On Saturday, November 9, the York River Yacht Club honored this year’s racing winners at its annual Racing Awards Dinner. Top honors went to Solstice and her skipper, Jim Bordeaux as 2019 Champion! Racers were recognized for speed and excellence for spinnaker and non-spinnaker fleets and for the 2019 York River Cup, the club’s premiere … Continue reading "2019 Racing Winners Honored"
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Save the date for our annual holiday party, December 7, 2019. The club will also hold its annual business meeting to elect the 2020 Board of Directors.
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The annual racing awards dinner will be held November 9 at 6pm in the YRYH Activities Room. Attendees are asked to RSVP to Race Captain John or via the email sent to the racers list-serv. NOTE: This date has been updated since the publication of the original RR&G.
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12 boats from YRYC traveled to Irvington to the annual Turkey Shoot Regatta held October 4-6, 2019. 5 out of the 12 boats registered to race. Clouds, brisk winds (gusts up to 20 knots!) and a bit of chop (2-3 feet swells) to navigate, it was quite a weekend! There was lots of … Continue reading "Chuck Takes The Cup!"
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Take a look at the October 2019 issue of SpinSheet magazine (page 128 to be exact) and you will find a photo of our burgee swap event with the Texas Association with Social Sailors (TASS) in Cape Charles over Labor Day weekend. Thanks to Beth and Molly at SpinSheet for the shout-out.
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What a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Friday night started off with a special party hosted by members Kevin and Hope to welcome their cruising friends from the Texas Association of Social Sailors from Houston, who would be cruising with us to Cape Charles for the weekend. We were treated to a catered dinner by … Continue reading "Labor Day Fun and Fellowship"
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Registration for racers is now open for the 2019 Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta, hosted by the Rappahannock River Yacht Club. This year’s event will be held October 4-6, 2019. The Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta is open to all boats 18 feet and longer with designs that are at least 20 years old. Event and registration information … Continue reading "Registration Now Open for the 2019 Turkey Shoot Regatta"
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Members of York River Yacht Club kicked off the unofficial start of Summer with our annual Memorial Day Weekend raft-up trip to Mobjack Bay’s East River with 10 member boats. Saturday morning was sunny and beautiful. Not a lot of wind on the way up but it was a lovely trip never the less. Always … Continue reading "Hello, Summer!"
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