Welcome to Edgewood Yacht Club’s PHRF Racing. We race every Tuesday from the first week in June to the fourth week in September. Complete details are included in the attached NOR and SI. If you are interested in participating, you must do the following:
- Complete a Waiver and Registration (see below) form and submit to RaceCommittee@EdgewoodYachtClub.com
- Provide proof of insurance, including racing coverage. Generally, a copy of the declarations page from your insurance policy is acceptable.
- Pay the registration fee and keep your club account current.
- Have a PHRF rating for the current year. Visit the PHRF-NB website for details on how to get a current rating for your vessel. A current PHRF rating is required unless you intend to race only in the Rhodes-19 one-design class series.
- If you have any questions, contact RaceCommittee@EdgewoodYachtClub.com
Resources
2026 Results
Week 5 - June 30 (no trackers)
- Wind: 5–7 kts
- Course set: 175°
- Actual wind: 170–220° (trending right all night)
- Tide: Mid (flooding)
- Course: W2 at approx 3/4 mile
What a night! What started as a very square course suddenly became a reaching competition about 10 minutes in and the breeze continued trending right all evening.
Columbia managed to start both one minute early and one minute late. The Hodgepodge got hooked on the mark and exonerated. Rambunctious never quite found the finish line. Overall it was a joyous mayhem to watch from the committee boat.
Spinnaker Class
- Columbia
- Encore
Non-Spinnaker Class
- Divine
- Sting
- Resilience
- Emmeline
- Danu
- Hodgepodge
- Ancient Mariner
Rhodes 19 Class
- Mrs. Gee
- Grumpy
Week 4 - June 23 (replay tba)
It was great to have some new boats on the course with us. Congrats to Emmeline on her first race ever.
I surveyed a few of the racers beforehand to make sure everybody was game for a light air affair, and was met with enthusiasm so we went for it. We set course W2 for the 2-4kts of breeze we had at 025. The breeze died just as the starting gun fired and the ebbing tide was pulling people away from the starting line faster than they could sail. We watched some boats struggle for nearly 10 minutes just to start the race.
Eventually everyone started making progress. What looked to be a puff on the right didn't quite materialize but a couple of boats connected the dots in the pressure. When it took half an hour for Columbia to reach the top mark we knew we had to shorten the course to once around.
We shortened and watched Columbia and Goose round the windward mark and ride the outgoing tide to the finish. Then the breeze shut off again. As the rest of the fleet made gains in the puffs and lost them to the current, Columbia scooted across the finish line. With one boat finished we could no longer abandon the race if things got worse.
The fleet ground it out though, with only one retiring, trying every trick in the book to move their boats. Special kudos to Hey 19 who brought in the tail end of the fleet. 1hr 35min to the first mark and all smiles aboard.
Spinnaker Class
- Goose
- Columbia
- Encore
Non-Spinnaker Class
- Divine
- Danu
- Emmeline
Rhodes 19 Class
- Mrs. Gee
- Grumpy
- Hey 19
Week 3 - June 16 (replay)
- Wind: 5–8 kts
- Course set: 310°
- Actual wind: 270–320° (oscillating)
- Tide: Mid (flooding)
- Course: Olympic (“O”) at ~1/3 nm
I'll be honest, I didn't think we were going to get a race off when I saw the breeze switch by 100 degrees at 4 o'clock, but we ended up with a gorgeous night in the Edgewood Basin.
The race committee intended two races for tonight but conditions and fleet spread caused us to change our plan. We completed one race using the Olympic Race Course in 5–8kts of shifty wind.
The start was solid. Most boats were late due to the lull that enveloped the starting line, but everybody was trying. The boats that cut right for the puffs coming off the Port of Providence showed the early gains, but the tight course resulted in a number of position changes.
Spinnaker Class
- Goose
- Columbia
- Encore
Non-Spinnaker Class
- Divine
- Ancient Mariner
- Danu
- Resilience
Rhodes 19 Class
- Mrs. Gee
- TBD
Week 2 - June 9 (raceq replay)
- Wind: 10–12 kts
- Course set: 240°
- Actual wind: 220–280° (oscillating)
- Tide: Mid (ebbing)
- Course: Olympic (“O”) at ~1/2 nm
Tonight's westerly turned into a blessing in disguise. A short course kept the racing tight and allowed us to get two races off and still make it back for burritos.
The Olympic course was especially challenging for the spinnaker class tonight due to the significant wind oscillations. It was tough to decide when to hold a kite and when to douse on the reaches.
Though the results were the same for both races, the starts were completely different.
The first start was quite leisurely with most of the boats hitting the line during the first minute of the race. The second start was a completely different animal with the whole fleet jockeying for position on the line and Goose having to shoot the pin at the last second.
All boats ran the same course and raced together.
Spinnaker Class
- Goose
- Columbia
Non-Spinnaker Class
- Danu
- Divine
Rhodes 19 Class
- Mrs. Gee
- TBD
- Ancient Mariner
Week 1 - June 2 (raceq replay)
- Wind: Southerly (filled in late)
- Windward mark: 175° at ~3/4 nm
- Course: W/L (leeward mark above S/F), twice around
Around 3PM it didn't seem like we'd get a race off but the southerly filled just in time for a glorious night of sailing.
Despite not finding the keys for the whaler, we used a dinghy to set a windward mark at 175 degrees, approximately 3/4 nm out. We set the leeward mark above the start/finish line and sent the boats twice around.
Peter Friedrichs on Divine had the standout performance of the night, starting OCS and rounding the pin, they ground it out and ended up winning their section. A truly impressive performance for a doublehanded boat.
We ran all boats on the same course tonight and scored them together.
Spinnaker Class
- Mrs. Gee
- TBD (Jeff Lanphear)
- Goose
Non-Spinnaker Class
- Divine
- Ancient Mariner
- Danu