News & Updates from the YRA

January 13, 2025

Happy 2025!

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We've been so busy processing 2025 PHRF Certificates, we haven't had a chance to send out our best wishes for a happy and healthy 2025!

Renewals are coming in fast and furious this year, and we love to see it! With all these current certificates out there, we hope to see crowded start lines for all the fantastic racing happening in 2025! You can find the complete calendar of races on our homepage, or you can view the full screen version HERE.

Entered the 3-Bridge Fiasco Yet?

A message from our friends at the SSS:

The SSS Three Bridge Fiasco is the biggest crazy-fun race on the west coast. It's an adventure around San Francisco Bay where you choose which way to start, which order and direction to round Blackaller, Yerba Buena and Red Rock, and which way to finish, making it an intellectual challenge of not just "which side of the course should I be on?" but "which mark should I go to next?" And it's a lot of fun, to the point where it's become legendary around the country, and has spawned imitators from Annapolis Maryland ("Two Bridge Fiasco") to Portland Oregon ("Casco Bay Fiasco").

The single-race entry fee is only $35, and since this is exclusively singlehanded or doublehanded, you'll save money on crew sandwiches too!

REMEMBER! Starting THIS WEDNESDAY, 1/15, there's a $10 late fee added to the registration fee, and registrations close at 2359 hrs on 1/22.

Don't miss the in-person competitor's meeting at Oakland YC, 1900 hrs to 2100 hrs on Wednesday January 22nd.

Still need a 2025 PHRF Certificate?

We've issued over 300 certificates so far this year, but we know there are lots of you out there that still need your 2025 certificate. Don't wait, renew today and have your certificate in time for the 3-Bridge!

REMEMBER:

Registrations received before MONDAY JANUARY 20th, should have their certificate by the Fiasco registration cutoff on Wednesday January 22nd,

Need an application for a new boat? Fill out the online application HERE

Have changes to your boat's configuration, or a new boat, that needs to go to the PHRF Committee for review? The next meeting a boat can get on the agenda for will be Monday, February 17th. Boat information needs to be received by the YRA office no later than Wednesday February 12th to be reviewed at this meeting.

SAVE THESE DATES for racing with the YRA in 2025!

Women's Championship Series*

5/17/25 - SeqYC's Rock the Boat (WCS#1)

6/28/25 - EYC's Shirley Temming (WCS#2)

10/4/25 - YRA's Women's Regatta (WCS#3)

*Stay tuned for more information on this exciting new series for women skipper's!

Destination Regattas*

5/3/25 - The Great Vallejo Race

5/4/25 - The Great Vallejo Race

6/28/25 - The Half Moon Bay Regatta

7/12/25 - The Westpoint Regatta

7/26/25 - The Encinal Regatta

*Stay tuned for possible new Destination Regattas being added to our lineup in the new year!

In the Bay Series

5/10/25 - In the Bay #1 Race 1

5/10/25 - In the Bay #1 Race 2

6/21/25 - In the Bay #2 Race 1

6/21/25 - In the Bay #2 Race 2

8/9/25 - In the Bay #3 Race 1

8/9/25 - In the Bay #3 Race 2

9/20/25 - In the Bay #4 Race 1

9/20/25 - In the Bay #4 Race 2

Doublehanded Sunday Series

4/13/25 - The Bay Expedition

5/18/25 - The South Bay Loop

6/22/25 - The Island Tour

8/24/25 - The Bonita Blitz

9/21/25 - The Series Closer

Long Distance Ocean Race

9/27/2025 - The Bluewater Bash

Offshore Series

4/19/25 - Lightship Race

5/17/25 - Duxship Race

6/14/25 - Full Crew Farallons Race

6/28/25 - Half Moon Bay Regatta

7/19/25 - The Jr Waterhouse

8/2/25 - The RC Choice #1

8/16/25 - Drakes Bay Up

8/17/25 - Drakes Bay Back

9/27/25 - The RC Choice #2

Doublehanded Midwinters

11/2/25 -Doublehanded Midwinters #1

12/7/25 -Doublehanded Midwinters #2

1/4/26 - Doublehanded Midwinters #3

2/1/26 - Doublehanded Midwinters #4

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Need Crew? Want to Crew?

Latitude 38 has you covered!

Don't forget that Latitude 38 has a free, robust crew list where Skippers can register looking for crew, and crew can register looking for boats to get on.

It's a great tool made possible by our friends at Latitude 38.

Check out the Latitude 38 Crew List

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Make sure info@yra.org is in your safe sender list

We're continiung to have people report that they are not receiving emails from info@yra.org. In most cases, the emails are eventually found in spam folders. If you think you should have received your PHRF certificate by now, or have been waiting for a reply to an email you sent, double check that it's not trapped in your spam folder.

If you do find any emails from info@yra.org in your spam folders, be sure to add us to your safe senders list so future emails make it directly to your inbox.

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