Regattas
A Message from the CYC Regatta Management Team:
CYC's leadership has been overwhelmed with the support we've received from our friends and fellow members at our regattas this year. We have an exciting slate of events ahead through the remainder of 2024 and we hope to see many more of you on the water soon! With your help -- whether for our Sunset Series or for a major championship event -- we're excited to continue leading the way in providing race management and sailing competition in this community. We hope you'll continue to join us for some fun too!
Saturday and Sunday, February 17 - 18, 2024
Regatta Chair: Tawni Schutter [email protected]
Online Registration
List of Competitors
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Notice to Competitors #1: Race Entry Agreement
Notice to Competitors #2: Order of Starts and Class Flags
2024 Results
Protest Decisions
Saturday and Sunday, March 2 - 3, 2024
Regatta Co-Chairs: Brenna Vincent, [email protected] and Kirsten Robinson, [email protected]
CYC is actively monitoring the incoming weather for this weekend. In the event of a Small Craft Advisory, we may move the Championship Fleet inside the Marina del Rey Harbor. Our primary concern is for the safety of the sailors, coaches and race committee. If you have any questions, please contact regatta chair Brenna Vincent (contact info above).
Notice of Race
Harken Challenge Notice of Series <- Updated 28 Feb
Notice to Competitors #1: Location of Check-in
Notice to Competitors #2: NoR Amendment 1 for Championship Fleet
Notice to Competitors #3: SI Amendment 1 for Championship Fleet
Notice to Competitors #4: Change of location for Check-in
Notice to Competitors #5: SI Amendment 2 for Championship Fleet<- Updated 8pm 1 March
Notice to Competitors #6: Order of Starts
Notice to Competitors #7: SI Amendment 3 for Championship Fleet
Championship Fleet | Online Registration | List of Competitors | Sailing Instructions |
Green Fleet | Online Registration | List of Competitors | Sailing Instructions |
View Starting Penalties
Docking Time - Protest Time Limit
Protest Hearing Schedule
Local Weather Link:
UCLA Marine Aquatic Center
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Regatta Chair: Jim Revis, [email protected]
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Online Registration
List of Competitors
Class Flags/Order of Starts
2024 Results
Wednesdays, April 17 - Sept 4, 2024
Series Co-Chairs: Miriam Moses and Drew Baldwin, [email protected]
SAVE THE DATE:
Sunset Series Seminar: APRIL 10, 2024
- Notice of Race - Amended 03/08/24
- Sailing Instructions - Amended 04/17/24
- Notice of Competitors #1: Amendment #2 to Sailing Instructions: 4/23/24
- Notice of Competitors #2: Race #2 is abandoned
- Notice to Competitors #3: Possible change in signal boat for race 17
- King of the Hill Preliminary Invitation List: Final
- Cruising Championships Invitation List: Final
- Race Abandonment Protocol
- Online Registration
- List of Competitors
- Class Splits - Amended 04/16/24
- Cruising Class Assignments
- Cruising Division FAQ
- 2024 Seminar Powerpoint
- Course Chart 17
- View Starting Penalties
- File a Protest
- Submit a Scoring Inquiry
- Submit Post-Race Penalty Request
- Protest Time Limit and Hearing Schedule
- Protest Decisions
- Scoring Inquiries
June 30 and Sept 8, 2024
Regatta Chair: Michelle Shanks, [email protected]
- Notice of Race
- Sailing Instructions
- NTC #1: Class Splits
- NTC #2: NO LONGER IN EFFECT
- NTC #3: Race 1 RESCHEDULED for June 30, 2024
The June 30th race is ASMBYC High Point Race.
2024 Registration & Individual Race Results:
Date | |||||
June 30 | Registration | List of Competitors | Course Annex | Start Times | Results |
Sept 8 | Registration | List of Competitors | Course Annex | Start Times | Results |
- 2024 Series Results
- 2023 Series Results, by Class
- 2023 Overall Results, not by Class
- 2023 Race 1: Photos by Joy Sailing
- 2023 Race 3: Photos by Simone Staff
Saturday and Sunday, June 1 - 2, 2024
Regatta Chair: Marilyn Cassedy ([email protected])
- Notice of Race
- Sailing Instructions
- Notice to Competitors #1: Deadline changed for posting of classes, class flags, starting area, and order of starts
- Notice to Competitors #2: Classes, class flags, starting area, order of starts
- Online Registration
- List of Competitors
- Slip Assignments
- 2024 Results
- 2024 Photos
TK Armstrong Notice of Challenge
Saturday and Sunday, July 13 - 14, 2024
Regatta Chair: Marylyn Hoenemeyer [email protected]
- Notice of Race <- Amended May 8, 2024
- Online Registration
- Sailing Instructions
- List of Competitors
- 2024 Results
- Photos by Simone Staff Photography
For more than 50 years, Star sailors have come to California Yacht Club to vie for the King of Spain trophy, the sterling silver Spanish galleon that was presented to CYC by the King of Spain in 1928. Past winners are a virtual who’s who in sailing, counting World Champions and Olympic medalists among the ranks. Santa Monica Bay offers some of its best sailing conditions in early summer, so competitors can expect sunny, warm days and mid-afternoon breezes in the 10 to 15 knot range. Post-race hospitality is sure to refuel the hardiest sailors after a competitive day on the water.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Regatta Chair: Julia Rychlik, [email protected]
- Notice of Race
- Online Registration
- List of Competitors
- Sailing Instructions
- Notice to Competitors #1: Order of Starts, Classes, and Class Flags
- Notice to Competitors #2: Amendment #1 to the Sailing Instructions
- Results
Saturday and Sunday, Aug 10 - 11, 2024
The Women on the Water/Woman at the Helm Regatta (WOW/WAH) is a community effort, with multiple clubs in the marina helping out to make the event a success. Cal's role in the event is to take care of race management. You'll see our race committee boat, the Charles Hathaway, as well as our mark-set boats and equipment, out on the course.
The regatta has two primary divisions: all women crew (WOW) and a coed crew with a female skipper (WAH). Go to the WOW/WAH official notice board for race documents, a link to registration, a list of competitors, and results.
A little history:
The Women on the Water (WOW) Series began in the early 1970s with the “Ladies Got Guts Race” to the Isthmus at Catalina Island. Organized by Stan Lieberman and sponsored by Del Rey Yacht Club, the event was initiated to interest women in learning more about boat handling. The enthusiasm of women for racing prompted other yacht clubs to sponsor their own “Women Only” events. These races became organized as a series in the late 1970s when then California Yacht Club Commodore Robert S. Wilson donated an antique silver loving cup to be awarded to the top woman sailor in Santa Monica Bay. In 2002 WSA donated a crystal sailboat perpetual trophy for the winner of the Woman at the Helm (WAH) division with the most entries. In 2005 a Martin 242 half model perpetual trophy was dedicated in memory of Cheryl Rembert, an active Santa Monica Bay area sailor. The Cheryl Rembert Memorial Award is given to the top placing Martin 242 in the WOW division.
Thursday - Sunday, August 15 - 18, 2024
Regatta Chair: Janice Pearson, [email protected]
- Notice of Race: Amended 7/21/24
- NOR Amendment #2: 8/2/24
- NOR Amendement #3: 8/14/24
- NOR Amendement #4: 8/14/24
- Sailing Instructions
- Sailing Instructions Amendment #1 8/14/24
- Online Registration
- List of Competitors
Local Weather Link
UCLA Marine Aquatic Center
Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024
The King of the Hill and the Sunset Series Cruising Championship are end-of-the-season championship races for the popular weeknight Sunset Series. Two great races — one fun party!
Regatta Chair: S/C Debbie Feinerman ([email protected])
- King of the Hill Preliminary Invitation List: Week 20
- Cruising Championship Preliminary Invitation List: Week 20
King of the Hill | Notice of Race | List of Invitees | Online Registration | List of Competitors | Sailing Instructions | Start Times |
Cruising Championship | Notice of Race | List of Invitees | Online Registration | List of Competitors | Sailing Instructions | Start Times |
- View Starting Penalties
- File a Protest
- Scoring Inquiry
- Protest Time Limit and Hearing Schedule
- Protest Decisions
- Scoring Inquiries
2024 Cruising Championships Results
King of the Hill
The “best of the best” from each of the classes in the Racing Division are invited to compete in this inverted-start race. This race will pit the best sailors in each class against each other, with the boat crossing the finish line first declared “King of the Hill” for that year.
Entry to this race is limited to those boats that receive an invitation. Invitations will be issued based on the final results of the 2024 Sunset Series, which ends the preceding Wednesday. Invitations will go to the top 1-4 boats in each class of the Racing Division based on average class size for the 2023 Sunset Series. Additional boats will then be invited based on end-of-the-season standings for the Marylyn Ritchie trophy (awarded to the boat with the best overall record in the Racing Division) to result in 21 invited boats.
The winner will be awarded the King of the Hill trophy which will remain on display at California Yacht Club. The King of the Hill trophy was a pre-existing CYC trophy that was re-dedicated to this new race in 2002. Joan Hill was the long-time Chair for the Sunset Series and a regular volunteer for CYC races. In 2003, Joanie died as a result of breast cancer and since then this race has served as a memorial to her dedication and hard work in running the Sunset Series for many years.
Sunset Series Cruising Championship
New in 2021, the Sunset Series Cruising Championship is an end-of-the-season race run the same evening as King of the Hill in which the “best of the best” from each of the classes in the Cruising Division are invited to compete in this inverted-start race. This race will pit the best sailors in each class against each other, with the boat crossing the finish line first declared the “Sunset Series Cruising Champion” for that year.
Entry to this race is limited to those boats that receive an invitation. Invitations will be issued based on the final results of the 2023 Sunset Series, which ends the preceding Wednesday. Invitations will go to the top 2-4 boats in each class of the Cruising Division based on average class size for the 2023 Sunset Series. Additional boats will then be invited based on end-of-the-season standings for the Millard Rosing trophy (awarded to the boat with the best overall record in the Cruising Division) to result in 8 invited boats.
The winner will be awarded the Sunset Series Cruising Championship Trophy which will remain on display at California Yacht Club.
Winners: Sunset Series Cruising Championship
- 2023 – Spirit of California, Chris Gorog (CYC)
- 2022 – Duchess, Ron Jacobs (DRYC)
- 2021 – Odyssey, Gary Schaffel (DRYC)
Winners: King of the Hill
- 2023 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2022 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2021 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2019 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2018 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2017 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2016 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2015 – Margaritaville 1 1/2, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2014 – Margaritaville 1.5, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2013 – Plankton, John Staff (CYC)
- 2012 – All In, Mike George (CYC)
- 2011 – Margaritaville 1.5, Jay Steinbeck (CYC)
- 2010 – Dark Star, Jeff Janov (CYC)
- 2009 – Piranha, David Voss (CYC)
- 2008 – Piranha, David Voss (CYC)
- 2007 – Cuvee Caliente, Mahaffey Family (CYC)
- 2006 – Pendragon IV, John MacLaurin (CYC)
- 2005 – Bandit, Cheda/Thomas/Fleck (SCCYC)
- 2004 – Creeper, Curran Family (CYC)
- 2003 – Black Knight, Phil & Martin Friedman (DRYC)
- 2002 – Ghost II, Al Berg (SMWYC)
Friday - Sunday, September 13 - 15, 2024
Regatta Chair: S/C Tim Clarke, [email protected]
The Event page and Official Notice Board can be found at USODA
Local Weather Link
UCLA Marine Aquatic Center
Saturday and Sunday, September 21 - 22, 2024
Regatta Co-Chairs: Allie Blecher: [email protected], and Katie Moran: [email protected]
- Notice of Race<-Amended 17 Sept
- Online Registration
- Parental Consent Form
- Sailing Instructions
- Results
Sunday, Oct 6, 2024
Regatta Chair: Karen Volpert [email protected]
- Shadden Notice of Series
- Shadden #2 Notice of Race
- Sailing Instructions
- Online Registration
- List of Competitors
- Parental Consent Form
Please Note: Skipper and crew under the age of 18 must submit a Parental Consent Form, signed by a parent or guardian, to be eligible to race.