Army Offshore Regatta (AOR) Success!
The Royal Artillery Yacht Club entered Bombardier III skippered by John Johnson, and a Victoria skippered by Ed Middleton into the Regatta this year.
Bombardier III under John came second in the Dolphin Trophy, despite being pitted against 2 J109’s and 2 First 40’s.
The Victoria 34 Crew under Ed walked away with a 2nd in the Inshore Series and a 1st in the Offshore.
Well done both crews for excellent achievements and for bringing home the silver.
RAYC D Day Commemoration - Ex ARRCADE OVERLORD
News from St Barbara V, Thursday 6th June:
We’ve made it to Ouistreham and have released our pigeon to mark the BR Corps (now HQ ARRC) landings on Sword Beach.
Visited Pegasus Bridge yesterday to watch the para drops and Dakotas.
Follow the commemorative events on Facebook
Picture of crew of Bombardier III and St Barbara
Fastnet Race 2019
The RAYC plan to enter two crews on matching Halberg Rasseys (HR342s) into the 2019 Rolex Fastnet. This is likely to include a number of training weekends, entering for at least four qualifying RORC races and the Fastnet event..
Anyone from the serving Regiment who is interested in either skippering or crewing should apply under Crew Required below.
RAYC Round The Island Entry - Juke Box
Juke Box, skippered by Chris Copeland, entered the Round The Island Race this year on 29th June finally finished the race at 2050 after 12 hours and 30 minutes.
Coming in 2nd J109 out of 19 (64th overall, 12 in her group, 4th in class) Chris showed great tenacity weathering through difficult conditions. The reward came at the eleventh hour with a stiff south westerly drtiving Juke Box at 5-6 knots against a flooding tide.
Overall only 230 boats finished out of 1,346 entrants.
Read Chris’s account of the race in News, below.
Tall Ships Race 2019
Outline programme:
Leg 1: 21 June – 2 July Gosport to Aalborg, Denmark
Leg 2: 2-11 July Aalborg to Fredrikstad, Norway
Leg 3: 11-21 July Fredrikstad to Bergen, Norway
Leg 4: 21 July – 1 August Bergen to Aarhus, Denmark
Leg 5: 1-10 August Aarhus – Gosport
St Barbara V is taking part. Follow progress under the Offshore tab of this website and on Facebook here
RAYC Offshore Regatta 2019
The date for the 2019 RAYC Offshore Regatta has been set for the 6th – 8th September, 2019.
It will also be the 70th anniversary of the Regatta being held at the Royal Solent Yacht Club so plans are being drawn up for an extra special celebration.
Don’t delay, start planning today.
73rd RA Keelboat Regatta
Another Successful Regatta Sponsored by THALES, held at SVYC. This year seeing the Commodore Winning the Seaview Bowl, and 47 Regiment RA winning the Commodores Trophy.
For more info follow the Link
Tall Ships 2019
St Barbara has safely made it to Aalborg in Denmark, following a cheeky gusting F8 crossing which became a steady F9. The crews have now switched over and the 2 bosuns (skipper and mate for Leg 2) have carried out a number of repairs including stripping down the steering and replacing the AIS.
They are hopefully conducting a shake out sail today (5th Jun) before race start tomorrow.
RAYC Families Course
The RAYC Families CC and DS course has concluded.
Perfect conditions a great yacht (Bombardier III) and some excellent tuition from Roger Shapland ensured we have 4 newly qualified club members.
Congratulations to all and thanks to Roger.
