KSC Kirkland Summer Sailing Series

KSSS is suspended for the remainder of 2025. KSC members please refer to our event calendar for member social sailing events on Friday evenings.

NOR & Sailing Instructions

GENERAL

For 2025 we are making some changes. To accommodate larger yachts coming from Lake Union, Division 3 will start at 7:15. The start will be off Homeport Marina in downtown Kirkland with a windward- leeward course. Where conditions allow, the course will be twice around, using the start/finish line as a gate.

Divisions 1 (J/22 OD) & 2 (Capri 22) will use the same start/ finish line with a rounding mark in the vicinity of Waverly Beach Park. Division 1 will be twice around, where conditions allow and division 2 will be once around.

HOT DOG PARTY!

Hot dogs will be served aboard Catalina 30 “Earth’s Edge” at 2nd Ave Dock (behind Anthony’s). Visiting participants can dock on the outer (south) side of the dock or in Kirkland City Marina where there is 4 hours free moorage. Please bring your own liquid refreshments!

COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

This series only works with the commitment of sailors to volunteer for committee duty. Each Friday, we need two volunteers to run the event. Please sign up for one here! Right click on a cell to add a comment.

ALL NON-KSC MEMBER COMPETITORS must complete the entry form and waiver in order to partake in this series.
ALL NON-KSC MEMBER COMPETITOR PARTICIPANTS (skipper & crew) are required to complete the waiver.
KSC MEMBERS REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE HERE. We have reserved the Capri 22’s and J/22’s for you

Waiver should be completed by a) the yacht owner and b) any and all crew members that will participate on the same yacht in KSC regattas. In the event a crew member has not signed the waiver, that crew member will be deemed to not be a participant in the regatta at the liability of the owner. It is the yacht owner’s responsibility to ensure that waivers are completed by all participating crew members. A yacht that appears in the vicinity of the course whose owner has not completed a waiver will be deemed a non-participant.

First warning at 7:10pm with 5 minute rolling starts.

6:30 Division 1- J/22 OD
6:35 Division 2- Capri 22
7:15 Division 3- Big Boat PHRF

Sound Signals

Start times may change from published- please monitor CH69

Alert: 6:24pm 5 short
Warning (5 min): 6:25pm
Division 1: 6:30pm Start
Division 2: 6:35pm Start
Division 3 warning 7:10
Divison 3 Start 7:15

SCHEDULE
Only one race is scheduled per evening. One race shall constitute a series. Will consist the following Friday’s:

2025 Friday evenings, June 6 through August 29th

CLASSES / DIVISIONS

Division 1- J/22 One Design
Division 2- any yacht <25′ registered with a PHRF rating in the entry form- self declared rating, no certificate submission required.
Division 3- Larger yachts, self declared PHRF rating, no certificate submission required.

RACING AREA

Defined as Lake Washington north of Evergreen Point and South of Juanita Point

Unless otherwise notified by VHF Radio on Channel 69 prior to first warning each race day, marks are rounded to port.

One of two courses, shown below may be set dependent on wind direction.

RULES

This regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). Changes to the rules may be noted elsewhere in the Notice of Race or Sailing Instructions. If the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions are in conflict, the Sailing Instructions have precedence.

Start line will be off the seawall at Homeport Marina with the pin end represented by an inflatable yellow racing buoy and the ‘boat’ end an orange inflatable racing buoy

Prior to the start of each race, each competitor will sail past the race committee RIB hailing the boat name and sail number. Check in by VHF radio is not permitted and will not be acknowledged.

Race committee will attempt to identify recalled yachts and broadcast sail numbers on Ch69. Failure of a yacht to see or hear their recall shall not be grounds for redress.

Finish will be sailing back through the starting line.

Time limit is based on sunset (not nautical twilight).

If 1st boat in a class fails to cross the Start-Finish line in the first full lap by sunset the race will be considered abandoned for that class.

If the 1st boat in a class fails to round the windward mark the 2nd lap then that class will be scored as they crossed the Start Finish line after the 1st lap.

Yachts failing to finish within 30 minutes of the first place in each division will be marked Time Limit Expired (TLE)

Scoring will be calculated using the RORC cox-sprague high-point scoring system and published by email to all registered competitors.

Withdrawals/ retirements shall notify committee on Ch69

Protests there will be no protest hearings.

PRIZES

no prizes

SOCIAL

After race hotdogs will be provided at 2nd Ave dock. Bring your own liquid refreshments! 4 hour free docking is available on the south side of 2nd Ave dock and in the marina. Overnight mooring is also allowed in the same area. (see map)