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JOIN ECSA! Apply for PHRF Certificate. Click Here!
Dave Perry is coming to ECSA twice this spring to help us do just that!
March 10th with the Mudheads at Shenny
or
April 8th at Milford Yacht Club 7:00pm to 9:30pm
In his usual highly entertaining way, Dave Perry will be sharing his top ten tactical tips for doing well in racing in 2010, whether racing one-design or handicap. He will cover tips for consistently getting a good start, sailing the beats and runs the fastest way, and dealing with crowds at the marks. Some of his tips include: "Know Thy Neighbor," "Avoid the Hook," "At a Windward Mark the Best Tactic is a Four Letter Word," and "Ahhh, it's the Cocktail Party!" Dave is a regular speaker here on the Sound, having grown up and still living in Southport, CT. He is both hilarious and very educational for all sailors regardless of their position on the boat or years in the sport. Dave always leaves time for questions, and brings his books for sale and signing.
2010 ECSA/US Sailing Race Management Seminars
To help ensure great racing, ECSA strongly encourages all race officers and committes to attend these imformative seminars. Click the links for more information and the sign up form. These are PDF files.
Please consider a donation to our Grant Fund.
ECSA is committed to promoting sailboat racing and one of our methods is the ECSA Grant Fund. It is designed to provide financial help to serious racers who are mounting a regional, national or international campaign.
If you are mounting a serious racing campaign, send the ECSA Board of Directors a letter explaining your campaign, plans and expenses. The Board meets monthly to decide which requests merit consideration. You can help by donating to the Grant Fund when you become a member, and you can do it on line.
WindCheck Magazine's October article
"Sound People": Bruce Lockwood
Bruce grew up in Ohio and spent several summers at Nassau Point, NY. “I started sailing with my folks on a large schooner when I was four years old,” he recalls. “Five or six years later, my family got a Cape Cod Knockabout and got into class boat racing on Peconic Bay. The Comet was designed around that time and we started racing them, and we had Lightning #123 that we raced on Lake Pymatuning in the spring and fall. We started sailing a 30-foot Alden gaff-rigged sloop on Peconic Bay in 1938 and had a lot of fun. We raced a Herreshoff Newport 29 named Dolphin for 53 years, including many Vineyard Races.”
Click here for more...
Pick up a copy of Bruce's "Reflections: Off Soundings Since 1933" at local Mystic bookstores
Bruce Kuryla and the Secret crew win the US Sailing Lloyd Phoenix National Offshore Championship!
The SECRET crew, representing ECSA, Milford Yacht Club, Windjammers, Off Soundings and the New York Yacht Club
Bruce S. Kuryla (Father), Bruce T. Kuryla (son), Blake Marriner, Kevin Tisdall, Thomas Jankun, Mike Lebov,
Andy Schwartzkopff, and Midshipman Emily Frost
Read all about it: Click Here
The safety rules are as important as the racing rules!
The ECSA reminds you to stay current with the documents that regulate our racing. Besides knowing the rule book, we urge you to keep up with changes that have been made in the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations. The latest revisions, by category, can be found at:
http://www.sailing.org/specialregulations.php
The most recent Category 4 Monohull revisions can be found at:
http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/OSR2008_Mo4_181207-[4350].pdf
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