Dinghy Racing - 2005

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Sept 13, 20, 27, and October 4 2005

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Racing starts at 6.00 pm in vicinity of the West entrance to Squalicum Harbor

BYC will be organizing weekly dinghy racing (15 racing days in all) on Tuesday nights for sailing dinghies starting on May 31st through September 6 (last Tuesday before Bellingham Bay One Design Regatta). We expect the main core of sailors to be from BYC's Junior Program using Opti's and Bytes and from a new Laser class that is being formed this year, We will warmly welcome other sailors in Whatcom County and elsewhere who own dinghies to participate. NOTE: the racing will be properly managed with a professional race officer in charge.

The 15 Tuesday race days will be divided into three series of five each. Prizes will be awarded for each series.

Racing will be $20 per series, payable in advance. This charge will cover our share of the the basic costs of mark and safety boat fuel and maintenance.

The race course will be set in the area between the West and East entrances of Sualicum Harbor. There will be a volunteer race committee boat, mark boat, and safety boat. Racing will start at 6.00 pm. Racing will be by class - Lasers, Bytes, Optis and others (mixed). Hopefully other classes will come together before July12th. The following support documents are available on this site:

Currently BYC and other sailing clubs are working with the Port of Bellingham to locate and establish dedicated dry storage and launching facilities for sailing dinghies. This storage facility will be located at Gate 6 and will include racks for storage. The storage facility will be managed by BYC but will be available at a fee to non BYC members. If you are in interested in using this facility please email commodore@byc.org

More info on this storage facilty will be made avaiable shortly.

Sailors interested in dinghy racing are asked to fill and submit the "Dinghy Racing" form.

To see who has registered to participate and whom have boats please click here.

Visit our One-Design Racing Fleets site and help create one-desgn fleets for Bellingham Bay.

We hope to expand last years dinghy racing to make it fun, safe, and competitive, a first step in making Bellingham Bay "the place" for dinghy racing.

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