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Attention all Cruiser racers, please remember Sailing Instruction 17.4, Inspections. "The Race Committee (ie Alan Jones or Julian Lord) may board your vessel prior to or after racing to carry out a safety equipment check

White Sails Series, speaking of racing, it is the first of the White Sails Series this Sunday (1st May 10.40 start at Nass). There has been a great deal of interest and so we hope to see good numbers out on the water. Don’t forget to lodge your safety declaration with the Club if you haven’t done so already and make sure you take a course card out with you.

Racing takes place Sundays from April to November and Friday evenings for a variety of types of keelboats and cruisers. They are handicapped either under IRC or PY depending upon the event and in order to ensure that there is good competitive racing a great deal of collaboration takes place between ourselves and the WMYC. Owners are encouraged to attend the Cruiser forum at the end of each year to help shape the programme for the following year. This ensures that the programme is able to incorporate new ideas and boat types.

Racing takes place out in the Blackwater estuary with starts being made from committee boat lines. Since the racing is a collaborative event between both the clubs the committee boat will fly the flag of the officiating club for that week. In order that both clubs remain vibrant on return to the shore crews are requested to congregate in the officiating club after the race.
On Friday evening in the summer months we have a unique event, which is a series under local handicap rules!! followed by a supper in the clubhouse at around 9pm. After a busy week at work this is a very nice way to unwind. Once again the details are in the programme. If you are not a keelboat owner but would like to crew on the boats it is very important that you get yourself known early in the season. The owners try to finalise their crews for the season as early as possible so you need to advertise your availability and experience. Contact the cruiser captain since he usually knows who is looking. There is also a Crew Wanted/Available page on the noticeboard section of this website (contact the Webmaster).Alternatively make your presence known at 6pm at the top of the hammerhead as helms are always looking for replacements for those crew stuck on the M25.

For a number of years a One Design Fleet of Sonatas has raced from Mersea and currently we have 6 competing on a regular basis.

We also run fun pursuit races ending in Heybridge for example where the serious racers the non serious racers and those just cruising enter the lock for the night and - well a good time is had by all.

We organise cruising events during the year going sometimes across the water and I don't mean to Bradwell or up the coast to explore The Walton Backwaters.

Whether you are cruising or racing please join us.

Important This year, it is not necessary to forward a seperate safety declaration and copy of IRC certificate to DSC. The WMYC secretariat will collet everthing and forward copies to DSC.

2011 Cruiser Forum Comments

Mersea Week 19 - 25 August 2012 Notice of Race Event website

2012 Joint WMYC/DSC Cruiser Course card

2012 Sailing Instructions Cilck to view

2012 Local Handicap List Click to view

2012 Race Bouy Chart Click to view

2012 Mersea Race-marks Waypoints Click to view

2012 Centenary Cup appx to SI Click to view

2012 Commodores Regatta appx to SI Click to view

2012 Friday Series appx to SI Click to view

2012 Friday night series race office duty list Click to view

2012 Ladies Regatta appx to SI Click to view

2012 Short handed Series & Wallet Cup appx to SI Click to view

2012 Short Handed Notice Click to view

2012 Short Handed appx Click to view

2012 Wallet Cup Click to view

Race Officer Notes Click to view

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