YRA racing is comprised of four charter associations, each representing a specific type of racing or types of boats:
- HDA (Handicap Divisions Association): Bay racing using the PHRF handicapping system.
- ODCA (One Design Class Association): Bay racing for one design fleets
- OYRA (Offshore Yacht Racing Association): Ocean racing using PHRF, IMS, or MORA ratings. Includes a short-handed sailing division, one-design fleets and a cruising division.
- WBRA (Wooden Boat Racing Association): Bay racing for the following wooden one design fleets: Bird, Folkboat, IOD and Knarr.
LATEST NEWS
- Recent YRA Events
September 27th & 28th, 2008 — THE YRA SEASON CLOSER!. With over 90 boats finishing on Saturday, over 60 boats finishing on Sunday and nearly perfect weather over the whole weekend, the new YRA Season Closer was a huge success! Results from Saturday's Island Tour race are available here and the One Design Race Results are available here: Race 1, Race, 2, Race 3. Results from Sunday's "Crazy 8" Pursuit Race are here. Curious how you did overall? Click here to see the overall standings from Sunday's Pursuit Race. Thank you to everyone who came out to race with us at this new weekend event. We'd like to give a special thanks to the Folks over at the Corinthian Yacht Club for all their hard work on Race Committee and for throwing a great party Saturday night! - Upcoming Events
Oktober 18th, 2008 — 1st Annual BYC Oktoberfest Pursuit Race Around Alcatraz Island. October provides some of the best sailing weather on the Bay. Sign up now for the Oktoberfest Cup, race around Alcatraz Island and enjoy a traditional Oktoberfest at the Berkeley Yacht Club. Online sign up is available here. What could be better than a Bratwurst and Beer following a great race? Entry fee of $25 entitles each boat to a pitcher of beer at the club. - Need to Renew or Sign-Up to Race?
New this year, save time and paper and utilize our new ELECTRONIC SIGN-UP Site You will need to create an account in order to sign-up electronically and if you have made changes to your boats configuration you will still need to either mail, email or fax a copy of your renewal form into the YRA, with the changes indicated, although you can still use our automated process to pay for your renewal. - 2007 YRA Trophies
If you missed the great party at the Berkeley Yacht Club on November 13th, you can still pick up your 2007 Daily Trophies and 2007 Vallejo flags by stopping by the YRA office. Just give us a call to coordinate a time to stop by.