ROYAL CHANNEL ISLANDS YC & ST HELIER YC SAILING PROGRAMME 2023

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LEARN TO SAIL

The Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club is a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) training centre for dinghy sailing and windsurfing.  The Club runs courses and issues qualifications for the RYA’s National Sailing Scheme for adults and Youth Sailing Scheme for cadets and for the RYA’s Start Windsurfing qualification for adults and cadets.   We are currently seeking to also become an RYA multihull training centre.  In the meantime we do offer multihull courses, with qualified instructors, although we are not currently in a position to issue RYA multihull qualifications.

All course participants must be Members of the club.  Cadet membership is available by a simple process of application to the club office.  Cadets must be at least eight years old on the 31st of December in the year they attend the course.  The overwhelming majority of attendees on our courses are cadets, but we are pleased to welcome keen adults.

All participants must be suitably dressed for the water.  A wetsuit, possibly with a spray top, is ideal.  In addition, sun protection, including a hat, and protective footwear (old trainers would suffice) are essential.

Courses can be booked through Eventbrite accessed via the link on this website.

For further information contact Sailing Development Officer David Carter on david@rciyc.je or 07797 787 409.

POWER BOAT COURSES

The Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club is an RYA training centre for the National Powerboat Scheme.  The club requires an RYA Level 2 Powerboat qualification for members who wish to get involved with club sailing activities using the Club’s RIBS for training, safety cover and/or mark laying duties. We can provide training for this purpose.

For Dinghy Instructors wishing to undertake Senior Instructor training, we can provide the necessary Safety Boat training.

This training is only for the purposes indicated above.  The Club does not provide powerboat training for those not involved in the activities indicated above.

For further information contact Sailing Development Officer David Carter on david@rciyc.je or 07797 787 409.

POST Brexit Update and travel advice

French authorities have given advice on the requirements for private boat owners following Brexit.

On their first arrival in France from Jersey, vessels are required to clear Customs and Immigration at a designated port of arrival. The requirement will be to notify the port authority at that designated port of their arrival. The port authority will notify the relevant border officials.

If, in exceptional circumstances, a vessel’s first port of arrival is not a designated port, that port authority must be notified to allow entry.

The designated ports (Points de Passage Frontalier or PPF) relevant to the Channel Islands are Brest, Carteret, Cherbourg, Granville, Roscoff, St Brieuc and St Malo.

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racING

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Commodore’s Cup & Cook Salver 2023

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ROSCOTT FLEET SPRING SERIES

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HOBIE FLEET

Hobie Dragoons – Cadet Sailing

The Club’s Cadets are able to participate in the Hobie Dragoon ‘Summer Fun Series’ races and also the Spring and Winter series. This is linked to the main Hobie Fleet racing, the more experienced Juniors are invited to sail in the Club Regattas. There are also regular training events for them to participate, where they are introduced to and taught racing techniques. Cadets are required to have some experience sailing on the Clubs Wayfarers before joining the Dragoons. Starting age is 11 years, although if they have participated in dinghy activity, prior to that, they can be considered for the Dragoons at a younger age. RCIYC Junior crews have represented Jersey at Hobie Dragoon National, International and World Championships.  

*RCIYC HOBIE DRAGOONS – JUNIOR RACE TRAINING – EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY, FROM 4:45pm

*THE FEE IS £5.00 per each Cadet to be paid direct to the office tel 745783, email copied, on the day directly after training.

 *CADETS PARTICIPATING to be at Gunsite beach by 4:45pm for rigging and preparation.

 *IF YOU WISH to participate, please email by the Tuesday before. Please indicate if you would like to sail a Club Dragoon or your own boat when replying.

 *CORRECT SAILING kit to be worn, ie full length wetsuit, sailing gloves and boots, B/Aid, a beanie and wind proof top/suit are also good to wear.

 *PLACES ARE ON a first come first served basis. Sailing is subject to conditions on the day.

 * FOR ALL STANDARDS, crews may be changed mixed and matched for the purpose of the training. Cadets must have some sailing experience to participate. Minimum age 11 years.

 *TRAINING WILL cover amongst other drills, effective starts, mark rounding, boat trim/speed, fast tacks and gybes, effective spi handling, trapezing etc, also the technical and tactical aspects of racing.

 *PARENTS ARE welcome to crew for Cadets where and if required.

 *JUNIORS PARTICIPATING in the H/Dragoon racing & training must be current paid up Cadet members of the RCIYC (£14.00 per year) For enquiries contact Club office on tel 745783

NB. Dragoon training will run every two weeks on Thursdays, but the occasional Monday, depending on suitable tides. Notification will be emailed prior to each training date to enable places to be booked. Proposed dates:

 Thursday 22nd September 4:45pm

Thursday 6th October 4:45pm

Saturday 15th October 9:00am

Saturday 22nd October 2:30pm

Saturday 5th November 1:30pm

*Click here for a great video link from last Summers action…

Hobie Fleet Racing

 The RCIYC has a flourishing Hobie Fleet which has been part of the Club since 2000. Over 30 Hobie Cats race on a regular basis including Tigers and Wildcats, with the Hobie 16’s it has the largest one design sailing class racing in the Channel Islands. There are around 50 races a year to challenge the keen Hobie crews in an active programme, including the Spring, Summer, Winter series and distance events, as well as the Clubs major Regattas. Teams representing the Club and Jersey attend International Championship events and has National and European Champions amongst its members.The Hobie Fleet working in conjunction with the Club has successfully staged National and European Championships in the Island. An ‘A’ Fleet and ‘B’ Fleet participate in the series racing, the latter allows entry level sailors to begin racing, where training and support for new crews is provided. The Fleet also put on Open days and Taster/Trial sessions for anyone interested in becoming involved. Most of the racing and training activity takes place in St. Aubin’s bay.

LOOKING AHEAD

LOOKING AHEAD the Hobie Fleet Race Programme is packed full of exciting racing and activity, with over 50 races from March to December to wet your appetite. Please note: the Savills C.I. Hobie Champs is set for 31st July - 1st August. Be sure to keep our main Hobie Championships event weekend free in 2021 as it’s the 30th anniversary year. Racing kicks off on Sunday 7th March with the first 2 races in the Rosscot Spring series.

*TWO OFF ISLAND events which are well worth considering, the H16 British Nationals, again in beautiful Poole harbour 28th and 29th August 2021, an excellent event last year, this year around 40 H16’s are expected. Just off the Ferry and 5 mins around the corner to Poole YC and beach parking, you can push your boat round on Catrax, no need for a trailer!  Check it out here… nationals.hobiecatcentre.co.uk  

*FOLLOWING ON IS the Hobie Multi Europeans in Sant Pere Pescador, Roses Bay, Spain, from the 1st to 9th July. This is a fantastic sailing location with excellent facilities for all the family, where they hold many World Class sailing events. Looking like a fair amount of interest at the moment from Fleet sailors and Cadet crews. Hobie 16 World Championship planned for September in Catalonia, Spain. For more information please visit the EHCA website. http://ehca.hobieclass.com/ http://hobieclass.com/

Important info

In all cases, they must be competent swimmers and keen to learn.  Once bitten by the sailing bug, Cadets may continue to sail the Wayfarers and/or the Club’s Hobie Dragoons. Cadets pay £10 for each weekend that they sail.

Other useful links

General

Policy Documents

• SAFEGUARDING POLICY AND PROCEDURES

• DIVERSITY POLICY

• DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Race Sponsors

carey olsen | Combined clubs Jersey regatta 

Jackson Yacht Services Jackson yacht services one day regatta

Love Wine | Hobie summer series

Pallot Glass & Windows | Frostbite series

Rossborough Insurance | Round the island race

Rosscot Chartered Accountants | Hobie SPRING and Winter series

Savills | Channel Islands HOBIE CAT CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Victor Hugo Ltd | Liberation BREWING CO beer race series

Local Tidal Differences

These are the average time differences ‘before’ HW St Helier are:

HW Portrieux 30 minutes before

HW St Malo 20 minutes before

HW Granville 15 minutes before

The Average time differences ‘after’ HW St Helier are:

HW Guernsey 5 minutes after

HW Sark 10 minutes after

HW Carteret 10 minutes after

HW Dielette 20 minutes after

HW Alderney 45 minutes after

HW Cherbourg 1 hour 35 minutes after