PLYC Burgee

Sailing for Akron and Canton, Ohio
Portage Lakes Yacht Club
where we love to sail...

Portage Indian

Racing at PLYC

PLYC members and friends race every Sunday morning from 10:00AM to 2:00PM during the sailing season. The club has Snipe and Interlake fleets with official starts for those class boats. Other class boats are welcome to join in the race.

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Junior and Senior Racing

Starting Sunday August 7th and continuing into September we will be racing every Sunday afternoon at 3PM.  All former PLYC sailing school students and members are welcome to join in the fun.  The team will learn how to race club owned Sunfish.   The only qualification to join the team is that you must pass our swim test and be able to sail around a triangular course without coaching. We expect to practice Sundays. Those that participate will learn:

We will meet at the PLYC ward room and then practice racing each other and the instructors. The goal will be to have fun! Youth program members will be given crewing preferences in the Sunday morning racing. If you have an interested in this program, please contact Darwin Steele at 330-633-3848 or e-mail him at darwinsteele@att.net.