Folsom Lake Yacht Club

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Completed four nights of racing, congrats to our winners!!

Results - Click Here

Are available here!

Craig Lee sailed brilliantly (five firsts) to win the Steele Cup and Banshee Pacific Coast Championships. Congratulations Craig on such an impressive win.

From Vice Commodore John Poimiroo on 8/14:

Tomorrow, speed limits on Folsom Lake will be reduced to 5 mph, due to shallow water hazards. As such all further sailboat racing on Folsom Lake and corresponding Race Committee duties are cancelled. This includes cancellation of the Singlehanded and Katherine Eavenson Memorial regattas.

Wednesday night casual racing starts on Folsom Lake Wednesday May 4th and runs till August 31 or we run out of water..

The Notice of Race has been posted, and registration is now open!  Come join us on April 16th and 17th.

Click here to go to the Camellia Cup Regatta Page

Press Release containing the results

Complete Results are now available.  The class results are first, followed by the details (including times) of each race.

FLYC's beloved member and friend George Koch passed away earlier this month. He was an inspiration to all on and off the water and will be deeply missed.

One of this issues the club faces when putting on an event is knowing how many people might attend.

A perfect example of this is the Steele Cup regatta scheduled for 8/16.  We might get 5 banshees or 25 (ok, maybe 15).  And we might get 3 Lido 14's or we might get a whole bunch.  We really don't know.  And not knowing makes it very difficult to plan.  How much food & drinks do we bring for the potluck?  How many (expensive) trophies do we need to purchase?

To help us figure these things out, the website now has a new feature which I call Let Us Know!

You can get to it from the FLYC home page (look at the left column) or the events page (look at the top).  When you get to it, you will be able to select an event and indicate that you are planning to attend, and you can also see who else has said they are planning to attend.  Just enter your name (or to be sneaky, your initials) and your boat type (if its sailing event) and then click on the button.  The list will be instantly updated any your entry will be at the bottom.

Just to be clear, you are NOT committing to be there rain or shine.  Nobody will hold it against you if you do not come.  It's just a way for us to gauge how many people might be attending the event.

Let us know what you think about this feature, and if you have any suggestions to make it better.

Mark

We have a new club policy when operating the Kayot.

The Kayot MUST be backed entirely out of the fairway and not turned until it is well clear of all other vessels in the marina basin. 

If you are not comfortable operating the Kayot, please let the Vice Commodore know well in advance of your assigned RC date.  You can be given instructions or another operator can be found.

Thank You!