Welcome to the Chester Yacht Club
Chester Yacht Club (CYC) is a private sailing club situated on beautiful Mahone Bay with excellent access to the best sailing in Canada. CYC is host to Canada’s largest keelboat regatta, Chester Race Week, the much-anticipated and highly regarded annual Opti Jam dinghy regatta, and is home to robust and internationally respected IOD and Bluenose fleets. Our objective is to encourage Club members to become more proficient in the personal management, maintenance and handling of their boats; to promote safety, proper navigation and seamanship; to provide social and instructional activities in the interests of all Club members and their guests; and to enhance the sport of sailing within our membership and community.
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Courses for CYC Bluenose Long-Distance Races
Courses for CYC Bluenose Long-Distance Races
COURSE 1 (Wind from the N / NW/ NE)
- Upwind start
- CYC Mark 1 to Port
- Quaker N ( CYC mark 18 ) to Starboard
- Little Fish Is. light buoy, MC70 to Port
- Dauphinee Point light buoy MC66 to Port
- Birch Island to Port
- Lynch Bell ( CYC 3) to Port
- CYC Mark 1 to Port
- Meisners ( CYC 19 ) to port
- Finish at CYC Mark 1, as set by RC., (I.E between RC boat and Mark 1, or between Mark 1 and CYC wharf.)
COURSE 2 (Wind from the S / SW / SE)
- Upwind start
- Quaker N ( CYC Mark 18 ) to Starboard
- Little Fish Is. light buoy, MC70 to Port
- Dauphinee Point light buoy MC66 to Port
- Birch Island to Port
- Lynch Bell ( CYC 3) to Port
- CYC Mark 1 to Port
- Meisners ( CYC 19 ) to port
- Finish at CYC Mark 1, as set by RC, ( I.E between RC boat and Mark 1, or between Mark 1 and CYC wharf. )
COURSE 3 (Wind from the East)
- Upwind start
- Mark Island spit Steake MX57 to Starboard
- Woody Island to PORT
- Quaker Island to Starboard
- Peninsula Stake ( CYC 17 ) to Starboard
- Woody Island to Starboard
- Mark Island Shoal Bouy MX57 to PORT
- Finish at CYC Mark 1, as set by RC, I.E between RC boat and Mark 1, or between Mark 1 and CYC wharf.
COURSE 4 (Wind From the West)
- Upwind start
- CYC Mark 1, to Port
- Mark Island Shoal Bouy MX57 to Starboard
- Woody Island to PORT
- Quaker Island to Starboard
- Peninsula Stake ( CYC 17) to Starboard
- Woody Island to Starboard
- Mark Island Shoal Bouy MX57 to PORT
- Finish at CYC Mark 1, as set by RC, (I.E between RC boat and Mark 1, or between Mark 1 and CYC wharf.)
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