Homer Yacht Club - Homer Alaska AK

The Homer Yacht Club's cup races are generally about 6 to 10 nautical miles long, and most use permanent buoys and/or small islands for the race marks. The course for any given day is chosen shortly before the start, with the goal of allowing all participants to finish within four hours.The Nancy Cooney Memorial Cup is a two-day series with a race to Seldovia (about 12.8 nm) the first day and return race the following day. The HYC- Land's End Regatta is a two-day series with one race each day around buoys forming courses easily visible from Land's End Resort and the beach at the end of the Homer Spit. In addition to the cup races, there are informal races on Thursday evenings starting at 6pm.

The racing fleet is relatively small and comprises a variety of designs, many intended for cruising rather than racing. Due to these factors and the disparate experience levels among crews, a "golf" handicap system is used for the cup races. Visitors wishing to crew in cup races may email ahead of time to cvdaley@yahoo.com, or show up at the skippers' meeting on P float in the Homer Harbor at 11am on race day.

See the Race Results HERE

In addition to the events on the schedule below, we have informal races on Thursday evenings from mid May through early September. Start time is 6pm, with a short course suited to wind conditions. Come out and join the fun!

2010 SAILING SCHEDULE
	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
MAY		1	2	3
	7 Kachemak	8 Bay Shorebird	9 Festival	10
		Safe Sailing
	14	15 exercises	16	17
	21	22	23	24
	28	29 Sourdough Regatta	30	31 Memorial Day
JUNE	4	5	6	7
		Cooney Cup	Cooney Cup
	11	12 to Seldovia	13 return race	14
	18 Seldovia	19 Music Festival	20	21
	Regatta	Land's End Regatta	Land's End Regatta race,
	25 Seminar	26 race, debriefing	27 awards banquet	28
JULY	2	3 4th of July Regatta	4	5 Holiday
	9	10	11	12
	16	17 Jakolof Bay BBQ	18	19
	23	24 KBBI Concert	25 on the Lawn	26
	30	31	1	2
AUG	6	7 Converse Cup	8	9
	13	14	15	16
	20	21	22	23
	27	28	29	30
SEPT	3	4 Kachemak Cup	5	6 Labor Day
	10 Kachemak Bay	11 Wooden Boat	12 Festival	13
	17	18	19	20
	24	25	26	27
Note: Schedule is subject to change with advance notice!
Pre-race meetings are on P float at 11:00 am

Ahoy, visiting sailors! Planning to be in Homer when we have an event scheduled? Visiting yachts are always welcome to join in our racing and cruising activities. Crew positions are sometimes available on a first-come first-served basis for those traveling without their own boats.

Racing Rules:

Click here for the basic race rules in brief

Click here for the full Racing Rules of Sailing

Homer Yacht Club PO Box 757, Homer Alaska 99603