Commodore Cruise Sat 16 Aug 25

Posted on August 8, 2025

Commodore Cruise Schedule:09:00 AM – 12:30 PM:Duffin Cup Race• Categories: Wayfair and Dinghy 1• Description: Kick off the day with an exciting race in our Wayfair and Dinghy 1 categories.Participants will compete for the prestigious Duffin Cup. 11:00 AM (Sharp😅) – 12:30 PM:Leisure 17 Rally• Description: Join us for the Leisure 17 rally where members […]

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EDYC Regatta Sat 2 Aug 25

Posted on July 28, 2025

Our clubs major sailing event is now over and results and a small gallery of photos of prizewinners is available. This link takes viewers to the top of galleries. The results are available on the hal web site – this link for results Further SIs (version 2) are available link Having trouble with the above […]

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KYC Regatta 26July25

Posted on July 26, 2025

KYC Killyleagh Yacht Club held its regatta on Sat 26July25 on a cloudy day with a moderate westerly breeze which held for the afternoon. The regatta details are hosted on the Strangford Lough Regattas web site – available with this link. Yachts were sent on various courses using the regular lough racing marks and some […]

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Strangford Lough Youth Series 2025 – pointed to by EDYC

Posted on July 24, 2025

Strangford Lough Youth Series has been running for several years and has the cooperation of a number of clubs. EDYC like the other clubs hosts a youth race (Sunday 3rd August) the day after our regatta of 2nd Aug and the details, SIs etc are held centrally – thus we are pointing at the central […]

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Navigation Marks July 25

Posted on July 22, 2025

This post was first titled – There be Dragons July25 – this title concealed the detail of new marks contained towards the end of this post – It was re-titled in Feb26 hopefully revealing its important content – New Marks. “Where there be dragons” is a phrase historically used on maps to indicate unexplored or […]

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Local Yacht grounds on a Strangford bank / pladdy

Posted on July 10, 2025

This report concentrates on the detail of a local yacht grounding on a Strangford pladdy. It gives much of the detail. A pladdy is a shingle or sand bank often covering with high water. Grounding 02 July 25 close to Limestone Rock A cruiser style yacht with 3ft draft grounded during Wednesday night racing. This […]

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CANCELLED – Race Details for Peel Race and Cruise with Company Sat 5th July 2025

Posted on June 26, 2025

The (Peel Race) Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions are available from the downloads section as a PDF. This year’s race to Peel IoM has been cancelled on the morning – entrants advised. Wind conditions for race and return passage were a main influencing factor. This event the Peel Race is sometimes known as […]

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Regatta season has started on Strangford Lough June 2025

Posted on June 22, 2025

The regatta season has started on Strangford Lough. This series of sailing events has a long history and an established pattern of activity. The best source of information is a WEB site dedicated to providing information on the lough events. https://strangfordloughregattas.co.uk That site is essential viewing to anyone with any interest in the summer sailing […]

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Posters re EDYC ongoing, 24 June 25

Posted on June 21, 2025

EDYC NEWSLETTER 2nd Edition vr5 available – link below http://edyc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EDYC-NEWSLETTER-2nd-Edition-vr5.pdf

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Report on Leisure 17 Big Weekend 3rd and 4th of May 2025 at EDYC

Posted on May 22, 2025

Event Report In pursuit of Sailing, fun and the ‘Leisure 17 Class – Two Day Cup’; by all accounts the Leisure 17 BIG WEEKEND 2025 was a great success. The event over 2 days, saw a variety of conditions, testing all of the competitors. With 15 boats registered for the L17 BIG WEEKEND, the buzz […]

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