News & Updates from the YRA

April 18, 2025

The Latest From the YRA

Next up for YRA Series Racing...

The YRA In The Bay Series kicks off on May 10th!

It's classic YRA Racing where boats from around the Bay come together for a 4 race-day, 8 race total, series.

This year's series has races scheduled on the Knox, Circle, Southampton and City Front race areas, with one race day scheduled in May, June, August & September.

Sign up for the entire series and have your scores counted towards a season championship or come out for just one race day.

We've got divisions for boats racing under PHRF (spinnaker or non-spinnaker) and any one-design fleet with a minimum of 5 boats registered.

THE 2025 GREAT VALLEJO RACE IS ALMOST HERE!

Get ready to experience thrilling racing, beautiful scenery, and unforgettable moments at the annual Great Vallejo Race! Whether you're a seasoned racer or new to the sport, we've got a place for you in the Great Vallejo Race with division for all types of boats and all types of racers.

After an action-packed day on the water, we keep the good vibes rolling with an epic-after party at Vallejo Yacht Club.

After Party Details:

Time: 3:30 pm to 10 pm

Location: Vallejo Yacht Club

Live Music on the Deck from 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Inside the Club, Special Guest band DW Edwards and Lighting Up the Soul take the main stage from 7pm to 10 pm

Drinks will be available from the Tiki Bar on the deck and inside the club house at the main bar.

Food and refreshments are available outside the club house in the main parking lot, including a great Taco Bar to feed you and your hungry crew, and, awesome brews from local favorite Mare Island Brewing- Damn the Torpedoes!.

Bring your friends and family to help celebrate another great GREAT VALLEJO RACE!

Get all the latest race information, and download the race documents HERE

YRA Race Recap

YRA Doublehanded Race #1 - The Bay Expedition

Due to the pretty light winds predicted for the 1st race of this year's doublehanded series, we ended up creating an option for a shortened version of our normal Bay Expedition course, which proved to be a smart move. The wind thankfully cooperated enough to give everyone a good day out, racing on smooth water under lovely sunshine.

Competition was tight in the Spinnaker 1 division, with less than a minute separating the first 4 boats. Check out the complete results for the day HERE.

A big thank you to PRO Hans Opsahl and his team for their great race committee work, and to RYC for their use of the Pelican!

Race Management News

Race Organizers! Join us for a workshop on best practices when choosing courses for your regattas!

Local PRO extraordinaire Richard Reitmeyer will be heading up a workshop on best practices for picking solid race courses for your regattas. He'll walk through the various things to consider when developing courses, and important considerations when choosing the best course for the conditions on race day.

We'll end the workshop with a Q&A and roundtable discussion.

Women's Racing Corner

Sequoia Yacht Club's Rock the Boat Regatta

May 17th

Sequoia YC will host the first regatta in the new San Francisco YRA’s Women’s Championship and we invite you all to race with us in the South San Francisco Bay. The newly created Women’s Championship Series is a multi-race Bay Area series that requires a female helmsperson and tactician, and at least 50% of the crew must be women.

Get all the Details Here

San Francisco YC's Women's Sprint Invitational

May 31-June 1, 2025

Competitive, one-design, 6-boat fleet racing in RS21s
Fast- paced, short-course race format on beautiful San Francisco Bay
Crews of 3 or 4
Qualifying Series, rotating boats on Saturday all day and Sunday morning. Final Series Sunday afternoon.
Limited housing available

Request an Invitation

PHRF Certificates

Need a certificate for an upcoming race? The quickest option is to renew through Jibeset, especially if your boat has been rated before and there are no changes to the boat's standard configuration.

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 PHRF Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday April 28th. To get a boat on the agenda, the YRA needs to have all boat paperwork by Thursday, April 24th.

Did you know that the YRA publishes a list of all the boats with a current PHRF Certificate, which includes the configuration data for each boat? You can find it on the YRA website HERE. Boats are listed alphabetically and the list is updated monthly after the PHRF Committee meeting.

CREW FINDER

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

YRA 2025 RACE DATES & RESULTS

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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