Sailing for 2026!!

[James Graham]

Sailing season is just around the corner!  Thank you to all who have already signed up for Race Committee service, but please note below we still have plenty of blank spaces!The Spring season starts on April 19th!  Check out the calendar on the website.  And, please start to sign up for RC to ensure we can run races every scheduled weekend.  

Remember PRSA has no paid staff.  We are a volunteer run organization.  The only way we can have sailboat races is for members to pitch in to help organize and run the races.

We need more than just skippers to run the races. We hope (and expect) skippers to recruit crew, family, and friends to come out with them or to help on the RC boats.

For the regular season, we have about 128 slots to be filled by 40 skippers – more than 3 per skipper – if all 40 skippers pitch in. 

Can we enforce this?  No.  All we can do is ask everyone to help and if we don’t fill the slots by the evening before the scheduled races, we simply have to cancel.

RC Duty Slot-Days Required for 2026 (Approximately)
Series	Days	Chair	Cookout	PRO	Assistant PRO	Chase Boat Driver and Helper	Total
Capital City Regatta	2	1	1	2	2	4	12
Spring Series	8			8	8	16	40
Spring Regatta	2	1	1	2	2	4	12
Potomac Cup	2	1	1	2	2	4	12
President's Cup	2	1	1	2	2	4	12
Fall Series	8			8	8	16	40
Regular Season Total	24	4	4	24	24	48	128

Notes: In past years, we gave regatta chairs 2 slot credits and PROs 2 slot credits per day due to the added work required in those roles. However, in our judgement we cannot afford to continue that practice.  Last year we also had an equipment checker who is familiar with the power boats and can be sure they are ready for use. We have not included that role in the above calculations. 

We have 40 skipper-boats available to fill the 128 slots in the regular season.

Number of Skippers by Fleet
Albacore	18
Buccaneer	2
Inland-20	8
Lightning	12
Total	40

The list of PRSA registered boats and their skippers in early 2026.