Bentzen finished third in his age group and 12th overall in the 57-boat Opti Heavy Weather Regatta hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club June 17 – 19 on San Francisco Bay. Bentzen, son of Paige and Erik Bentzen, said the fact that he was bigger than many of the kids in his [ MORE ]
Kiteboard racing is taking off in Seattle in 2011 at CYC
A number of local kiteboard racers, whose organizers include Melges 32 owner Darrin Towe and former CYC board member Michael Cenname, are building a kiteboard race fleet to participate in the weekly CYC Sunday and Thursday night series at Shilshole off Golden Gardens park. CYC welcomes kiteboard racing as a class of sailing in the Sunday/Thursday [ MORE ]
