Nellie Guernsey Race
NELLIE GUERNSEY MEMORIAL RACE
Nellie Guernsey, in addition to a brilliant professional career in mining, was a sailor, a racer, and a volunteer administrator at Halloween Yacht Club, present in the HYC on nearly a 40-hour per week basis for many years. After her death in 2011, the HYC Fall Race was renamed in her honor.
The Nellie Guernsey Memorial Race is a Pursuit-format race conducted by HYC each September. It is open for all non-spinnaker boats, HYC members as well as others. All appropriate documents can be found on this page. Registration is $10.00 for HYC members, and $25.00 for the others, payable by check to Halloween Yacht Club c/o Nellie Guernsey Race, or via PayPal or Credit Card, by clicking on the link below.
2023 Nellie Guernsey Race is scheduled for Saturday, September 16, 2023
For further information, please contact HYC Captain of the Sailing Fleet at [email protected]
This year the race took place on Saturday, September 17, 2022 , first signal at 1400.
Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions
Click here to view NoR/SI
Race Results
Course “B1” – Moderate wind, ESE 8-10 kt
| Boat Name | Skipper | Club | PHRF | Start time | Finish time | Place |
| Windfall | Thami Amarti | SCV | 234 | 14:00:00 | DNF | DNF |
| Flo III | Jim Goodridge | HYC | 234 | 14:00:00 | DNS | DNS |
| Summertime | Peter Vanderwaart | HYC | 192 | 14:04:20 | 16:10:37 | 3 |
| Miller’s Crossing | Christopher Miller | HYC | 171 | 14:06:31 | DNS | DNS |
| Kinsale | Bruce Johnson | HYC | 156 | 14:08:04 | DNF | DNF |
| Stampede | Karen Varbaro | OGYC | 129 | 14:10:51 | 16:02:43 | 2 |
| Navis Bona | Chris Hynes | HYC | 126 | 14:11:10 | 15:56:12 | 1 |
| Red Lion | Esteban Vietorisz | HYC | 108 | 14:13:01 | DNF | DNF |
Race replay on RaceQ
Available at www.RaceQs.com/regattas/88998 For better experience, use full screen view.
Photos
This year the race will take place on Sunday, September 19 (please note the date change), first signal at 1400 hours. The original date (Saturday September 18) was conflicting with HYC Hooks for Heroes Fishing Tournament.
Race Results
Course “B1” – Moderate wind, ESE, 9 kt gusts to 11 kt.
| Boat Name | Skipper | Start time | Finish time | Place |
| Flo III | Jim Goodridge | 14:05:00 | 15:30:55 | 5 |
| Summertime | Peter Vanderwaart | 14:09:20 | 15:27:47 | 3 |
| Knee Deep | Doug Hamm | 14:09:39 | 15:29:15 | 4 |
| Soup Bone IV | Lyndon Helmbolt | 14:09:39 | 15:42:55 | 7 |
| Stampede | Karen Varbaro | 14:15:51 | 15:25:45 | 2 |
| Navis Bona | Chris Hynes | 14:16:10 | 15:24:50 | 1 |
| Red Lion | Esteban Vietorisz | 14:18:01 | DNS | |
| Eclipse | Kent Holden | 14:20:30 | 15:31:19 | 6 |
Race replay on RaceQ
Available at www.raceqs.com/regattas/85116 . For better experience, use full screen view.
| Boat Name | Skipper | Start time | Finish time | Place |
| Flo III | Jim Goodridge | 14:05:00 | 16:33:00 | 2 |
| Soup Bone IV | Lyndon Helmbolt | 14:10:16 | 17:06:00 | 5 |
| Chicken Wing | Peter Sikora | 14:12:08 | DNS | – |
| Take Five | Doug Abel | 14:12:26 | 16:57:00 | 4 |
| Navis Bona | Chris Hynes | 14:16:10 | 16:14:28 | 1 |
| Conundrum | Bruce Blasnik | 14:16:10 | 16:47:35 | 3 |
| Red Lion | Esteban Vietorisz | 14:18:01 | DNF | 6 |
| Eclipse | Kent Holden | 14:20:30 | DNS | – |
| Fancy Bob | Bob Wilmot | 14:21:26 | DNS | – |
| YRALIS rating | Start time | Finish time | Place | |
| Flo III | 234 | 14:10:00 | DNS | DNS |
| Soup Bone IV | 183 | 14:17:14 | 16:04:40 | 5 |
| Kinsale | 156 | 14:21:03 | 16:15:32 | 6 |
| Baydreamer | 147 | 14:22:20 | DNS | DNS |
| Stampede | 129 | 14:24:53 | 16:04:23 | 4 |
| Navis Bona | 126 | 14:25:18 | 15:54:56 | 1 |
| Vixen | 117 | 14:26:35 | 15:55:31 | 2 |
| Eclipse | 84 | 14:31:15 | 16:02:37 | 3 |
Race replay of boats using RaceQ is available at www.raceqs.com/regattas/72396 . For better experience, use full screen view.
