Saltspring Island Sailing Club
2016 Racing Calendar
Key:
| Format: NFS | No Flying Sails |
| Format: RH | Reverse Handicap |
| Format: SH | Single-handed |
| Note: KC | Kibble Cup race |
| Note: IOM | International One Metre event |
| Note: VIRS | Vancouver Island Racing Series event |
The racing events for 2016 have been divided up into three series of races that are counted toward the Total Points. Other races are “just for fun”. Actually, all races are just for fun. Some just don’t have points associated with them.
Each series has two throw outs. The Kibble Cup 5-race series now has one throw out.
- SISC events are in BLACK
- Regional (“big” boat) events are in VIOLET
- IOM (“little” boat) events are in RED
- Non-club events whose dates remain unverified have their titles underlined
- Kibble Cup races (other than RSS) have their titles in black with a yellow background
| Race | Date | Date end | Start | Time Limit | Format | Series | Race number | Alt. Series | Sponsor Club | Distance | Course |
| Hot Rum Race | Fri, Jan 1 | 10:30 | NFS | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | ||||||
| Ben Mohr Rock | Sun, Jan 17 | 10:30 | 15:00 | A | 1 | SISC | 9 | St – Ben Mohr (P) – Fin | |||
| Ground Hog Day | Sun, Jan 31 | 12:30 | 16:00 | RH | A | 2 | SISC | 6.6 | St – Batt Rock (P) – Welbury Spar (P) – Fin | ||
| Channel Islands | Sun, Feb 14 | 10:30 | 18:00 | A | 3 | SISC | 14.6 | St – Batt Rock (P) – Welbury Spar (S) – Channel Isles (P) – Welbury Spar (P) – Batt Rock (S) – Fin | |||
| All-club Boyz Cruze | Sat, Feb 20 | Mon, Feb 22 | Various | ||||||||
| SISC Winter Craze Leg 1 | Sat, Feb 20 | 10:30 | SISC | St (Peile Point) – Prevost Is (S) – Razor Pt | |||||||
| SISC Winter Craze Leg 2 | Sun, Feb 21 | 10:30 | SISC | St (Razor Pt) – Prevost Is (S) – Fin | |||||||
| Walker Rock | Sun, Feb 28 | 9:30 | 18:30 | A | 4 | KC | SISC | 17.5 | St – Welbury Spar (P) – Walker Rock (P) – Governor’s Rock (P) – Welbury Spar (S) – Fin | ||
| Spring Regatta | Sat, Mar 12 | Sun, Mar 13 | 10:30 | A | 5 | SISC | Course(s) TBD at Skippers’ meeting | ||||
| Southern Straits | Fri, Mar 25 | Sun, Mar 27 | WVYC | ||||||||
| Round Prevost | Sun, Mar 27 | 10:30 | 17:00 | A | 6 | KC | SISC | 13.1 | St – Prevost Island – FinP or S course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | ||
| Western Regional IOM Championships | Sat, Apr 2 | Sun, Apr 3 | IOM | Beaver Lake, CanAm, Coast Series | |||||||
| Patos Island | Sat, Apr 9 | Sun, Apr 10 | VIRS | SNSYC | |||||||
| Great Ocean Race | Sat, Apr 16 | IOM | Protection Island, Nanaimo | ||||||||
| Port Alberni IOM | Sun, Apr 17 | IOM | Coast Series | ||||||||
| Bas Cobanli Memorial | Sun, Apr 17 | 10:30 | A | 7 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| THRASH | Sat, Apr 23 | Sun, Apr 24 | VIRS | RVicYC | |||||||
| Cow Cup | Sat, Apr 30 | Sun, May 1 | IOM | Seattle Model Yacht Club (Coulon Park) | |||||||
| Sail Past Race | Sun, May 1 | 13:00 | NFS | SISC | Sail Past at 11 am. Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting after lunch in the Club house | ||||||
| Thetis Island | Sat, May 7 | Sun, May 8 | VIRS | LYC | |||||||
| Round Saltspring | Fri, May 20 | Sun, May 22 | 10:00 | 10:0 | B | 2 | KCVIRS | SISC | 42 | Circumnavigation of Saltspring Island (direction determined by Race Officer) | |
| Swiftsure | Sat, May 28 | Mon, May 30 | VIRS | RVicYC | |||||||
| Wednesday Night Jun I | Wed, Jun 1 | 17:00 | B | 4 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Canadian IOM Nationals | Sat, Jun 4 | Sun, Jun 5 | IOM | Canadian National Championships, SISC | |||||||
| Race Around Lasqueti | Sat, Jun 4 | Sun, Jun 5 | VIRS | SCYC | |||||||
| RNSA Single-Handed | Sat, Jun 4 | Sun, Jun 5 | FCYC | Pt. Grey – Bowen Is. – Snake Is. – TSB – Pt. Grey | |||||||
| Wednesday Night Jun II | Wed, Jun 8 | 17:00 | B | 4 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| CFSA Summer Solstice | Sat, Jun 11 | Sun, Jun 12 | VIRS | CFSA | |||||||
| McMillan Trophy | Sun, Jun 12 | 10:30 | 16:00 | B | 3 | SISC | 10.6 | St – Batt Rock (P) – Ben Mohr Rock (P) – Fin | |||
| Wednesday Night Jun III | Wed, Jun 15 | 17:00 | B | 4 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Moresby-Portland | Sun, Jun 19 | 10:30 | 23:30 | B | 1 | KC | SISC | 26.2 | St – both Islands and Celia Reef (P or S determined by Race Committee) – Fin | ||
| Wednesday Night Jun IV | Wed, Jun 22 | 17:00 | B | 4 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Captain Passage | Sun, Jun 26 | 10:30 | 15:30 | RH | B | 5 | SISC | 9.5 | St – Batt Rk. (P) – U62 (P) – Welbury Spar (P) – Batt Rk.(S) – Fin | ||
| Wednesday Night Jun V | Wed, Jun 29 | 17:00 | B | 4 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| SIN Regatta | Fri, Jul 1 | Sun, Jul 3 | VIRS | NYC | |||||||
| Wednesday Night Jul I | Wed, Jul 6 | 17:00 | B | 6 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| vendeeSaltspring | Fri, Jul 8 | Sun, Jul 10 | SISC | Single or Double Handed, Two-stage circumnavigation of Saltspring Island (Leg 1 = SISC to MBYC) | |||||||
| Wednesday Night Jul II | Wed, Jul 13 | 17:00 | B | 6 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Wednesday Night Jul III | Wed, Jul 20 | 17:00 | B | 6 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Jack & Jill | Sun, Jul 24 | 10:30 | NFS | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | ||||||
| Wednesday Night Jul IV | Wed, Jul 27 | 17:00 | B | 6 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Cow Bay Regatta | Sat, Jul 30 | Sun, Jul 31 | VIRS | CBYC | |||||||
| Wednesday Night Aug I | Wed, Aug 3 | 17:00 | C | 1 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| SOAR | Fri, Aug 5 | Sun, Aug 7 | VARC | SYC | Howe Sound, Squamish Yacht Club | ||||||
| Wednesday Night Aug II | Wed, Aug 10 | 17:00 | C | 1 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Wednesday Night Aug III | Wed, Aug 17 | 17:00 | C | 1 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| “Moo” Regatta | Sat, Aug 20 | IOM | Lake Cowichan | ||||||||
| Wednesday Night Aug IV | Wed, Aug 24 | 17:00 | C | 1 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Montague Harbour | Sun, Aug 28 | 10:30 | 17:30 | C | 2 | KC | SISC | 14.4 | St – Julia, Parker, Sphinx Islands (P) – Fin | ||
| Final Wednesday Night Aug V | Wed, Aug 31 | 17:00 | C | 1 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||
| Maple Bay Regatta | Sat, Sep 3 | Sun, Sep 4 | VIRS | MBYC | |||||||
| Jack Langdon Trophy | Sun, Sep 11 | 10:30 | 17:00 | RH | C | 3 | SISC | 13 | St – Batt Rock (P) – Ben Mohr (P) – Batt Rock (S) – Fin | ||
| Sidney North Saanich Regatta | Sat, Sep 17 | Sun, Sep 18 | VIRS | SNSYC | |||||||
| Night Race | Sat, Sep 24 | 19:00 | 23:00 | C | 4 | SISC | 6 | St – U62 (S) – U60 (S) – Fin | |||
| Prairie Regional Championship | Sat, Sep 24 | Sun, Sep 25 | IOM | Calgary | |||||||
| Thermopylae Regatta | Sat, Oct 1 | Sun, Oct 2 | VIRS | RVicYC | |||||||
| Round Pender Day 1 | Sat, Oct 22 | 10:30 | 17:00 | SH | C | 5 | SISC | 12.8 | St – North Pender Is. (S) – Razor Pt | ||
| Round Pender Day 2 | Sun, Oct 23 | 10:30 | 19:30 | SH | C | 6 | SISC | 17.9 | Razor Pt – South Pender Is (S) – Fin | ||
| RVicYC Coastal Cup | Sun, Oct 16 | IOM | Oak Bay | ||||||||
| Long Harbour | Sun, Nov 6 | 10:30 | 15:00 | C | 7 | SISC | 8.8 | St – Horda Shoals (P) – Long Harbour around Clamshell Island (S) – Horda Shoals (S) – Fin | |||
| All Club Boyz Cruze | Fri, Nov 11 | Sun, Nov 13 | Various Clubs | ||||||||
| Snowflake 1 | Sun, Dec 4 | 10:30 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting | |||||||
| Snowflake 2 | Sun, Dec 18 | 10:45 | SISC | Course TBD at Skippers’ meeting |
