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Click here for the 'Racing Rules of Sailing' .

After a year in Green Fleet, sailors move up to the Red, White and Blue division. Here, sailors are divided by age:

• White - 10 and under
• Blue - 11 to 12
• Red - 13 to 15

Weekly Practice:

• Green Fleet every Saturday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• RWB Fleet every Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• Portsmouth fleet every Saturday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

VYBA Schedule: 2010-11 * = key regatta, no sailing in Venice; hs = high school regatta (8/10/10)

• Aug. 7 - Summer series, Race 9 (last)
• Aug. 13 - Last day of summer learn to sail sessions
• Aug. 14 - Boat assignments, be kind to your boat day and change rigs
• Aug. 16-20 - Special Green Fleet training period
• Aug. 21 - Fall series, Race 1
• Aug. 23-School starts
• Aug. 28 - Fall series, Race 2 and boat load
• Sep. 4-5 - Labor Day Regatta *, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Sarasota register here - https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=3138
• Sep. 6 - Labor Day (Special Venice Yacht Club races for parents)
• Sept. 11 - Crow's Nest Regatta (all day and annual dinner)
• Sept. 18 - Fall series. Race 3 (18-19 - Bruce Walters Regatta, St. Petersburg and hs, SPI, Tampa)
• Sept. 25 - Fall series, Race 4 (hs, Cressy Trophy, St. Petersburg)
• Oct. 2 - Fall series, Race 5 (2-3 Dunedin Cup Regatta; hs, Great Oaks, St. Petersburg)
• Oct. 9 - Fall series, Race 6 and boat load
• Oct. 16-17 - River Romp Regatta *, Junior Olympics, Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers
• Oct. 23 - Fall series, Race 7 (hs, SP2 at Lake Eustis)
• Oct. 29 - Optional sailing, no school (1000-1500)
• Oct. 30 - Fall series, Race 8 (30-31 - Florida Inland Lake Championship, Lake Eustis)
• Nov. 6 - Fall series, race 9
• Nov. 13 - Fall series, Race 10 (hs, SP3 at Hollywood)
• Nov. 20 - Winter series, Race 1 and boat load
• Nov. 24-26-Thanksgiving break
• Nov. 27-28 -Thanksgiving Regatta *, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa register here - http://www.diyc.org/content/public_content.asp?pg=448%0D%0A
• Dec. 4 - Winter series, Race 2 and boat parade (hs, SP4, St. Petersburg or 12/11)
• Dec. 11 -Jim Pique Memorial Regatta (ail day) (11-12 -Junior Olympic Festival, Jensen Beach)
• Dec. 18 - Winter series, Race 3
• Dec. 20-31 - Christmas vacation
• Dec. 25 - Christmas Day, no sailing
• Dec. 26-30-Orange Bowl Regatta, Miami
• Jan. 1 (2011) - New Year's Day, no sailing
• Jan. 3 - Classes resume
• Jan. 8 - Winter series, Race 4
• Jan. 15 - Winter series, Race 5 (15-16 - Opti team racing regatta, Jensen Beach)
• Jan. 17-18-Optional sailing, no school (1000-1500)
• Jan. 22 - Winter series, Race 6 (22-23 - Boomerang Regatta, Ft. Lauderdale and hs, SP5, Coconut Grove)
• Jan. 29 - Winter series. Race 7
• Feb. 5 - Winter series, Race 8
• Feb. 12 - Winter series, Race 9 (12-13 -Valentine's Regatta, St. Petersburg)
• Feb. 19 - Winter series. Race 10
• Feb. 21 - Optional sailing, no school (Presidents Day) (1000-1500)
• Feb. 26 - Spring series, Race 1 (hs, SP6, Jensen Beach or 3/5)
• Mar. 5 - Spring series, Race 2
• Mar. 7-11 -Spring break
• Mar. 12 - Spring series, Race 3 (12-13 - Allison Jolly, St. Petersburg and Spring Opti Fest, Jensen Beach
• Mar. 19 - Leukemia Cup *, Isles Yacht Club, Punta Gorda
• Mar. 26 – Spring series, Race 4
• Apr. 1 – Optional sailing, no school (1000-1500)
• Apr. 2 – Spring series, Race 5 (2-3 Mount Dora Regatta, Mount Dora)
• Apr. 9 – Spring series, Race 6 (high school district regatta, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa)
• Apr. 16 – Spring series, Race 7 and boat load
• Apr. 23 – Jabbo Gordon Invitational Regatta *, Englewood
• Apr. 30 – Spring series, Race 8 (30-May 1—Clark Mills Regatta, Clearwater)
• May 7 – Spring series, Race 9 (Kentucky Derby Regatta) and boat load
• May 14-15 – Sailfest *, Sarasota
• May 21 – Spring series, Race 10
• May 28 – David Swett Memorial Regatta (0800-1700) (28-29—School’s Out Regatta, Tampa)
• May 30 – Optional sailing, no school (Memorial Day) 1000-1500
• June 4 – Be kind to your boat day, Green Fleet graduation and annual parents’ race

June 6-School ends SUMMER SESSIONS

• June 11 - Summer series, Race 1 and first parent orientation June 13-24
• June 18 - Summer series, Race 2 (Hibiscus Cup, Punta Gorda ?)
• June 25 - Summer series. Race 3 and parent orientation June 27-July 8

• July 2 - Summer series, Race 4
• July 9 - Summer series, Race 5 and parent orientation July 11-22
• July 16 - Summer series, Race 6
• July 23 - Summer series, Race 7 and parent orientation July 25-August 5
• July 30 - Summer series, Race 8
• Aug. 6 - Summer series, Race 9 and parent orientation August 8-19
• Aug. 13 -Summerseries, Race 10
• Aug. 20 - Boat assignments, be kind to your boat party and change rigs
• Aug. 22-School starts
• Aug. 27 - Fall series, Race 1

Series races: Fall (10), Winter (10), Spring (10), Summer (10); optional sailing dates (5)