Round the Rocks Awards meeting tonight! 4/10/24
19:00-21:00
Oakland Yacht Club
Corinthian and Round the Rocks Swag. Get your shirts and jackets here!
T-Shirts are now sold and distributed separately, making it simpler to get shirts.
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3/29/24
SSS Racers, especially people that have only raced doublehanded, please consider registering for our beginner-friendly singlehanded event on April 27: the “Sort of Singlehanded South Bay” race, https://jibeset.net/JACKY000.php?RG=T007171603 .
In keeping with the theme of helping people begin to race singlehanded, this is a non-counter for the season, and we will do some things different than a typical race.
We aim to give boats an easy way to step into singlehanding by allowing “ghost” crew. So if you’re worried about having enough hands in an emergency, or even just getting safely docked after the race, bring your normal doublehanded crew out with you. Just don’t let them touch any controls while you are racing, and retire if they do.
If you are a long-time singlehander but do not want to race your boat, we would love to try to pair you with a new singlehander who would benefit from an experienced person to be their ghost. Please send a short description of your singlehanded racing background to raceinfo@sfbaysss.org as soon as you can so we can match you up. Include what city you are coming from.
Similarly, if you are a brand-new singlehanded and would like an experienced person to come with you, email raceinfo@sfbaysss.org as soon as you can so we can match you up. Be sure to include your sailing background and what city the boat is berthed in.
We probably won’t be able to pair everyone — it’s unlikely that we will get exactly the same number of ghosts and people looking for ghosts. But we’ll do what we can. Please send your requests in early for a better chance of getting matched up.
We’re including an extra “practice start sequence” for beginner singlehanded racers to get some experience in pre-start and starting.
We’d like to encourage people to race what they have and not worry about not having a “race” boat, so for this race we’ll offer some cruiser-friendly handicap allowances. You’ll notice extra questions about your boat at registration to reflect that.
On a different topic that applies to singlehanders and doublehanders: The SSS plans to have an in-person meeting at Oakland YC, 7-9 PM on Wednesday April 10. Awards for the Corinthian race will be distributed. Come meet your fellow racers!
Thank you for racing with the SSS.
Richard
12/14/23
Race Schedule for 2024
* January 27: Three Bridge Fiasco
* February 24: Corinthian
* March 16: Round the Rocks
* April 27: “No Trophy South Bay Regatta” (note there will be a trophy, but it won’t count for the season)
* May 11: SSS Singlehanded Farallones (coastal race)
* June 29: LongPac start
* August 10 & 11: YRA / SSS Drakes Bay Races (coastal race)
* September 7: Half Moon Bay (coastal race)
* October 5 & 6: SSS Vallejo 1-2
As announced at the meeting, the plan is for the coastal races to use the same SERs as YRA uses — which will include AIS in 2024.
Richard, SSS Race Co-Chair
The 23rd Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race – is DONE !!
Reports from racers are HERE
Reports From returning boats will be added to their thread.
Tracker Page HERE
The TransBack (boats returning) began 7/15/23
Track the returning boats HERE
https://www.jibeset.net/gaps watch.php?FA=JACKY_T004055182_2_4247817093_NORMAL
Latest news;
All the racers are in !
Results are HERE
Congratulations!
The amazing skippers of the 2023 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race.
SHTP 2023 / Christine Weaver
Back row; Christophe Desage/ Elmach, David Garman/ Such Fast, Todd Olson/ Gwendolyn,
Michael Polkabla/ Solstice, Mike Smith/ Eos, Alexander Benderskii/ Reverie,
Max Crittenden/ Iniscaw, John Wilkerson/ Perplexity, Randy Leasure/ Tortuga,
Piyush Arora/ Horizon, Bill Stange/ Hula.
Front row; James Quanci/ Green Buffalo, Chris Jordan/ The Pork Chop Express,
Gary Burton/ Elizabeth Ann, Brendan Huffman/ Siren
Here’s the webcam in Hanalei where we can see you arrive!
https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/hanalei-bay-resort
1/4/2023
Standing Sailing Instructions
Welcome! The San Francisco SSS offers events where singlehanded and short-handed sailors can share knowledge, gain experience, and find a structured environment to expand their horizons. The SSS encompasses everyone from a first-time, double-handed sailor to veterans of the Singlehanded TransPacific (SHTP) yacht race. We are always learning and always sharing knowledge.
Please join us for the full season. And if you have not already, please also check us out on: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
(Don’t forget to refresh this page often for new updates.)