Toliva Shoal Race Weekend- February 16-18, 2024
Click on this link to see the official NOR (as of 2024 June 21) Notice of Race that is located on the Regatta Network website.
Click on this link to see the official SI for the Race: Sailing Instructions (as of 2024 June 21). This link is located on the Regatta Network site.
Click on this link to register for the Toliva Shoal Race: Race Registration. Pay the race fee of $35
Click on this link to see all the current boats registered for the Toliva Shoal Race: List of Boats Entered
Skippers- check one of the most recent wind forecasts for the day of the Toliva Shoal Race. www.windy.com
Navigators- check out the various current maps throughout the Course:
Captains- you can find moorage at a couple place near the starting line. This Race is hosted by both the South Sound Sailing Society (SSSS) and the Olympia Yacht Club (OYC). Some moorage will be available at the OYC. Percival Landing is the official home port for the SSSS Club, some moorage will be available at Percival Landing operated by the City of Olympia.
Courtesy of the City of Olympia, moorage is available free of charge at Percival Landing in Olympia – D and E docks – on Friday and Saturday nights (first-come, first-served basis). Electrical power is available on E dock (no water due to seasonal shut-off), but D dock remains powerless/waterless.
Friday, Feb 16
- 5:00pm Toliva Shoal Kick Off Party- OYC
- 6:00pm Pulled Pork Dinner $15
Saturday, Feb 17
- 7:00am to 8:30am Breakfast- OYC- $5
- 9:25am PHRF and non-PHRF Cruising NFS and Commodore FS Class warning
- 9:55am First PHRF Racing Class warning
- After Race- Soup and snacks- OYC- free
Please bring cash or check for meals.
Official Toliva Shoal shirts will be available for purchase.
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About the Race
This special event, which coincides with Presidents’ Day weekend in February, is part of the Southern Sound Series. It is co-hosted by SSSS and the Olympia Yacht Club.
Toliva Shoal is a full weekend of events, including the race itself. It is our best-attended race and the only one that attracts boats from throughout Puget Sound, commonly drawing 60-100 boats. Many locals who only do one race a year do this one. There is a party the night before that has a reputation in the Puget Sound sailing community as an event all by itself. This is your chance to sample “down Sound” racing without leaving Olympia.
Course:
Start between the Race Committee Boat and the east marker of the Olympia Shoal in a northerly direction. Proceed leaving Dofflemyer Point and Johnson Point to starboard; then the government mark #3 off Nisqually Delta, the Toliva Shoal buoy, Eagle Island, the government mark #1 at the west end of Balch Passage, Johnson Point, and Dofflemyer Point to port. Finish in a southerly direction between the race committee boat and the east marker of the Olympia Shoal. Approximate distance 38.4 nm
This race is not part of our regular SSSS race program. It is run by the Toliva Shoal Race Committee, which represents both SSSS and OYC. You must register in advance and pay an entry fee. It has its own Sailing Instructions, which are different then the instructions in this book.
This is the third race in the four-race Southern Sound Series. The Southern Sound Series Council organizes the series and represents Tacoma Yacht Club, Gig Harbor Yacht Club, Three Tree Point Yacht Club, and of course SSSS and the Olympia Yacht Club.
You are welcome to sail the entire series. Many SSSS boats do. More boats, and tighter classes make great winter racing. It is a good introduction to racing beyond Olympia.
This race may be shortened at any of the Race Course marks. Check the Sailing Instructions for current official information.
Complete Southern Sound Series Races are:
| December 2, 2023 | Vashon Island Race | TYC | Tacoma |
| January 6, 2024 | Duwamish Head Race | TTPYC | Des Moines |
| February 17, 2024 | Toliva Shoal Race | SSSS + OYC | Olympia |
| March 16, 2024 | Islands Race | GHYC | Gig Harbor |
For more information on Series Races, including specific dates for the races, Sailing Instructions, entry form, or results, see the Southern Sound Series Office.
If you still have questions about these races, contact the Toliva Shoal Race Chair, the SSSS Representative to the Southern Sound Series Council, or the SSSS Race Chair.
2024 Photos by: Sean Trew
2024 Photos by: Bob Butts
2024 Photos by: Mike Gowrylow
2017 Photos by: Bob Butts
2022 Photos by: Jan Anderson- 2022 Toliva Race
hosted by the South Sound Sailing Society and the Olympia Yacht Club
The third race of the Southern Sound Series.
