Race Management Seminar:Seminar Logo

  • Sat, May 5, the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC), Eastern Long Island Yachting Association (ELIYA) and US SAILING are sponsoring a one-day Basic Race Management Seminar at the SIYC clubhouse from 8am to 5:30pm. The seminar is designed for people who have some race committee experience. The seminar will cover race committee objectives, race committee responsibilities, sailing instructions, race committee jobs, race committee equipment, and race preparations including setting the line, setting the course, finishing, post-race responsibilities and the various penalties and scoring systems. Those interested in becoming a certified US SAILING Club Race Officer must attend such a seminar and pass the associated test. Details of the other requirements for certification are available at:
    www.ussailing.org/racemgt/race_officer_prog. For more details click here.

Racing Rules Seminar:Seminar Logo

  • SUN. MAY. 27th, 2012, SIYC/ELIYA will host a Seminar that will be presented by Jim Ryan. The location will be the SHELTER ISLAND YACHT CLUB (12 Chequit Ave., Shelter Island Heights – 631-749-0888). It will run from 9:30 to 11:00am.
    For more details click here.

Probable Dates for the 2012 Offshore ELIYA Series Races are:

  • Sat., June 2, BYC – Sailfest (windward-leeward racing – One design & PHRF)
  • Saturday, July 21, OYC – “Spindrift Trophy” Night Race
  • Saturday, Aug. 25?, OCYC – Fisher Cup
  • Saturday, Sept. 22, SHYC – Maycroft Cup
  • Saturday, Oct. 6, PBSA – Whitebread – XIX

Some other probable 2012 dates (in which you might be interested) that are not part of any ELIYA Series are:

  • Fri. & Sat., June 8 & 9, Off Soundings (Watch Hill – Block Island)
  • Mon. – Fri., June 18 – 22, Block Island Race Week
  • Wed., July 4, BYC – Oz Trophy Race (females at the helm)
  • Sat., July 7, AdventureSail – BYC sail for underprivileged girls
  • Sat., July 14, Southold YC – World's Longest Sunfish Race Around Shelter Is. (+ catamarans & lasers)
  • Sat., Aug. 18, BYC – Antigua Barbuda Challenge Cup (win a trip to Antigua)
  • Sat., Sept. 8, BYC - Chaos Cup Rally (scavenger hunt race)
  • Fri. & Sat., Sept. 14 & 15, Off Soundings (New London – Gardiner‟s Bay)
  • Fri. – Sat., Oct. 12 – 13, Chinese YC & OCYC – Greenport Ocean Race for the Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup (Grnpt. – Bl. Is. & back)
  • Saturday, Oct. 20, BYC – The Last R.O.T.S. (Race Of The Season)

Probable dates for some of the 2012 Junior Races are:

  • Mon., July 16, Mid-Atlantic Midget Championship Elimination/420s, Optis @ Devon YC
  • Mon., July 16, Smythe Quarter-Finals/Laser Radial @ Southold YC
  • Tues., July 17, Sears Quarter-Final/J-22’s or J-24’s @ Old Cove YC
  • TBA, Bemis Quarter-Finals/C420s @ TBA
  • TBA, Area B Semi-Finals (Sears, Bemis & Smythe) @ TBA
  • Wed., Aug. 8, Midget Challenge/420s @ US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
    • Updates will be on www.PGJSA.org and this website

About ELIYA:

The Eastern Long Island Yachting Association is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1981 by a group of dedicated local sailors with a mission to promote sailing on Eastern Long Island waters as well as regional, national, and international amateur sailing activities and competitions.

To accomplish this mission, we have Junior, One design and Offshore programs, as well as the publication of a newsletter, publications with Notices of Regatta and local Yacht Club contact information, a PHRF handicap Council, and a web site.

ELIYA also promotes and supports race management seminars, rules seminars, cruising weekends, and other educational and safety programs.

Your membership in ELIYA will support our attempts to promote a recreational activity, which is healthy, constructive, and a benefit to the community.

The ELIYA Burgee

ELIYA Burgee

Get the ELIYA burgee, representing the two forks of Long Island, by increasing your individual or family membership fee by $15.

Please use the E-mail Contact Form to obtain more information on how to receive yours or you can contact Joan Worthing directly at JoanWorthing@optonline.net