The Members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club Cordially Invite You To Attend Our Charity Regatta Benefiting Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara September 7, 2008 - 12:00 pm-6:00 pm Please note that all information on this page and its links is for 2008. Won't You Join Us? •  A Sailboat Race •  A Power Boat Competition •  Spectator Cruise/Racing •  Brunch & Barbecue •  Music All Day •  Exciting Raffle Prizes Sponsor Benefits Sponsor Form Raffle Donation Form Purchase Raffle Tickets or Make a Donation Online Skipper's Bag Donation Form Schedule for the Day Order Tickets Sponsors for 2008 $25,000 Dr. Laura C. Schlessinger $10,000 Hutton Foundation Mozilo Family Foundation   $5,000 The Dreier Group   $2,500 Seed, Mackall, LLP Frank Schipper Construction Co. Marborg Rabobank $1,000 Ed and Anna Brady Charles and Margo Browning Schlinger-Chrisman Foundation IMPULSE Internet Sevices Merrill Lynch Sea Coast Yachts Young Construction Brown & Brown Insurance $500 Bill and Sue Bradbury Santa Barbara Chrysler Jeep Ullman Sails of Ventura Santa Barbara Yacht Club Women AGIA Haagen Printing Santa Barbara Maritime Museum  Raffle Prizes (2008) $100 Gift Card to Arigato Sushi Spectrum Gym Goodie Bag "24" Merchandise Condo in La Paz - includes fishing day trip or snorkeling Sunstone Winery Tasting & 20% discount 2 family memberships at SB Natural History Museum 2 dinners From Rose Café 1 haircut & blow dry 2 symphony tickets for a single performance 2 horseback beach rides Basket from Mt. Gay Rum Lil Toot birthday party Day Cruise on Bebe $50 gift certificate from Paradise Café Gift certificate from Chuck's Midweek Getaway from the Upham Hotel Nirvana Facial from Santa Barbara Skin Care $100 gift certificate for Training/Fitness Classes at Tone-Up Astrological Reading with Susan Painter Memberships at SB Maritime Museum Docent led tour of Maritime Museum Condor Express for Two Broadway at the Arlington Tickets SB Bowl Concert $100 gift certificate Educated Car Wash $100 gift certificate Pizza Mizza $100 gift certificate Mulligan's Care & Bar 2 "Studio S" hair salon gift certificates Race Information & Registration Please note that all registrants must check-in at the club prior to participating in any events. Just go to the registration tables to confirm your participation.

Dear Community Friend, 

The Santa Barbara Yacht Club will host its fourth Annual Charity Regatta, benefiting Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara on September 7, 2008.  I would like to invite you and/or your organization to become a sponsor of this one-of-a-kind event. 

In addition to the excitement of the actual boat races, the Yacht Club will host a pre-race brunch and after-race party and barbecue with live music. There will be access to local yachts for spectators to view the races, as well other fun and unique activities in and around the Yacht Club. There will also be lots of fabulous raffle prizes. 

As you may know Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara is a non-profit agency in existence for nearly 100 years. In addition to being the only state licensed and Medicare certified hospice program in the Santa Barbara area, they are also the largest provider of home health, and operate one of the very few residential hospice facilities for the terminally ill in California 

VNHC serves over 3,000 patients each year, and their mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive home health, hospice, and related services necessary to promote the health and well-being of all community residents, including those unable to pay. In fact, they must raise almost $1 million each year to continue their commitment of providing care for patients who are uninsured, underinsured and unable to pay.  That's where we come in.

The Santa Barbara Yacht Club is one of this area's most recognized institutions, and our Charity Regatta is one way that we give back to this community.  By showing our appreciation and support to the nurses, home health aides, counselor and volunteers who tend to the needs of others every day we can truly make a difference. This is a popular and exciting event with many opportunities for sponsor and donor recognition. 

We invite our Sponsors to participate in one of three ways: 

As a Corporate Sponsor, enlisting your company or organization to support this important event. 

As a Boat Sponsor, supporting skippers and crews who race for the cause of comfort and dignity at the end of life. 

As a Memorial Sponsor, securing special recognition for a loved one who has passed away. 

Please join with us in supporting the important work of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.  All Sponsorships are tax-deductible, however in order to be included in our printed materials, t-shirts, and posters, your sponsorship must be submitted no later than June 30th, 2008. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tamara Skov at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, 805-690-6282. 

See you on the water! 

Dennis Friederich 
Charity Regatta Chairman

Want To Learn More?

National Hospice Regatta Alliance

SBYC's 2006 Inaugural Charity Regatta

How To Become A Sponsor/Donor:  Click
Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara Website: Click
National Hospice Regatta Website:  Click
 

Although our Charity Regatta will include many activities throughout the day, the power and sailboat competition will be the main events. The success of our fund raising efforts depends on the full participation of our boating members. Both events are intended to be fun yet competitive with perpetual and take home trophies going to the winners.

Sailboat Race Format and Rules
The fleet will be broken down into several classes: PHRF Class A, B, and C, CHRF, J105, J24, and others.  Trophies will be awarded to the top finishers in each class. The first gun will be at 1310 hours. Read the Sailing Instructions.

Power Boat Event
This is a “Predicted Log” contest.  It is intended to challenge the planning and navigation skills of contestants.  Skippers of any powered vessel, including sailboats under auxiliary power, are welcome, provided they meet the minimum requirements specified in the rules. Contact Roger Chrisman for more information:
Predicted Log Contest Rules
Predicted Log Course
Predicted Log Record

 
Please note that all registrants must check-in at the club prior to participating in any events. Just go to the registration tables to confirm your participation.

SBYC Charity Regatta Committee
Dennis Friederich, Chair
Ed Brady
Bill Bradbury
Charles Browning
Margo Browning
Roger Chrisman
Carolyn Duncan
Anna Friederich
Dave McEachen
Tony Papa
Suesan Pawlitski
Judy Rawles
Homer Smith
Bud Toye
Craig Wilberg