Sailing News- February 15th 2023

ICC Assessment – Are you planning on chartering in the Med or further afield in the future? If so, you may require an International Certificate of Competence for Operators of Pleasure Craft (ICC) card. We will be holding an assessment theory preparation session to obtain this certification at the RSGYC on Saturday 18th of February (all day) and Monday 20th Feb (1900- 2100) for the theory exam.  Please click here for more details and to register.

RSGYC Sailing Oscars taking place on Saturday March 4th at the RSGYC. This evening brings together the membership of the RSGYC in celebration of their sailing achievements and contribution to sailing in 2022. We ask you to nominate any club member that should be recognised, we appreciate people are modest but please, put in a nomination.  Please click here for more details and to make your nominations in this great celebration of our Club members sailing achievements.

Sailing Results Workshop– On Sunday 26th February, there will be a Results Workshop at the RSGYC. This workshop will demystify the area of sailing results for events and provide attendees with the skills and confidence to expertly run results for a sailing race or event. There has been good interest so far in the workshop, no prior experience is required. For more details please click here. Come on, get aboard,

Junior & Youth Summer Course dates announced. The course dates for this summer are confirmed. Please click here for more details.

Junior & Youth Training has returned for the spring, with our Optimist fleet training on weekends along with our ILCA’s (aka – Lasers). The Feva’s and 29’ers will be back soon also. If you would like more information on planned training please contact us and we will be happy to get your sailors afloat.

Schools Team Racing going from strength to strength. Schools team racing has really grown over the last few years with the RSGYC proudly facilitating local schools and sailors with training for their sailors. Training takes place on Wednesday afternoons and plans are in place for additional schools training on Thursday evenings. If your sailors school might be interested in learning more, please contact our Sailing Manager- Ronan Adams.

Our early or was it late visitor? Last week we had an unusual visitor into our waters- a big jellyfish which suprised us all. Most unusual to see them at this time of the year. We found out that it was a Barrel jellyfish; Scientific name: Rhizostoma pulmo.

Giants of the jellyfish world, these incredible creatures are the  largest jellyfish found in our waters! They can grow to the size of dustbin lids – giving them their other common name: dustbin-lid jellyfish. These large jellyfish swarm in warmer coastal waters in late spring and often wash up on our beaches in May or June, sometimes in their hundreds. Their favourite meal is plankton, which can be found in shallow waters. This is what often causes them to wash up, as they underestimate their size. They have eight frilly arms, which contain their small stinging tentacles and surround hundreds of little mouths! The sting of the barrel jellyfish is not normally harmful to humans, though if you find one on the beach it’s best not to handle it as they can still sting when dead. More information here: