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Wednesday night
sailboat racing is nationally known for its low key "fun"
racing, most often dubbed the "Beer Can Series". The Tahoe
Yacht Club has found that busy weekend schedules as well as consistent
evening breezes produces the highest number of boats for this weekly
"hump-day" event.
The season of
racing is broken into two series, Spring and Summer. The spring
series includes 7 nights of racing, and begins on May 27, 2009,
ending on July 6, 2009.
The summer
series also includes 7 nights of racing, and begins on July
15 and ends on August 26.
The August 26 event will be followed by the Beer Can
Ball, an awards party for the series. Post race get-togethers
at the club are always a laugh as the events of the evening are
re-animated.
For those of
you interested in crewing on a boat, or recruiting crew to be on
your boat, there are usually two Crew Parties during the summer
season. Anybody interested in sailing is invited to come to the
TYC clubhouse as a guest and find out more about our sailing events.
The
club continues to make a true commitment to the boats of yesteryear
that have a tough time competing head to head with the sport boats
of the new millennium. There are three separate PHRF divisions, including one for boats that choose not to fly spinnakers. See the Sailing Instructions page for more information on classes. There
are season awards for all divisions. In an attempt to further level
the playing field, the slower classes of boats will start ahead
of the faster classes. In addition, every attempt will be made to
get all of the boats back to the dock around the same time.
Wednesday night
racing in Tahoe is plenty of fun, but don’t let the traditional
attitude fool you; these races provide great competition as well!
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