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Minnis Bay Sailing Club - 75th Anniversary regatta
Trip to Minnis Bay Sailing Club 75th Anniversary Regatta Four intrepid sailors packed up two Ospreys in the MYC yard and set off for the long journey to Minnis Bay Sailing Club, ready to take part in their 75th Anniversary Regatta. Upon arrival, we rigged the boats in preparation for the racing scheduled the next day. Saturday kicked off with a 10am briefing and a 12:30pm start. Racing was to More »
8 Jun 2025
Spring series race 1 and 2
The end of the winter is finally over, the first race of the season was here, with winds of 20 mph gusting 25, at the extreme or top end for most dinghy sailors. Darren's app told him the sea had 4 foot swells, it was true. Some keen Osprey sailors turned up and others were press-ganged into helming and crewing with 3 craft making the start line, with Lawrence helming James More »
22 Apr 2025
MYC Navigation Training 2024/25 Complete!!
MYC Navigation Training 2024/25 Complete!! Early in March, 10 Navigation students (including me) completed a 15-week programme of lessons introducing the basics of Navigation. Sue Anderson and Paul Norman did an AMAZING job of guiding them through a whole catalogue of subjects and inspired them to learn more and use these skills onboard yachts and powered vessels this summer! So, a huge THANK YOU to them both for their More »
7 Apr 2025
MYC Navigation Training Winter 2024-25
It's often asked What does a Sailing club do when you can't go sailing or in the Winter? Well, besides have a social drink in the bar or polishing the hull of your boat in an attempt to make it go faster, you could also learn how to navigate!! So that's precisely what several club members, both young and a bit older(!), have been doing on Tuesday evenings since the middle of November! More »
22 Jan 2025
Bloody Mary 2025
Margate sailors enter the Bloody Mary Pursuit Race. A 7am start saw Antony, Graham and Heather heading to Staines for the Bloody Mary Pursuit race with 99 entries and 80 boats arriving on the day. Weather forecast was 0-3 mph starting with -2 getting up to a whopping 2 degrees, fortunately the sun was shining, race start for the slow boats was 12 midday. First job was to rig Antony's new Osprey More »
18 Jan 2025
Pettman Cup May 2024
The Pettman Cup is run over two days with the best 3 of 4 race to count for the win. Sunday morning saw a moderate SW wind, with the race officer setting an M shape course with a running start and lots of angles to sail and a strong tide making interesting choices of upwind leg. Race 1 Graham and Heather got away from the start (being a faster boat) but could More »
31 May 2024
Upcoming events
| July 20-26 |
09:00 - Away - NSSA Regatta - Rutland… |
| Jul 20 |
10:30 - Summer Points 2025 » Summer Points 5 & 6 |
| July 21-25 |
09:30 - Away - Ramsgate WeekMonday - Friday daily yacht racing over at Ramsgate, hosted |
| Jul 23 |
16:30 - Youth Training » MYC Youth Squad training |
| Jul 23 |
18:45 - Coastguard 2025 » Coastguard 4 - Split class you…Tide: 23/7 16:59 0.88m Sunset: |
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