Save the Date: 2nd Annual Club Championship for the Day Sailer Trophy

Following on the heels of last year’s incredibly competitive and fun inaugural Sonar Club Championship, we are upping the field to 12 available berths for year 2! 

Mark your calendars for Saturday September 28th, and start getting your team together. Sign-ups will open May 16. Like last year, you need to sign up with at least a skipper and 2 confirmed crew to secure a boat. When registration opens, it will be announced in Sailing News and available on the Sailing Calendar on the website.

Pictured above: 2023 Club Champions and winners of the Day Sailer Trophy

Tomorrow: Ken Legler: Strategy is Good, Tactics are Evil

Join us tomorrow in the Sailing Center for what will be a very entertaining and educational evening on how to have more fun while going faster. Ken Legler is a coach’s coach. We can all learn from his wisdom, his pictures and his videos - and he makes it fun. 

Bar opens 5:30pm / Speaker 6pm - 9pm / Break for dinner 7:15pm / $29 per person (includes dinner).  Read more about Ken and sign up here.

MarkSetBot Clinic Prerequisites 

Interested in becoming a MarkSetBot operator? Check out the new MarkSetBot page in the Race Committee section of the EYC website, which outlines the prerequisites to participating in a MarkSetBot clinic. If enough people complete the prerequisites, EYC can host a hands-on clinic on our waterfront, so spread the word!

Sail ‘24 - MRA Season Kickoff Party

Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo and the start of the 2024 MRA season at Corinthian Yacht Club! The party will be the evening of Friday, May 3rd. Tickets are $25 and include festive food, Rumson’s tastings, door prizes, and live music. This event has a cash bar and is open to the public - no club or fleet affiliations required! Sign up here.

SOLO Wilderness First Aid Course

Recap below from Vice Commodore Alan McKinnon:

On the weekend of March 23 and 24, 21 folks gathered for an 18-hour SOLO WFA and CPR course which was organized by the Eastern’s Race Committee Training Committee Chair Bryan Lee.

The focus of the course was to provide the necessary first aid knowledge in the event of a medical emergency when assistance is more than 24 hours away. The highlight of the course was when the instructor worked in scenarios that could likely occur in the marine environment. Everyone who attended the seminar left well prepared. 

Speaker Events for Young Sailors

Attention youth and teen sailors! Pleon is hosting two speaker nights in the EYC Sailing Center in April; read on for more info:

April 10th at 5pm - Sharkfest: A hands-on presentation with Kristen Smith from AWSC. Kristen will present an in depth look at white shark research efforts. The focus of this program is on technology and current shark tagging that is taking place off Cape Cod. Information is provided on how the tags are a part of a communication system and how the data is transferred to the researchers. Space is limited, registration required.

April 24th at 5pm - Joe Harris, Offshore Sailor: Joe grew up in Greenwich, CT. His twenties were spent working as a boat-builder in New England and a commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where his dream of sailing round the world was born. Joe advanced from a local club racer on fully crewed boats to an experienced offshore single and double-handed racer, sailing across the Atlantic four times in addition to numerous passages to Bermuda and the Caribbean and distance racing in Europe. In 2015/16, Joe completed a 152 day solo, unassisted sailing circumnavigation of the world by way of the three Great Capes, including the famed Cape Horn, joining a select group of only 140 sailors that have achieved this goal. Registration required.

Upcoming Events 

Friday, April 5 - Sailing Speaker Series - Ken Legler: Strategy is Good, Tactics are Evil. Information and sign up here. 

Wednesday, April 17 - Golden Globe Race Presentation by Guy DeBoer at BYC

Thursday, April 18 - 20 - Team EYC at the Baldwin Cup

Saturday, April 27 - 28 - Team EYC at the Jackson Cup

Friday, May 3 - 5 - Team EYC at the Wilson Trophy

Wednesday, May 8 - Sailing Committee Meeting 

Saturday, May 11 - 12 - US Match Race Championship Qualifier

Friday, May 17 - Sailing Season Kickoff Party. Sign up here 

Saturday, June 1 - Safety at Sea Seminar. Sign up here

Saturday, June 22 - 23 - Team EYC at the Thayer Trophy

Wednesday, July 10 - Sailing Committee Meeting 

Wednesday, September 11 - Sailing Committee Meeting 

Wednesday, November 13 - Sailing Committee Meeting   

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Owner/Crew Availability Form

Are you a skipper looking for crew? Or a crew looking to sail?  We have everyone covered in our new Crew Bank Form here.  Click here to see all responses. 

Reach the Sailing Office at sailing@easternyc.org

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