Description of YRA Marks

Below are the descriptions of marks and obstructions for YRA races.  Also included are the APPROXIMATE GPS coordinates for the permanent marks. These GPS coordinates are provided as a reference; the YRA makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of these GPS coordinates. We encourage you to sail by each mark and enter in your GPS to ensure accuracy. Also below are links to chartlets of each area of the bay and ocean. These chartlets are for reference and should not be used for navigation.

Four of the YRA racing marks are named for well-known sailors, each of whom made major contributions to the sport of sailboat racing on San Francisco Bay. They are Blackaller (YRA #16), Easom (YRA #15), Perkins (YRA #6), and Tosse (YRA XOC). Biographies of these sailors can be found here: Tom Blackaller, Hank Easom, Phil Perkins, and Bobbie Tosse.

Ocean YRA Marks

Click here for Ocean chartlet with marks.

Click here for table of Ocean marks.

Click here for spreadsheet of Ocean marks.

Center Bay YRA Marks

Click here for Center Bay chartlet with marks.

Click here for table of Center Bay marks.

Click here for spreadsheet of Center Bay marks.

NOTE: buoy “GOC” on Olympic Circle is currently off station and may not be replaced.

North Bay YRA Marks

Click here for North Bay chartlet with marks.

Click here for table of North Bay marks.

Click here for spreadsheet of North Bay marks.

South Bay YRA Marks

Click here for South Bay chartlet with marks.

Click here for table of South Bay marks.

Click here for spreadsheet of South Bay marks.

YRA Obstructions

Click here for table of obstructions for San Francisco Bay.

Click here for spreadsheet of obstructions for San Francisco Bay.

Marks as waypoint data

You can access the YRA marks as a GPS Exchange Format (.gpx) file here. GPX is an XML schema designed as a common GPS data format. You can import this file into many software applications, such as Navionics, OpenCPN, or Savvy Navvy, and GPS hardware platforms, such as Garmin, Simrad, and Raymarine chartplotters.