Port Credit Yacht Club is located at 115 Lakefront Promenade, Mississauga, ON, L5E 3G6 .
GPS Coordinates are N 43°33.7832′ W 79°33.3554

The simplest way to get here is to find your way to the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in Mississauga and turn down Cawthra Road south. When you reach Lakeshore Road turn left (east), over to Lake Promenade (the second set of stop lights) and turn south towards PCYC.

Google Maps is shown below:

Please use the front entrance to the club. The rear entrance will likely be filled with boats for the winter. 

Arrival Instructions

Starting Saturday September 26 th  until Tuesday September 29th, from 0900 to 2100, we will welcome boats participating in the regatta. If you plan to arrive during this time, let Keith Riley know and we can direct you to the spot where you can store your boat. Also, if you are arriving outside of these hours, the front gate will be locked. Please text or WhatsApp Keith Riley and we’ll will make arrangements to meet you at the gate to let you in.

Starting Wednesday September 30 th , we will have a volunteer who will greet you when you enter and direct you to the dry-slip area. Each spot will be lined and labeled, choose spot and remember your
number. When you check in at the Registration Desk you’ll be asked what slip you’re in and will be given a tag to put on your trailer.

Once you’ve dropped off your boat you’ll need to find a spot to park, please ask one of the volunteers where you can park. During haul-out, parking is at a premium and you may be asked to park in the municipal parking just beside the club. We have secured a parking permit, and at the Registration Desk, you’ll be given a piece of paper that you put on your dashboard. You can re-enter the club grounds through the front gates by buzzing in.

 

Pre-Race Administration, Measurement and Check-in

Starting Wednesday, September 30  at 0900 the Registration Desk will open in the Lakeshore Room in the club house. A team of volunteers will be there to walk you through the remaining tasks before you are truly Checked-In and Registered. Remember, until you get your Skipper’s Bag, you aren’t checked in. 

A number of documents can be submitted electronically, we will accept the following prior to the race:

• J24 Class membership
• The class approved measurement certificate for the boat
• Your insurance policy, please ensure it’s valid for the duration of the regatta and of the required level of coverage
• A signed list of Required and Optional Equipment on your boat

If you do not provide it electronically, we will be asking for these items at the Registration Desk. Note, even if you provide the measurement certificate and Required and Optional Equipment documents electronically, they still need to be physically on the boat at all times (Class Rules). Also, we recommend you complete the Required and Optional Equipment form prior to arriving at PCYC.

To complete check in your crew needs to be weighed and key mast measurements completed. The Registration Desk will direct you where you and the crew can be weighed. If you want to sign up with the Corinthian Division they will also ask each crew member for their World Sailing number and classification.

You will be given the Mast Up measurement form. When your boat is ready, find Marcus or a volunteer and they will queue you up for the measurement process to take place at your dry slip.

After the measurements have been completed and your crew have all weighed in, head back to the Registration Desk. They will go through the final check list and ask you to sign an ‘Acceptance of Risk’ form (Club Rules). After that you will be given your skippers bag and are now fully checked in. Congratulations … let’s go racing.

For those who have rented a Vakaros system, the unit and bracket will be in the skippers bag. It will already have been registered on the Race Tablet and you’re free to mount it on the mast.

Mast-up and Launch

While the club has a mast crane, it interferes with the two launch cranes for the J24s. It will not be available for use. Please bring with you the necessary gin-poles and rigging to put up your own mast.
Launching the J24 can be done at either one of the two launch cranes where there is enough room around them to avoid interference and can be used simultaneously. In preparation for launch we will
have sprayed an arc on the gravel where the crane clip swings. When maneuvering your trailer for launch try to get the keel right over the arc for a stress-free lift. 
Dollies will be available to muscle your boat around the flat part of the dry sail area near the cranes.
Given the number of boats, and the downhill grade, please be careful bringing your boat to the crane.
We have had run-aways and it isn’t pretty. A volunteer(s) will be available to help if you need any assistance.

Each boat is responsible for its own lifting strap and stability harness. 

After launch, please move the trailer out of the area as quickly as you can to allow the next competitor to get in the water. Harbour staff will then move the trailers to their designated storage area for the duration of the regatta. Note: we will be identifying your trailer with the trailer tag give to you at the Registration Desk.
As mentioned in the Notice of Race, the first 10 boats to register as an ‘early-bird’ will be allocated to a slip near the rafting area. Exactly which slip won’t be known until the week of the regatta but the volunteer managing launch will have that detail.

Haul Out

Haul out will begin immediately after racing completes Sunday on a strict first-come-first-serve basis.
Once ready to haul out, come by the crane and a volunteer will either guide you to the free crane or let you know where you stand in the queue. He’ll ask you for the slip number and Harbour staff will bring the trailer down to the cranes. The competitor will be responsible for lifting the boat onto their trailer.
After the boat is safely on the trailer, Harbour staff will pull the boat to the slip where you can hitch it to your car. Vehicles will be actively discouraged from entering the crane area. 
Finally, the dry-sail crane area is not paved, so washing your boat there is not allowed. There will be water and electricity close the slips where you can wash the boat down.

PCYC Layout

The club layout is shown below courtesy of Google Maps: