Admittedly, the members of the Lake Granby Yacht Club have as much interest in cruising and socializing as they do in racing ... but that's not to say we haven't got some very tough racers among us ... including one or two with national standing. We've had folks race right through ear-cracking lightning, heeled-to-yer-gunnels downbursts, and pound-you-flat-to-the-deck hail. Hey, one racer even kept right on going after a massive "surprise tack" when hit by the only waterspout we've ever seen on the lake. Still, we do take the "Avoid Collision" rule seriously! We're out there to push our skills, not each others' buttons.

Spring Series (Race Committee)

June 18 - Race 1 & 2 (Bjornstad)

June 25 - Race 3 & 4 (Baldwin) - BBQ afterwards

July 9 - Race 5 & 6 (Brugger)

July 23 Commodore's Fun Race & BBQ

Summer Series

August 13 - Race 1 & 2 (Bjornstad)

August 20 - Race 3 & 4 (Scheurer)

August 27 - Race 5 & 6 (Stokstad)

September 10 Manifest Race and party

In 2011 there will be 12 regular series races on Saturdays divided between a Spring Series and a Summer Series.

The Spring and Summer series races will start at 12:30 PM. Skippers meeting for all series races will be at Grand Elk Marina, at 11:00AM with the white flag for the first race at 12:30PM. Scoring will be with one throwout race for both the spring and summer series.

We will be using the starting sequence as described in the 2009-2012 US Sailing racing rule book.

FLAG AND HORN STARTING SEQUENCE

Alert: 3 short horn beeps (no flags are up)

6 minutes before the start

Warning: Raise Race Committee Flag and a short horn beep

5 minutes before start

Preparatory : Raise Code flag P

(blue flag with white square in middle)

and a short horn beep

4 minutes before start

One minute: Preparatory flag removed

and a long horn beep

1 minute before start

Starting: Race Committee Flag removed

and a short horn beep for the start

After all boats have crossed start line the Race Committee Flag wil be posted for the finish line.