Coconut Grove Sailing Club

JOIN OUR RACE COMMITTEE TEAM

If you are interested in joining our Race Committee, please let us know if you are interested in becoming a CGSC RC member by contacting us below. No experience necessary.  We will start you with a comfortable assignment, and bring you along according to your interests and our needs. We need members with the right skill sets to properly run a regatta, so it's in our interest to have you involved and to grow and learn with us.  Don't hesitate to contact us.

US SAILING CERTIFIED RACE OFFICERS

The highest position on a race committee is that of Principal Race Officer (PRO) - the person in charge of the RC on the water. US Sailing, our national sailing authority, has granted their Certified Race Officer Credentials to the following CGSC PRO's who conduct our regattas according to the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 (RRS).

We have developed a very capable group of Principal Race Officers from our ranks at the Club, and we are proud of their leadership. CGSC Principal Race Officers (PRO's) are:

RACE COMMITTEE TRAINING PROGRAMS

We provide a number of Training Programs to allow our RC members a way to gain satisfying knowledge and abilities, and to help us make sure we have members with skill sets that are needed. 

Generally, training for positions such as Flag Signaller, Spotter/Recorder, Sounder, and Wind Reader is done "on the job," before and during a regatta.

Specific training sessions are provided on the following subjects from time to time during the year whenever we have a sufficient number of interested and capable attendees.

THE TIMER'S ROLE AND FUNCTION - The "heartbeat of the committee," the Timer directs the starts and finishes.  Usually a two hours class.

SUPPORT BOAT OPERATOR TRAINING - Any race committee must have people who can properly and safely operate support power boats - ours are 19 ft, center console outboards in order to properly position racing bouys, and relay wind information to the PRO.  Typically, 9 am to 1 pm on a weekend day.

GPS USE AND RACE COURSE GEOMETRY - This goes hand in hand with Operator Training.  We use handheld GPS units to accurately set marks in terms of both distance and direction.  There are specific GPS skills required by these tasks that most GPS users don't have.  Again, 9 am to 1 pm on a weekend.

PRO TRAINING PROGRAM - It takes about a year for someone to gather the necessary training, expertise and experience to qualify as a US Sailing Certified Race Officer.  Several of our PRO's listed above are graduates of our "PRO Class of 2007."  Just as is the case for our other key positions, we want more PRO's and are happy to provide this training to qualified persons who will join our PRO rotation.