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

Participants should arrive to rig earlier and be out on the water for 6pm.  Cancellation notices due to weather are on Facebook.

2022

June 14th

June 21st

June 28th

July 5th

July 12th

July 19th

July 26th

Aug 2nd

Aug 9th

Aug 16th

Aug 23rd

Wednesday Night Races – HANDICAP FLEET  6pm – 8pm

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.

2022

June 23rd

June 30th

July 7th

July 14th

July 21st

July 28th

Aug 4th

Aug 11th

Aug 18th

Aug 25th

Thursday Night Races – PHRF FLEET  6pm – 8pm

Participants should arrive to rig earlier and be out on the water for 6pm.  Cancellation notices from the Fleet Captain.

2022

June 10th

June 17th

June 24th

July 1st

July 8th

July 15th

July 22nd

July 29th

Aug 5th

Aug 12th

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