GENERAL RULES
Locations
For each triangle created, 3 unique receipts or stamped/signed card must be presented.. All 3 points of the triangle must be Yacht Clubs. Your home club may be one of the points.
Concernng clubs that don't contain the word "Yacht" in their names, the committee has decided (with participant input) that, if any such club has an official burgee, the club will be accepted. Examples are Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank, NJ and Cold Springs Harbor Beach Club in Cold Springs Harbor, NY.
Note that only Yacht Clubs or other clubs with an official burgee are valid destinations. Marina receipts will not be accepted.
Season and Triangle Definitions
The competition runs from May 1st through October 15th of each year. Your three visits can take place over any period. Receipts/stamps must be provided to show the YC was patronized, however, no two triangles can share a common piece of documentation. In other words, visits to KYC, AHYC, RYC, GKYC and RCYC cannot be arranged into 2 triangles unless there are 2 receipts from one of them on different dates.
Cruisers can send scanned or photographed receipts to [email protected]. Cruisers from other clubs participating in the Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge (RBCC) should send their documentation to their local coordinator or liason for validation. The coordinator/liason should then validate the submissions for correctness an completeness before forwarding to the above address.
Participation
1) All KYC members are welcome to participate in any categorgy of the competion they choose regardless of whether they own a boat or not. Travel to Yacht Clubs does not need to be accomplished by water.
2) Members participating in any category other than the "Local Area Championship" and the Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge will not be eligible for the Local Area Championship.
3) All local entries fitting the criteria of the RBCC rules (see below) will be candidates for the RBCC regardless of the other categories in which the participant may be competing.
Documentation
1) Any receipt bearing the name of a Yacht Club can also count as documentation. The Yacht Club name and date must appear on the receipt as printed from the register/point of sale system. Receipts need not be signed or stamped so long as they are printed out with the name of the Yacht Club and date, otherwise, the stamp should be applied or a card should be used (see below).. The cruiser's name must also be on the receipt when submitted but it can be handwritten if it was not printed (cash transaction for example). Receipts can be for any Yacht Club purchase - Ice, Mooring, Bar, Restaurant or Ships Store etc.
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2) A card similar to the one shown, which will be available to cruisers at the Launch Shack and in the Fireplace Room. Cards must be completely filled out except for the Boat Name field which is optional in case you've driven to a club or traveled as a guest on someone else's boat. The signee must be an officer of the club, bartender/waitress or launch driver or other employee ,which MUST be noted on the Title line (member is not an acceptablle title). KYC will supply cards to all clubs participating in the RBCC on demand..
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3) Any paper item (including cards or receipts) stamped with the official RBCC stamp for the club being visited. Stamped documents need only be dated with the name(s) of the cruiser(s) or vessel name written on them. KYC will supply 2 stamps (one at the bar and one at the Launch Shack) to any club participating in the Bayshore Trophy Challenge. Clubs participating in the Bayshore Cruising Challenge will each have a unique stamp provided by KYC
Other acceptable documentaion includes a copy of your Yacht Club billing statement showing Reciprical Club chargebacks, Dockwa receipts etc. Either receipts or cards must be dated during the competition time frame for each year (May 1st through October 15th). The actual documents do not need to be submitted. Electronic photos of the documents is fine. Entries must be presented as a complete triangle. If individual photos or copies of each receipt is presented, only one entry per email is allowed. If photos that include all 3 receipts are used, the only limit is that imposed by various email platforms.
Timing of Documentation
All triangles submitted must have at least 1 proof of visit from a club other than your home club dated no more than 2 weeks prior to the date of submission. Up to 3 exceptions per season, per paerticipant will be made for submissions in the "Longest Triangle" category as long as those submissions are declared to be "Longest Distance" candidates at the time they re submitted.
Longest Distance Triangles Specific Rules
1) Except for triangles with no receipt from a club other than your home club dated in the 2 weeks prior to submission, Longest Distance triangle candidates do not need to be declared as such since all triangles are scored for distance. In the case where all receipts in the trangle are greater than 2 weeks old the submission MUST include a declaration that the submission is specifically intended for a Longest Distance candidate. 3 such exceptions are allowed per season for any given participant.
Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge (RBCC) Specific Rules
1. With the inclusion of Staten Island Yacht Club in 2024, individual RBCC triangles can consist of no more than 2 Yacht Clubs from the Great Kills, Richmond County and Staten Island Yacht Clubs grouping. Triangles consisting of all 3 of those clubs will still be valid for the internal local area trophy but will not be considered for the Raritan Bay Cruising Challenge. This is to ensure that all triangles submitted involve travel to at least 2 disparate areas.