Articles in the Racing category
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Harken Saturday Series Race Report 18th May 2013
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By Phil Riley
The Royal Southern Yacht Club's
innovative short course racing season got underway on Saturday (18th
May) in sunshine and a light breeze that saw those trying out the new
format get around the c... |
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'Champion of Champions' 2013 - Round trip to Barbados gives Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series sailors a big prize to aim for
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For the second year running, the Barbados Tourism Authority is providing
a stunning prize for the most consistently successful competitor in the
Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series Regattas that commenced with the
Club's May Regatta last... |
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Thrills, spills & a good turnout from the big boats for the Royal Southern Yacht Club's Summer Series May Regatta
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RSrnYC May Regatta 2013 report
By Phil Riley
Capping a class-winning racing performance with a piece of
impressive, no-nonsense seamanship in rescuing an MOB from another boat
counts as a pretty good day on t... |
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RSrnYC Saturday Afternoon Short Course Racing 04-05-13
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The diverse range of yachts entered for the first of the Royal Southern Yacht Club's innovative Short Course Racing events will have to bide their time.
Those crews looking forward to the inaugural Harken-sponsored Saturday Series on May 4th were presented with plenty of sunshin... |
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RSrnYC New Website Pages and Features for the 2013 season
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We are pleased to tell you that the Racing Event pages are now
online!
Each event has its very own page where you can download the NOR,
SIs and see what social events are on.
This year there
are also links to the ... |
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The Club Kick Starts the Season with the Harken Saturday Series
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The first of the new Harken-sponsored Saturday Series on May 4 kick starts the racing season at the Royal Southern. Starting at 1430hrs at the end of the River Hamble and back in time for tea, the new Series will also mark the Club's first use of the new RYA National Handic... |
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RYA National Handicap for Cruisers (NHC)
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For this seasons racing the Royal Southern Yacht Club will be adopting the RYA NHC for all Club Class Racing.
NHC replaces PY racing for Cruisers. NHC aims to promote a single National Handicap scheme for Cruisers, giving clubs a uniform scheme that can be easily adopted for the... |
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Helena Lucas MBE to campaign SB20 in 2013
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Paralympic sailor Helena Lucas MBE will campaign a SB20 during 2013. Lucas' SB20 programme will include the Hyeres Grand Slam, Royal Southern Yacht Club June Regatta, the UK Open Championships in Falmouth and the Cowes Grand Slam which takes place during Aberdeen Asset Management... |
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Royal Southern YC Team Win the RTYC Solent Masters 2013
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On 13th April four teams of Masters sailors met at Queen Mary for the annual Solent Masters two boat team racing event: Royal Southern YC, Royal Thames YC, Royal London YC and London Corinthian.
The 8 boat fleet of J/80s came into their own enabling two races to be ru... |
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Poole Yacht Club triumphs at British Keelboat Academy Inter Club Challenge Cup
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A team of young sailors from Poole Yacht Club has won this weekend's inaugural British Keelboat Academy Inter Club Challenge Cup (Saturday 13 April).
The event was hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, on behalf of the British Keelboat Academy, and aimed to get more y... |
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Gaastra Sponsor New Friday Racing Series
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Dutch technical sailing and leisure clothing company, Gaastra Pro Gear BV, is to sponsor an entirely new series of short course regattas on Friday evenings during May, June and July, initiated and run by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, Hampshire.
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Still time to enter the British Keelboat Academy Inter Club Challenge Cup
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The British Keelboat Academy (BKA) is pleased to announce that the entry deadline for the inaugural Inter Club Challenge Cup has been extended until Friday 5 April 2013.
The event will be held at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, on Saturday 13 April 2013 and event or... |
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New Crew Register
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The Crew Register on the Royal Southern's website is being redesigned; the new site is more interactive, should provide greater response and will be launched by the Open Day on 6th April. To give the new register a good start we will be promoting its use at the Open Day. &n... |
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RSrnYC Class Captains
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To keep in touch with the racers and ensure we provide what you desire we have established Class Captains for 2013. They will be talking to us regularly about both the sailing and the social side. Please feel free to contact them with ideas and feedback:
SB20 - Jerry Hill (3 Sad... |
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IRC Solent Series NOR Now Online
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IRC Solent Region Championship 2013
The dates of the 2013 IRC Solent Region Championship events are:
Day 1 - 11th May - Royal Southampton Yacht Club
Day 2 - 22nd June - Royal Southern Yacht Club
The Royal Southern June Regatta continues on Sunday 23rd June, alth... |
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The perks of life on two hulls
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Academy Member Andy Sinclair, an
accomplished catamaran specialist, has just had an amazing trip to
California trialling for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup event along
with new Academy Members Sam Sebways and William Semken. Here is
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Enter our Racing Training with Jim Saltonstall!
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We still have a few spaces available for our Race Training with Jim Saltonstall MBE – Saturday 16th March – From 0930 to 1700
Britain’s most successful Olympic coach & motivator will be at the Club on Saturday 16th March to train all us ferrets! A time to... |
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BKA Event - 13th April – Academy Team - Crew Required
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Academy Member Bruno van Dyke is recruiting an Academy Team for the BKA Regatta on 13th April which is being held at The Royal Southern Yacht Club. The teams will be racing in J/80s and an IRC yacht (Sigma 28).
If you're interested please send a sailing CV and your availabi... |
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User-Friendly New Rating
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The RORC
Rating Office is pleased to introduce a new UK IRC rating initiative for
2013, the Limited Validity (LV) TCC for occasional racers.
LV TCC ratings are
completely compatible with normal IRC ratings,... |
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The British Keelboat Academy Inter Club Challenge Cup - Saturday 13th April 2013
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UPDATE - 20/02/2013 - Please see NOR Amendment No 1 and revised NOR below.
The British Keelboat Academy (BKA) is a partnership between UKSA and RYA. The BKA is designed to support young people aged between 18 and 24 in developing the skills needed to take their keelboa... |
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