2026 Elvstrom-Zellerbach early registration deadline approaching!

[Tracy Usher]

Hi everyone,

  By now everyone has seen a number of notes about the 2026 Elvstrom-Zellerbach regatta at St Francis on May 16-17. And we all know that the regatta is the pairing of two long time running events at St Francis - the Zellerbach going all the way back to the early 1960s, the Elvstrom the brain child of Don Trask and first run in 1975 with Paul Elvstrom himself finishing second (having never sailed a Laser before then). So lots of great history in this event! 

  This year the race office has tried to keep the number of fleets lower in order to improve the quality of the racing so we are looking at only 4 fleets racing on the City Front: 505s, i420s, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7. There is no ILCA 4 fleet (which traditionally has struggled to materialize anyway) but we hope that with the introduction of the new  ILCA 4 sail this year the situation changes for the Fall Dinghy Regatta! 

  Of course we are also planning to have plenty of food and beverage for post race socializing at the club, always a good highlight of racing on the City Front!

  The event page can be found at https://theclubspot.com/regatta/DvWydBVpcN where you can find the link to register.

  NOTE: the early registration deadline is THIS Thursday (April 30) by the end of the day. After that the registration fee will increase by $40. Save yourself the pain and get registered ASAP!

  Finally, I am sure plenty of you have seen the fun pics and videos on social media about the entrance to the harbor at St Francis. At this point it is only just passable at high tide... at low tide an ILCA could get through with board up (I think rudder down) but, obviously, in the current situation it would likely be challenging to get the RC fleet out on the water. The good news is that a new dredging company has been contracted (one with a good record of doing what they are contracted to do) and will start operations early next week. They anticipate the channel to improve daily and it should be possible for the RC to pass before the weekend of the regatta. In addition we should be in a high tide cycle making transit possible. 

  Hope to see a lot of you at this year's E-Z!

  Tracy

[Tracy Usher]

Hi everyone! 

  Just a reminder that TODAY is the last day for early registration. Waiting until tomorrow is going to cause the entry fee to go up by $40... almost enough to cover your NorCals entry (assuming you are a class member)!

  Get your entry in today and save money! See below for the link to the event page. 

  Tracy

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[Tracy Usher]

Hi everyone!

  The early registration deadline has passed and now we are looking at the final entry deadline which is this TUESDAY, MAY 5 (before the end of the day). 

  At the moment we have 5 ILCA 7 entries and 4 ILCA 6 entries - we'll need at least one more ILCA 7 and 2 more ILCA 6s to reach the threshold for a fleet. 

  The harbor dredging project began with the new company (Dutra) this past week and while the channel won't be completely open it will be more than enough to get the boats (racing and RC) in and out each day, particularly given the high tide cycle, so there is no longer any concern in this regard. 

  Go to the event page at https://theclubspot.com/regatta/DvWydBVpcN and register today before its too late! 

  Tracy

PS follow up reminders coming tomorrow and Tuesday...