2025 Chatham Regatta

Chatham Yacht Club 2025 Regatta
The Oldest and Largest Free Regatta on Cape Cod
A Celebration of Sailing and Friendship on Pleasant Bay

Thank you for registering for Chatham Regatta!

***Carefully Read All Information regarding Registration, Waivers, Parking & Boat Launching Below***

People and affiliated sailors who violate the boat launching and parking regulations may be disqualified and banned from future CYC Regattas.

Registration and Waivers

• Registration:
  

  • Every sailor - including crew and potential substitutes substitutes - must register.

  • Skippers must enter the following:

    • Personal: Email, Mailing Address, Emergency Contact Name and Mobile Number

      • If <18 on August 2, 2025: Parent/Guardian Name's, Email Address, Mobile Number.
        

    • Boat: Sail number (may be TBD and added before check in), Affiliated Club or Organization.

    • Crew (if applicable; may be added anytime up till cut off): Name, Date of Birth, Email Address.

      • For any crew <18 on August 2, 2025: Parent/Guardian Name's, Email Address, Mobile Number.

  • Crew will receive an email from ClubSpot after the skipper enters them.

    • For any crew <18 on August 2, 2025, the registration email (and a text) will go to the Parent/Guardian entered by the skipper.

    • Enter: Personal: Email, Mailing Address, Emergency Contact Name and Mobile Number

• Waivers:
  

  • CYC requires a signed waiver for each sailor. Your boat may not race unless each sailor has a completed waiver.

    • The system will email and text the waiver for e-signature once that sailor's registration information is entered.

    • For any sailor <18 on August 2, 2025, the the waiver email (and a text) with go to the Parent/Guardian. 

Notice of Regatta

• Please read the full NOR posted below. The information on this page is limited to excerrpts.  

Regatta Schedule

• Saturday, August 2

7:00 am   Boat launching at Ryder’s Cove (trailer ramp) or Jackknife Harbor (from the beach)
8:30 am   Optimist and 420 Competitors Meeting
9:00 am   Optimist and 420 Harbor Start
12:00 pm Optimists and 420s return to shore/derig

1:00pm    Classic Boats and Lasers and Sunfish Competitors Meeting
1:15 pm   Classic Boats and Lasers and Sunfish Harbor Start
4:30 pm   Classic Boats and Lasers and Sunfish return to shore/derig

• Sunday, August 3

8:00 am   Classic Boats and Lasers and Sunfish Harbor Start
10:30 am Classic Boats and Lasers and Sunfish return to shore/derig

11:30 am Optimist and 420 Harbor Start
2:00 pm   Optimist and 420 return to shore/derig
3:00 pm   Awards Ceremony for all classes          

Boat Launching

• No boat launching is available on CYC property and no boats may be carried or towed over the hill at CYC.
  
  
• All boats must be launched at Ryder’s Cove (trailer ramp) or Jackknife Harbor (from the beach).
  
  
• 420s, Optimists, Lasers, and Sunfish should be launched at Jackknife Harbor and sailed or towed to CYC.

Mooring

• Competitors and coaches should be prepared to moor boats in front of the Club using their own anchor with adequate anchor and line. The new cuts in Chatham’s North Beach have led to significantly higher tides in Pleasant Bay.
  
  
• If leaving a boat on the beach at Jackknife Harbor or CYC (such as a 420, Sunfish, Laser, or Optimist), it is strongly suggested that they be secured to an anchor or tied to something on-shore.

** Please do not store boats on beach grass at the CYC beach.

Parking

CYC is located on property leased from Eastward Ho! Country Club. Please respect the rights of Eastward Ho! members and golfers. Eastward Ho! and CYC are located on Fox Hill Road in Chatham, MA.

***There are NO parking spaces for available visiting teams, sailors, and parents in the Eastward Ho! parking lot.***

• Most CYC members and all visitors will park at Monomy Middle School. There will be a shuttle that will be running between Monomoy Middle and CYC all day Saturday and Sunday. Shuttle times will be posted prior to the regatta.
  
  
• Drivers can drop off sailors and equipment in the North parking lot at Eastward Ho! without parking.
  
  
• People and affiliated sailors who violate the boat launching and parking regulations may be disqualified and banned from future CYC Regattas.

When walking from the parking area to CYC, walk through the loading zone fences near the front of the first tee. STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN, giving right of way to golfers teeing off. Then follow the path over the hill to the right of the Eastward
Ho! clubhouse.

Please also pause quietly for golfers putting on the 9th green to the right of the clubhouse. On the way back over the hill from CYC, STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN again at the end of the fence.

The use of cell phones is expressly prohibited on Eastward Ho! grounds and must either remain in your vehicle or be turned off while proceeding to CYC. Cell phone use is permitted at CYC.

Sailing Instructions

• Sailing Instructions will be available through the CYC website, on the ClubSpot 2025 Chatham Regatta page and at the check-in desk at the regatta.

Questions?

• Contact Ted Dickson at 508-945-9475 or Marshall Bartlett at 617-548-0507