The following is a list of recent additions to our web. Whenever we publish race results, write an entry in our ship's log, change our schedule, or add anything else to our web, we'll put a notice here. Periodically we'll remove the oldest items. The most recent changes are listed first, and each item is linked to the page with the updated content.

The 2012 updates to our website have started:

• Events - things to do with the club this winter! Come join us!

• Officers and Committees

• Race Schedule

• Race Instructions (Notice of Race)

• Race Results, with results for New Years Day

• Application for Membership

• Application for Associate Membership

• The 2012 New Years Day Race took place on January 1st with near-perfect weather in the 50s.  Click here to see a Harry Manko video on the event.  Harry may have set the club record with what appears to be 11 people on board during the race, plus a mannequin...  Here are some wonderful photos of the race by Richard LaBella -  it is always nice in a race to see so many people looking forward at your position :)

• At the YMCA Boulton Center on Sunday, Nov 6 the SBCC presented a video on the History of the SBCC, a documentary film produced by Harry Manko and the Program Committee.

• Go to http://vimeo.com/31385971 for a video of the 2011 Last Chance race from the R/C.

• Photos of the 2011 Louis Orr Cup have been posted on the LISail.com website.  Click on the "LI Sail Images for sale NOW" and navigate to the Louis Orr 2011 Babylon Yacht Club entry.

• Here is 'A little bit of the Blast' from Saturday, compliments of Harry (B. Demille) Manko.

• The SBCC FaceBook Group will be showing scheduled events for members to RSVP.   Please check your FaceBook groups to keep current on our upcoming activities.  The SBCC FaceBook Group is set up for members only - members should have received their invitation to join the group via email - if you need a new invite, contact .   So far 84 members have joined - have you connected yet?

• LI Sail Magazine, a web-based, free subscription magazine specializes in keeping us informed of all sailing activities on Long Island.   Go to www.lisail.com to view or subscribe.

• The SBCC Photo Album has the latest posted photos of our events. Be sure to try out the "Full Screen" button in the lower-left corner. We want to encourage SBCC members to submit their photos of rendezvous, cruises, races, and events for all to see. Simply email your photos with descriptions of the event to .

• Flag Etiquette - Where do we fly what?  This article in SailNet can help sort it all out.

• "Crew Overboard"  strikes a chill in every sailor.  Do you know what to do when someone on your boat goes overboard?  Well, the best descriptions I could find were in the following articles:

  •  a US Sailing MOB Study analyzing the effectiveness of both the Quick-Stop procedure and Conventional methods.

  • and two nearly identical Quick-Stop Procedure descriptions from the US Sailing ISAF Special Regulations - Appendix D  and from the RORC.

           Read them all and then practice, practice.....

• Our Medicine for Mariners seminar presentation is available for your reference.

• Bob Forman has provided a copy of his Yacht Preventive Maintenance list he developed with the help of Rusty Bradford who used to head up service at Hinckley.  Bob would like this to become a living document that we constantly look to improve, so if you can, send suggestions for additions or changes to him.

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References, Schedules & Lists of interest:

• Race Schedule

• Rendezvous/Cruise Schedule

• Event Listings  ( see the latest meeting & event information).  

• SBCC Constitution & By-Laws.

• Membership Application & Associate Application

• Race Instructions (Notice of Race) 

• Race Course charts (thanks to Harry Manko for providing these).

• PHRF Handicaps (along with each yacht's Handicap Code).

• Handicap Form

• Handicap Information and Regulations

• Series Scoring System

• US Sailing Protest Form

• Race Committee Procedure

• Race Results Straight Sheet

• The Ship's Log: activity photos & links to useful weather & other sites.  

• Race Results are emailed to members immediately and posted to the website periodically.  If you wish to be included on the Race Results email distribution list, send a request to our Scoring Chairman.

The SBCC exists to provide fun and camaraderie for its members and to promote all aspects of sailing. Between early May and the end of October, the Club conducts over 60 races on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Course lengths vary from 4 to 30 miles. The SBCC also hosts weekend rendezvous in various harbors around the bay from Amityville to Bellport. All members and their guests are invited to raft up or to anchor off and dink over to the party. You can find the SBCC somewhere on the bay every weekend form May to the end of October.

Several SBCC co-ordinated cruises are conducted each year. These cruises traditionally include a one-week cruise either confined to the Bay or perhaps extending to Peconic or Gardiners Bay, a two-week cruise which might include Block Island and Mystic Seaport, and more ambitious cruises to such areas as Cape Cod, Narragansett, Buzzards Bay, or the Chesapeake Bay.

A number of shore-based parties and events are also held each year. Events include Spring & Fall Cocktail parties, Commissioning Day, Dinner meetings, and our infamous Great River Blast! Lectures on yacht racing, safety at sea, first aid procedures, cruising issues, and similar subjects are also provided from time to time.

If all of this sounds appealing to you, and you would like to know more about the South Bay Cruising Club, please contact one of the officers listed in blue in the Officers& Committees section via EMail. We look forward to having you join the fun and camaraderie under the "green & white".