Racing Instruction

Fleet Racing Classes at Montrose Harbor

We will be offering Fleet Racing classes on Wednesday nights at Montrose Harbor this year. Wednesday night "beer can" racing is the perfect way to get your toe wet in fleet racing. This is a fun, casual race followed by an on shore BBQ at CCYC. You'll go out with an experienced fleet racing skipper and rotate positions on the boat each week. Develop the boat handling and sail trim skills, the basic knowledge of the racing rules and the confidence to be a Rhodes 19 fleet racing skipper.

Classes will be four weeks in length with up to three students per boat. Classes start at 5pm each Wednesday and meet at Montrose Harbor.

Prerequisite is a valid skipper's card and open racing, spinnaker class or R19 Fleet 12 crew experience.

Session 1 - TBD
Session 2 - TBD
Session 3 - TBD

Cost for the classes is $100 per person for each session. Students are responsible for buying their own meal at the BBQ following every race. E-mail Sally Hamann to register or for more information.

Fleet 12 Racing at Montrose Harbor

Come race with the Rhodes 19 Fleet 12 at Montrose Harbor under the auspices of the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club (CCYC). There will be two Sunday Race series and two Wednesday night series starting in June and running until Sept. See BTS for more details. There will also be informal Spring and Fall series on Sundays in April, May and October. If you are interested in learning more about fleet racing go to the Fleet 12 web page at www.corinthian.org/rhodes. Open racing and the other Sail Chicago programs at Montrose harbor are geared to preparing you for participation at this level of racing.

Regattas

There are also three regattas that Fleet 12 will participate in during the summer. The Hobelman Regatta in September is sponsored by Fleet 12 at Montrose. The exact date will be announced. The One Design Verve Regatta will be held at Belmont Harbor on Aug 9 and 10 sponsored by Chicago Yacht Club. Both are great regattas with many other one design fleets, like the Shields, Lightening, Vanguard 15s and 110s, participating. Fleet 12 at Montrose also sponsors the third R19 Tshudy Woman's Regatta on July 27. These regattas are a great way to experience the joy of racing on one day or one weekend.

Crew

If you are interested in a crew position with one of the fleet participants or with one of Sail Chicago’s boats we can help you find a spot. Crewing provides an excellent opportunity to develop the skills this level of racing demands. It’s also a ton of fun.

Skipper a Sail Chicago R19 in Fleet 12 races and Regattas

Qualified individuals may reserve boats for the racing series and regattas through the web site. Cost is $70 for Sunday reserve both a morning and afternoon rental period) and $40 for Wednesday evening. Boats must be reserved on line before skippers can race the Sail Chicago boats in fleet races and regattas.

Sally can also help get you onto crew lists. Email her at sallyhamann@aol.com.