Active Weekend at Berkeley YC

Checking out the weekend events in our annual Northern California YRA racing calendar, we that noticed this Sunday has just three events on the schedule and all three are at Berkeley Yacht Club! 

On the busy BYC Sunday schedule is the Midwinter Winners Race, which will pit the top finishers from the winter series in an end-of-season match-up. Awards for the series and the Kirt Brooks Champion of Champions Trophy will be handed out at the club afterward.

Also on Sunday, the OYRA has sponsored a now sold-out, all-day US Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar led by Chuck Hawley. This seminar qualifies all attendees to participate in the Hands-on Safety at Sea Seminar. Luckily, the Pacific Cup Yacht Club has one scheduled for April 14 or 15 at the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda. If you’re not attending Berkeley’s seminar this weekend you can still qualify for April’s EYC Hands-on training segment by taking the online course.

Finally, on the calendar at BYC for Sunday is their "almost every Sunday from October 8, 2017, through March 25, 2018" Chowder series. They’re very informal, and the instructions clearly state: "Chowder races are cancelled in event of rain." We suspect that not many races have been canceled this year.

If you’re not part of any of this, the weekend forecast looks great for sailing.