Join racers from North, South, Middle and Beyond in the well attended St. Mary's Governors Cup!

Dates: August 2-4, 2024

FBYC will provide the Race Committee (Sue and David McConaughy) to start the event right off the Piankatank.  This is a fantastic event for Offshore Cruisers and Racers---to a beautiful location---

Even better---is the post-race party!  

Below from St. Mary’s Governors Cup site 6-18-2024.  Please check Details and Registration for St. Mary's Governors Cup for most current Intel and instructions.

51st St. Mary's Governor’s Cup

Notice of Race

1. MARY'S COLLEGE SAILING ASSOCIATION

Friday 2 August 2024 Sanction #: 205

Entry Due: Friday 26 July 2024 (at 1700). Entry Fee: $120

Online Entry: St. Mary’s College of MD web site: www.smcm.edu/events/govcup

Mail To: Governor’s Cup Race Committee

James P. Muldoon River Center

18952 E Fisher Road

St. Mary's City, MD 20686

Contact: Governor’s Cup Office: 240.895.4291

For more information, see Event Sailing Instructions: www.smcm.edu/events/govcup.

Start:

Between orange flag on the respective Race Committee boat and:

Annapolis: Annapolis Area Mark “X” (R2),

1455 first Warning signal for Cruising, PHRF N, C, B, Multihull A, B

1655 first Warning signal for PHRF A, ORC

Solomons: Mark “S” off the Gazebo, honor all marks out to PR1.

1755 first Warning signal.

Potomac: Navy Buoy “P” near Dahlgren, 1755 first Warning signal.

Southern: Piankatank “5”, 1755 first Warning signal.

Signals: Starts will be given for the following classes if 3 or more are entered. Others may be

added if there is enough interest:

ANNAPOLIS COURSE

PHRF C Multihull A,B

PHRF A PHRF N ORC Open

ORC Performance Cruiser

PHRF B CHESSS CRCA Cruiser CRCA Racer

SOLOMONS COURSE

PHRF A PHRF C CRCA Cruiser

PHRF B PHRF N CRCA Racer

POTOMAC COURSE

PHRF N PHRF Spinnaker

SOUTHERN COURSE

PHRF A PHRF C PHRF Cruising N/S

PHRF B PHRF N

Consult Event Sailing Instructions for PHRF Class Splits, use of PHRF CR

ratings, Multihull class split, ORC and ORRez information.

Course:

Annapolis: Pass to starboard: Thomas Point Light, Point No Point Light, Point Lookout

Light, then see All to Finish. Course length 68.6 NM.

Solomons: Pass to starboard: PR1, Point No Point Light, Point Lookout Light, then see

All to Finish. Course length 32.6 NM.

Potomac: East (down river) keeping RW Mo(a) “C” to Port, Ragged Point to Starboard,

rounding Mo(a) “A” to Port, then see All to Finish. Course length 46.7 NM.

Southern: Pass to port: “2R”, Smith Point Light, Potomac Mo(a) “A”, then see All to

Finish. Course Length 48.6 NM

All to Finish St. Mary’s “SM” (Fl (2+1) R6s) shall be left to Starboard, St. Mary's River

Mark G“1” (Fl G2.5s) shall be left to port, R“2” (FL R4s) left to starboard, G“3”

(Fl G6s) left to port.

Scoring: All specialty awards will use fleet scoring using a common rating system. For ORC

Classes Time on Time ratings will be used based on Weather Routing Scoring. The

ORC ratings will be issued and posted within 24 hours of the start of each class.

Finish: Between the cross on Church Point and an orange flag on the Race Committee

boat.

Time Limit: Each yacht finishing before 1530 on Saturday 3 Aug 2024 will be recorded by the race

committee. Boats finishing after 1530 on shall note their own finishing times crossing a

line due West of the cross and report to the race committee ashore.

Awards: 1st/3, 2nd/5, 3rd/9, 4th/15 & 5th/20+ registrants. Refer to Event Sailing Instructions for details.

Social: Refer to Governor’s Cup website: www.smcm.edu/events/govcup.