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2021 marks the 68th season of sailboat racing at Portage Lake, Pinckney Michigan.
Portage Yacht Club (PYC) is one of the oldest sailing clubs in the state of Michigan. We have a proud tradition of competitive excellence in Michigan as well as Nationally. PYC members have won National and North American championships in several classes as well as prestigious US Sailing national championships. Besides this serious stuff, we have a lot of FUN and comraderie.
The schedule below is not final and is subject to change by thw Race Committee.
| Rules | ISAF Racing Rules. Sailing Instructions will be available once approved. | ||
| Eligibility and Entry | Open to class-legal boats owned by or chartered to a PYC member, who must also be a member of US SAILING and the class association. US SAILING membership is included in your racing registration fees. Club membership requirements waived for first-year racers in the Silver and Gold Series. FEE SCHEDULE AND ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE CLUB OFFICE. | ||
| Fleets | Three entries required for fleet status. | ||
| Starting Order | Tuesday Series: Lasers, Open Class Thursday Series: All fleets start together Weekend Series: All fleets start together | ||
| 2021 Dates | Tuesday Series | Spring/Fall: | May 25; Jun 1, 8; Aug 24, 31; Sep 7 |
| School’s Out: | Jun 15, 22, 29; Jul 6, 13, 20, 27; Aug 3, 10, 17 | ||
| Thursday Series | Spring: | May 27; Jun 3, 10, 17, 24; Jul 1, 8, 15 | |
| Summer: | Jul 22, 29; Aug 5, 12, 19, 26; Sep 2, 9 | ||
| Weekend Series | Gold: | May 22; Jun 5, 19; Jul 17, 31; Aug 14, 28; Sep 5 | |
| Commodore’s Cup | Sep 5, 6 | ||
| Races | Tuesday Series | one or more short (approximately 30 minute) races | |
| Thursday Series | one or more back-to-back races. | ||
| Weekend Series | three races with warning signal times as indicated below. | ||
| Warning Signal for the first race of the day | Tuesday Series | 6:30 p.m. Subsequent races: Back-to-Back | |
| Thursday Series | 7:00 PM except 6:30 PM after Aug 12. Subsequent races: Back-to-Back | ||
| Weekend Series | Saturday First Race: 12:00 PM, Subsequent races: Back-to-Back Sunday First Race: 1:00 PM, Subsequent races: Back-to-Back |
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| Other | Scoring, alternative penalties, prizes and other details are covered in the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions. Questions, please contact the Club Office during regular office hours. | ||
Brian Hawkins Commodore
Clark Chapin Secretary Past Commodore
Brook Smith Treasurer
Bill O’Donnel Governor
William Foster Governor
Jack White
Chair
Briefer – LB Summer
Management Assignments
Brook Smith
Vice Chair
Scoring
Briefer Gold May-Jun
Tom Ehman
Permits and Documents
Clark Chapin
Secretary
Instruction – Race Rules
Bill O’Donnel
Briefer Captain
Briefer LB Spring
Ty Cathey
Interlake Fleet Captain
Brian Hawkins
Briefer – Gold Jul-Aug
Red Cross D & P
Rick Jarzembowski
Awards
Steve Wiseman
Briefer – SB Spring
Laser Fleet Captain
Rick Lyons
Briefer – SB Summer
Bill Foster
Kerry Pebbles
Ann Taylor
Dave Moody Website Manager
Social Networks