Join us for a general club gathering and the second Speaker Series talk by Captain Luke Raubenheimer.
General club meeting and Taco Truck outside SCCYC at 7:00 pm.
Presentation at 8:00 pm.
Mandatory Skippers Meeting for the 2nd race of the 2026 Dan Byrne series. The PRO will go over the racing rules, course, start sequence, and weather forecast.
2026 PSSA Dan Byrne Series Race No. 2 - Bishop Rock
Starts on Friday Feb. 6, 13:00 pm near Marina Del Rey breakwater (“H” mark)., round Cortez Bank buoy to port, finish near the West End of Catalina Island. Handicap distance: 165 nm.
PSSA Speaker Series talk by Jack Johnson about his experience winning 2023 Globe 5.80 sailing competition! .
General club meeting and Taco Truck outside SCCYC at 7:00 pm.
Presentation at 8:00 pm.
2026 PSSA Dan Byrne Series Race No. 1 - Ship Rock & Return.
Starts 11:00 am near Marina Del Rey breakwater (“H” mark)., round Ship Rock to port, finish near Palos Verdes. Handicap distance: 46 nm.
Mandatory Skippers Meeting for the first race of the 2026 Dan Byrne series. The PRO will go over the racing rules, course, start sequence, and weather forecast.
PSSA welcomes our first Speaker this year: Mike Hakala of Avalon Rafts. Mike will talk about Safety at Sea issues, answer questions, and will do a live demo of Life Raft Deployment!
General club meeting and Taco Truck outside SCCYC at 7:00 pm.
Presentation at 8:00 pm.
All current and future PSSA members are invited to join us for the end-of-year Awards Ceremony and Holiday party! We’ll have refreshements and brunch at SCCYC starting 10:30.
The perpetual trophies for the 2025 Dan Byrne and Dave Wall races will be presented, and stories from the racing year will be shared!
Also, the new 2026 Board of Directors and VC will be presented following the conclusion of the on-going elections.
SCCYC is hosting a talk by our own VC Loren Brindze about his 2nd place finish in the 2025 SHTP on the Hobie 33 Topaz.
Taco Truck and Social: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Speaker to start 7:30 PM
2025 PSSA Dave Wall series - Race 5 Ship Rock Layover
Starts in the vicinity of the Palos Verdes buoy "R10". Staring time: 12:00 pm
Do not miss this one! There will be a PSSA dinner and a party in Two Harbors after the finish of this race!
The registration for the Dave Wall series is open on Jibeset
2025 PSSA Dave Wall series - Race 4 MdR - KH - PV
Starting area located at “SS” buoy outside MdR breakwater. Starts at 11:00 am.
The registration for the Dave Wall series is open on Jibeset
2025 PSSA Dave Wall series - Race 3 Squirrel Bank
Starts near “H” buoy outside of MdR breakwater, at 11:00 am.
The registration for the Dave Wall series is open on Jibeset
2025 PSSA Dave Wall series - Race 2 Tom Collier Regatta with KHYC.
Refer to King Harbor Yacht Club website for all the information: www.khyc.org. We will sail the Cruiser Course.
The registration for the Dave Wall series is open on Jibeset.
2025 PSSA Dave Wall series - Race 1 Dave Wall Memorial Inverted Start
Starting line between the Marina Del Rey breakwater flagpole and “SS” mark. To determine your starting time, see “Dave Wall Memorial Order of Start” document on Jibeset.
The registration for the Dave Wall series is open on Jibeset.
Recap of the winter race season (Dan Byrne series and Meridian 400 race), and the announcement of the summer Dave Wall series. The registration for the Dave Wall series is now open on Jibeset.
Starts 11:00 am adjacent to Marina Del Rey “H” mark - please refer to Sailing Instructions.
Mandatory skippers meeting
Starts 11:00 am adjacent to Palos Verdes buoy "10PV" please refer to Sailing Instructions.
Mandatory skippers meeting
Registration is now open on Jibeset!
This 400 nm race can serve as qualifier for the 2025 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race (aka Single-handed Transpac, SHTP) as well as crewed 2025 Transpac. We now have crewed division (max 4)! Join us on this adventure, a fun and challenging new course!
Start 11:00 am near Channel Islands Harbor breakwater - please refer to Sailing Instructions.
400 mn of off-shore sailing!
Finish near West End of Catalina.
Mandatory skippers meeting
SCCYC invites all PSSA members to the Friday Night Speaker Series
Lisa Bronitt: Live the Sail Life. The talk starts at 7:30 pm
!! Taco Truck outside SCCYC, starting 6:30 !!
Starts 12:00 pm adjacent to Marina Del Rey “H” mark - please refer to Sailing Instructions.
Mandatory skippers meeting
Speaker Series and Liferaft deployment demo:
Mike Hakala of Avalon Rafts will talk about liferafts, other safety devices, and perform a live demonstration of raft deployment. This is essentially the hands-on part of the U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea seminars (Mike is a regular trainer/presenter for these).
Due to the various fires around Los Angeles we have postponed this race to the 18th of January
Starts 11:00 am adjacent to Marina Del Rey “H” mark - please refer to Sailing Instructions.
Due to the various fires around Los Angeles we have postponed this meeting to the 17th of January
Mandatory skippers meeting
Speaker Series: Vendee Globe Presentation w/ Jerome Sammarcelli
Vendee Globe is the Olympics of solo sailing, a round-the-world race taking place every 4 years. It started on Nov. 10, 2024, and the racers are in the Southern Ocean right now!
Join us to enjoy the Taco Truck and our Speaker Series, the talk about Vendee Globe around-the-world solo race, by Jerome Sammarcelli!
Group discussion on Zoom (link to be sent via Jibeset e-mail)
Proposed discussion topics:
- Storm sails, reefing
- Other equipment requirements: flares; jacklines, harnesses, tethers; anchors
- Training/skills requirements (medical training certification; off-shore safety-at-sea courses)
- Starting procedures; virtual marks; recording finish time
Join the party and share stories from the 2024 sailing season!
6:30 PM - Cocktails; 7:30 PM - Dinner
South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club, 13444 Bali Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Club-wide discussion on Zoom (link sent via Jibeset e-mail)
Topics:
- Adoption of World Sailing vs. US Sailing rules and regulations
- "Big ticket" equipment items: Life rafts, EPIRB, PLB, AIS, sat com & trackers, emergency rudders
- Boat inspections
