Past CSYC Commodore Joe Onofrio has brought this to our attention- a cruise on a 78 foot sailboat from Ushuaia, Argentina to Antarctica in December 2019.  

It you are interested you can contact Joe at onofriojoe@gmail.com

More information on this Chief One Expedition can be found here.

Antarctica 2019

 

The Commodore’s Ball on Friday, Nov. 2nd is our biggest social event of the year with great food, drinks, and awards recognition – guaranteed to be a wonderful evening!

More details are here.

Please RSVP by paying online at https://csyc.org/csyc-commodores-ball.  The deadline to RSVP is Monday, October 28th, and we will honor RSVPs on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach the venue’s capacity of 70 people.  So please make your reservations now!

The Commodore’s Ball will be held November 2nd from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Lone Tree Golf Club, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd, Lone Tree.  

The menu will  Beef Tenderloin Tips, Atlantic Salmon, salad, and side dishes, and dessert.  There will be a cash bar stocked with Dark and Stormies as well as other drinks.  The cost for the evening is $55 per person.

The program for the evening will include recognition of club officers, presentation of racing trophies for the year, and the annual members’ meeting. The agenda for the annual members’ meeting includes electing directors for next year.

Looking forward to seeing you all on November 2nd and wrapping up a great year!

The Fall Series is starting on Sunday afternoons!  Come out and join us starting Sept. 15th. Racing will start at 2:00 pm with two fleets – Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker.

We are also in need of race committee volunteers. If you didn’t get a chance to RC this summer, now’s your chance!

Contact the Race Director to volunteer or with any questions.

Michael Kline

race.director@csyc.org

More here.

Start time has been moved up by 30 minutes.  First Race starts at 6 pm.

The Autumn Winds Regatta will be September 21, 2019.

This is a one day regatta and open to members of  CSYC and S.A.I.L.

The Annual Chili Cook-Off will be held at the Riverside Pavilion after racing.  So start reviewing that favorite recipe – more to come on that.

Please let David Ostrander know if you can assist with RC, or have someone who can drive a finish/course boat or shop for RC lunches.

Last big event of the racing season!

Link to NOR is here.

Link to SI is here.

Sign-up early for a discount on-line here.

Sunday September 8th – Pursuit Race begins at 1:00 pm, fun course with bluegrass pickers at 3 pm, Shrimp Boil at 5:30 pm and Bluegrass jam starts at 6:00 pm.  

2019 PURSUIT RACE, SHRIMP BOIL AND SAILGRASS

CSYC’s annual raft-up and Fugawi race is coming up on August 17th!  This is always a fun event – night racing by full moon.  The raft-up will start at 6:00 pm near Mark 6.  It’s traditional to bring an hors d’oeuvre to share.  At about 7:45 pm the raft-up will break apart and everyone will anchor for an 7:53 pm (sunset) start of the Fugawi race, which will run until midnight.  Full details are here.  Come on out and join us for a fun night!

Can’t score Why Buy racers unless the skippers are matched with the boat names.  Why Buy boats must pass on the skipper’s name to the Race Committee boat when checking in prior to the race.  But there still is miscommunication in getting the right names on the race scoring sheet.

To solve this problem, a “Why Buy Skipper to Boat Match” Google spreadsheet has been added to this website.  It is located in the SERIES RACING pull down menu located right above this post.  After selecting this in the menu, you can enter the skipper and boat name for each race.

Why Buy racers should enter this info as soon as possible after each race to make sure they are scored correctly.  Most races are scored and posted within 24 hours.

If you have any questions, contact the scorer at scorer@csyc.org

 

Finally the following are ready to use for our Summer Race Season – bridge and road around the lake, marina slips, marina BBQs, marina parking lot and south boat ramp.  There are temporary structures for the marina office, pump out and fuel dock. 

A competitor’s meeting will be held the first Saturday of racing (June 1st) at 8:30 am at the south end of the Chatfield State Park Swim Beach. This meeting is to announce fleets, starting order, if necessary, or any other changes or special instructions. The warning signal for the first race will be at 8:50 am, notifying competitors that the Race Committee is on station with the first race of the morning commencing at approximately 9:00 am. The last race of the morning (determined by Race Committee) will be conducted as to allow competitors time to get back to the boat ramps or beach area by 11:15 am, if at all possible.

Dinghy race dates are as follows:
June 1st
June 15th
June 29th
July 13th
July 27th
August 10th
August 24th

CSYC dinghy racers can rent a Topez from Colorado Water Sports for $20.  Due to construction at Roxborough Cove, Colorado Water Sports is currently located at the swim beach.  The plan is move Colorado Water Sports and the Topez dinghies to Roxborough Cove in July.

 

 

This morning, as I was wandering from clock to clock “springing” the time ahead one hour, the thought hit me that Spring in Colorado will begin heading our way soon. A long glance out the window filled my eyes with a big blue sky and a moderate breeze – a perfect morning to head to Chatfield reservoir to catch the wind and glide across the water in a sailboat. Then reality set in and I remembered the thick layer of ice still on the lake. No sailing just yet…however it is time to begin planning and preparing for the 2019 Sailing season around Denver’s front range.

Those “salty dogs” that have sailed for years know the Spring drill of getting your boats. For those of us who are new to the sport or would like to discover what sailing is about, this is the time of the year to begin planning for a season of sailing in Colorado! Are you someone who has a small sailboat tucked into the garage, barn or storage shed? Or are you someone who has sat on the shore of a lake and watched as sailboats glided gracefully though the water and wondered what it would be like to be on a sailboat? Are you a couple who have sailed before kids and now want to introduce your children to the sport? This is the time of year for all of us; young, old, families and couples to put sailing into your Spring and Summer plans.

What to do? Where to go? What’s required? Join a sailing dinghy program!
The Colorado Sail and Yacht Club (CSYC) along with Colorado Watersports (CWS) will be hosting a sailing dinghy kickoff meeting at Chatfield reservoir – Roxborough Cove, on Saturday May 18, 2019 at 8:30AM. The intent is to provide information, introduce what a sailing dinghy is and encourage those with dinghies to get them out of their storage locations and into the water!

More details will follow but in the meantime on these bright sunny breezy mornings start thinking about your plans for sailing in Colorado this season. Soon we will be on the water feeling the joy of having the wind pull us effortlessly across the water!

Kevin Vinski, First Day of Spring 2019

Our 2019 racing season will be delayed due to the construction at Chatfield State Park. The completion of the marina slips and the south boat ramp is required before we can start racing.  Also a minimum of a weekend will be needed to allow boat owners to launch and rig their boats.   Currently the estimated date for completion of the marina slips and south boat ramp is June 1, 2019.  This would set June 5, 2019 as the first race of the Spring Series.  If the completion dates slip, the start of the Spring Series will also slip.

The shorten Spring Series will run to June 26.  The Race Committee will be encouraged to run a second race on the long days in June.  After the break for Fourth of July week, the Summer Series will run from July 10 to September 11.  The Fall Series will run Sunday afternoons from September 15 to October 20.

Stay tune to this website for updates to the schedule.