2026 Sailing Programme & Start Times

Open Meetings

  • RYA NW Junior Traveller: Saturday 9th May
  • ILCA (Laser) & Mirror Class Open Meeting : Sunday 10th May
  • Solo & Phantom Classes Open Meeting : Sunday 5th July
  • GP14 Class Open Meeting: Sunday 20th September

Special Club Events

  • Founders Plate: Sunday 14th June  12:30pm Start
  • Club Championships : Sunday 23rd August  1pm Start
  • Spring Pursuit Race : Sunday 26th April  1pm Start
  • Summer Pursuit Race : Sunday 28th June 1pm Start
  • Autumn Pursuit Race : Sunday 6th September 1pm Start
  • Winter Pursuit Race : Sunday 1st November 12.30pm Start

Sundays : Club Racing

Sundays 1st March to 18th October : 1.00pm Mass start

Sundays 25th October to 6th December : 12.30pm Mass start

Three points races are scheduled to be sailed each Sunday. These are the start times of the first race.

  • Frostbite Series : 1st March – 19th April
  • Spring Series : 26th April – 21st June
  • Summer Series : 28th June – 16th August
  • Autumn Series : 6th September – 25th October
  • Winter Series : 1st November – 6th December

Wednesdays : Club Racing

Wednesday evenings 1st April to 2nd September: 7.00pm Mass start

This is the start time of the first race.

On Wednesdays in early April, late August and September one race is scheduled to be sailed. 

On Wednesdays between 23rd April and 20th August two races will be sailed ‘back to back’ provided the OOD considers conditions to be suitable. 

  • Wednesday Equinox Series : 1st April – 17th June
  • Wednesday Solstice Series : 24th June – 2nd September

Mix ‘n’ Match Racing

This will take place on the following dates:

Sunday 18th May, Sunday 1st June, Wednesday 11th June, Sunday 29th June & Wednesday 9th July

Friendly Fridays

Friendly Fridays are held most Fridays over the Summer/Autumn.

11th April – 12th September : Weather & Daylight dependent.

Amending the Starting Sequence

For a particular series, the Sailing Committee may choose to introduce separate starts for different fleets.

This decision will be displayed both on the Sailing Committee noticeboard in the main clubroom and here on our website before the first race of any given series and, will apply to the whole series.

Starting for any subsequent series will revert to one Mass Start unless a further notification is posted.

The notification will include which Fleet board will be used to indicate that particular fleet’s start.

Scoring

All races will be dual scored to give both Class results and Handicap results with the Handicap results being the combined results from the Slow Handicap fleet and the Fast Handicap fleet.  Trophies will be awarded to the All Classes’ winner (i.e. the overall series winner as calculated using the PY Handicap system) in each of the club’s various series.

Please note that our Sailing Instructions (SI 14.10) state that the club trophies for the various classes (Merlin Rocket, GP14, Topper, Solo, ILCA, etc.) will only be awarded if, at the end of each series, at least three boats have participated in at least one third of the races run in the series (rounded down).