Wednesday Night Beer Can Racing
Burnham Park Yacht Club will again sponsor our Wednesday Night Beer Can Regatta.
Columbia Yacht Club sponsors a Wednesday night racing series from mid-May through September for all Chicago area racers called the Chicago Beer Can Series. Boats from all clubs are scored together, by section, with an awards banquet at the end of the season.
As part of the above, BPYC sponsors an intra-club competition scoring our boats against each other. Weekly prizes are awarded at the club immediately following racing with end of year awards presented at our own awards ceremony.
Please note that you must sign-up for both programs to compete in our series.
Race Format
In addition to three spinnaker sections, there is a Beneteau 36.7 one-design section and sections geared for those new to racing or choosing to race with only a jib & main.
Starts are designed to be as easy as possible. Radio check-in will not be required and is discouraged. The committee boat will make periodic courtesy radio announcements, including course, start times and any course changes.
The races start between 6:40pm and 7:10pm (depending on your section) and most are over by 9:00pm. Most skippers and crew come to the Club after the race for special pricing on drinks and a simplified menu meal. Credit cards are accepted. We announce the night’s results and present the awards as soon as possible after the race. The food, drinks, awards and enthusiastic sailors result in lots of great conversation and fun.
Interested in racing? Whether you have your own sailboat and you’d like to get comfortable racing, you’re new to sailing all together, or are a power boater interested in what sailboat racing is all about, we can help arrange for you to go out on other racers’ boats! Just sign up on our Crew Pool page and we’ll find you a place on a BPYC boat.
Please contact us is you have any questions about participating in BPYC’s Wednesday Night Beer Can Racing. We look forward to seeing you at the starting line!
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, OR TO JOIN BPYC Beercan, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW.
Best regards,
Mark and Dianne Bouckaert, BPYC Beer Can Directors
[email protected]