Sailboat Racing - Arizona Yacht Club

Online Resources


		*Racing Information*

		Racing Calendar

		Racing Scores

		Questions: E-mail the AYC Fleet Captain

		Directions to Lake Pleasant

		Directions to Tempe Town Lake

		Willing to Crew form

		*Racing Resources*

		Transpac 2007 by Al Lehman, Sr. (PDF)

		NorthU Seminar Tips on sail trim in light air

		Seven-time Club Champ Skip Kempff's Racing Tactics

		Catalina 22 and Laser Speed Secrets by John D. Allen


	Check back often to get the latest information on upcoming races.

Click on the icon below to register for Fall Series Racing:

Register for any race series by clicking on the icon above and then selecting the series you wish to enter.
Note: This is the Active Network system. Once you've entered, Active will create an account for you and next time you'll be able to enter very quickly and easily! For the handful of people who refuse to provide a credit card online, fill out the printed application and mail it to the Fleet Captain.

2010 Fall Series: Lake Pleasant

Entry Please enter online by clicking on the icon above.
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Lake Pleasant Chart K

Race Committee Assignments: Sept 25-26, PHRF Spin; October 9-10, Thistle; October 23-24, C22; November 6-7, PHRF Non-Spin; December 4-5, Merit/Viper

2010 Fall Series: Tempe Town Lake

The fall TTL series will begin when there's a lake to sail on. The NOR indicates a start of October 31, but the date may slide if the lake isn't ready. Watch this space.

Entry Please enter online by clicking on the icon above.
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
Tempe Town Lake Chart C

Race Committee Assignments: October 31, C14; Nov 14, Lasers; November 21, Portsmouth; December 12, Buccs; December 19, C14.

2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing

Interested in adopting a boat for TTL Sundays? Learn more here.

New to racing? Want to try it? Consider being crew, taking our introductory class, or plunge in using your own boat or an adopted boat. You'll find two explanations and introductions on our fleet pages: one for Tempe Town Lake and one for Lake Pleasant. The procedures are a little different at each lake.

Rules and Start Sequence Here's a chart to help you follow our five-minute Lake Pleasant start sequence. And the three-minute Tempe Town Lake start. At Lake Pleasant, AYC follows the US Sailing RRS 5-minute start sequence, but to save time we use rolling starts. When one fleet's race begins, another fleet is immediately on the start clock. We do it with a board that "flips" on the committee boat. (A longer explanation here.)

Arizona Yacht Club Fleets

Arizona Yacht Club has several fleets, each active with many boats and good sailors. The fleets include:

We have two scheduled race series at Lake Pleasant in the spring and fall of each year, plus the annual Birthday Regatta in January. Small boats race Sunday afternoons at Tempe Town Lake, with races running nearly year-round. Race day start times vary by time of year so that racing ends near dusk.

Each Lake Pleasant series contains five race weekends and we normally get in five-six races each weekend, depending on wind. Races begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays and at 9 a.m. on Sundays. See the calendar for schedules.

Lake Pleasant is less than one hour north of central Phoenix. If you've never been there, plan at least 90 minutes to get your boat ready, in the water, and all the way to the starting line. Here are directions to Lake Pleasant.

Tempe Town Lake Marina is plunked down in the middle of metro Phoenix, bordered on the north by Route 202. Here's more information and directions on how to get there.

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Arizona Yacht Club Fleets

Arizona Yacht Club has several fleets, each active with many boats and good sailors. The fleets include:

Buccaneer

Capri (Catalina) 14.2

Catalina 22

Laser (Including Radial Laser)

Merit 25

PHRF Spinnaker

PHRF Non-Spinnaker

Portsmouth

Thistle

We have two scheduled race series at Lake Pleasant in the spring and fall of each year, plus the annual Birthday Regatta in January. Small boats race Sunday afternoons at Tempe Town Lake, with races running nearly year-round. Race day start times vary by time of year so that racing ends near dusk.

Each Lake Pleasant series contains five race weekends and we normally get in five-six races each weekend, depending on wind. Races begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays and at 9 a.m. on Sundays. See the calendar for schedules.

Lake Pleasant is less than one hour north of central Phoenix. If you've never been there, plan at least 90 minutes to get your boat ready, in the water, and all the way to the starting line. Here are directions to Lake Pleasant.

Tempe Town Lake Marina is plunked down in the middle of metro Phoenix, bordered on the north by Route 202. Here's more information and directions on how to get there.