Notice of Race and Entry Form plus Sailing Instructions for the Round the Lough Series and the RUYC Specific Sailing Instructions for Regatta Day are all available on the relevant event pages on the web site. Head to the Saiing Section for more information.
Bangor Town Regatta
Bangor Town Regatta is Northern Ireland’s premier keel boat regatta, set on the shores of Belfast Lough the event offers excellent yacht racing for numerous classes of yacht. Following on from the successful event in 2018, the Bangor Town Regatta events team has begun the process of building upon the previous event.
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Thursday evening Club Racing with a twist - Lady drivers! Prize giving after racing at RUYC
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Bangor Town Regatta – a note from the Rear Commodore
The big event of my tenure as RC has come and gone in what seems like a flash. The months of planning by the BTR Committee under the chairmanship of Jim Coffey resulted in a highly successful Regatta with an excellent turnout of keel boats and also of RS 200s and RS 400s for their Irish Nationals, held as part of the BTR. Seen from my vantage point on Witchcraft in NHC Restricted, the four days of racing were keenly contested in all classes. The Waverley World Championships also took place during the Regatta.
Andrew Gallagher of AquaVentus photography was out on the water all over Bangor Town Regatta taking some great shots of the racing on both Cruiser and RS Championship courses. You can purchase your favourite photo of you and the crew on the course at www.aquaventus.co.uk
The results for the Todd Navigation Ailsa Craig Race and NI Offshore Points Series standings to date are published. Head to Results Central. Many thanks once again to Todd Navigation for their support of the offshore racing events.
Congratulations to John Gunning, David Kelso and Stephen Polly the RUYC boys on Storm who won the RS Elite Irish Nationals at Carrickfergus last weekend. This has put out a warning to the other competitors before the GB & Irish Nationals at RNIYC at the end of this month.
Push the Boat Out
Royal Ulster Yacht Club has held a successful ‘Push the Boat Out’ event. Thirty-Five non-sailors were shown the ropes over the course of two Wednesday evening taster sessions on the 16th and 23rd May.
Royal Ulster Yacht Club has held a successful ‘Push the Boat Out’ event. Thirty-Five non-sailors were shown the ropes over the course of two Wednesday evening taster sessions on the 16th and 23rd May.
Results are now posted to Results Central for the Todd Navigation Glenarm Race
The Annual Committee Dinner was held last Saturday; it is an opportunity for the Flag Officers and fellow committee and sub-committee members to celebrate 50 years of membership of some members and also to acknowledge the hard work of those retiring from Officer posts and General Committee
From Wednesday 6 September 2017 the Coastguard will no longer broadcast on VHF 23, 84 and 86. It will instead use VHF 62, 63 and 64. The use of VHF Channel 10 for MSI and pollution control (back up) is unchanged.
There is more information on the changes on the RYA web site: Click Here
Notices to Mariners may be posted here if they relate to Belfast Lough and surroundig area.
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The Draft 2018 Sailing Programme is available to download from our Sailing Page. There have been some chanages since the printed version was published so please check on-line
More events and detail will be added once confirmed
Unfortunately we have to advise that the burgee spotted at Royal Cape YC is not the one presented by Terry Fair at a stopover on the Round the World Race, but it was in fact presented by Brian Robinson who recognises his own handwriting on the luff. So, somewhere in RCYC there is another RUYC burgee lurking. Can anyone find it?
If anyone else spots any RUYC evidence/memorabilia around the world please send in a photo. You can do that via the Club Social Media links at the top of this page or direct with Facebook page, by Messenger, Twitter (@RoyalUlsterYC) or Instagram using #royalulsteryachtclub or simply e-mail fionachicks@me.com
Huge congratulations to the team as they crossed the virtual line off John O'Groats to set a new Length of Britain Challenge record of 2d 14h 6m 41s, they have taken 21h 44m off the previous record. #vendee2020vision
RUYC member Mikey Ferguson (Skipper and Boat Captain of Artemis) along with Andrew Baker from Quoile YC along with Lizzie Foreman and Jack Trigger are on their way to challenge the Length of Britain record.
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Snooker Competitions 2017/18 entry details - click here
