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year’s TYC weekend events include three restaurant regattas,
the Short Handed regatta as well as the Womens Skipper regatta.
Restaurant
Regatta Series
The Sunnyside Regatta will be held on June 17, 2006. The
Gar Woods regatta will be held off the shores of Gar Woods in Carnelian
Bay on Saturday July 22, 2006. And finally, the Chambers Landing
Regatta will be held, of course, off Chambers Landing on August
19, 2006. See the notice of race here.
Each event will
have three races with the warning signal at 3:00 PM.
Hosting the
three events in venues outside of Tahoe City give the boats that
live outside of town a chance to compete close to home. Post-event
parties at each restaurant are fun and well-attended. The locals
all know that Sunnyside, Chambers and Gar Woods have some of the
best food and drinks on the North and West Shores! This summer,
if you have friends or family that can’t make the crew list,
send them to the restaurant to watch the races.
The club has
made a true commitment to the boats of yesteryear that have a tough
time competing head to head with the sport boats of the new millenium.
There are three separate PHRF divisions. Boats that choose not to
fly spinnakers will race in the cruising class, boats with PHRF
ratings of above 90 will race in the B class, and boats with PHRF
ratings 90 and below will race in the A class. There are event and
series awards for all classes. In an attempt to further level the
playing field, the slower classes of boats will start ahead of the
faster classes. In addition, every attempt will be made to get all
of the boats back to the dock around the same time.
Womens
Skipper Regatta
The Womens Skipper Regatta, requiring a female skipper at the helm,
will take place on July 23, 2006. This is always a fun race and
is traditionally followed by a great potluck with appetizers at
the awards party. See the notice of race
here.
Short
Handed Regatta
The short handed event will be held on August 20, 2006. This event
is always a great opportunity for the skipper to grab his or her
best mate and see what they can do on their own. (It’s also
a great race for the rest of the crew to watch from a power boat
as their beloved skipper does it all alone!) See the notice
of race here.
These
races, in addition to the Trans Tahoe Regatta
provide for a full season of weekend racing on Lake Tahoe.
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