Upcoming Events

This Tuesday at 7pm SL, Vagabonds Yacht Club will host an informal match racing tournament in Sanchon. Theodore Polonsky will be your Race Committee and Protest Committee.

We'll start pairs as fast as we can, hopefully 1 pair every 4 minutes, on the VYC Medium Course. Depending on how many people show up, we'll do single- or double- elimination to determine the winner. This will be a fast-paced event, and your Race Committee will give out extra karma points for keeping things moving.

We will be racing under the full ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing, plus the 3 VYC experimental rules. These are available in this forum, or from the Race Committee if you ask nice. See http://www.sailingcourse.com/ for an introduction to the rules and tactics.

The Black Flag Rule 30.3 will be in effect, modified from 1 minute to 2 minutes. This means if you are in the triangle formed by the ends of the line and the first mark during the two minutes before the start you will be disqualified.

Spinnakers prior to the start will be allowed.

The VYC Medium Course, including landmarks, is available at the Sanchon Sailing Center.

If you have any questions, or if you need copies of the VYC Medium Course or the experimental rules addendum, please arrive promptly. We will gather at 7pm SL, and racing starts at 7:10 sharp. Latecomers will be mocked mercilessly, but we'll probably be able to squeeze them into a later heat.

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 10 am on Thursday, August 24th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 6 pm on Thursday night, August 24th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Nber Medici is the co-host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

Starboards Yacht Club will host its weekly "Learn to Sail" event in Hollywood at noon on Sunday August 27th. We will have a brief slide show followed by one on one help on the water in your sailboat with an experienced skipper. You can rent the Tako sailboat at the Hollywood dock for free for one hour.

We need experienced skippers to help with the one on one tutoring.

We need novices so that the experienced skippers will have someone to help.

Come and join us!!

First Casual Race a Success!

Wednesday night, the first casual race was held. A nice showing of experienced and new sailors showed up and participated. Also, some people interested in sailing watched. Approximately 7 boats participated in one or all of the three races. Didn't capture the results of the first race, but here are the results of the second and third:

Race 2
Sailing Race Line: Race Results:
Sailing Race Line: 1: Svar Beckersted - +00:04:57
Sailing Race Line: 2: James Newcomb - +00:05:52
Sailing Race Line: 3: Pacifien Massiel - +00:06:13
Sailing Race Line: 4: Ali Akami - +00:06:41
Sailing Race Line: 5: Tasha Kostolany - +00:07:05

Race 3
Sailing Race Line: Race Results:
Svar Beckersted - +00:04:29
Pacifien Massiel - +00:05:00
James Newcomb - +00:05:16
Ali Akami - +00:06:46
Tasha Kostolany - +00:06:54
Elisia Mayfair DNF

Jules Cerveau participated in the first race, but had to leave.

Special thanks to the casual race committee for helping to make this first race a success. Lehua Lamington, Andre Richelieu and Carmelita Carrillon were great help. Also to Tasha Kostolany for the banner and other things she did. A great party on the deck took place afterwards.

We will have another casual race this coming Wednesday night (8/30), starting at 8:00 P.M. Spread the word! Any ideas for a theme?

The Tuesday night regatta series continues tonight. We will try to get in 6 races. We will be keeping score, but as the VYC rankings have fallen behind due to Cup-related training, we'll be starting with an empty slate. Join us and get a head start on the VYC leaderboard!

7:00 until 8:30 or so, TONIGHT, in Sanchon.

Starboards Yacht Club is sponsoring TWO racing events on Thursday August 31st.

10:00 am Racing AND 6 pm Racing

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for both of these events. Let's have some fun folks!

The Mowry Bay Yacht Club and Embalming Society is proud to announce the resumption of weekly racing on Mondays in the newly upgraded (we hope!) Mowry Bay sims! Weekly racing will resume Monday, September 11 at 6:00 SLT on the Olympic course. Self-appointed Racing Director Jamey Sismondi will run the line then beat all comers! (Sound like a challenge or what?!)

Don't forget Casual Sailing nights too on Wednesdays! Tonight is "Bad Hair" night! Bring your baddest hair and your fastest sailboats for some fun on the water! 6 pm SLT!

Mowry. Be there. Or be bald. Yes, Faykin, that means you.

Espresso, Alan and I will be meeting tomorrow at 1:30 at my house in Amida to talk about hosting, webapps, forum software, etc. Anyone who's interested in joining us, come on over, or IM me for a TP.

Amida 46, 145 or thereabouts.

Starboards Yacht Club will host its weekly "Learn to Sail" event in Hollywood at noon on Sunday Sept 3rd. We will have a brief slide show followed by one on one help on the water in your sailboat with an experienced skipper. You can rent the Tako sailboat at the Hollywood dock for free for one hour. The Tako sailboat uses realistic physics to mimic the actions of RL sailboats. You are going to LOVE this.

We need experienced skippers to help with the one on one tutoring.

We need novices so that the experienced skippers will have someone to help.

Come and join us!!

uh oh JUST teasing of course

Starboards Yacht Club is sponsoring TWO racing events on Thursday September 7th 10:00 am Racing AND 6 pm Racing

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for both of these events. Let's have some fun folks!

Starboards Yacht Club will host its weekly "Learn to Sail" event in Hollywood. Noon on Sunday August 20th. We will have a brief slide show followed by one on one help on the water in your sailboat with an experienced skipper. You can rent the Tako sailboat at the Hollywood dock for free for one hour or purchase one for $250L.

We need experienced Tako skippers to help with the one on one tutoring. We need novices so that the experienced skippers will have someone to help. Come and join us!!

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