The Notice of Race, entry form and Sailing Instructions have now been published for this years Jersey regatta, They can be download from our sailing pages or from the regatta website.
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UBS Jersey Regatta 2013 SI’s
Note that SI 17.1 requires dinghy classes to operate a tagging system
operated from RCIYC slipway.
A Charity Auction in aid of the RNLI will be held at Grand Jersey on Saturday
7th September 2013 from 7:00pm, organised by Chartco Jersey Ltd.
You can download the RNLI Poster for all the details and please do let your friends know of this worthwhile event. To book your spaces, call 07797 752 200 or email mcrowther@grandjersey.com
Next weekends regatta NoR including catering can be downloaded from this link:
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The Junior regatta, which incorporates the Channel Islands Area Optimist Championships takes place this weekend 13-14 July.
The Junior Regatta is open to Optimist, Topper and Laser 4.7 sailors. Please email us now if you would like to take part. All entries go into a prize draw for a Kindle, kindly donated by the Volvo dealership at Motor Mall.
We would be very grateful if any club members, friends or families would be able to give us a hand, either on or off the water, for this event, as our sailing committee did such a grand job with last weekends Jubilee Regatta that they deserve some time off! Please email if you can offer some time over the weekend.
The most successful Jersey sailor in the recent Jeux des Iles in Corsica, 14-year-old Elana St George, has been awarded the 2013 Jersey Clipper Bursary, worth £600. In addition, an anonymous donation has enabled the Jersey Clipper Bursary trustees to make a second award of £250 to another young sailor, 11-year-old Phoebe Le Marquand. Elana, who has been sailing for five years, says she is thrilled to have won the 2013 bursary, which she will use to help with the cost of training and competing outside the Island. ‘Most of my sailing has been in Optimists at St Catherine’s Sailing Club,’ said Elana, ‘and I have been competing in races for the club and for Jersey for the last three years. I really enjoy the sport and being part of my club and the local sailing community. ‘I also want to train to be an RYA instructor so that I can put something back into the sport by assisting others to learn to sail. I am not from a sailing family and it was due to the enthusiasm of young instructors that I fell in love with sailing.’ Phoebe, who has been competing in races and regattas since she was nine, will use her award to assist with the travelling costs involved in training in the UK. ‘My ambition is to be the first-ever Jersey girl to gain a place in the British National Squad, sailing my Optimist dinghy,’ she said. ‘I would also love to represent the Island at the Jeux des Iles and be the first Jersey sailor to win a medal! The annual award, a legacy from the three Jersey campaigns in the Clipper Round-the-World Race, was established in 2007 through the generosity of Dandara, Les Pas Holdings and UBS. Further funding to ensure the future of the award was recently provided by local boat-owner Nigel Philpott and the Island’s three former Harbourmasters – Capt Roy Bullen, Capt Brian Nibbs and Capt Howard Le Cornu.
We would like to invite you to the launching and naming party for our new club training and rescue boat ‘Capita’ on Wednesday 26 June at 6PM at the Club.
Thanks to the fantastic fund raising effort that started at the annual dinner and has included the winter walk, Will’s talk, French evening and the sale of teas, cakes and lunches along with sponsorship from Capita Fiduciary Group that we now have this new addition to our fleet.
We have invited Capita to visit the club and have a glass or two of bubbly, spray some over the boat and ‘officially’ name her Capita. We would also very much like your company as this has been a joint effort and we would like to thank you too. Drinks and nibbles will be served from 6PM and it would be great to see you.
5 – 7 July 2013 – St. Catherine’s sailing club is celebrating 60 years of sailing. Free reception on Friday 5 July for all members, when the Bailiff will officially start the regatta. A Gala dinner on Saturday July 6th held in a marquee at the club.
The Commodores Cup will be held on Sunday 16 June, three races will
be held back to back starting at 1000 followed by Kevin Holden cooking his superb sizzling scallops for lunch along with House Committee accompaniments. As it is Fathers Day the Commodore will also be awarding the following (fiz) prizes:
First Placed Optimist Dad.
Calculated by the best placed Dad with a combined score with his lowest placed child sailing an Optimist.
First Placed Laser Dad – As above but child in a Laser (U18).
First Dad that finishes behind his kids in any class.
First Lady and First Gentleman without the hindrance of any kids sailing.
First Grand parent that has both a child and grand child sailing.
First two handed Father and Child combo.
You can only win one prize and the Commodore will award the prizes on the day.
The first placed boat overall on handicap will be awarded the Commodores Cup and the best placed Junior will be awarded the Commodores Plate.
What a great way to spend fathers day, do let us know on Facebook or email if you are coming for lunch so that we get enough Scallops in.
Summer finally arrived this weekend and for those of us that spent the weekend enjoying all the on and off the water fun at Gorey. The weekend provided us with sunning sailing with a good breeze and fantastic socials events, this is what sailing is all about! Check out the results here: http://www.goreyregatta.org/results.html
The Liberation regatta takes place on 9th May. The Vega pursuit race will take place starting at 10:00, followed by lunch in the club. All sailors and family are 
welcome BYO beer & wine. After lunch two more races will be held back to back first the Begal then Liberation trophy. We only run two pursuit races during the year and they are great fun, it may seem complicated but once you have started it is great fun, please ask us at the club to explain the start sequence if you are unsure or down this information sheet. This link is to the RYA Pursuit race information sheet.
That the St. Catherine’s Liberation Day regatta has been held every year since the club started 60 years ago. The 3 races held on Liberation day are The Vega, The Beagle and The Liberation Day Trophy all with historic significance to the Liberation of the Channel Islands. First race of the day is the Vega named after the Red Cross Ship SS Vega that made several trips to Jersey with Red Cross parcels, then on 9th May 1945 HMS Beagle arrived at St. Helier harbour and later that day the island was liberated, hence the order of our races!
