2024 Chicago T-10 Winter Talk #1

The Chicago T10 Fleet in coordination with the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club held our first winter seminar yesterday. We presented on a cold day to about 25 in person attendees and another 25-30 on Zoom.

Fleet Captain Blane Boynton presented AIS for Racing Sailors, which is an overview of AIS, advice for how to equip your vessel and some thoughts on its strategic value while distance racing. You can find that presentation HERE.

We were then joined by a weather forecaster from NWS in Romeoville for talk about the weather. Zachary did a nice job overviewing the typical weather that we encounter during summer and fall racing.

Thank you to all those that attended whether in person or remotely. Also thanks to Steven Fink and Aimee Smith for their long term organization and conduct of these winter seminars.

Please join us for the next session on Feb 17th which will be about the Racing Rules of Sailing. Its an Olympic (Rule Change) year and Chief Judge Ted Jones from the 36.7 PainKiller V will join us!

Chicago Yacht Club to host 2024 T-10 North American Championship

The T-10 Class Association Board of Directors has awarded the 2024 North American Championship regatta to Chicago Yacht Club. CYC will be hosting all NAC related events at their Belmont Harbor station from Thursday, August 22nd through Sunday, August 25th.

Amenities at CYC's Belmont Harbor station include:
- Bar, dining room, full service kitchen and covered patio
- Clubhouse barge and adjacent sailing school barge
- Men's and women's locker rooms and showers
- Club controlled docking at the clubhouse and directly across from the clubhouse
- 5 ton crane (single point lift) that is regularly used to load/unload and weigh T-10s
- Gin pole attached to the clubhouse for mast stepping
- Gate-accessed parking with trailer storage and a public paid parking lot
- Ample hotels and Air BnBs in the nearby Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods

CYC is excited to host the 46th T-10 North American Championship regatta and looks forward to working with the class association to put on an outstanding event. Keep an eye on email, social media and the class website over the coming months for additional information.

Congratulations to 2023 T-10 North American Champions Hooligan

Congratulations to the 2023 T-10 North American Championship Regatta winners Trey Sheehan and his team onboard Hooligan! They scored bullets in 6 of the 7 races in the regatta.

The scores of the top teams were as follows:

  1. Hooligan (Trey Sheehan) 1,1,1,1,1,7,1 - 13 pts

  2. Team I-Ball (Scott Irwin) 2,2,2,2,2,3,4 - 17 pts

  3. Private Airplan (Michael Sheehan/John Evans) 4,3,3,4,5,2,8 - 29 pts

  4. TAZ (Hanson Bratton) 3,6,5,7,3,1,5 - 30 pts

  5. NUTS (Heidi Backus Riddle) 5,7,8,6,6,10,2 - 44 pts

Complete regatta results are available HERE