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  Family Weekend! 27-28th July

  Come along to our family weekend on Saturday and Sunday 27-28th July. Camping will be available on the Friday and Saturday nights. This is a great social weekend to enjoy a relaxing side of the club with fellow club members. Plenty of fun for all the family to enjoy! The on water activities will be group fun and will be in mixed age and ability groups. These will be led by instructors and

  Published 08:38 on 13 Jul 2024

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  Bart's Bash Sunday 15th September

  We will once again be supporting Bart's Bash on Sunday 15th of September. Last year there were 710 dinghies entered in the UK races and Ripon Boats achieved results from 225 to 580. Money donated directly or on the day will be passed on to the Andrew Simpson Foundation and will go towards helping many young people get afloat and enjoy sailing all around the UK. If you want to find out more, log

  Published 14:19 on 9 Jul 2024

• Fleet Trophies Day - 7th July

  Sunday 7th July is our Fleet Trophies day. There will be trophies for the following classes: Laser/ILCA, Streaker, Mirror, Solo, Enterprise, Topper, Supernova and the All Comer's Trophy for anyone else. There is a minumum of three boats required per class to qualify for a trophy race. Lower numbers than this will be included in the All Comers Fleet. For more details see here . This is a great one-day event and we look

  Published 12:56 on 18 Jun 2024

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  COMMODORE'S WEEKEND AND PRIZE-GIVING Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June 2024

  With less than two weeks to go until Commodore's Weekend I felt it was time to let the members know exactly what to expect from the weekend. Camping will be available on the field from the Friday night throughout the weekend, subject to weather - we are due a high this weekend which will hopefully dry the field out. Please check the website for updates. Commodore's weekend kicks off at 10.30 on the

  Published 08:13 on 29 May 2024

• Race Officer and other Duties - Please sign up!

  We have quite a few weekends and Wednesday evenings coming up with a number of vacancies for various duties. If you have not yet signed up for a duty, please do so as otherwise it will be very difficult to run the racing programme. Very often, committee members and others have to step in at short notice and forgo their racing to allow others to sail. I will again repeat my offer to help

  Published 17:45 on 29 Apr 2024

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  Youth & Junior Open Meeting

  The club is looking forward to hosting the next round in the regional youth traveller series on Saturday 27 April. There is already a strong entry from #teamripon who are looking to build on their successful start to the series last weekend at West Riding where they placed 2 in the top 3 and a 2nd in the Regatta division as well as some good early season showings from some of the other members

  Published 07:28 on 23 Apr 2024

• St.Georges Day Regatta and Methuselah Events

  Just a reminder that the next two Sundays are One-day events, so if you haven't got your boat out yet, now's your chance to dust off the cobwebs and get sailing without having to complete a long series. This Sunday, 21st April, is our St.George's Day regatta which will be split into Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets. This format is proving very popular as it means you can race against sailors of a

  Published 07:34 on 17 Apr 2024

• Streaker Open, Champion of Champions Trophy and Revised Morning Race Start times

  Just a reminder that our Streaker Open is this Saturday, 6th April and we are expecting good support from home boats! Our Champion of Champions Trophy for those qualifying in 2023 will be held on Sunday 14th April. A list of those eligible in either the senior or junior category can be found here . For those not in this category, you can sail in the accompanying 'Others' series which will have a

  Published 10:59 on 2 Apr 2024

• Easter Egg Gold/Silver/Bronze Regatta Sunday 31st March

  We will be following the success of last year's Easter Egg Regatta with the same event this coming Sunday, 31st March. Depending on numbers there may be a single or split fleet start, but results will be split into Gold/Silver/Bronze at the RO's discretion. Chocolate prizes will be given out on the day, so come and join the fun! First race will be at 11.00 with races 2&3 after lunch and not before 13.00 hrs.

  Published 14:14 on 26 Mar 2024

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  Sprint Racing - Good Friday, 29th March

  Last chance to have a play with the sprint race format in experimental form to see if we will take it into the main club racing calendar. Come along and enjoy fast, short races, practice your starts and beats, imrove your tactical thinking and tell us if you like it! Also, if you would like a short session in the Race Hut, or on the safety boat to familiarise yourself without committing to a whole

  Published 09:52 on 24 Mar 2024

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  Racing Rules Review with Fish & Chip Supper Saturday 16th March

  On Saturday 16th March, we will be holding our review of the Racing Rules from 17.00 to approximately 20.00 hours. The presentation will be hosted by Oscar Shilling from the RYA. The session will cover the basic rules you need to know when going racing as well as being open to discussion of various scenarios and questions you may have. We hope this will be an informative evening, whether you are new to racing, or

  Published 19:23 on 6 Mar 2024

• Latest news - More sprint racing, RO training and we want your trophies back!

  The next sprint race trial will be on Sunday 10th March. Please be rigged and ready to start at 10.30a.m. We will run a number of races to finish around 12.30. This will give time to pack up and get changed, have lunch and then move on to RO training in the afternoon, commencing at 1.30pm. The RO training is aimed at those unfamiliar with running races as well as those who have

  Published 19:15 on 1 Mar 2024