2025 Boss of the Estuary Beer Can Series
Encinal, Island and Oakland Yacht Clubs collaborated to combine the scoring of their spring and summer evening races into the Boss of the Estuary Beer Cans. Justis Fennel and the crew of Good and Plenty (IYC) beat 104 other entries over the 37-race event, racking up an impressive 3,3576 points. He and his crew earn bragging rights for the year with nameplate recognition on the Boss of the Beer Cans perpetual trophy, kept in the EYC display case.
George Lythcott and Dream Catcher (IYC) took second with 2,746.61 points. Richard Standridge and Ursa Minor (IYC) placed third with 2,732.53 points.
Dawn Chesney and Bewitched (IYC) were fourth with 2,574.30. Walter Shih and Loki (IYC) were fifth with 2,493.61 points. Each of these top five skippers will receive a personalized T-shirt with their boat name and finish place at the first race of the 2026 season. There are no throwouts — all races count — encouraging participation. And turnout is up substantially since the introduction of the series.
Scoring for each race reflects the percentage of competitors beaten that evening across all classes, when ranked on average corrected speed: A boat that is faster than 90% of the other competitors earns 90 points. The last-place finisher earns points for beating all the entries that did not come — so just finishing is worth 33 points if a third of the entries miss that race. This season a boat that just showed up and finished last in each race would have earned 994.8 points.
In addition to the top five skippers, an additional six skippers will be chosen at random from the boats that scored more than 994.8 points.