Oregon Corinthian Sailing Association (OCSA)
Changes were made to the 2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing, which have affecting clubs’ Notice of Races (NoR) and the OCSA Sailing Instructions (SIs). As a result, OCSA has updated its Sailing Instructions and COVID-19 Regulations for the 2021 season. Check these links for more information and please note that updated NoR’s will be posted as they become available. Your patience and understanding are greatly appreciated.
OCSA Race Management Clinic: Everyone is invited to attend this FREE workshop, brought to you by OCSA and hosted by Gregg Bryden. This is a MUST for all race and fleet captains, and volunteer PRO’s (principal race officers) who intend to run races and anyone who expects to serve on a Race Committee Boat.
Date: Saturday, February 27th via Zoom
Time: 10 am – 1pm
More Information: click this link
Registration & Zoom Meeting Link: please e-mail the OCSA Commodore
Price: FREE!
OCSA is pleased to sponsor Racing Rules Webinars with Dave Perry, on Saturday March 13th!
➡ Session A:
Dave Perry explains the changes in the 2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing and answers the sailors’ questions on any rule they would like to ask about!
Date: Saturday, March 13th
Time: 9:30am – 2:30pm (with lunch hour break)
Registration: click this link
Price: $12
➡ Session B: For Race Officers and Judges
Dave Perry explains the changes in the 2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing that those that run races (Race Officers) and Judges need to know.
Date: Saturday, March 13th
Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Registration: click this link
Price: $12
Small Yacht Sailing Club of Oregon (SYSCO)
Race and Education
Registration for SYSCO Race and Education events are live on SailPDX. Please register early, so SYSCO can gauge fleet participation. SYSCO has created a No-Fly Sails Tuesday Fleet to accommodate short-handed sailing, and to balance Tuesday and Thursday night participation. There may be a Tuesday No-Fly PHRF scoring class if there is enough interest.
SYSCO Fleet Night has been postponed to Tuesday February 23rd (revised date) at 7:00pm, postponed last week due to weather. Fleet Night will include a presentation from Kerry Poe and a special musical guest. The new Zoom meeting link can be found on the OCSA calendar event page description or contact SYSCO’s Commodore.
Earlybird SYSCO membership ends after Feb 18! Renew your SYSCO membership here, today.
Rose City Yacht Club (RCYC)
Please join fellow sailboat racers for the first race of the new season on March 20th! This year’s Frostbite Regatta hopes to bring keel boat racers for an afternoon of buoy racing. Weather and set-up permitting, RCYC would like to offer up unusual race courses to challenge both the crews’ minds, as well as their ability. Come on out to enjoy seeing other boats, wave back and forth, then get down to some fun racing.
The entry fee has dropped to $2 per boat, so please register early. For more information and to register, check the SailPDX Event Notice Board. Please note that, due to COVID, the after-race social at RCYC has been canceled.
Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC – Portland)
The 2021 Pacific NW Offshore is on! It’s taken some rework of the logistics due the Canadian border closing and the cancellation of this year’s Swiftsure; but CYC and their title sponsor, Schooner Creek Boat Works, were determined to make this year’s race happen. We’re excited to report that registration is now live! For more information please visit www.cycportland.org and www.pacificnwoffshore.org
Due to ongoing restrictions of public gatherings, CYC had made the decision to cancel its annual Pray for Wind event on March 7th, as well as the Chili Cook-Off on March 14th, which would have concluded the annual Sailing on Sundays races.
Rain or shine, Sailing on Sundays continues every Sunday through March 14th!
And, one last thing from OCSA …
Every year the OCSA Board puts together the annual OCSA Racebook, with listings of local sailboat racing events and clubs, Notice of Races (NOR), as well as Sailing Instructions (SI) for OCSA sanctioned races, and the OCSA Course Chart. Hard copies of the 2021 OCSA Racebook are now available for $30 at West Marine and North Sails with your OCSA membership. A laminated copy of the OCSA Course Chart can be purchased for $2 each at these locations, as well, or download/print them for free on the OCSA website, SailPDX.org
Note that OCSA membership is required for most Portland area Columbia River racing registration. If you’d rather save a tree (and $10), e-membership with digital 2021 OCSA Racebook is only $20.
I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming events and hope to see you on the Columbia soon.
Fair winds,
Lilli M.
OCSA Commodore 2021
OCSA membership:
For e-membership, click here.
For membership with printed 2021 OCSA Racebook, or to purchase laminated OCSA Course Charts ($2 each):
North Sails
7304 NE Martin Luther King Blvd Portland, OR
(503) 282-4282
West Marine
1176 N Hayden Island Dr Portland, OR
(503) 289-9822
