2021
GTYC Annual Hound Dog Regatta
August 13-15
ALL GTYC Yachts That Have Paid 2021 Season Series Entry, Including Handicap, Melges 24, & Interlakes, Are Automatically Registered for the Hound Dog Regatta
(click below to link to Yachtscoring for entry & info)
THERE ARE SEPERATE SECTION STARTS ON SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:
INTERLAKES -- FRIDAY ONLY
6:00 pm Earliest First Warning
PHRF A & B -- SATURDAY ONLY
Windward/Leewards
Hound Dog Division Race Circle
11:05 am Earliest First Warning
MELGES 24 -- SATURDAY ONLY
Windward/Leewards
Hound Dog Division Race Circle
11:00 am Earliest First Warning
PHRF C & JAM -- SATURDAY ONLY
"Tour of the Bay" Style Racing
Grand Touring Course
10:30 am Earliest First Warning
HOUND DOG WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday
4:30 -- Bar Open
5:30 -- Friday Dinner Service from Menu
6:00 -- Interlake Races (up to 4 races)
6:00 -- Live Music with Blind Dog Hank
Saturday
9:00 -- Optional Skippers Meeting
10:15 -- Committee on Station for Check-In
10:30 -- First Warning, Grand Touring Division Race #1
11:00 -- First Warning, Hound Dog Division, Race #1 (Up to four races to follow)
Noon -- Bar Open
12:30 -- First Warning, Grand Touring Division Race #2 (Race #3 to follow if conditions permit)
5:00 -- Dinner from the Grill Available
6:00 -- Raingutter Regatta
6:30 -- Regatta Awards
Sunday
10:40 -- Committee on Station for Check-In
11:00 -- First Warning for Bassett Trophy Around The Island Race
1:00 -- Bar Open
3:30 -- Race Awards
DICK BASSETT TROPHY RACE
Sunday, August 15th
FIRST WARNING 11:00 am
*Open to All GTYC Yachts
& Hound Dog Regatta Guests
*Around The Island Either Way
*Single Start For All Classes
* Inaugural Trophy Awarded
to Best Corrected Time
Click for Notice of Race/Sailing Instructions
2020 GTYC Annual
Hound Dog Regatta
August 7-9
Connecting the club's biggest event with the heart of the Northern Michigan summer, the 2020 Annual Hound Dog Regatta is on the calendar for August 8 & 9. With both buoy racing and "Tour of the Bay" style racing on West Grand Traverse Bay, the club has added new happenings and upgraded old favorites to fill a busy summer weekend.
ALL registered 2020 Wednesday Night Races competitors are automatically registered in the Hound Dog Regatta. If you are not a regular GTYC competitor, you may register by clicking on the link below:
2020 Hound Dog Regatta Results
Interlake Races Friday Evening
Buoy Racing for PHRF Handicap Boats &
Melges 24 One Design
on Saturday
Click for Notice of Race for the 2020 Hound Dog Regatta
PHRF handicap with windward/leeward, triangles, and others at the PROs discretion. Starts will be divided by size and/or rating.
ALL registered 2020 Wednesday Night Races competitors are automatically registered in the Hound Dog Regatta. If you are not a regular GTYC competitor, you may register bu clicking on the link below:
Grand Touring Division -- Tour of the Bay
Saturday
PHRF handicap racing, including a JAM division, on the yellow course for the Park Place Trophy. Races will feature longer legs over a range of points of sail to tour the bay. Two races will be sailed on Saturday.
HOUND DOG PARTY
Saturday Night
The high point of the Grand Traverse Yacht Club summer comes with the Saturday night Hound Dog Party of August 9th featuring the dance-along stylings of Johnny Mogambo
NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
(Around The Island Race will not be scored as part of the
Hound Dog Regatta)
Dockage
Transient slips may be available at Clinch Park Marina (922-4903), Elmwood Township Marina (946-5463), Harbor West Marina (922-3017) and Center Pointe Marina (922-1515). Visiting Boats can contact GTYC for transportation to the club, 231-946-9779 or on VHF Channel 68.
Contacts
GTYC.org/HoundDog for Info & NORs
YachtScoring.com for Registration
Jordan Owen, jo@gtyc.org for regatta & party questions
Club Phone: 231.946.9779
VHF Channel 69 monitored during Regatta Weekend
Hound Dog Regatta Wallpapers for your Phone!
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