Dave Perry at HYC

Dave Perry, famous rules and racing strategy Expert, will appear on Jan 7, 2021 at HYC for a discussion of the Rules changes for next year, followed by a Q&A session.  Zoom is available, but space is limited.  See the HYC flyer, attached.

US Sailing Protest Form

All participants should have a couple of copies of this in a safe dry place accessible on Wed. nights(Skipper's car).  The form should be filled out and an image sent to Contact us (this website) to initiate a protest.  The form is invalid if the RC boat was not informed or if protestee's ID is missing.  

Golf Handicaps R Us

US Sailing's ideas on "Golf" handicapping, not restricted to PHRF.

Small boats need love too

Sailboat racing from a small boat perspective. Note that the admitted fouls of larger boats would have resulted in disqualification of the small boat.  The rules work both ways.

Coast Guard Report

Complete report on Dauphin Island Tragedy.  6 killed

Read the recommended actions.  Worry

US Sailing Portsmouth Numbers

This is the entire list of US Sailing DP-N numbers currently available.  We also use a few numbers from RYA, which is the UK authority on Portsmouth yardstick.  The numbers found there require conversion to  be used with USS numbers. There are several lists for differing boat types so look diligently. Note that special numbers are used for certain boat types based on local performance.  At this date we use modified data for Capri 25, Impulse 26, Day Sailor, RS Aero 9,and any boat not in the database.

Portsmouth Handbook by US Sailing

This US Sailing document gives the methodology behind the D PN numbers of the USS Portsmouth Yardstick.  Most of the ratings we use are the wind-indexed D PN numbers published by US Sailing.  We have a small subset of numbers which have been modified to match our experience, in most cases based on more than a season of data.  A few other numbers are based on UK Portsmouth numbers (RYA-PY), and for a couple of boats raw guesses.  Such Provisional numbers are more closely watched and adjusted.  Remember, all rating systems are intended to reflect the results of a well-sailed boat, properly prepared for racing.

Basic sailing terms

Very basic stuff

Sailflow Clear Lake

Click on the > symbol on the bar to see futurecast.   Try out the other stuff.  Scott's favorite.

More wind data

This station is at the 146 bridge.  Useful for wind history, water level and wind direction.

Rules changes 2017 Dave Perry

Dave Perry on rules game changers

Rules Changes 2017 Quantum

Quantum sends out this rules review, another slant

Protest training slide show 2016

Slide show prepared by Tom Collier

How to Start a Race

Buddy Brown, former PRO of CLRA, and winner of national level championships, presented a short program on Sailboat Racing Starts.

How to prepare and defend a protest

Useful info for preparing protests by Dave Perry and America's Cup Winner Bill Ficker.

Protest training 2015

Complete and updated script for our training session in Winter Seminar #3. Includes Protest form.

Sailing article

old, hard  to read, but informative

Weather radar

Local Nexrad radar:Note does not update!

Who we are

Description of our history and present status

Sailboat racing explained

A few things to know

Things in the rules

You need to know these and probably don't

Protest training scripts for 2016

Training material for Winter Seminar 3, 2016