LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee. http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php See club website for local club racing. LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.com BFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.org AISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.com SSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2 Barefoot Open. BFSC 3 Lightning Regatta. LLSC 3-4 Barefoot Open. BFSC 4 Lightning Regatta. LLSC 10-11 Laser Regatta. LLSC 17-18 Sailboard Regatta. LLSC 24-25 Halloween Regatta. LLSC 31 Miss Piggy, One-Design (J/22, J/24). LLSC NOVEMBER Oct. 31-Nov.1 Miss Piggy. One-Design. J/22, J/24. LLSC 7 Lanier Cup. University YC 21 Whitecapper. LLSC
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Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regattas, Oct. 17-18, 24-25 The Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regatta Race Week starts off with small boat racing on Oct. 17-18. Expected classes are Sunfish, Lasers, Raiders, and 420s. Big-boat racing is the following weekend on Oct. 24-25. Go to www.sail-race.com.
14th Hiram’s Haul Catamaran Race, Melbourne, FL, to Sebastian, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 The 14th running of Hiram’s Haul is set for Oct. 31-Nov. 1. This catamaran race is a 60-mile race running from Melborne, FL, to Sebastian, FL, on Saturday and back to Melbourne on Sunday. Hiram’s Haul started in 1997 and hosted by Performance Sail and Sport until last year when Sail Series Promotions USA took over as the organizing authority. It is one of four races of the Endurance Sail Series and each day counts for points separately. The first day starts on Halloween morning with a gran prix-style start at the POW/MIA Park in Melbourne and ends at Riverside Park just one mile South of Captain Hiram’s in Sebastian. Captain Hiram’s will host a Halloween party including live music Saturday night, which has always been a spectacle not to be missed. Sunday is a run back to Melbourne with a standard water start. After racing concludes on Sunday, there will be an awards ceremony with food available. www.sailseries.com/hirasmhaul. News & Views for Southern Sailors
Race Calendar Club Racing (contact club or website for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River. Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally. Spring-Summer series begins the first Wednesday after daylight savings begins. Wednesday Evening races weekly. The catamaran section of the club has fun sails on the third weekend each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island. Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com) holds reverse handicap races on alternating weekends; Sunday afternoons in the winter and Friday nights from April to Oct. Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends year around. MYC sponsors a Dragon Point Race Series for Co-ed racers and a monthly all-female DP series. Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races. Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; race series organized seasonally. Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Sailing on Lake Monroe, a segment of the St. Johns River. Tequila Sunday Racing and Jager Cup Race series, alternating every two weeks, with one race in the series held monthly. March through October, Wednesday Night Rum Races. Seasonal race series on Saturdays once a month. Manatee Cove Marina (at Patrick AFB, Satellite Beach) sponsors monthly races. www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html. Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Saturday and Sunday races MC Scows. Flying Scots, Wayfarers, Lasers—twice a month, September through May. Laser races every two weeks during the summer. Port Canaveral YC Sunday Funday PHRF ocean races second Sunday of each month. www.pcyc-fl.org. OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2-4 16th Wildcat Multihull Regatta. Lake Eustis SC 3 Hands on the Helm Women’s Regatta. North Florida Cruising Club 3-4 J/24 District 10 Championship. Eau Gallie YC & Melbourne YC 10 Crab Trap Roundup. Florida YC 11 Compass Rose. Offshore race. St. Augustine YC 17 Anchors Down. North Florida YC. 17-18 Fall Small Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC* 23 Yankee Rebel Rally. Melbourne YC 24 Navy Day Regatta. Epping Forest YC 24 Brewers Cup, Smyrna YC 24-25 Fall Big Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC* 25 Masquerade Race. Ft. Pierce YC 31 Fall River Race. North Florida Cruising Club 31-Nov. 1 10th Inland Lake Championship for Opti, Laser & 420 31-Nov. 1 Hiram’s Haul. Catamarans* NOVEMBER 7 Women on Water Regatta. Rudder Club Jacksonville 7 Chicken Island Race. Smyrna Yacht Club 14 Kings Day Regatta. Epping Forest Yacht Club. 15 Mother’s Arms Race. Lake Monroe SA 14-15 Ohio Shoals Ocean Race (also: Canaveral Chase). Melbourne YC & Port Canaveral YC 14-15 22nd MC Scow Southeast Regional Championship– Triple Crown. Lake Eustis Sailing Club. 21-22 Kings Day Regatta. Florida YC.
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