Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle (CYC Seattle)

JFest 2024

SAILFEST is tonight! STYC, C*C, and SSC are hosting three months of Casual Racing in an effort to provide a more relaxed racing opportunity for cruisers, racers, live-a-boards and dinghies. Time limit is 8pm so everyone can get back to the clubhouse and enjoy hotdogs, $1 beer and the beautiful sunset. C*C is hosting the month of June and last week featured some cool raffle items!! We hope to see you all out tonight and if you don’t have a ride, come to the clubhouse to connect with skippers/boats for next week!

Our committee boat is short on volunteers for the races tonight. Please contact [email protected] if you are able to help out. The boat leaves the dock at about 5:15. Thanks!

THIS WEEKEND!
We are teaming up with Sloop Tavern Yacht Club for a cruise to Mystery Bay!
You won’t want to miss this jam packed event that offers a goat farm tour, tractor parade, winery tasting, picnic, Sunday evening potluck and much more! Details and itinerary can be found on our website. What better way to spend Memorial Day than with friends exploring a beautiful place?!?

2 big events happened this past weekend! The Thistle PNW District Championships took place on Lake Washington with 17 boats!
We also hosted the Star class district 6 championships out on the Sound.
Both these events were a tremendous success and reported to have great wind on both the lake and the sound! It was amazing to see the amount of Star boats competing and the intense racing from this historical fleet. What an honor to host both events and congratulations to the winners!

Registration is officially open for the Salish 200!
Join C*C for 50 hours of fun, racing around the entire Salish Sea. Do the entire course and qualify your boat for races such as Pac Cup or Transpac. Or just do the San Juan 100 portion and then you’ll be setup for a short delivery to Race Week! Either way this race will promise to provide plenty of adventure and good times on the longest weekend of the year.
Sign up today on clubspot! https://cycseattle.theclubspot.com/regatta/CdoiUMfnem

WOWSA Friday nights start this Friday May 3rd!!
Great way for Women to connect with other sailors and get experience! The main goal is fun but you’ll also have some high end coaches out on boats ready to teach you how to advance your skills. All skill levels welcomed. Check out our website for more info and to register. C*C members get discounts!

Attention Cruisers and racers who should take a weekend off to go cruising!! Coming up this weekend is our Langley Marina Cruise!
A beautiful marina with views of Saratoga Pass. We often see gray whales this time of year! This will be a fun social event with great food! Spots are filling up so register ASAP if you want to join the fun!!

Huge congratulations to C*C member David Linger who crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge on April 21st at 2:03 local time. David spent 175 days racing his Class 40, Koloa Maoli and finished 6th place! It is an outstanding achievement for David who was certainly pleased to have arrived. The magnitude of his achievement will take time to sink in and right now he can celebrate with his girlfriend Lillian, his siblings and friends. Visibly thinner than when he left, he has a rather rough last week at sea with lots of upwind sailing and boat slamming. His arrival though was in nice conditions and a beautiful sunshine. Well done David! Love the C*C burgee on the back of that beautiful boat!!

Congratulations to the Maiden team! What an incredible achievement for these women!!

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🏆MAIDEN WINS THE OCEAN GLOBE RACE 2023-24

On Tuesday 16 April 2024, in a brisk northerly breeze the iconic yacht and her young all female crew from around the world crossed the finishing line at 1152hrs completing the 4th and final leg of the Ocean Globe Race. Seven months away from home; sailing over 28,500 nm and 154 days at sea making more Maiden history 35 years after Tracy Edwards, Maiden and her all female crew proved women sailors were as good as any male sailor in the 89/90 Whitbread Race.

The last leg was a difficult and frustrating one for Maiden, not the longest leg in miles but the longest time at sea during the whole race with the leg ranking 5th in line honours and provisional 5th in IRC with corrected elapsed time. With all legs combined, until earlier this morning (Monday 22 April) Maiden held 2nd place overall. Their closest rival Triana who were in 1st place needed to finish around 0600hrs today to retain their lead, which they did not manage to do; with the IRC overall lead Maiden is the winner of the Ocean Globe Race 2023-2024 - an awesome achievement.

Maiden’s legacy will live on – during the six year World Tour Maiden has continued the battle for equality for the next generation empowering and inspiring thousands of girls; raising awareness and funds for charities and communities around the world to ensure that girls have access to education whatever their background to enable them to follow their dreams and build better futures.

What a weekend for PSSR Big Boat!
A wide variety of conditions from 0-30 knots, sun to storm but overall a great weekend out on the water.
Congratulations to the winners of each class, but the real winners were those who received the sweet buckets. Thanks to Fisheries for the cool trophies!!!
Here are the winners for each class:
Moose Unknown - J105
Mist- TP52
Shrek- ORC B
Nefarious- PHRF A
Dos- PHRF B
Veloce- PHRF C
Isabella Gillard and Sam Tremblay - VXOne

And thank you to all the boats who came out for some exciting racing!!

This Thursday the Salish Sea Women in Sailing Sistership (SSWiSS) is hosting an orientation for WOWSA participants, and all women sailors are invited for dinner, socializing and the program. The program includes “Intro to Sailing Opportunities" with a look at some of the clubs and resources available to folks who are new to sailing - or looking for connections with other sailors. WOWSA sailors will get to meet their skipper, coach and fellow crew members and have a quick tour of their assigned boat.
$5 dinner provided at the C*C Seattle Clubhouse. Bring your friends!

Also this Friday C*C is hosting a unique demo event with the VX One fleet before PSSR kicks off. Join us at the dock at 2:30pm for an introduction to the boat and then a chance to sail with the fleet!!

The VX One is a high performance 19 foot sport boat that easily planes in local conditions. Recognized as Sailing World’s boat of the year in 2012, the VX One is among the fastest-growing keelboat classes, with increasing participation in championships like the 2023 North American event. What a cool opportunity from the VX One fleet to be able to demo the boats and experience the fun they have to offer!!

Meet at the docks for sailing at 2:30p
Bar will be open at 5:00p
Dinner will be served at 6:30p
Chalk talk from the VX One fleet to follow dinner!

This weekend is PSSR- BIG BOATS!
C*C is proud to host our high level buoy racing with the best race management team around. There will be J105s, J80s, Melges 24s, PHRF, ORC and VXOne fleets out on the water for this two day buoy racing event. It will be a jam packed weekend with the clubhouse and bar open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night after racing!
If you want competitive buoy racing, this is the place to be. Head over to our clubspot page to register, there’s still time!

Big news from C*C Seattle! 🌊⛵️ Introducing the Salish 200 distance race, covering 204 miles around the stunning Salish Sea. Born during the pandemic, this race started as a local adventure and has grown into a C*C official event on June 21-23. This event is now a qualifying race for offshore events such as Transpac and PacCup.
We will also introduce a new C*C perpetual trophy that pays homage to the Coast Salish People of which the waters sailed and the event itself is named after.
Registration opens May 1st for monohull and multihull boats with ORC or PHRF ratings. Don’t miss out on this thrilling sailing experience! 🏁 check out the salish200 website to learn more and register! *CSeattle

Puget Sound Spring Regatta- Small Boats
- 55 boats out on the water
- 2 separate courses run
- South Course for the Optimist, ILCA, RS Aero, and Tasar fleets.
- North Course for the J70 and J24 fleets.
- 6 races run for all fleets on day 1
- Conditions were variable but overall a beautiful day on the water!
Results can be found @ https://cycseattle.theclubspot.com/regatta/Fu9wiWjZk6/results?class_id=xsCnyxh9Z7
Tag us in any photos you have from the weekend!!

Spring season kickoff party was a huge success! We love when our clubhouse is full of members, friends, family and sailors. We had over 100 people enjoy tonight’s festivities and it was so great to see new members and new sailors able to connect.
Huge thanks to the volunteers behind the BBQ and to Karen behind the bar! C*C Seattle always guarantees a good party! This marks the start of PSSR racing, Tuesdays on the lake and Wednesday’s on the sound! Sign up on club spot to join the springtime fun!

Racing is impossible without the incredible work of the race committee team. Here at C*C Seattle we are committed to providing sailors with the best racing experience on the water and ensuring our volunteers are well equipped in safety and fairness.
Today we hosted a training day for our volunteer race committee assist and mark set drivers. Charley Rathkopf led a classroom seminar for those interested in race management. Geoff Pease and Bob Combie led a seminar on mark boat operation and whaler driving. Then they headed out and got time practicing setting a course and running races.

Big thanks to the J105 fleet and the Star fleet for participating in our practice races. It was a beautiful day for a sail on the sound!

C*C Seattle works hard to ensure safety, fairness and fun for all participants. Thank you to all the volunteers who make our races possible! Want to get involved? Website linked in our profile

Come join the party at C*C on Friday April 5th at 5:30pm to kickoff the 2024 sailing season! More details and RSVP.

Come learn about our racing and cruising fleets, find a ride or find crew for the season and meet some of our new members (or join C*C yourself)!

More info and RSVP here:
https://cycseattle.theclubspot.com/event/7HUQDlTInp

Race Committee for this Wednesday evening, 4/19, is in need of volunteers. If interested, please contact PRO Charley Rathkopf

RC anticipates light air to the South and will probably move start/finish north to cut some miles from the course. Plan on leaving the dock early and look for YC5 to the North and monitor VHF 68.

Just another beautiful day on the water

Are you already planning your sailor's summer? Register now if you're a C*C member at cycseattle.org/juniors !

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Check out pictures from PSSC Big Boat last weekend. Thanks to Dave Sinson for taking such great pics!

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You can't beat the view or the racing! Adventuress Cup and J24 Western Regionals happening this weekend!

Members and Racers, don't forget about grilling out at the Club after the final night of the Wednesday Night Racing Series tonight! Suggested donation is $6 for a burger or hotdog. The bar will be open!

Only 2 more Wednesday Nights for Grilling. Come by the club tonight after racing for a burger and a cocktail!