The Cedar Point Laser Fleet
runs a program of summer racing and winter frostbiting. As many
sailors, and all of our Frostbiters, already know, Lasers are terrific
boats to sail. The sailors in our fleet span a tremendous range of ages and skills, we have near beginners, hotshot juniors, Olympic
racers and graying grandmasters competing.
The Laser has an extremely strong one design class association with over 190,000 Lasers worldwide and standing as an Olympic Class.
For many people, the Laser is truly the perfect single-handed one
design. These factors along with the Laser's low cost, ease of rigging,
excitement of the sailing, and the close competition and comraderie in
our fleet are why many of our club members who own and race other boats
still find much of their best racing is in Lasers.
Frostbiting begins
the second Sunday in October and runs through the middle of December;
it resumes the second Sunday in March and continues through to middle
of May. With well over 100 boats registered for the frostbiting
season, 40 to 60 Lasers, a mix of both standard and Radial rigs, come
out to race on a typical Sunday. Racing is open to all and Winter
Membership is available at a relatively low fee without any lengthy
application process. Just come down and sign up! And getting to know
and sail with us in the winter is a great way to see if Cedar Point is
the right club for you for the summer too.
CPYC also
has Laser racing in the summer on the three holiday weekends and CPYC
Laser fleet members are regularly traveling to Laser regattas at venues
near and far with our 6-boat fleet trailer. See the links at left for
Results, Notice of Race and contact info for our Fleet Captain.
