Race Committee Members

Ethel Scully, Tony Olmer, Theo Olmer and Valeri Muller are our full-time race committee volunteers, backed up by past Commodore Marty Weiss, who fills in for absences.  Our full-time driver aboard the signal boat is veteran BI skipper Bill Malloy, and his absences are coovered by a dedicated group of SYC-cerrtified replacements.

We are extremely grateful to these tireless volunteers.  They go out there every Tuesday wanting to officiate the best possible race for all of us. 

Our permanent volunteers are supplemented by two (2) active sailors from one of our racing boats.  (This responsibility should come up once every two years for most boats.)  They are responsible for bringing dinner for seven (7) AND selecting the evening’s courses.  In the discretion of the permanent RC, they may be asked to assume additional responsibilities.

As implied by the foregoing, we are limiting the number of people on the signal boat each week.  The RC believes seven people on board is the ideal number to carry out the RC’s tasks most efficiently.

Although we seem to be adeqquately staffed at this point, we do want to hear from prospective RC volunteers.  without  If YOU have an interest in officiating sailboat races and can commit to our race schedule, let us know.  Attrition is a fact of life, so we always want to have volunteers in training.  Experience is a plus, but the combination of commitment and willingness to learn is a good alternative.

The tradition of having racing crews take turns assisting the permanent RC dates back to the days when each racing boat took a turn serving as the signal boat.  In recent years, our RC has had a core of permanent volunteers and, thanks to a cooperative arrangement with Stamford Yacht Club, a spacious and fully equipped signal boat.

To fulfill your Race Committee duty, your boat must assign two (2) active crew members to the Race Committee.  The tradition includes your bringing dinner, plates, and utensils for seven (7) people.  The signal boat will have water, soft drinks and ice.  You may bring beer and wine.  Dinner does NOT have to be a big deal, although those that go above and beyond will be in the running for the annual Gourmet Award.  Steve Campana, a member of the Management Committee, coordinates the scheedule and can answer any questions.  Contact him at rcduty@breakwaters.org. 

In setting the course(s), the visiting volunteers should try to include windward/leeward (or L/W) legs, to the extent this is feasible with government marks and the evening’s conditions.  Consideration should also be given to setting a course for Class 5 that is likely to be finished by non-spinnaker boats with ratings between 177 and 282.  The order in which the classes start and how they are combined, if applicable, is also at the discretion of our visiting crew.

If your boat sends two crew members to serve on the signal boat, you are still eligible to race.  If you choose NOT to race, you will receive redress for the race as if you did race.  This will be a score equal to the average of your counted scores in the series.  It will not be calculated and posted until the series is over.

“On the Line” will be at the Stamford Yacht Club dock.  It will be driven by a driver trained and certified by SYC.  Please have your crew on board no later than 6:00 PM.

To add your boat to the schedule, please contact Steve Campana at rcduty@breakwaters.org.  

2025 Assignments:

SPRING SERIES
5/13     
5/20     
5/27
6/03     
6/10
6/17
6/24     
7/01     

SUMMER SERIES
7/08   
7/15     
7/22     
7/29     
8/05     
8/12     
8/19     
8/26     

Thanks to these boats that volunteered in 2024: Unplugged, Navis Bona, Borderline (twice!), Celeritas, Xanadu, Growth Spurt, Veronica, Rhiannon, M Squared, Scorpios, and Roo.  Thanks, also, to Past Commodore Marty Weiss and her husband, Ron, who volunteered one week when we did not have a boat crew.

Practice suspended for Covid 2020-2023.

Thanks to these boats that volunteered in 2019: Unplugged, Conundrum, Joyride, Xanadu, Nine Kids, Borderline, Kekoa, Eclipse, M Squared, Soup Bone IV, Paul’s Hardware, Mischief, Tenacity, Evil Money, Roo, and Navis Bona. 

Thanks to these boats that volunteered in 2018: Elan, Borderline, Black Sheep, Nine Kids, Joysea, Tenacity, Evil Monkey, Chicken Wing, Flo III, Summertime, Belles Filles, Pegasus, Chasseur, Navis Bona, Bouree, and Miller’s Crossing.

Thanks to these boats that volunteered in 2017: Skylark, Unplugged, Conundrum, Rhiannon, Borderline, Growth Spurt, Neva, Kekoa, Elan, Gringo, Paul’s Hardware, Mischief, Pegasus, Navis Bona, Joyride, and Roo.  Gourmet Award to Borderline.

Thanks to these boats that volunteered for RC duty in 2016: Skylark, Elan, Sea Song, Evil Monkey, Raven, Borderline, Rhiannon, Growth Spurt, Kekoa, Chasseur, Carbonado, Chicken Wing, Bouree, M Squared, Arion, Belles Filles, and Miller’s Crossing.  Gourmet Award to Chasseur.

Thanks to these boats that volunteered for RC duty in 2015: Windrush, Pegasus, Elan, Pterodactyl, Roo, Veronica, Navis Bona, Borderline, Moxy, Mischief, Chicken Wing, Evil Monkey, Rhiannon, M Squared, Joyride and Skylark.