The Green Book Editor, Mark McGonigle, has endeavored to improve this valuable resource year after year.  The 2012 edition will even better than before with updated General Sailing Instructions, including siplified drop course identifiers, and the code flags will be printed in color for the first time. 

If you haven't already, place your order for a 2012 Green Book when you renew your membership.  Remember a Green Book is not automatically included with any membership.

Check the Pre-Order List on the cbyra.org home page to verify your copy will be mailed before racing starts.  The list posted includes all order received through Monday 19 March.  Contact the office by calling 410-990-9393 or email office@cbyra.org with any questions about orders.

This round robin series is open by invitation from CBYRA to the 2011 High Point first place winners and the winner of last year's Star Wars Regatta. The regatta will be held on Saturday 07 April in J/24s and be hosted by the Eastport Yacht Club.

All champions are encouraged to register online at race.eastportyc.org before the Friday 30 March deadline. If you can not compete let CBYRA know, by emailing office@cbyra.org, so an invitation can be extended to the second place winner in your class.

View the Notice of Race for all the details and contact Marsha Malkin, by emailing race.committee@eastportyc.org, with any questions.

Five nationally ranked and award-winning college coaches will be leading this racing clinic for the country's most accomplished junior 420 sailors.  This is a great opportunity for those juniors,who are not yet in college, but 13 or older, and are working hard to elevate their racing skills to the next level.

What: 2nd Annual Neill Advanced Sailing Clinic

When: Saturday 9 June through Wednesday 13 June

Where: Chicago Yacht Club, Belmont Harbour, Chicago, IL

Go to www.NeillClinic.com for all the details - affordable all-inclusive price, excellent coaching, no charter fee!

Application deadline is Saturday 31 March - only 2 weeks away!

The National Sailing Hall of Fame is looking for the donation of two Optimist dinghies which will be put onto custom cradles to create land cruisers to take to elementary schools to promote sailing in conjunction with a lesson on the science of sailing. The rigs need to be functional, but the hulls can be older and in need of minor repairs.  

The NSHOF is overseeing a group of 11th graders in their effort to design an "Optimist" version of the West Coast "El Toro" land cruiser built by Kame Richards, owner of Pineapple Sails in Alemeda, CA.  In conjunction with the EYC Foundation's MAST (MArine Skills Training) initiative at the Center for Applied Technology (CAT) South, the Marine Services students are being joined with STEM students to complete the project.  Port Annapolis Marina will be mentoring the CAT South students in their construction of the land cruiser, designed by the STEM students, after consultation with Kame Richards.

Boats can be donated either to the NSHOF or EYC Foundation, both of which are 501(c)3 and can issue letters of donation.