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Cedar Mills Yacht Club Racing Events
Cedar Mills Yacht Club has an active and exciting race program. Most of our racing is in a Beer Can Race format. This is a more relaxed and fun way to race. Race Captains Rick Brown and Roy Anderson handle our racing program. Please contact them at race@cmyc.org for more details. Schedule
Beer Can Race Series Entry Form Beer Can Racing Rules Keep in mind: Beer Can Racing is a more laid back approach to racing. You do NOT have to race to the line with other boats to be competative. As long as you start in the agreed upon timeframe, you're racing! (1) Sign up. Members are encouraged sign up prior to the first event in order to insure enough participation to conduct the series. Late entries will be accepted. Entry forms will be available by mid-February. (2) Purpose: To encourage participation in racing through a low-stress format that will be fun for the experienced and inexperienced racer. (3) Captains Meeting: There will be a Captain's meeting prior to the first scheduled races in order to orient each skipper on the race format and rules. (4) Race Format Overview: Races will be conducted around a course indicated by a starting line and marks. Marks may be set by the Race Captains, or may be fixed marks. (5) Race Course: Generally, only windward and leeward marks will be used. Course location may be the fixed marks outside the Marina, or, depending on Wind direction, may be set in the River area between Cedar Mills and Buncombe Creek. (6) Race Start (designated start time with horn): The start will be set up so that all boats desiring to start together can start at the same time. A 5 minute, 4 minute, 1 minute, and start horn will be sounded by the Race Captain for the start and those boats will proceed to sail the course and cross the finish line noting their GPS finish time (their start time will be the time at the horn). Each boat will be responsible for calling the Race Captain on Channel 69 and reporting their finish time and the name of the boat physically finishing behind them. (7) Race Start (boats desiring to start from 5 to 15 minutes after the designated time). Boats that want to avoid the start line with competing boats may do so by starting between 5 and 15 minutes after the designated start time. Each boat so starting will record their GPS start time and report it on Channel 69 to the Race Captain. Each boat will sail the course and record their GPS finish time and identify the name of the boat finishing behind them and report it on Channel 69 to the Race Captain. (8) The Second Race of the Day: The Race Captain will advise all participants regarding the start time of the second race on Channel 69 and will signal by horn the 5 minute, 4 minute, 1 minute, and start. (9) Scoring: Each boat will be scored based on their elapsed time in sailing the course adjusted for their PHRF Handicap. PHRF's will be computed by the Race Captains and will be available prior to the first event. Scoring will be done at the end of the day's sailing, and awards will be presented. Beer is available. (10) Series Championship: Awards
will be presented at the end of the series for the top finishers.
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