Come All Sailors to Perry Yacht Club's 2026 Firecracker Regatta!
This is an open regatta for anyone with a sailboat who would like to race. Keelboats, Centerboarders, Multihulls all welcome. TWO COURSES will be offered. Standard 'Round the bouys for one-design and sportboat classes, and a distance race for cruisers. Please forward this invitation to anyone with a sailboat.
Events to take place at the Perry Yacht Club, on Lake Perry, Kansas.
Friday night 7/3:
5pm -7pm registration & camping setup
9pm Open Mic Night at PYC Clubhouse
Saturday 7/4:
9am - registration
10am - skippers meeting
11am - 3 or 4 races
6pm - PYC Cookout - bring a side if U can!
9pm YouTube Karaoke with DJ DOGMEAT
Sunday 7/5 –
9am 2 or 3 races
Trophies/Awards to follow
Regatta fee $40/ boat.
Included in fee:
Camping Friday and Saturday night on PYC's hill* Trophies
Beer (PYC members can enjoy beer without regatta fee)
Limited edition Regatta Posters and T-shirts will be available at the event.
No meals provided (except Sat night PYC Cookout) but PYC has a full kitchen and charcoal BBQs available. Come enjoy the America's birthday PYC style!!
PYC facilities will be available including:
-Mast stepping pole
-Deep water launch ramp with courtesy dock
-Overnight docking for racers**
-Showers/restrooms
-Kitchen facility
-Charcoal BBQS (bring own charcoal)
-Picnic tables/shelter
*Camping is on a first come first serve basis.
Please note that as per Corp of Engineers Policy, NO FIREWORKS are allowed to be discharged on the property.
2026 FIRECRACKER LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRTS!
ALL STYLES $25
Two T-shirt styles are offered this year on a first-come first-serve basis. Unisex Bella Poly-blend, and Bella Flowey Racerback Tanks. Printing is only on the front. These shirts are a reprise of the original 2016 Firecracker shirts and they feature Snipe class sailboats, who won our early registration contest. Available ONLY at the 2026 PYC FIRECRACKER REGATTA! Limited supplies. All sizes available.
2025 Firecracker Regatta!
July 4-6 2025
Click on race number to view detailed race information.
Firecracker 2025 is a wrap! I had so much fun!!! Thank you so much to all the volunteers especially PRO John Flannery, Jill Huffmire, Cheri Stratton Sharkey, Kathleen Coode, John Coode, Doug Butcher, Doug Simon, Joe and Maddie, Sara Stevenson Melling, Cecily Dennis, Ellie Loggins, Mike and Jennifer Allenbrand, Pat Carr, and everyone who drove in from Oklahoma Shawnee Yacht Club and Jacomo Sailing Club. Much appreciation for Doug Jensen who whipped the Vipers into town even tho he could not race, and Patrick Kershaw for getting the Jacomo M-15 fleet on the line.
Congrats to Regatta Champions Blair Dryden, & Jay Jensen!
-Kenny Gall
Firecracker '24 is in the books!
I had so much fun chairing this 8th annual regatta. We had 34 boats registered, a new record for the Firecracker. Congratulations to Ryan Schubert & Amanda Kremer, who trailered their Snipe all the way from Lafayette, Colorado to win the Firecracker Regatta with only 6 points!
Thank you so much to Sara Stevenson Melling, Stacy Rachaner (race committee), Joe Glasgow and Sophia (mark boat operations), Jill Huffmire (registration/tshirts), Tara Howard and Jennessee Pharr (beer/burger operations), Cheri Stratton Sharkey & Bob (shirts, cleaning, and more!), Gary W. Templeton, Doug Butcher, Rich Rokel (building and grounds) Timothy Kelley (snipe wrangler), J Doug Jensen (sportboat wrangler), Ted Lischer (J22 wrangler), Terril Cook (Cruising Class wrangler), Kong Screen Printing (shirts), ProPrint in Topeka (posters), April Sanchez & Dawn Catagnus (cat watchers) and Mary Howe (emotional support / puttin up with my schemes). I am eternally grateful!
I look forward to seeing everyone at Commodore's Cup!
-Kenny Gall, Firecracker Regatta Chair
Report:
2023 Firecracker All-Class Open Regatta!
So much fun at last year's Firecracker! Congratulations to Regatta Champions Ron Holm and crew! Thank you SO MUCH to the PYC B.O.G., Jill Huffmire, Cecily Dennis, Sara Melling, Ron Holm, Paul Barnett, Nick Hockman, Derrick Carpenter, Tara Howard, Jack Howard Chris Ross, Bob & Cheri Sharkey, Gina Disidore, April Sanchez, Dawn Catagnus and Kong Screen printing for all your hard work and help running this 7th annual PYC Firecracker! It truly takes a village and I'm always amazed at the cheerful helping hands and sailing community we have at PYC. Huzzah!
Despite a foreboding forecast, and a CRAZY maelstrom Friday night, we still managed to run on schedule and pop off four races Saturday, have a brawling Kareoke party Sat night till 1am, and 2 more races Sunday morning.
As you can see in the photos it was some extremely close competition! I really look forward to seeing y'all at Commodores and to next year's Firecracker!
-Kenny Gall, Firecracker Regatta Chair
Enjoy some photos from this year below.
Thank you so much to all the volunteers and racers!
Thank you so much to all the volunteers and racers!
