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Event
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Scheduling guideline
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Notes
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Major Annual Regattas
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Frozen Assets (dinghy)
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First weekend in February
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THRASH Regatta (keelboat)
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Weekend before Opening Day
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(unless conflicting with Easter, in which case scheduling is ad-hoc)
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Spring Dinghy Championship
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First weekend of May
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(Avoid conflict with RVan Opening Day – usually by delaying by one week)
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Swiftsure International Yacht Race
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US Memorial Day Long Weekend (weekend after Victoria Day long weekend)
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Gladwell Junior Team Racing
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Second to last weekend in September
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Fall Dinghy Championship
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Last weekend in September
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Thermopylae Regatta (keelboat)
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Second weekend in October
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Trophy Race Series
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Thermopylae Trophy
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Second to last Sunday of September
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Coincides with the second day of Gladwell Regatta
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Whitehouse Trophy Race
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Last Sunday of September
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Coincides with the second day of Fall Dinghy Regatta
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Virtue Cup
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Two Sundays after Thanksgiving
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i.e. weekend after the first ATB
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William Head Race
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Sunday between the last two ATBs in March
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Lipton Cup
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Two Sundays before Opening Day
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Sunday before THRASH
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Sextant (dormant)
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Saturday before May Long Weekend (afternoon and evening race, must include some racing in the dark)
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Saturday before Around Saltspring
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Special Races
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THSA: Rum Race
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Boxing Day
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THSA event finishing at RVYC
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Johnston Reef Race
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New Year`s Day
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Racing Series
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Fall ATB
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Starts the first Sunday after both Thermopylae and Thanksgiving
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4 race series, alternating weeks, usually ending early December (or late November)
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Winter ATB
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Starts two weeks after last Fall ATB
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Don`t schedule a race between the weekend before Christmas and New Years.
4 or 5 race series ending two weeks before first Spring ATB (Last Fall ATB and first Spring ATB set the schedule for Winter ATB)
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Spring ATB
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First schedule the last Spring ATB to be the Sunday before Lipton Cup (or the weekend before that if it conflicts with Easter Sunday), and then work back to get 4 alternating Sundays before that
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Usually works out to start in late February
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Winter LD
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Start two weeks after Virtue Cup Trophy Race (which itself is 2 weeks after Thanksgiving)
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Mini-12s
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Start Saturday after Labour Day
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Usually 4 series of 5 racing days plus 1 make-up day each. Avoid scheduling conflicts with Gladwell, Fall and Spring Dinghy Championship Regattas.
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Dinghy Frostbite
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TBD
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Spring, Summer, and Fall One Design Days
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Spring One Design
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Saturday between the last two ATB in March (the day before William Head race)
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Summer One Design
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Mid June (schedule between other events)
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Fall One Design
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First Sunday after Labour Day
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Day after Easter Seals
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Trophy & Awards Night
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Trophy Awards Night & Racing Christmas Party
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A Thursday or Friday Night a week before or after the AGM
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Scheduled each year by the Fleet Captain
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