For one last time this summer…
Get Your Beach Cat out for a day on the ocean!
Check the wheels, clear the cobwebs out of the rigging, and make sure it floats—then set sail like you mean it.
And for the comfort seekers: get your boat out of the slip. If you don’t have one, no worries—there are plenty of places to catch a ride.
With so much to see in the channel these days, look for dolphins and porpoises, and keep your eyes open for any number of whale species—you’re almost guaranteed to see something.
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46th Annual Tri-point Ocean Race
Saturday, August 8, 2026
NOTICE OF RACE
Get set to have some fun sailing clockwise around Anacapa Island. This is the final race of the 2026 Island Series. The weather is usually great, so, whether you are in the Series or not, come on out and have a fun day on the water. This race is also part of Ventura Sailing Club's catamaran series.
Entry is online only using regatta Network. The registration link is http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/31337
Class breaks will be made based on entries received by 5:00 pm on Friday, August 7th and will be published online by 0800 on race day.
There will be no Skippers Meeting.
Sailing Instructions will be available online only.
TIME: The start signal for the first class is scheduled for 1100 hours.
COURSE: From the START at the Mandalay Buoy offshore from the Mandalay Power Plant, proceed around Platform Gina then Anacapa Island, leaving them to starboard, and FINISH in the Ventura Harbor entrance channel.
The handicap distance is 34 nm.
CLASSES:
PHRF-handicapped spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes will be formed with class breaks determined by entries.
PHRF Random Leg Course ratings with Area adjustments will be used.
An ORCA-handicapped class and Small Catamaran Rating System-handicapped beach catamaran classes will be formed. Other classes may be formed at the discretion of the RC.
RULES: The race will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing. All boats, other than beach cats, shall carry the safety equipment specified by the U.S. Safety Equipment Requirements for Nearshore Races. In addition, lifeline requirements Coastal 2.4.1 – 2.4.8 apply with the exception that coated lifelines are permitted. Rule 60.4(a)(2) is changed as follows: “(2) if it alleges a breach of a rule of Part 2 or rule 31 and is from a boat that was not involved in, and did not see, the incident, or …”
TROPHIES: Take-home trophies will be awarded in each class in addition to perpetual trophies for both the spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes for the Tri-point Ocean Race.
In order to be eligible to win trophies, monohull boats must have valid PHRF certificates. The Pacific Sailing Women Crew perpetual trophy will be awarded to the PHRF boat with the lowest corrected time among all boats skippered by women in the Tri-point Ocean Race.
Trophy presentation for the Hardway Race, Milt Ingram Trophy Race, the Tri-point Ocean Race, and the Island Series will be at PBYC on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
For further information contact Race Chair Richard Countess, 805-444-0223. Visit PBYC on the web at www.pbyc.org.
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