RHYC Down the River& Annual OD Regatta June 15-17th

On June 15th through June 17th Rock Hall Yacht Club will again host on the scenic Chester River located on Maryland's Eastern Shore 3-days of racing.

Friday, June 15th starts off the racing w/ the

Down the River

Race ... this is a

Run What Ya Brung

race open to any

small

sailboat, that in past years has had sailboats ranging from Sunfish, Lasers, Comets, Windmills, Hobies, A-Cats, F16's to 20'-25' traditional Chesapeake Log Canoe(s). The race starts at Chestertown CC&YC, just south of Chestertown Md, and finishes at RHYC, Rock Hall Md, on Langford Creek. This is a fun and short

distance

style race as it proceeds down the Chester River's twists and turns ... and is perfect for

Junior

sailors to participate in. There is very little powerboat traffic on the river and we will have several powerboat

chaperoning

the fleet down river.

On Sat and Sun the racing continues at RHYC w/

Bouy

racing on at least (2) circles. There will be at least (2) Catamaran classes: A-Cat and

Open

. (If for example enough F16's or H16's pre-register we can

split

out more classes if requested ...) Camping at RHYC is allow (as usual), pool (as usual), dogs allowed (as usual), GOOD TIMES & CHEER (as usual).

This is a perfect event for any

Junior

sailor to practice for the upcoming Junior Olympic Festival/HCA-NA Jr NA Championship that follow (2) weeks later at Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC).

In addition, any

Hobie

Junior Team, that is registered to compete in the JO's/HCA-NA Jr NAC's at AYC, that wishes to leave their H16 at RHYC and return during the intervening time period to use the RHYC facility to train, may do so as

Quests of the Commodore

Mr Joe Skinner. Any H16's being charter/loaned for the JO/HCA-NA Jr NAC's may also be left at RHYC and arrangements will be made to tow/trailer them the short distance to Annapolis on July 5th.

Any questions or to pre-register, please visit our website at www.rockhallyachtclub.org

Harry Murphey
Member RHYC
Fleet 54/CRAC
Div11/HCA-NA JO Liason/Facilitator