Updated March 1, 2010

Duwamish Head Final Results PDF

Windjammer Series Results PDF

Toliva Shoals Results PDF
Jan's Marine Photography Images

Click to link to Flicker Slideshow

Click to see Heather Dillion Photography slideshow

Additional Slideshows from:
B-Town Blog link here

Race Entry
Registration Forms

available below in PDF format
allowing you to fill out, then print to add signature

Plan Ahead to 2010

Duwamish Head

Windjammer Series
Spring Series
Spring Regatta
Summer Series
Double-Handed
Fall Series
Commodore's Trophy
Winter Series
Southern Sound Series

To our local businesses who support our 5th Mid-Sound Sailing Social-
we thank you!

2010 Sponsors

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Welcome to Emerald Cove Catering, a premier Seattle Catering Company that specializes in preparing fresh, from scratch, local cuisine while combining seasonal ingredients to create unique dishes that can be best described as Northwest Cuisine with an Asian and Italian Influence. Our executive chefs, Freddie Detore II & James Privette have built on their years of training and experience to create this unique Seattle based Catering concept where aesthetic presentations reflect the simplicity of the dishes they prepare.

Thank you Dave for your generous donation; someone is going to appreciate your services. Call to make an appointment to have your boat's hull cleaned. 253.222.4645

North Sails- of Seattle, Thank you for your contributions to Three Tree Point Yacht Clubs events, three years running! Click to visit their site

Thank You very much Des Moines Marina, Joe Jewell and Joe Dusenbury. Four years we havae worked with you to create a 6 week event that involves the community with a wonderful, friendly experience on the sound!

Thank you B & E Meats. You have supported our club with your generousity and freindship.

The following businesses have generously donated prizes this year.
Please thank them the next time you visit them.

Over 25 years of experience!

Thank you very much for yout 3rd year of generous contributions, CSR Marine, Des Moines, WA  Click to go to CSR Marine website

Thank you West Marine of Fife and Seattle, for your generous contributions! Click to visit their site.
West Marine of Fife
West Marine of Bellevue

Thank you to those at 48 Degrees North for your support - three years running! Click to visit their online magazine

Thank you to our Seattle UK Halsey Sailmakers Loft! We appreciate your support for the past three years! Click to visit their website

Thank you Foss Landing Marina for donating two consecutive years! We appreciate your support to our yacht club!

Thank you Durham Upholstery for supporting our MidSound Summer Social. Please click to see what Durham Upholstery can do for you.

Thank you Fisheries Supplies for another year of generosity to our MidSound Summer Social.

AOL’s City’s Best- Seattle’s best fine dining restaurant in 2008.

Thank you CorkyCellars for you have been supporting our yacht club four years running.

Thank  you Verrazanno, located in Federal Way, WA. Your generous contributions are truly appreciated. Click to visit their site for great Italian dining.

Thank you Jeanne Walker and Sommer Chetty for your generous gifts of healing. Please call for them your appointment to be healed and/or pampered.

Thank you for your donations. Click to get driving directions.

Thank you Mandarin Kitchen for your contributions to our event. Click here for driving directions and info regarding Mandarin Kitchen, Des Moines, WA

Thank you Wally's Chowder House for supporting our MidSound Social Event. Click here to visit Wally's Chowder House website, located in Des Moines, WA

 more about them.

Thank you Healing Hands for your donations to our tired sailors! Please call and reserve some time with them for your relaxation massage.

Thank you Northwest Yachting for supporting our Mid Sound Summer Social.

TO VENTURE INTO THE TIN ROOM..."

Welcome to Mark Restaurant and Bar.

From a 24 seat restaurant in Burien, Washington

Thank you Northwest Clinic for supporting our club two years running!

Thank you Dinners Done Right. This is your 2nd year of donating to TTPYC.

Thank you Burien Upholstery. This is your 2nd year for supporting our club.

 

 

 

Three Tree Point Yacht Club Racing

Race Fleet Captain-Tom Davis
Assistant Race Fleet Captain-Shelley Conti
Race Fleet Scorer- Tom Davis
Race Fleet Registrar-Bob Post
Fleet Handicapper- Pat Waters

 

 

 

Racing -TTPYC conducts an active sailboat race program and members participate in all major areas races. The Club is a member of the United States Sailing Association, the U.S. National Sailing Authority and PHRF-NW, the local performance handicapping association. There is plenty of racing opportunity at all levels of experience, for both skipper and crew, on local races and in larger area racing on the Puget Sound and British Columbia. The major local race is the Duwamish Head Race, part of a four race series conducted by Southern Sound Yacht Clubs. There is also a three-race Windjammer Series. Single-handed and couples races, five "around the can" series from early Spring to late Fall are available to participate in. The Spring Regatta, is an April event. The Mid-Sound Summer Social is sponsored by Three Tree Point Yacht Club and the Des Moines Marina.

Entry at any level of experience is invited, and friendly competition is fostered to encourage all to participate, from novice to "Old Salt"!
View our bulletin board and trophy case while at Anthony's Home Port in Des Moines, WA

Race Corner
Tom Davis, Race Fleet Captain
Shelley Conti, Assistant Race Fleet Captain

The Windjammer Series finished with a spectacular day on the water. Seven boats came out to race and enjoy the beautiful weather. Bob Post, our Race Captain for the last race of the series, made an interesting suggestion. He thought that since the Manzanita Race was abandoned due to lack of wind it might be good to try to re-run it in lieu of the longer Vashon Island Race. The entrants were polled and everyone thought that would be fine. As it turned out, it was a very good decision. The race started in ten plus knots of wind but by the time the fleet arrived at the mouth of Quartermaster Harbor the wind backed out and everyone struggled to get around the Manzanita Buoy. The Race Committee wisely shortened the course and everyone finished. Fun day!

March is a quiet month for racing at Three Tree Point but we do have our annual Race Fleet meeting on March 18th. This is a very important meeting because it will help us shape what we do with our race program for the rest of the year and any changes we might want to make for next year. We also will be awarding trophies for the Windjammer Series and unclaimed trophies from last year. I will send out a list of winners and the place this week.

Daylight Savings Time starts on March 14th this year. With this it means Thursday evening sailing is not far away. The Spring Series starts on April 1st. It’s time to get your crews together to come out and enjoy the warmth of spring sailing.

One of our major events of the year is the Spring Regatta which will be held the weekend of April 24th and 25th. We are working to make this event grow. The San Juan 21 Fleet has made this a major stop on their race schedule. This year we also have commitments from the C&C 115 Fleet and we are working on more. I do want to put out the call for volunteers to help with the regatta and especially for help with the dock barbeque after racing on Saturday.

For up to date news about our race program please go to our website at www.ttpyc.org
Tom Davis

Vi-Maui 2010 announcement letter PDF

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Tom's Race Reports
February 21, 2010
Glorious! An absolutely glorious day on the water Saturday for the final race of the Windjammer Series. The series finished with a bit of an unusual twist. Since the Manzanita Buoy Race on January 30th was abandoned do to lack of wind, it was decided to replace the scheduled longer Vashon Race with the Manzanita Race. It appeared to be a very good chose.

My day started with breakfast at the Des Moines Creek Restaurant. I met my friends Bob and Laura Crews who were going to sail their first "long" race with their Catalina 30, Silver Breeze. Their crew and my good friends Stew Renn and Jerry Stephenson joined us as well as Mike and Mary Stainsby who commute from the Portland area so Mike can race on Liberte'. The conversation was naturally about sailing, many past adventures and certainly some mis-adventures. As we left the restaurant we wished each other well and gave Laura some extra encouragement. I know that she was very excited for this race. As her husband, Bob, said "Laura is the racer in the family".

The morning was absolutely beautiful as we headed out to the starting area on Liberte'. The wind was light but steady. Seven boats came out, three in cruising class and four in the racer class. Not a bad turnout for a February club race.

The start was right at 10:00 with the race committee announcing the starting sequence via VHF radio. Silver Breeze appeared to get the start at the pin end to windward of the fleet. As we powered up to weather the wind was building and was already blowing ten knots. Time for us to make a sail change. The fleet split with half heading to the left side of the course and the rest of us working to the right of the rhumb line. The tide was favorable so it was just a matter keeping the boat trim and finding any favorable wind shifts. Liberte' and Mark Rider's J-35, Flashback, had a good duel up to the windward mark. These two boats rate the same. Liberte' was able to make a gain when they were able to fetch the mark at Three Tree Point and Flashback had to make an extra tack. As the boats rounded the mark they set spinnakers and bore away to the next mark at Point Robinson. Everyone was making great time.

This was going to be a quick race. As that thought entered my mind it was interesting the other thoughts that accompanied it. I found myself thinking, don't jinx it. We rounded Point Robinson and we looked down the East Channel, the wind looked good. Liberte' had a pretty good lead at this point but it wasn't long before Flashback, Les Chevaux Blancs and Cherokee came reaching around the corner. It was hard to tell how the cruising class was doing but it wasn't long before white sails were showing up around the corner too. Then it happened. The deeper we sailed west down the channel the less wind we had. It was a wind shift. Liberte' had to hoist their head sail but Cherokee still had their spinnaker up and making a big gain along the Maury Island shore. There is always anxiety when you are the fastest rated boat and the rest of the fleet is closing in on you. It wasn't long before the fleet had used up all the wind and were all fairly close to each other just off of Piner Point at the entrance to Quartermaster Harbor.

It took over two hours to make it around the point. When the race committee checked in it was decided to shorten the course at the Manzanita Buoy. Liberte' was able to get their half ounce spinnaker up long enough to eek their way to the finish. They became the committee boat and then finished the rest of the fleet. We had no idea how long we might be out there but it really didn't matter. We were stripped down to shirt sleeves, sipping a cold beer in what felt like seventy degree sunshine. The good news is that the tide had changed and the current was bringing everyone to the mark. Everyone finished by 3:15 so there was plenty of time to get boats back home in warm sunshine.

Congratulations to Pat Waters and his crew on Liberte' for first place in the race and first place for the series. Congratulations to Laura Crews and her crew of merry men for their first place in the cruising class which also means they are first for the series. Not bad for her first "long" race. By the way, our nickname for Laura when we race in the Windseekers during the summer is "The Weapon" because when she steers the boat we win.

Thanks to Bob Post and his crew for a great job as race committee.

The next club racing will start on Thursday, April 1st and we are working hard to make Spring Regatta to be even more special this year. It's on April 24th and 25th. Be sure to mark it on your calendar.

Racing Schedule for 2010

Duwamish Head January 9
Windjammer Series January 16, 31 February 13 March 20
Spring Series April 1, 8, 15, 29 May 6
Spring Regatta April 24-25
Summer Series May 20 June 3, 10, 17, 24
Double-Handed July 17 
Fall Series September 9, 11, 25
Commodore's Trophy October 3
Winter Series October 23 November 20
Southern Sound Series January 9, February 13, March 20, December 4

Please note that our series races will be PIYA Catagory III. You can obtain a copy of this by going to their web site www.ussailing.net/piya/ or linking here. This is a check list of the minimum equipment a boat should have for safe racing on Puget Sound. Basically for Catagory III it is very close to what the Coast Guard requirements are.

We hope to see more newcomers come out and race in the Performance Class which means Cruising Boats. You don’t need new high tech sails, a perfect bottom or remove all that spare gear. Race NFS (No Spinnaker so crew size is small). Come out and meet your fellow sailors and have fun.

The Seattle Area racing calendar is completed. Our website has 2010 SARC schedule.

Please review the 2010 Race Book for Updated and New Details, Rules and Information. For a TPPYC Race Book, Click here

Entry fee: $30.00 for the series

Send the registration form and race fee to: 
TTPYC Race Fleet
Attn:Registrar
P.O. Box 98700
Des Moines, WA 98198

Go to Racing for 2010 race related information.

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Southern Sound Series
The Southern Sound Series is a series of four races sponsored by a number of South Puget Sound yacht clubs. A sponsoring club conducts each race. Series responsibilities (coordination, publicity, scoring, trophies, etc.) are shared on a rotating basis between the clubs. The five sponsoring clubs signed a Letter of Agreement for the Conduct of the Southern Sound Series in the fall of 1979. Visit Southern Sound Series website for more information. We encourage everyone to participate in all the races.

The Southern Sound Series races are:
Winter Vashon Island Race - Tacoma Yacht Club December 4, 2010
Duwamish Head Race - Three Tree Point Yacht Club January 9, 2010
Toliva Shoals Race - Olympia Yacht Club/South Sound Sailing Society February 13, 2010
Islands Race - Gig Harbor Yacht Club March 20, 2010

Race Course Map

Race Registrations should be mailed to:

ATTEN: REGISTRAR
Three Tree Point Yacht Club
P.O. Box 98700
Des Moines, WA 98198

Race Protests should be mailed, ATTN: PROTEST CHAIR, or placed in the box under the bulletin board, as noted in the race handbook.PDF
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Rejuvenating the Race Fleet
Pat Waters, Chairman

Six of us, Rick Redfield, Pat Stewart, Steve Foss, Tom Spohn, Tom Davis and me have been meeting for the last 6-7 month putting together a plan for revitalizing our race program. We have developed the Vision, Mission, Goals, and a plan for accomplishing each goal that you see below.  Now we need your help if this is going to be a success!  We need volunteers, especially to make the plans for goals 3 & 4 a reality.  Now is your chance to help our race program become the dynamic, vibrant race program we all want.  Please give me a call if you are interested in helping.

VISION: TTPYC has a vibrant sailboat racing program.
MISSION: TTPYC Racing seeking a means to come together socially before and after racing, to enhance and grow our yacht club experience.
GOALS:              
1.      After race dock parties
2.      Give out small awards after last race of series.
3.      Invite new people.
4.      Education of new sailors/get involved in existing educational sailing programs.
5.      Make boats available to new sailors/make experienced sailors available to new boats.
For each goal above:
Goal 1. After Race dock parties: Plan:
A.      Start with Commodore's Trophy Race
B.      Fuel dock or hosted parties on designated docks
C.      After last race of series or after a major race
D.      BYOB/TTPYC to provide something grilled
E.      Plan owner: Tom Davis
F.      First implementation:  Commodores Trophy Race, 08
G.      Assign to race committee to have after every series and major race.
Goal 2. Give out small awards after last race of  series: Plan:              
A.      Give away at race dock parties.
B.      Decided on stickers for boom.  Yacht Club has vinyl burgees we can use!!! Stickers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, each SP class and performance.
D.      Plan owner;  Steve Foss.
E.      First implementation:   Commodores Trophy Race, 08
Goal 3. Invite new people: Plan:    
A.      Invite list of people from Mid Sound Social to participate using their E-mail address                               B.      Use marina mailing in Spring to advertise our racing program.
C.      Solicit people on docks.
D.      Advertise- 48˚ North, Northwest Yachting magazine, Local Des Moines, newsletter, recreation news, etc., & advertise our website on our bulletin board!
E.      Merge our racing with Windseekers and/or CYC of Tacoma.
F.      Plan owner: Tom Spohn – needs additional help
Goal 4. Education of our Sailors - Plan:             
A.      Get involved in existing educational sailing programs, Tacoma Mountaineers
B.      Classes/Meetings, Teach ourselves, bring in sailmakers, etc., videos/CDs
C.      Provide educational links on internet
D.      Plan owner:  TBD
Goal 5. Boats available to new sailors -experienced sailors available to new boats- Plan:   
A.    Create internet blog that provides: Crew List (experienced racers), Crew List (novice racers), Boat owners wanting crew for- social racing & serious racing, Experienced sailors willing to sail on boats.   
B.   Plan owner: Pat and Sue Waters This is now available. See directions below to add your name to the appropriate list/s.
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How to go to and edit the racers crew/boat listing

  1. Go to http://ttpycracing.blogspot.com/
    1. Click on Sign In to edit = (adding your name to the appropriate list/s.)
    2. Next screen> enter (ttpycracing@gmail.com) for user’s name and (emphasis) as password
    3. Next screen select Posting  tab, (upper left corner)
      Click on Return to list of posts
      Click on Edit the 2nd listing, “Crew/Boat Availability”
    4. Enter  your name, phone number and email address under the appropriate heading
    5. Click on Publish Post
    6. Click on View Blog
    7. Click on SIGN OUT  upon completion

Please note that our series races will be PIYA Catagory III. You can obtain a copy of this by going to their web site www.ussailing.net/piya/ or linking here. This is a check list of the minimum equipment a boat should have for safe racing on Puget Sound. Basically for Catagory III it is very close to what the Coast Guard requirements are.

We hope to see more newcomers come out and race in the Cruising Class. You don’t need new high tech sails, a perfect bottom or remove all that spare gear. Race NFS (No Spinnaker so crew size is small). Come out and meet your fellow sailors and have fun.

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SAILING INSTRUCTIONS   Spring Series 2010

Eligibility: Category III yachts or better with additional requirement to have personal lights, (during races that extend into darkness), whistles and radar reflector installed.

Start/Finish Line: Between the Committee Boat and start/finish buoy offshore of the Des Moines Marina.

Course: As designated by placards posted on the committee boat. See Section IV of this handbook for a complete description of all marks.

Shortened Course: The Race Officer may choose at any time after the start to shorten the course. The Code flag “S” will be displayed with two sound signals on the committee boat. Skippers will then continue to sail the originally posted course, rounding each mark as required until they can lay a course directly to the new finish line and will finish between the Committee boat flying Code Flag “S” and its mark.

Start Time 
Evening Races:
                     First Warning      1825
                     First Start           1830
Weekend Races:
                    First Warning      1025
                     First Start           1030

Time Limit: The time limit for the first race of each race day will be three hours after their starting signal.

Special Instructions: The “Laggard Rule” will be in effect. See section II-N.

Series Entry Fee: $30.00 per Series. Checks payable to "TTPYC"
PDF registration form

Information:
For additional information or to obtain an entry form, write to TTPYC, P.O. Box 98700, Des Moines, WA 98198-0700, call Tom Davis (206) 999-5115, tdavisconst@hotmail.com.
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Daily results for the Van Isle at www.vanisle360.com Take a look. It's a well maintained site with a good explanation of the race and competitors. This year we have several members attending this race. June 6-21, 2009

2010 SARC Calendar PDF

 Also you may go to Google Calendars

2010 PF Race Results

Duwamish Head RaceFinal Results PDF
Windjammer Series Results PDF
Spring Series PDF
Spring Regatta PDF
Summer Series PDF
Fall Series PDF
Commodore's Trophy Race PDF
Winter Series PDF

2009 PF Race Results

Duwamish Head Race Preliminary Results PDF
Windjammer Series Results PDF
Spring Series PDF
Spring Regatta PDF
Summer Series PDF
Fall Series PDF
Commodore's Trophy Race PDF
Winter Series PDF

2008 PDF Race Results for the following races

Duwamish Head Race
Windjammer Series
Spring Regatta
Spring Series
Jack & Jill Results
Summer Series
Fall Series
Winter Series

Commodore's Trophy Race

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