For any yacht or boat club the annual regatta day is the premier event of their year.  In Belfast Lough all the Clubs have regattas and every boat from each club is invited to attend the regattas of other clubs in the Lough.  Royal Ulster YC, Ballyholme YC, Royal North of Ireland YC, Holywood YC, East Antrim BC, Co Antrim YC, Cockle Island BC, Donaghadee SC, Carrickfergus SC and Belfast Lough Sailability.

The Belfast Lough Yachting Conference (BLYC) is the body which helps to organise these regattas.  The Sailing Secretary or representative from each club attends meetings to arrange which clubs will hold their regatta on which dates.  This choice of dates is not of major importance to RUYC but to other Clubs the tide times are all important.

The BLYC publish, via their web site, Click Here, the standing instructions for the lough regattas and the list of boats in the lough sorted by class.  Each club publishes its particular instructions on its own web site with links to it from the BLYC site.

Of course, to many people, the regatta is the chance to wander down to the Club on a warm summer afternoon and watch the boats go by while taking some form of refreshment in the Clubhouse or in the marquee specially installed for the day.

The prize giving for the regatta is held as soon as possible after racing but can be held up due to anomalies such as two boats with the same sail number, someone with no published handicap or even a boat not appearing in the Regatta Handbook (this usually means no result).

RUYC Regatta is being held on Saturday 7th June 2025

Notice of Race and Sailing instructions will be available on BLYC web site Click Here, Sailing Instructions will also be available on our own web site.

It is important to advise your Sailing Secretary of any changes in boat ownership or club so that the BLYC list can be kept up to date.  If your boat is not listed, you may not get a result.