Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

2020 Rockingham Race Regatta

Rockingham Race Regatta - Saturday 28 November & Sunday 29 November 2020

Hosting the 2020-2021 Ocean Racing WA IRC State Championships

An annual weekend event for Sail and Power

Two passage races and up to four windward-leeward races make up the WA IRC State Championships / Rockingham Race Regatta and IRC Youth Cup Series (for eligible boats).
In partner with The Cruising Yacht Club, Rockingham and Barchetta in Cottesloe.

Event sponsors Gill Marine clothing through Marine Plus and Barchetta Beachfront Cafe in North Cottesloe.

Saturday - Dolphin Race, passage from Fremantle to Cottesloe to Rockingham.
Sunday - Gordon Craig Ocean Race from Rockingham to Fremantle.

Get a taste of the action:

What a great feature in Cottesloe on Saturday morning, in partnership with Barchetta.

COMPETITOR ENTRY	The WA IRC State Championship is an Ocean Racing WA event. CLICK HERE to enter. If you need help or advice please contact Suzzi at the Club - CLICK HERE USE THIS LINK to see who has entered.
NEWS SIGN UP	CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO EVENT EMAIL NEWS
IRC YOUTH CUP SERIES	A bit of fun to encourage and promote young sailors in offshore racing. Run in addition to the overall regatta resultsas a seperate series. To qualify for the IRC Youth Cup Series, yachts need to have an IRC Rating and a minimum of one person aged 30 or under racing in their team. Scoring for the Youth Cup Series will be a time factor adjustment to the corrected time on IRC. A youth bonus multiplier will be used to calculate the youth corrected time. There will be a time factor adjustment for each youth person to a maximum of three. There is no limit to the number of youth sailors in a boats crew. Get onboard and be in the lucky draw for some awesome prizes including a full set of wet weather gear. Event partner MarinePlus have provided a Gill OS2 Offshore Jacket and Gill OS2 Offshore Trouser as the major prize.
EVENT SCHEDULE	SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 0700 For teams berthing at FSC, Galley open for breakfast and coffee. 0925 North Cottesloe, first warning signal for up to two windward/leeward races (IRC only). Midday (not before) North Cottesloe, first warning signal for Dolphin Race, passage to Rockingham (IRC & PHS) Ferry service moorings to shore from when boats arrive in Rockingham until 1730. 1630 TCYC Galley opens for food. 1800 Presentations at TCYC. Ferry service continues after presentation until around 2030-2100, confirm requirements with ferry drivers at TCYC. 1830 TCYC dinner available from the galley, live music, socialise at the Club. SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 0630 to 0830 TCYC Buffet breakfast. Ferry service from around 0600 until teams have returned to their boats for racing. 0925 Cockburn Sound, first warning signal for up to two windward/leeward races (IRC only). Midday (not before) Cockburn Sound, first warning signal for Gordon Craig Ocean Race, passage to Fremantle (IRC & PHS) THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 1830 presentations at RFBYC, Members' Bar (all competitors and supporters welcome). Presentation includes lucky draw for IRC Youth Cup sailors, please ensure they come along.
COMPETITORS	CLICK HERE for the Competitor Information page. See who has entered, collect race paperwork, race tracking information and newsletter sign up.
RACE TRACKING	CLICK HERE to visit the regatta venue The race area and courses for the event will be set up by the Organising Authority. Competitors only need to download the RaceQs app and start their device to be included in race tracking. Visit http://raceqs.com/ for more info. Spectators can watch the racing live (5 minutes delay to be fair to competitors) and watch the replay afterwards.
POWER SECTION SAIL PAST AND CRUISE IN COMPANY	Details are being arranged by the RFBYC Power Section and Administrator. Please contact our power administrator Sharon for information.
EVENT INFORMATION AND HISTORY	CLICK HERE for event history and information: