Regattas – Youth
During our 7-week summer sessions Monday – Thursday, race students can participate in the GSBYRA sanctioned regatta series weather permitting most Fridays and Race Week in July.
WPSA does NOT provide student or private boat transportation to or from races. Students may use club boats if available and we ask race parents to volunteer a few times to tow a club stack trailer to and from races. You’ll receive a volunteer credit voucher towards next year’s WPSA membership fee.
Students and parents must preregister for GSBYRA races on their own, online prior to the events. Pairs of sailors race in 420’s and individual sailors race in Opti/Optimist or Sunfish in the Green, Red, White or Blue Fleets.
The GSBYRA race season extends past our own. Students are welcome to continue on their own and make arrangements to use WPSA boats.
See https://gsbyra.org/junior.html for more details.
Weeknight Races – All Ages
On select weeknights, weather permitting, the WPSA invites members to race off of our bulkhead, to compete and socialize with other members! This is a great opportunity to get some sailing in and also for newcomers to volunteer to crew on another boat while gaining experience.
We have fleet races by class of boats, as well as PHRF races which are explained below but are handicapped to allow for casual racing among different classes of boats.
See our Notice of Racing page and Sailing Instructions page for race guidelines.
Weeknight Race Schedule
To be announced.
Tuesday Night Races – SUNFISH FLEET 6pm – 8pm
Sunfish races are a one design category meaning that only Sunfish boats would race – however, at WPSA we also allow Opti’s to participate. Participants should arrive to rig earlier and be out on the water for 6pm. Cancellation notices due to weather are on Facebook.
2023
June 20th
June 27th
July 11th
July 18th
July 25th
Aug 1st
Aug 8th
Aug 15th
Aug 22nd
Thursday Night Races – HANDICAP FLEET 6pm – 8pm
‘Handicap’ in sailing context means that different size and different types of boats race against each other and a mathematical model adjusts for the differences to make them as equal as possible(as opposed to ‘one design’ races, where all boats are the same, such as all Sunfish or all Flying Scot.) A boat finishing last after the computations are done could be the winner!
Participants should arrive to rig earlier and be out on the water for 6pm. Cancellation notices due to weather are on Facebook. Sunfish, Opti, and all larger boats welcome to race.
2023
June 22rd
June 29th
July 6th
July 13th
July 20st
July 27th
Aug 3th
Aug 10th
Aug 17th
Aug 24th
Friday Night Races – PHRF FLEET 6pm – 8pm
PHRF means Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, which is a system allowing dissimilar boats to race against each other and by mathematical model that will cancel out advantages and disadvantages for each class of boat. It means any boat can compete! PHRF races are usually larger boats, therefore Opti’s would not participate for safety.
Participants should arrive to rig earlier and be out on the water for 6pm. Cancellation notices from the Fleet Captain.
2023
June 23rd
July 7th
July 14th
July 21st
July 28th
Aug 4th
Aug 11th
Aug 18th
Aug 25th
PHRF Sailing
PHRF means Performance Handicap Racing Fleet – this is a method of classification that gives dissimilar boats the ability to race against each other using a handicapping system. Handicaps are assigned by the committee or chairperson with specific fleets and is sanctioned by the United States Sailing Association. Generally these are casual races!
For more information on PHRF please visit: www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf
