Laser Frostbiting

Published 4:09pm on 15 Sep 2026 by Ken Swetka

ILCA / Laser Frostbiting starts the 2nd Sunday in October and runs to the weekend after Thanksgiving or further if weather permits. We may, or may not, have race committee on a normal frostbite Sunday. If we do no, we will likely do Rabbit Starts (definition below)
ILCA Frostbite Events

This year is the First Annual ILCA Frostbite Regatta on October 25! 
More details here: https://www.crescentsail.org/event/ilca-frostbite-regatta     

How a Rabbit Start Works

• The Rabbit: One designated boat (the "rabbit") sails upwind on a close-hauled port tack along an imaginary starting line.
• The Fleet: All other competing boats wait on starboard tack.
• Crossing: As the rabbit moves past, each boat in the fleet ducks behind the rabbit's stern one by one.
• Starting: A boat officially starts the moment it crosses behind the rabbit's stern

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Report from last season:
The group decided to sail Saturday, Nov 8, instead of our usual Sunday. Good thing as it snowed hard Sunday!. We had 5 Lasers out! The water temp has dropped below 50 so some had drysuits. In the full rig was Tom Dawson and John Morealle. Radials were Em Dolson, Grace Pytell-Lockhart, and Ken Swetka.

If anyone is interested in following we use a WhatsApp group. Let us know if you want to join or just follow along. If anyone wants to come out in a workboat to run races or just for safety we would welcome that too!

Related

• ILCA Frostbite : ILCA Frostbite Regatta (25 October, 10:00-17:00)
• ILCA Frostbite (11 October - 29 November)