CORUM CUP for Junior Sailors
CBYRA – CORUM High-Point Championship

The Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association's (CBYRA) Junior High Point Regatta Series, a long-time annual summer racing tradition, has entered the realm of "Cup" racing.  Venerable Swiss watch maker CORUM, has partnered with CBYRA, offering a minimum five year sponsorship commitment.

Attached with the perpetual trophy, being designed personally by CORUM President Michael Wunderman, are multiple college scholarships for the Champions in the Laser Radial and 420’s classes, skipper and crew; total valued equaling $2000.00 for each sailor. Great care has been taken to craft the Deed of Gift to assure that no winner will jeopardize eligibility in future intercollegiate competition.

“CORUM’s links to sailing have become part of the fabric of the company,” according to Michael Wunderman, President of Corum USA:  “We are very proud to be involved with CBYRA and to further our ‘Unlock and Conquer’ philosophy with the inauguration of the Corum Cup.”

The CBYRA Junior High Point series is a complex scoring formula that takes into consideration the total points earned throughout the season’s racing, as compared to the total number of competitors beaten during the races. CBYRA membership is required for all competitors wishing to qualify.

Founded in 1955 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Corum quickly earned a worldwide reputation for its unique watch designs.  In 1960 England’s Royal Ocean Racing Club agreed to the use of the Admiral’s Cup name for a new collection of these distinctive timepieces. That was the beginning of the company’s long association with sailing – one that led to Corum-sponsored yachts winning the prestigious Admiral’s Cup offshore racing championship in 1991. Sponsorship of other events and boats are ongoing, everything from club racing to the recent restoration of Sir Francis Chichester’s world girdling yacht Gipsy Moth IV and as the Official Timekeeper of the Swedish yacht Victory Challenge during the 32nd America’s Cup.

CBYRA – CORUM High Point Competition
Host Clubs decide which classes will be stared in their regattas and what, if any, individual qualifications will be required in order to participate. In addition to individual regatta awards provided by the host club, junior sailors have the opportunity to compete on a Bay-wide basis for CBYRA – CORUM Junior High Point Championship Awards. To qualify for a High Point Trophy in any class, a skipper must:

1.     Be a Racing Junior, as defined above, which includes affiliation (as defined above) with a CBYRA member club.

2.     Be a member of the regional class organization, if any.

3.     Be scored as a competitor, in the class, during not less than (5) CBYRA sanctioned events, one of which must be sailed outside the Junior's home club.

4.     Act as helmsman throughout each race, except for short periods of time or during emergencies when the skipper may be busy elsewhere in the boat.

Except as modified here, scoring shall be done on a basis comparable to that by which High Point scores are determined in the One Design Division, but no bonus factor shall be applied.

To count for High Point scoring purposes, a race must be listed as a CBYRA sanctioned event for the class so that all class members are notified of the opportunity to sail in the event. At least three (3) Racing Juniors must be recorded as participating in an event in order to earn High Point Trophy points as a junior, so it is important to check to see that all Juniors have registered as such by using the class name and number on the regatta entry blank. It is also a good idea to remind the people at the regatta registration desk that you want to scored for Junior High Point and be sure that they plan to note the juniors racing in the event on the score sheet and send the results to the High Point scorer within 7 days of the race. It is the host club's responsibility to properly tabulate and submit the scored to the HIGH POINT SCORER after the regatta. Optimist scores are to be submitted as overall scores not by individual fleets.

If you want to be scored for High Point Championships, you should be sure to put your six-digit CBYRA membership number, and the class number on each regatta entry blank you complete. The Junior Division class numbers are:

In previous years, a number of junior sailors have sailed in sufficient events to win High Point awards, but failed to qualify for these prestigious awards because they didn't join CBYRA or get properly recorded as qualified Juniors. Make sure this doesn't happen to you! Join early and make sure your race entries are properly completed.