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LGT Crestone Winter Series
April 21 to July 14, 2024
Join us for the popular Winter Series for a great introduction to crewing. It involves training sessions, rules & social evenings, 13 Sunday races on Sydney Harbour, with crewing roles rotating. Join us every Sunday morning for a freshly cooked breakfast and piping hot coffee from the CYCA Club volunteers, before heading onto the water.
Winter sailing on the Harbour is exciting and great fun afterwards at the Clubhouse. An average of 140 Spinnaker boats compete each Sunday in this iconic series.
Our aim? To get you crewing on member’s yachts
J24 Yachts
More Witchcraft
Join the J24 Spinnaker series or race on our big boat More Witchcraft in the non-spinnaker devision
The Low Down
Experience winter sailing at its best, on Sydney Harbour. Get introduced to top crew at the iconic CYCA and make lifelong friends. Limited spaces are available – sign up now!
- Training sessions
- Ten-point score races
- Three women’s skipper races
- Racing rules social nights
- Prize-giving dinner
- Join us racing Pacatack, Bandit & More Witchcraft
- Sunday Breakfast approximately $8 cooking by volunteers from 0830
What to bring
- Sailing Bag
- Gloves
- Wet weather gear
Crew Positions
Join the J24 Spinnaker series or race on our big boat More Witchcraft in the non-spinnaker devision.
Foredeck and trimming positions
Spinnaker course graduates will have a preference
Pitt and Mast positions
Start Crewing or Start Helming Course students will have a preference
Schedule
- 8:30 am: Breakfast & briefing with the Skipper
- 9:00 to 11:00 am: Training and boat setup
- 11:00 am to 3:00 pm: Racing
- 4:00 pm latest: Back to the Club for debriefing
Training Days
Saturday TBA 12:30 – 2:30 pm or 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Saturday TBA: 12:30 – 2:30 pm or 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Plus others as required.
2024 Calendar
- April 21 – Women’s Series Race 1 (A female at the Helm)
- April 28 – Race 1
- May 5 – Race 2
- May 12 – Race 3
- May 19 – Race 4
- May 26 – Race 5
- June 2 – Race 6
- June 9 – Women’s Series Race 2
- June 16 – Race 7
- June 23 – Race 8
- June 30 – Race 9
- July 7 – Race 10
- July 14 – Women’s Series Race 3 – Chris Lee Trophy
- July 19 (Friday) – Prizegiving
Pricing
Full Series of 13 races and training: $2,800
Part Series of 10 Races and training: $2,290
Short Series of 5 races and training: $1,350
* See Booking Conditions below.
Inclusions
2 training sessions
Crew T-shirt (series only)
Instructor fees, boat charter fee, sails
Race rules evenings
Marina fees, entry fee
Personal Sailing Insurance
Exclusions
Additional training sessions if requested
Booking Conditions
- Allocation of boats is on a first come first serve basis.
- *Book additional races, fee for extra days on a pro-rata basis.
- PSS reserves the right to cancel racing and/or training days due to weather and/or safety concerns. In such event an alternate sailing day will be scheduled.
- Non-attendance on sailing and training days will not be rescheduled or refunded.
- Race training sessions are recommended.
- Key Positions allocated to spinnaker course graduates
- Request series races to be booked concurrently
- More than 7 days notice is required to reschedule a race and is subject to availability – no refund
- Prize Giving dinner July TBA