Cal25 Class Association

2011 CAL 25 Racing in the Chesapeake

The summer racing season for the Annapolis CAL 25 is composed of Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBYRA) racing as a Cruising One Design (COD) Class on weekends in the summer, the Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) Wednesday Night races (running in PHRF), and Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) Friday Night Beer Can Races running as a non-spinnaker one design. The CBYRA events are put on by a variety of the 80 some yacht clubs and associations that make up CBYRA. The CAL 25 Fleet will compete in 16 CBYRA races this summer. There are awards presented for the season’s effort in the CBYRA High Point competition.

In other areas in the Chesapeake Bay, CAL 25s compete in PHRF races under CBYRA and a part of local club races on Wednesday and Friday nights, and on weekends.

In addition to the “formal” races, the fleet sometimes attaches “races” – call it sail over, but who can avoid competing when another CAL is around – to social events. Our annual Spring Luncheon in May is held at an on-the water venue to promote the sail-over idea. We also have a Fall Dinner in November for social activities, gift giving, and Class awards.

The Chesapeake CAL 25 Fleet tries to vary the types of races we do to maintain interest and to satisfy the differing tastes of our membership. Our 2011 CBYRA events include:

- Two point to point overnight events where we sail to a destination, overnight there, and race back. This year we go to St. Michaels, MD in May and to the Corsica River in July. Both destinations are on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Each of the four races involved is in the rang of 20 nautical miles (NM).

- Two 3 day regattas sailing multiple windward-leeward (W-L) short course races each day. These events are the NOODs in April/May, and CBYRA Race Week in early September. When the CAL 25 Nationals are competed in Anna[polis, we use the CBYRA Race Week as a venue.

- Multiple one day events that may be W-L or using Government navigational marks as established by the sponsoring sailing club. These events can be 6 to 20 miles depending on the weather and the desires of the sponsoring sailing club.

- Two races on Good Old Boat Regatta weekend in October. These races are always run on Government marks courses that are akin to how races were competed in the 70s.

- The CRAB Regatta is one of those “take the handicap out at the start” non-spinnaker events with staggered starts according to PHRF rating. A fun event that is held for the benefit of the Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) Organization. CRAB has developed a fleet of boats that permit the physically challenged to enjoy our sport.

2011 CAL 25 CBYRA High Point Schedule

Awards for the CBYRA events are combination of trophies presented by the individual yacht clubs, and overall High Point competition awards presented by CBYRA at the end of the season.

The Friday Night Beer Can races are competed in two halves of 5 races each over the summer. These are run in the Severn River near the Naval Academy on Government marks courses. The CAL 25s race as a one design class and have agreed to run without spinnakers. The event is excellent for having a good (competitive) time, for breaking in new crew, and breaking down new skippers.

2011 EYC Friday Night Beer Can Schedule

First Half
May – 6, 13, 20
June – 3, 17

Second Half
June - 24
July - 8, 22, 29
August - 5

Overall Awards will be presented at EYC on Friday, August 19. Daily awards are presented at EYC after each race.

2011 AYC Wednesday Night Race Schedule

First Series
April 27
May 4, 11, 18, 25
June 1

Second Series
June 8, 15, 22, 29
July 13, 20, 27

Third Series
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
September 7

The awards ceremony will be held at AYC on September 14. The Wednesday Night races are run in the Severn River, the nearby Bay, and finish in Spa Creek at AYC. The courses are a combination of Government navigation and drop marks. For this series, the skipper or a regular member of the crew must be and AYC member.