Read all about the closeout of a great 2025 season here: November 2025 Binnacle

Streetwise, a Viper 640 owned by Jason Hyerstay and skippered by Fran Hardy, was incorrectly scored in the Sportboat class rather than Spinnaker B. The NoR requires a minimum of 2 boats for a class in the Ladies Cup, which was not met for this year's race.

As a result, Streetwise was rescored in Spinnaker B which they won, beating In Progress, skippered by Benedek Erdos of MBBC.

Apologies for this error and congrats to Jason, Fran and crew!!!

Last night we set a participation record for our 6 year old Thursday night Dinghy racing series with 17 boats (10 RS Aeros, 6 Lasers and 1 Melges 15) and 18 sailors (age 11 (Oliver) to 70+)!!!.

We had a post race potluck BBQ and the South Burlington Rec Dept even did a fireworks display to celebrate the occasion!!!

Congrats to Sam Royal and Allen Timmins from MBBC who won the FJ fleet and Kai Condit from NLGYC who won the Opti Fleet.
Oliver Morgan and JJ Garcia from LCYC finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the Opti Fleet.

Thursday featured winds in the 15-22 kt range, providing some challenging sailing, while Friday winds were a bit tamer, starting around 15 kts and dropping to 8 kts by the final race.

Click on the title to access the full results.

Found this video of last weekend's Odziozo race on the MBBC Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/622343454200857

There are a lot of really good candidates on our crew list. A number quite recently added. Members and non members. Experience ranging from novice to highly experienced. Check it out: https://lcyc.info/racing/crew/details

Prior to June 1st the water temperature on Lake Champlain is typically near or below 50F. At those temps, falling in the water without a PFD is a life threatening situation. Whether in your dinghy or on your boat, it is stongly recommended to wear your PFD at least until the water temps are consistently above 50F or more conservatively above 60F (if you care to jump in, you'll find 60F is still pretty darn cold and can become debilitating).

To check the current lake water temperature CLICK HERE

For your annual reminder regarding the dangers of Cold Water Immersion CLICK HERE

LCYC sponsors Singlehanded Dinghy (Laser and RS Aero) racing on Thursday nights from early June through early September. To encourage more sailors to participate in our racing LCYC is allowing a limited number of non members, for a nominal fee, to keep their boats at LCYC for the racing season. Participants are not club members, but will be permitted to keep a boat (on a dolly) at the club and access the club, as a guest, subject to the rules of the club and this program, as detailed below. To be clear, participation in this program is predicated on regular participation in the Thursday race series.

Program Application