BLYC Regatta dates for 2025
The BLYC Regatta dates agreed for 2025 are:
- RUYC – 7th June
- DSC – 28th June
- EABC – 5th July
- CIBC – 26th July
- CAYC – 2nd August
- CSC – 9th August
- RNIYC – 16th August
- BYC – 23rd August
Day After Boxing Day Cruise
The Day After Boxing Day Cruise is happening again this year on Friday 27th December.
The plan is to cruise up and get lunch in the AC Marriott Belfast.
Frosty Series
Sailing Instructions and Online Entry for the Frosty Series
Speakers Night – Keeping a boat in Northern Spain
Sailors’ and Boat Owners’ Meeting
CSC Clubhouse Thursday 12th September at 19.30
Agenda
- Racing – classes for keelboats and dinghies
- Start sequence for races
- Safety Cover: Is safety cover required for YTC Races? For summer series it is provided for Wed (dinghy races). But volunteer availability is short. If safety cover is so required, possible solutions could be:
- Institute reciprocal arrangements whereby YTC competitors provide safety and race officer cover for dinghies, and dinghy sailors provide safety cover for YTC
- Autumn series: Sunday afternoons 8th September- 27th October
- Frosty Series: Sunday afternoons 3rd November – 24th November
- Regatta
- We assume convenorship of BLYC from 2024
- Cruises
- Provision for youth sailors
- Speakers’ Nights
- Training opportunities
- Events
- RS400 Irish National Championship
- GP14 Ulster Championship
- Opportunities for Volunteering
GP14 Ulster Championship – Sunday
RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Course
Enrollment is now open for the RYA Day Skipper Shorebase Course running from 1st October to 18th February.
Speakers Nights for Autumn 2024
A series of Speakers nights have been scheduled for Autumn 2024:
- 5th September The Schooner “Result” Returns to Belfast, Nigel Thompson.
- 3rd October Sailing Single Handed across the Atlantic, Garry Crothers.
- 7th November Sailing on the North Coast of Spain, Roy Seaton.
- 12th December Sailing the Round Ireland Race, Brian and Ryan Wilson.