Join the KYC Cruising Challenge
Make a triangle by visiting any 3 Yacht Clubs. In this example, we leave KYC and visit RYC (or RCYC or GKYC) and finally AHYC. To earn points you can visit the clubs in any order you choose, over any number of days to make a "triangle". Competitions will be within your club and between clubs.
Loosely based on the Pussers Triangle program in the Caribbean, the Cruising Challenge is designed to foster social interactions between all our clubs and to encourage our members to sail beyond their local waters.
AWARD CATEGORIES
Most Triangles
Awarded to the vessel that completes highest quantity of verified triangles. There will be 2 classes of competition as follows:
- Local Area Championship, which will only consider trips to the clubs participating in the Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge (RBCC) (See the list of qualifying clubs below in the Bayshore Travelling Trophy section).
- Overall Most Triangles, which will consider trips to ANY Yacht Club. Clubs in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and international destinations may be used for this category.,
NOTE: Cruisers can only compete in one of the above categories. Initially all entries will be scored as"Local Area" but all Local entries will be converted to "Overall Most Triangles" upon submission of the first triangle with a point outside of the 9 RBCC clubs.
Longest Triangle Distance
Awarded to the vessel whose submitted and verified triangle encompasses the longest distance. As of the 2024 season, only Yacht clubs in the continental US may be used for the longest distance triangle. Distance will be calculated by the cruising committee using the shortest distance between receipt locations that does not cross land or other non-navigable obstacles regardless of vessel’s actual route. Navionics Boating HD app will be the tool used to calculate distance using the auto route function. If Navionics cannot auto-calculate a route, straight line distances will be used. Distances will be calculated in date order as follows: Distance 1st Port of Call (POC) to 2nd POC + Distance 2nd POC to 3rd POC + Distance 3rd POC back to 1st POC (even if you didn't return). Longest Triangle submissions will be counted toward the "Overall Most Triangles" competition as well. Up to 3 submissions will be accepted for use as tie-breakers. The first tie breaker for this award would be the length of any 2nd or 3rd triangles submitted as needed. The 2nd tie breaker will be the amount of elapsed time beween the earliest proof of visit and the latest proof of visit in each candidate triangle submitted. Shortest time wins.
Most Unique Clubs Visited
This award is given to the participant who visits the highest number of unique yacht clubs during the season. Each club will only be counted once. Hawaii, Puerto Rico and international destinations are all valid for this competition. Tie breaker will be the elapsed time between the oldest visit and the most recent visit.
Bayshore Traveling Trophy
Formally known as the Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge, this trophy will be awarded to the Yacht Club in the Bay Area with the most triangles from the local clubs earned by a single member from among their membership. All submissions need accompanying receipts/stamps/cards following the same rules and tie breakers as above but only those receipts from clubs in the Raritan Bay vicinity will be counted for this award. Currently those clubs are:
- Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club
- Great Kills Yacht Club
- Keyport Yacht Club
- Miramar Yacht Club
- Raritan Yacht Club
- Richmond County Yacht Club
- Rockaway Point Yacht Club
- Sheephead Bay Yacht Club
- Staten Island Yacht Club
KYC members do not need to do any special submission for this competition as the entries will be tabulated by the committee from normal submissions upon receipt of the proof documents. Other clubs should submit vetted proofs to [email protected] via their coordinators or liasons. The actual documents do not need to be submitted. Electronic photos or scans of the documents is fine.
RULES: More detailed rules can be found here.
LEADER BOARD: The Leader Board for all competitions can be found
here.