Lough Foyle Yacht Club

* Handicap values will be adjusted as season progresses. New sailors handicaps will be awarded as the need arises.

Event report here

Lough Foyle Yacht Club

Culmore Point

Derry/Londonderry

NOTICE OF RACE

GP14 Class Ulster Championships 2013

27^th & 28^th July  2013

First Race: 12:00 Sat 27^th July, 11:00 Sun 28^th July

Registration: at LFYC, Culmore Point, Fri 26^th July 18:00-22:00, Sat 2th July 09:00-10.00

Fee: £40/€45  (£35/€40 early entry; telephone/e-mail contact below)

Saturday Night Dining: at LFYC.

Full Sailing Instructions At Registration

Contact Daniel Gallagher:  0044 7720464085

daniel at lisahally dot com

or

Colum Farrelly:  0044 7714343841

columfarrelly at btinternet dot com

NB: It is City Of Culture year! Book accommodation early:

http://www.derryvisitor.com/Derry-Accommodation.T428.aspx

Peter Fallon has kindly agreed to act as principle event officer for the Peace Bridge Race

Please afford him every aspect of co-operation.

NOTICE OF RACE

2012 Lough Foyle Yacht Club

The 1^st Culmore Point to the Peace Bridge and back race,

for

the newly commissioned

John Hume and University of Ulster trophy

6^th October 2012, 10.00am, Culmore Point

NOTES

This is the first race for an elegant trophy in the iconic shape of the Peace Bridge. It was made by David Thomas, Jeweller and kindly sponsored by the University of Ulster through the office of the late Professor Jim Allen. The trophy is named after John Hume with the aim of supporting sailing in Lough Foyle.

GUIDELINES

The race will be governed by the rules as defined by The RYA rules for Dinghy sailing. This is an OPEN sailing race. All are welcome.

ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY

The race is open to all classes of sailing dinghies using the PY system of handicap.

VENUE

The races will be start and finish at Culmore Point sailing up the river to a mark laid near the Peace Bridge and back down the river observing all Navigation Marks.

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The sailing instructions will be available at a skippers meeting on shore before the racing starts. A protest committee will be formed (if required) by the OD and the Commodore.

SCHEDULE.

Racing will start at 10.00am

PRIZE

The winner will be entitled to write his/her name and the name of their crew(s) and boat name on the scroll of winners located inside the trophy. The winner will be entitled to keep the trophy for a period of one year and will be asked to present the trophy to next year’s winner.

RIGHTS TO USE NAMES & LIKENESSES

Competitors automatically grant to LFYC without payment the right in perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television of or relating to the event.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

Competitors are entirely responsible for their own safety, whether afloat or ashore, and nothing reduces this responsibility. It is for competitors to decide whether their boat and its helm and crew are fit to sail in the conditions that they might find. By launching or going on the water competitors confirm their boat is fit for those conditions and that they are competent to sail and compete in them. Nothing done by the organizers can reduce the responsibility of the owners and/or competitors, nor will it make the organizers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury, however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat taking part in the racing. The organizers encompass everyone helping to run the event and include the organizing authority, race committee, race officer, safety officer, patrol boat personnel and beach masters. The provision of patrol boats does not relieve owners and competitors of their responsibilities.

INSURANCE

Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Contact;

LFYC Commodore: Anthony Hutton: antovoda at googlemail dot com

Lough Foyle Yacht Club

Dear All

On behalf of the Culmore Regatta Committee please take note:

The hut may be burned down but in this the 214th? year the Culmore Regatta will go on. Here’s the schedule. Please come along and join in, everyone welcome:

Thursday 23rd August 7.00 pm Junior Helm (Juniors should be under 18 in any sailing boat single handed, or double crew or triple crew) Course laid on the night by the OD. RYA PY applies.

Friday 7.00pm Lough Foyle Punts. Unique and amazing. See these traditional boats put through their paces by some of Lough Foyle’s most expert sailors. LFYC Honourary members will be on hand to keep order!

Saturday

11.00 Dinghy racing: Two races. RYA PY applies.

2.00pm Lough Foyle Punts: Two races.

5.00pm Rowing races in Lough Foyle Punts.

6.00pm Presentations.

See you in Culmore this weekend.

Danny McDonald from Moville Boat Club extends this invitation to sail in the Regatta this saturday (race starts at 12):

Hi Anton

I take this opportunity to invite you and all your sailors to the Moville Regatta taking place this Saturday 4th August to Monday 6th August 2012. (if you can please pass this email on to your members)

Saturday’s Race Programme starts with the dinghies at 12.00 sharp and the second dinghly race directly after. The presentation for these races will be on Saturday evening (time / venue tbc)

If any of your dinghy sailors are interested in going on the cruiser race at 1430hrs on Saturday please forward me their details as we are always short of crew for this race.

Thanks

I plan to head to Moville leaving Culmore at about 10. There will be us, the boats from Moville plus I believe a number of boats from Coleraine are going to be there also so it should be a good race. It would be great to see a big LFYC turnout.

This was the scene from last year:

A great day out with all ten Clipper skippers and many crews arriving at Culmore point and over 100 members of general public. The bookie did well. We were pleased to see Sir Robin Knox Johnson who went out for spin in James Hockley’s Punt and was a great company on shore. The results were calculated over two races:

1st Edinburgh Inspiring Capital with Danny Gallagher

2nd Singapore with Danny McDonald

3rd Australia Gold Coast with James Hockley

A number of LFYC sailors attended Seafest Regatta in Rathmullen last weekend. Racing on Saturady was cancelled due to very heavy winds. There was a good turn out on Sunday with two dinghy fleets sailing. There was a PICO fleet (16 boats) and a Larger Dinghy fleet (5 boats, Gp14, 2 laser Bahia’s, a laser vago and a Laser). Two races were held in medium winds (f3/f4) and strong tides leading to a bumpy ride.

James L and James H were sailing a GP14 and won both races in the larger Dinghy Class, coming  first overall.

Jack H was sailing a PICO and came 5th and 2nd coming in third overall in the PICO Class.

Congratulations lads!

Jack H, James H, James L at Rathmullen Seafest

A good turn out of boats with 16 PICos and 5 larger Dinghys

As usual in Rathmullen the hospitality and the food was excellent. Seafest got a great overall turnout with chances to go surfingm, canoeing and taster sailing sessions. A great weekend despite the weather on the Saturday.

The LFYC Dinghy Regatta is on this saturday at 11.00am.

The event is open to all and it would be great to see a big turnout.

The Dinghy Regatta is sailed for a seperate Cup outside the normal LFYC club series. The cup is now fairely old (unknown) with a fine list of former winners. Come along and have a go at adding your name to the list.