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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2025
Margate Yacht Club Member are invited to the clubs Annual General Meeting Date: Sunday 30th November, 2025 Time: 10.00hrs Venue: Margate Yacht Club House Items for A.O.B. should be forwarded in writing to the Secretary at [email protected] no later than Sunday 16th November, 2025. You can find a list of committee positions and our proposed flagship officers in the club house from 28th October
Published 00:00 on 8 Oct 2025
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MYC SUMMER FESTIVAL WITH MARGATE ASSEMBLY
We did it!!! Musicians and sailors alike came together last night to dance the wild sound waves beating through the heart of our boat park. Who said sailors can't dance? Thanks to Cat at Assembly for bringing together a wonderful series of acts and for supporting the @rnlimargate and MYC youth sailing fund. Thanks @margateassembly for reaching out to MYC. What a fantastic celebration of our amazing Margate
Published 09:47 on 23 Sep 2025
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Assembly at Margate Yacht Club
Margate Yacht Club Hosts a Local Music Festival!!! We're working with good friends at both Margate Off Licence (bar) and Billy + Ellie from Chixstock (bbq), and of course Margate Assembly, sharing our unique waterfront space for the day with loads of fantastic local musicans. This festival is about more than music: it's about supporting local talent, raising awareness for Margate Yacht Club, giving back to our friends at the
Published 08:33 on 23 Sep 2025
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Margate Osprey Open - A view from Bird of Prey 3
A view from Chris Hatcher, Bird of Prey 3 With a borrowed boat 50 years old, a new team weighing just 135kg and 30mph winds forecast - what could possibly go wrong? Day 1 big winds and many capsizes. Race 1 - kept it upright placed respectably 2 amongst MYC boats but it was purely survival conditions for us whilst being so light the visitors were lapping up the conditions for
Published 00:00 on 31 Aug 2025
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MYC OSPREY OPEN - A view from our visitors
Margate 27th - 28th August - by Mark Mawhinney, Dave Caroll & Chris Hatcher With a mix of exotica and vintage Ospreys, Margate YC hosted the midweek leg of the Osprey SE tour. Wednesday - Margate Day one, 3 races. Might have been a bit windy but it made for some very special Osprey sailing. Apart from a few retirees after two races and a pasty, It became apparent that a
Published 00:00 on 29 Aug 2025
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Margate Sands and Beyond!
It is that time again, mid summer and the tides are right for our annual sail to Margate Sands, our very own Island sand bar. It is always a delight to reconquer the Margate Sands. The trip over was over was 30 mins of very close reaching. It was quicker than normal due to some really strong gusts whipping us along. We popped in a few tacks at the end to find a more
Published 00:00 on 6 Aug 2025
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The WISE AND WILD RACE July 2025- Youth Helm, Adult Crew
What a hoot!!! The Wise and Wild Race 2025 This is a cup race where our youth sailor helm our instructors and adult racers. It is a fantastic way of bringing our youngest sailors and best racers and instructors together on the race course, we feast afterwards, laugh and share stories of the days racing. It is often our crews that are pushed to their limits by our bold and frankly WILD
Published 09:57 on 23 Jul 2025
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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
Published 09:37 on 8 Jun 2025
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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
Published 17:06 on 22 Apr 2025
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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
Published 14:00 on 7 Apr 2025
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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!
Published 16:24 on 22 Jan 2025
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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
Published 23:16 on 18 Jan 2025