Welcome to the Southern Maryland Catamaran Club. The SMCC is a group of catamaran sailing enthusiasts located in Southern Maryland.
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Welcome to the Southern Maryland Catamaran Club. The SMCC is a group of catamaran sailing enthusiasts located in Southern Maryland. |
SMCC is a group of beach catamaran sailing enthusiasts located in Southern Maryland. We principally sail out of Solomons Maryland. We do some casual racing in conjunction with the Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA), have some of our own informal races and sometimes sail together to various local destinations.
Area cat sailors, please make sure we have your e-mail or phone number if interested. Most information is sent via e-mail. Specific events are not usually posted on this web.
Some of us participate in Thursday Night Racing with the Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA).
Thursday night racing is done on the Patuxent River, just off Solomons Island. The Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA) sponsors this race series for small monohulls and catamarans. For info and results click on Small Boat on the SMSA web site. Contact Patrick at ragenp@yahoo.com for more info.
Benefits of membership include being kept informed of sailing events in the area and having others to sail with. To join, go to our Join SMCC page and fill out the form. All we need is your name, boat info, phone number and/or e-mail address. Membership is free. Or just e-mail ragenp@yahoo.com
Looking for a cheap Hobie 16. Please concact Patrick at ragenp@yahoo.com
We mostly do day cruises, vice racing (except the Thursday evenings with SMSA), but every once in a while...
Since we have a wide spread of boat performance and just a few boats, we have been playing with a staggered start idea. This is a little difficult to implement since you have do know how long a race will take in order to determine how to spread your start. But we find it bunches boats up a the finish, and creates good competition rather than just having the fastest boats take off never to be caught again. If our estimated time is off, we can always still correct the overall times.
SMCC
Staggered Start and Race Results
Calculation Worksheet in
Microsoft Excel 97 format.
SMCC
Staggered Start times in Adobe
Acrobat format.
SMCC
Race Results Calculation Form in
Adobe Acrobat
format.
A typical race would be from Glascock's Beach, to the West Basin Mark, to Hog Point Mark, and return. This could take from one to two hours depending on the wind.
(updated 6/07)