Week 4 of racing at Tempe town Lake are posted here and on the Results page.

The results from the 1st week of racing at Lake Pleasant are posted here, or go to the race results page.

A super day of a racing at Tempe Town Lake. Results on the race scores page or click here.

The scores from week two of racing at Tempe Town Lake are posted here.

The scores from the 1st week of race are posted here. It’s not too late to sign up and get in on the fun.

Where does one start about this year’s AYC Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup?

Oh, wait, that’s easy…

THANK YOU JOE AND KATHERINE MOTIL! WOW! What a fabulous Regatta!!!!
…and…of course…
Thank you MOTHER NATURE for fabulous weather!
Thank you ANDREA & DOC CAROE our Race Management Team (PRO)!
Thank you VOLUNTEERS on Race Committee!
Thank you VOLUNTEERS on Shore for keeping everything running so smoothly!
Thank you DAVE CHRISTENSEN and WENDY LARSEN for scoring and shore support!
Thank you SILVIO BERLUSCONI (aka RICK JOHNSON) and TEAM GRAVITY GANG for Friday Dinner!
Thank you FUND RAISERS for raising over $25,000 (and still counting!) to CURE BLOOD CANCERS!
Thank you LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY for such a great mission for us to join in!
Thank you ULLMAN SAILS for sponsoring the FRIDAY CHALLEGE!
…and last but not least…
Thank you SAILORS for coming from near and far to create and enjoy our wonderful “Desert Vibe”!
Thank you ARIZONA YACHT CLUB for hosting such a great Regatta…AGAIN!

Few things are perfect, but by most accounts the 2012 Arizona Yacht Club Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup was pretty darn close.

Take a look for yourself… (photo’s Courtesy of Tom Erickson-Sailboat Shop)

The full results are posted here 2012 Final Results

Congratulations Fleet Champions!

Vippers - Greg Jackson

Multi-Hull - Sean Eanes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buccaneer 18 - David Spira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portsmouth-"Little Joe" Barnett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHRF-Spin-Rick Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHRF - Bob Worrall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery 17 - Jerry Montgomery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merit 25 - Norm Anderson

2012 AYC Birthday Regatta Registrations – UPDATED 1/12/2012

ULLMAN SAILS FRIDAY CHALLENGE
Ullman Challenge NOR-SI FINAL 2012-01-10

 
BIRTHDAY REGATTA/LEUKEMIA CUP
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions

Fleet Counts and Agenda are Noted below:
6-Buccaneer 18
5-Merit 25
5-Montgomery 17
5-Multihull
11-PHRF Non-Spinnaker
13-PHRF Spinnaker
4-Portsmouth
9-Viper 640
58-TOTAL

Fleet Counts  Event Schedule / Agenda

Friday, January 13:
Ullman Sails “Center Board Challenge”
And Day 1 for 3-day Fleets
7:30 a.m. Registration Opens
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (pay on site)
9:00 a.m. Skippers’ Meeting
11:00 a.m. Registration Closes till 4pm
11:00 a.m. First Horn-Ullman Sails CB Challenge
4:00 p.m. Last Race STARTS
4:00 p.m. Registration Opens – till 6pm
5:00 p.m. Bar Opens 
6:00 p.m. Dinner – Guest Chef Silvio Berlusconi
7:00 p.m. Ullman Sails CB Challenge Awards
11:00 p.m. Bar Closes 

Saturday, January 14
Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup
7:30 a.m. Registration Opens
7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Opens (pay on site)
Served by Lake Pleasant Sailing Club
9:00 a.m. Skippers’ Meeting / LCR Welcome
11:00 a.m. First Horn
4:00 p.m. Last Race STARTS
4:00 p.m. Dinner Registration Opens
5:00 p.m. Bar Opens 
5:00 p.m. Silent Auction Opens
6:00 p.m. Dinner Buffet Opens
6:00 p.m. Dinner Welcome Announcement
7:15 pm Auction Closes
7:15 pm LCR Program – AUCTION / RAFFLE!
11:00 p.m. Bar Closes 

Sunday, January 15:
Birthday Regatta
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (pay on-site)
9:00 a.m. First Horn
2:00 p.m. Last Race STARTS
4:00 p.m. Birthday Regatta Awards Ceremony

Joe Motil
Regatta Chairman
themotils@cox.net
(480) 216 7099

Registration for spring series racing is now open and available on the Racing Page. Race documents will be approved at a meeting of the Fleet Captains on Tuesday (1/10), but you may register now.

Court Roberts smoked the field in the 2011 Governor’s Cup, held the day after Christmas, December 26.

Court and crew sailed his Melges 24 the way Buddy would want him to: Start strong and extend your lead. They took a commanding lead early in the race and then pulled it out as other boats sailed into the dark on the 26+ mile race course. Gary Overbeck in a Montgomery 17 slipped in ahead of Bob Worrall’s C22 as the two finished second and third in the handicap scoring.

The wind started light and finished light, with some nice breeze in the early afternoon. It was a stark contrast to the wind that greeted the racers for the original post-Thanksgiving date, when heavy wind forced cancellation.

George Tingom in a C14 corrected over Brett Johnston’s Nacra 6.0 in a second class, a group that sailed half the distance of the others.

Here are the scores for the race.

Sheila Reed silhouetted at sunset during the Governor's Cup. Photo: Chris Smith

This time the wind wind cooperated a bit.

The first attempt at a 2011 Governor’s Cup was blown away by 40+ winds.  But the second attempt turned in to a beautiful “late” Christmas present.  A sunny “Boxing Day” brought early light winds, and then a nice breeze showed up after midday to push and pull our “marathoners” and their boats north and south and around Lake Pleasant along their 26-mile journey.

A few boats finished near dark (5:30pm) but several were still up in or near Castle Creek and finished in the dark. Thanks to the reflective tape on the “reef” buoys and the building late breeze around 6pm the late finishers had a safe trip to the finish cruising along at 4-5kts under a star-lit sky.

Who won? For that bit of information we will have to wait until Capts. Parker and Christensen have consulted the “bones.”

A Fleet for All Keel Boats

If you have a cruising boat, you have a PHRF Non-Spinnaker racer.

Without a spinnaker these boats can run with smaller crews (typically 2-3 people) and the PHRF handicap system evens up the racing among all kinds of boats, giving you a chance to out-sail the fleet, even if they get to the finish line first.

With no limits on boat types and the PHRF handicapping system to “keep things equal” the PHRF non-Spinnaker Fleet is an ideal place for new racers to discover racing, build their sailing skills – and have a good time doing it!

Current boats in PHRF non-spin include a wide range, from Santana and Holder 20′s to Tanzer 22′s, Catalina 25′s and Catalina 28′s. 

For more information about PHRF “handicap” ratings see these sources:

US Sailing PHRF Ratings List   Southern California PHRF rules

SoCal Ratings by Manufacturer   PHRF Non-Spin Fleet Rules for AYC

Contact PHRF Non-Spin Fleet Captain Greg Woodcock for more information.

The final scores from the last week of racing this fall are posted here.

The final weekend of TTL Racing proved to be blustery and some serious fun for those sailors ready to brave the chilly temperatures and early rain squalls.

Congratulations to all the sailors, fleet champions, and Adopt-a-Boat sailors getting their “feet wet” down on our “Town Lake”!

Fleet – Champion
Buccaneer – Matt Davis
Capri 14.2 – Alexia Lorch
Laser – Edwin Verplanke (on an adopt-a-boat Laser!!)
Portsmouth – Clay Poulson (Fireball)

Adopt-a-Boat Fleet on RC - Decker Williams, Emory Heisler, Jeff & Mary Miller

Click Here to Register for the Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup

This is the biggest event of the AYC  year, with boats from other parts of the country coming to try out Arizona weather in January.

But the event means more than a great weekend at the lake. Click Here for more information on the Leukemia Cup and what your entry/donation means for the fight against blood cancer here in AZ.

As in past years, the Birthday Regatta is Saturday and Sunday of MLK Weekend – 14 & 15 January.  Come race on Friday, January 13, too, for the Centerboard Challenge, open to anyone who can get the time off to race.

The Leukemia Cup will be awarded based on the Saturday Birthday Regatta results. If you sign up for both the Leukemia Cup and Birthday Regatta, entry Friday is free.

Newport Ocean Sailing Association

…home of the Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race

Commodores and Racers

All Yacht Clubs

Subject: Update Information for The 65th Newport to Ensenada International
Yacht Race

Attached find updated information regarding the 65th Newport to Ensenada
Yacht Race. Excitement continues to build for the 65th Newport to Ensenada
International Yacht Race due in large part to several important changes
made, many based on the feedback we have received from our racers.

Make sure you have your reservation made at the Coral Hotel for its room or
hospitality suites, as reservations are building. Also, if your club is
planning on hanging a club banner from a room balcony, note the maximum size
banner that can be hung is 82″ wide x 67″ tall.

Please post the enclosed details in your clubhouse and on your website. This
will allow your members an early chance to make their hotel and marina
reservations at the new NOSA headquarters in Mexico, Hotel Coral and Marina.

The NOTICE OF RACE and additional information is available at our website:
nosa.org  .

Let your racers know entries open December 1, 2011, with a substantial
discount for December entries:

o The entry fee is $125 through December 31st, 2011.

o The entry fee is $175 from January 1, 2012 through April 12, 2012.

o The entry fee is $225 for any entry received after April 12, 2012.

We have attached two recent articles that appeared in Sailing Anarchy
concerning changes that have occurred at NOSA.

Please share this with your membership.

If you have any questions or input, please contact the NOSA Entry Chair, Tom
Madden: 949-351-9905 or <mailto:tam1654@yahoo.com>tam1654@yahoo.com.

Chuck Iverson Tom Madden

Commodore, NOSA Entry Chair, NOSA

The Governor’s Cup lives: 11am Monday, December 26th. Registrations will be honored, new registrations accepted, and an additional event will be included. This is the postponed running of the race that was canceled because of too much wind on Thanksgiving weekend.

Thistles on Lake Pleasant. Photo: Chris Smith

As requested by dinghy sailors, all centerboard classes are invited to participate in a Half Marathon (13.1 miles) starting with the Full Marathon sailors and be eligible for the coveted Governors Cup Trophy! Entry Forms will be on the website. Please note “HALF” on the form if you are entering the half marathon.

The 30 sailors who showed up ready to brave the high winds and cool weather to participate in the 2011 Governors Cup Regatta were greeted with winds steady above 20kts, and gusting well over 30 blasting down the lake. The waves (with 4 miles of fetch) crashing on the dam were reminiscent of the ocean swells crashing on harbor breakers. There were already three victims on the beach—one small sailboat on the rocks at the base of the dam and two on the island near Pleasant Harbor.

Our start line just happened to be yards in front of the dam.  For the safety of the racers and their boats, I abandoned the race for the day.

Mike Parker, Event Organizer

From the snow capped mountains of Lake Pleasant the last weekend scores are posted here.

Congrats to Martin Lorch, Greg Woodcock, Norm Anderson, Steve Brown, Peter Hartleb & Trey Harlow.

GOVERNOR’S CUP TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED TO 12/26/2011….BECAUSE…
In the days leading up to the Governor’s Cup regatta, the wind forecast was rising. By Saturday morning of the race (11/26), the wind was blowing over 20 with gusts to 30+ and no sign of slackening. Race organizer Mike Parker occasionally lifted his yellow wind gauge into the blast just to make sure, while walking from boat to boat to find out what people planned to do.

“Not race,” was the usual response. Keep the boat on the trailer. Some of the 18 entrants had rigged their boats and were standing by to see what happened. A little less wind and it would have been a great event. With this much, it was a scratch. Not that some weren’t ready to risk their equipment to give it a try and we understand some sails were trashed in the effort.

The revived Governor’s Cup is a long-distance race that threads around the edges of Lake Pleasant in order to reach marathon length: 26.2 miles. Last year the wind was good but not this good and the racers all finished quickly. Not this time. This time the giant Governor’s Cup trophy IS TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED TO 12/26/2011.

2011 Ruth Beals Cup Winners (left to right) Carina Freedman and Maggie Blumm and reigning champ Amy Grothe

The ASU/AYC member racing team of Captain Maggie Blumm and crew Carina Freedman dominated this year’s annual Arizona Yacht Club Ruth Beals sailing regatta, winning four of five races. The competition took place on Tempe Town Lake Saturday, November 12, and required women at the helm.

Ruth Beals was the woman who founded the Arizona Yacht Club in 1958. She died this year.

Racing was held at the east end of Tempe Town Lake in light breezes reaching up to 10 knots, directed by AYC Race Officer David Rawstrom and his team. All races went off without incident or protest.

Both Maggie Blumm and Carina Freedman attend ASU and are up-and-comers on the ASU Sailing Club’s Women’s Racing Team. Maggie is a native of Arizona and Carina is from Southern California.

Former Ruth Beals Cup winner Amy Grothe finished in second place with crew Kory Deleado. And Cynthia Pillote with crew Mike Ferring finished third.

ASU Racing Coach Philip C. Freedman, a former America Cup skipper watched Maggie and daughter Carina snatch the cup, saying “These young women sailors had strong starts and sailed smart, strategic races, both up and downwind. I’m proud of them!”

Tight turn at the mark.

AYC Rear Commodore Mike Ferring added, “We want to involve more women in the sport and this annual event is a great way to let them show their skill.”

The Ruth Beals Cup will happen at the same time and place in 2012. All women are welcome to compete and anyone may volunteer to help or watch from the viewing area or on the water.

For further info and photos of the event visit Facebook/Ruth Beals Cup 2011.

The scores from week 7 of racing at Tempe Town Lake are posted HERE.