Start the 2025 Racing Season with the Spring Series
The Medway Yacht Club is hosting the 2025 Spring Series, a five-race series Sundays 13, 27 April & 4, 11, 18 of May with a prize-giving after the last race.
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Eligibility & Classes
The racing is open to keel sailing boats of MYC members and non-members as bona fide guests of the club. Entrants will be able to enter using RYA Yacht Time Correction (YTC) handicaps, IRC handicaps and using Club handicaps. The Club handicaps will be allocated by the Club and adjusted based on results that are clear evidence of the speed that which boats are sailed over water. The courses will be carefully chosen to ensure, as far as possible, that no advantage or disadvantage is given to boats across the range handicaps because of the tidal streams. For more on handicaps Click here
The Class 1 warning signal will be at 09:55 for the start on the Upnor Line in front of the Medway Yacht Club.
The club house, mooring, parking and cleaning facilities etc. will be available, where possible, to entries from other clubs. Please ask the office for more details and to book what you need. – office@medwayyachtclub.com.
Entry Form for Spring Series
To enter the Spring Series please complete an entry form. The entry form is provided in MS Word so competitors can complete it electronically if they want. 2025 Spring Series Entry Form in MS Word It is also provided as a pdf so competitors can print it out, complete it and scan it to make an electronic document. 2025 Spring Series Entry Form as a pdf Click on either link and then look at your browser downloads for the entry form. Please send the completed entry form to the MYC Office, preferably as an email attachment. office@medwayyachtclub.com.
For your results to also be calculated using YTC and IRC handicaps, you will need to obtain 2025 certificates and send them to the office preferably as an attachment to an email. Click here to Obtain a YTC Handicap Click here to obtain an IRC Handicap These certificates can be sent at a later date than the entry form. office@medwayyachtclub.com.
Once an entry has been received and paid for you will be added to the Spring Series WhatsApp group. Competitors can nominate additional phone numbers to be included in the Autumn Series WhatsApp group on the entry form. You can also be included in the Spring Series WhatsApp group by emailing the Class Captain with your name and mobile number Cruiser Racing Class Captain.
Communication
The main communication for the Spring Series will be via the Spring Series WhatsApp Group to which you will be added once you have submitted an Entry Form for the Series If you would like further people to be on the WhatsApp group or taken off, please email Cruiser Racing Class Captain This WhatsApp Group should only be used for items related to the Spring Series.
All racing information throughout the year can be found on our cruiser racing page click here to visit Cruiser Racing – Medway Yacht Club.
Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions
The 2025 Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions will be available to be downloaded from here but currently show the 2024 documentation to give a guide:
– click here to download the 2024 Notice of Race
– click here to download the 2024 Sailing Instructions
– click here to download the 2024 Minimum Equipment List
Should competitors have any questions or queries after submitting their entry form and having read the NOR please contact the office – office@medwayyachtclub.com.
Results & Apres Racing
The provisional results for each race are calculated as soon as possible after the last boat finishes and broadcast to the WhatsApp group. Further discussion on the race takes place in the MYC club house after the race and the results are uploaded to the WhatsApp group. It is rumoured that a presentation or two may be made to boats or people who are new to the fleet, have assisted in the Series or who have otherwise made themselves the boat of the race.
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