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Frostbite Race #3

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WCSC Frostbite Race #3

Welcome to the WCSC Frostbite Series for 2026! The Frostbite is a pursuit start race series open to all sailors and boats and is a great way to enjoy your club and your boat over the winter months without the formality of windward-leeward buoy racing.

If you haven’t tried a pursuit race before, government navigation buoys are used for course marks, and boats receive staggered start times based on their PHRF ratings, so the slower boats start first, followed by faster boats. This eliminates all those crowds at the start. It also adds a “fun factor” to the race because you can see exactly how you’re doing against the competition: If you are ahead of a boat on the racecourse, you are beating that boat. The first boat to the finish wins, simple as that. We DO NOT expect to have soup or chili served after this race. We still NEED volunteers for 17 Jan, 31 Jan, and 7 Feb. The after-race gathering is a great opportunity to warm up at the fireplace and talk trash about the day’s racing.

If you ate interested in participating, please go to the club calendar (under the News and Events tab) and register for the event. This really helps to know for how many people we need to prepare food. Online registration also helps Rick in preparing the delay time table.

Check-in and registration begin at 10:30. Please check in with Rick (the guy with the computer) as you enter the main room of the Clubhouse. He will need to enter your boat into the delay-time spreadsheet before the skippers’ meeting gets started. Skippers' meeting is at 11:00. At that time, we will decide which course to sail and will explain the pursuit start process. You are advised to download and print the Sailing Instructions, Lake Map, and the Buoy and Course List, as these will not be provided at the skippers’ meeting. For those who are new to sailboat racing, the Sailing Instructions contain race details that a skipper must know in order to sail the race. If you are new to the Club’s pursuit start races, you may wish to read A Beginner’s Guide to the Frostbite Series. These documents can be found in the Frostbites Series 2026 folder on the Club website:

Home > Membership (you must be logged in) > Club Documentation > Race/Regatta Documentation (click on folder icon, not text) > Frostbite Series (again, folder icon) > Frostbite Series 2026 (you may have to scroll to the top of the page to access the documents)

Race Committee
PRO Tony Bolan, Deborah and John Burnett, and Pete Skrocki

Questions or comments, contact Rick 334-332-2025 cowardlyliontri@gmail.com