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 16^th and 23^rd 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

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A summary of the recent Belfast Lough Cruising Muster.

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

A great Burns Night at the Club - read on for more details

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

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More events and detail will be added once confirmed

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.

Follow their progress live: Click Here

Snooker Competitions 2017/18 entry details - click here

The Nautical Knotters Society is ready to set sail at RUYC on 5th September.

Click here to learn more on their Club Activities page

Congratulations to Stephen Polly, John Gunning and David Kelso on their 7th place in a fleet of over 30 at the RS Elite National Championships held last month at Hayling Island Sailing Club.  With the top six places going to host club boats, Storm was the leading Irish boat one place ahead of the Brien/Loughead crew in KIN from Royal North of Ireland YC. (Library photo)

Update and request for member action for the RUYC App

Several Royal Ulster and Ballyholme boats were competing at the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta last week.  Click on the article title above for the result summary

The Royal Ulster YC Ladies' Race