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.
YRA Description of Marks
Ocean Marks
Click here for Ocean chartlet with marks.
Central & North Bay Marks
Click here for Central Bay chartlet with marks, click here for North Bay chartlet with marks.
South Bay Marks
Click here for South Bay chartlet with marks.
You can download description of marks here.
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 and Savvy Navvy, and GPS hardware platforms, such as Garmin Chartplotters.
Obstructions
Below are descriptions of obstructions for San Francisco Bay.
You can download the obstructions here.