Prizegiving in our bar and restaurant after each evening’s racing is well attended and great fun! The Royal Lymington Yacht Club extends a warm welcome to owners and crews of competing yachts and invites them to become temporary members for each Thursday Night race event.
For 2023 all yachts that are not racing in IRC or one-design classes i.e. those cruiser racers competing in the adjusted handicap classes will need to have a YTC handicap.
Commencing with the Spring Series on Sunday 2nd April and applying equally to the TEK series, there will continue to be a “Lymington Adjusted” handicap, last year called NHC. However, for 2023 YTC ratings will be the standard base rating for each boat from the start. Anyone sailing in this class must please obtain a YTC rating for their boat, before racing. The YTC application is simply achieved by online application and all the measured data required should be easily available without the need for measurement. Please obtain your YTC rating as soon as possible. To help you, there are two tools to guide you through the application process. Please download them below:
YTC APPLICATION HOW TO YTC SAIL AREA CALCULATION
Spinnaker / White Sail ratings in IRC & YTC
Competitors can elect to use a different rating in the TEK Early or Late Series and separately the Spring Series. However, it should be noted that choosing the “white sail” rating could result in your boat dropping from IRC1 to IRC2 or YTC1 to YTC3.
In addition to the Official Notice Board, the Organising Authority may send messages to competitors and support persons via the Event Messaging System, Telegram. Telegram is similar to WhatsApp but has better privacy (phone numbers are not public), does not limit groups to 150 people and allows new arrivals to see existing messages. Please download Telegram for your Smart Phone and/or Laptop prior to the event from the links on https://telegram.org Then join the groups for the Thursday Evening Keelboats Series below by following the links: Broadcast: Messages from the Organising Authority and Race Committee:
Join Here
Queries: Questions to the Organising Authority or Race Committee:
Bar & Restaurant Orders: Preorder your drinks at the bar for after racing.
Join Here Race Team: Sailing Event Team Chat Join Here
The speed of answers may vary and may be sent via the broadcast group. Please use this facility as sparingly as possible and certainly not for chat or it will lose its effectiveness.
Thursday Evening Keelboat Race Series
inc Safety Regulations, Entry Form and Amendment 1
Amendment 1 to the Notice of Race
Thursday Evening Keelboat Late Late Series
Updated as of 11th August 2023
The protest hearing requested by Jin Tonic: 25th May - Case 01
The allegations of misconduct: 25th May - Case 02
TEK Late Late Series Entry List
Sign Up or See the Roster
TEK Mark Layers Briefing Video
Updated: 19th April 2023
Once completed this document must be submitted to the Race Office.
2023 Inshore Racing Marks Chart
2023 West Solent Racing Marks Chart
2023 West Solent Racing Marks List
2023 SCRA List (including Christchurch Bay)
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We welcome new members throughout the year!