Sailing News
Yachts & Yachting Article – MYC to host the Wayfarer Uk National & European Championships 2021 by Tim Townsend
Medway Yacht Club is delighted to be hosting the Wayfarer UK National and European Championships, 5-8 August 2021. Racing will take place on the wide stretches of the tidal River Medway below Gillingham over four days and with great social events planned for the...
Return To Sailing
Spring is nearly here and the light at the end of the Covid tunnel is getting brighter. Following Boris Johnson’s announcement of the “Roadmap” to ending the lockdown last Monday we would like to share with you the Club’s plans for restarting sailing, both racing and...
New Racing Rules Zoom Presentation
Important for all racers there have been some significant changes to the racing rules for 2021. Your Sailing Committee has arranged a presentation from Chris Simon, one of the RYA 's rules experts for up to 100 club members. Chris is the Regional Rules Adviser for the...
Sailing News – February
Medway Yacht Club is pleased to announce plans to run a full sailing season in 2021. As long as Covid restrictions are sufficiently eased we intend to start Saturday Racing on 10th April with the Cruisers starting their Spring Series on Sunday 2nd May. Further dates...
Cruiser Class January Newsletter
Firstly a belated happy new year and trust you are all well. As we are penning the first News Letter of 2021 both John and I should be looking forward to launching our boats for the beginning of the 2021 season instead we are looking forward to getting our Covid 19...
Chief Instructor – Vacancy
Medway Yacht Club is looking to recruit a Chief Instructor Job Title: Chief Instructor Full Time / Permanent £20,000 - £24,000 dependent on experience. CONTEXT Located at Lower Upnor on the banks of the tidal River Medway just down river from Chatham historic dockyard...
Cruiser Autumn Series
Regrettably the remaining races in the Cruiser Autumn Series have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown through November. As only 2 races have been sailed this does not constitute a series so all valid entries will be contacted by the cruiser class shortly to...
Sonata 2020 Class Captain’s Report
Well what are year 2020 has been. Back in April it seemed like we would never sail again and we’d be stuck looking at the same 4 walls week in, week out dreaming about sunny Saturday afternoons racing on the River Medway. However, by July lengthy discussions were had...
Cruiser Class Autumn Series – Race 2
After a wild, wet and windy night Sunday 25th dawned almost flat calm. “Not again!”, was the exclamation on the Committee boat, but a light westerly breeze appeared about 09:00 allowing a start line to be set by buoy 27. The breeze was anything but stable and as each...
Cruiser Class Autumn Series – Race 1
The weather gods carried on where they left off with last year’s Autumn Series with the Wind socially distancing itself from the fleet. Lulled in to a false sense of security by a light breeze at 09:00 the OOD decided to send Class 1, the IRC fleet down as far as Buoy...
Cruiser Class ~ Autumn Series / Update
The Cruiser Class Autumn Series is planned to start on Sunday 18th October. Work is moving ahead to prepare the committee boat and we are looking forward to welcoming those new to racing in the cruiser “White Sails” class. So we can plan the racing in more detail we...
NOTICE OF CHANGE TO AMENDMENT (NO 2) TO THE 2020 MYC SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IN-RIVER AND WINDWARD/LEEWARD RACING
Notice of change to Amendment (No 2) to the 2020 MYC Sailing instructions for In-River and Windward/Leeward Racing This notice is to take effect from 3 October 2020. This notice changes clause 1.16 of the above Amendment and will now read ; Safety...