Jamestown Yacht Club

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Fall Race #2

After no wind, then fluky wind, caused a postponement of Race #2, the wind piped up stronger than predicted. We sent the fleet off on a course to avoid the S Class regatta and the 2 cruise ships in Newport harbor entrance. Many thanks to Vento Solare and crew for...

Post Summer Race #10

To our Summer Series Racers, Results of Races 8 and 10 have been updated as well as the Season Summary to address scoring changes due to protests. This finalizes our Summer Series. See you on the water for the Fall Series!

Summer Race #10

Please note that Summer series cumulative results are preliminary pending two protests. RC appreciates all the thanks from our racers. Glad we could give you all a great series of racing. Hope to see you on the water for the Fall series.

Summer Race #6

A big thank you to all our racers as you all stayed well clear of the car carrier exiting the Bay tonight! We received a thumbs up from the pilot. It is much appreciated by your Race Committee. Four more races in the Summer Series. As of tonight, the Summer Series and...

Crew Rotation

To our Racers and Race Committee, Due to lack of wind and likelihood of fog, I am cancelling tonight’s Crew Rotation race. See you on the water next week for Summer Series Race 6. Regards, Cheryl Rienzo

Summer Race 5

JYC Racers, another interesting Tuesday evening! Thank you for your patience when we postponed for the car carrier. Was unusual to have the wind build to the end of the race as well. We saw quite a few interesting finishes. Just a reminder – yet again – to not recross...

Summer Post Race #2

Racers, The Summer Series results have been updated for the C Fleet due to a PHRF appeal. Please see revised results for Races 1 and 2.

Summer Race 2

Thank you all for your understanding regarding our lack of RC boat tonight. What Cheer decided to take a break when we left the dock and wouldn’t go into gear. Hopefully, we’ll be up and running next week. As a reminder to all our racers, please do NOT recross the...

Summer Race #1

Beautiful night for a good long race! RC took advantage of the wind and daylight to send the fleets for long ones tonight. Another reminder that the 2021-2023 South Bay charts are no longer to be used. JYC has updated our course list for 2024. Please use the course...

Last Spring Race

To our JYC Racers: A beautiful night to end out Spring series…thanks to all those who joined us for this series!  Many thanks to our RC volunteers who made the series possible. Also, a fun night was had by all who attended the CYC/JYC Grill Night Mixer tonight,...

First 2024 Race

Welcome to 2024 JYC Racing Season! Our 1st Spring Race was a bit chilly with the gusty wind and water temp at 51, but we had great attendance. Although we had to do a dock start, the mooring field was mostly clear and SW wind worked in our favor. Thank you all for...

JYC 2024 Skipper’s Meeting

To our JYC Racers, Great Skippers Meeting conducted tonight with good attendance in person and on Zoom. We appreciate your attention to the changes we’ve made for this season and the Safety presentation we had regarding our narrow channel. Many thanks to Dave Kane, a...

01 October 2023

JYC Racers, despite our struggles with the tide/current today in setting our pin, the day was a great finish to the 2023 racing season. Thank you to all our racers and a special thank you to our great volunteers on race committee! Hopefully, we’ll see you all at the...

24 September

Racers and Race Committee, Thanks to all those dedicated sailors and volunteers who came out in less than ideal conditions to join us for Race #4 of the Fall Series! After the bounce of last week, we had flat seas, but plenty of wind and rain and then the fog came in!...

10 September

JYC Racers, Thanks for sticking it out with the Race Committee today as we did our best to give you a Sunday race despite the fluky breeze, commercial traffic, threatening fog and threatening thunderstorms. It was a first for RC to both change a course for one fleet...