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Wayfarer Class AGM Wed 22nd Nov 17 at EDYC
The Wayfarer Class AGM, which usually precedes the main club AGM was held on Wed 22nd Nov 17 in the clubhouse at 19:00 hrs, commencing with refreshments and business at 19:30, lead and chaired by the class captain, Robin. W Captain’s Report Normal AGM business was attended to with a captain’s report on the year […]
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EDYC successful RYA Level II Powerboat Course Oct 17
EDYC ran an RYA Level II Powerboat Course on the Saturday and Sunday of 14th and 15th Oct 17 with all six candidates successful. Report Weather on Saturday was calm and allowed the course to introduce the high speed boat handling skills and to start the close manoeuvring work. It also permitted a short cruise […]
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EDYC Peel Race report 16 Sep 2017
Having done a swap of the date of the Ardglass Race with the Peel race due to the clash with the TT motorbike event – the Peel race was late in the season on 16 Sept 17. It had some ten entrant boats. The race started within the lough (the EDYC normal committee vessel, Holm […]
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Sun 27 Aug 2017 Strangford Lough Racing Cruiser Association SLRCA at EDYC
Strangford Lough Racing Cruiser Association 2017 SLRCA – Round the Lough Series Race – Sun 27 Aug at EDYC, Holm Bay start, – Start sequence 5,4,1,0 – First start 13:00 This will be a round the cans course with a target time of 2hrs 30 mins. The association web site has the background information – […]
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after the EDYC REGATTA SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017
after the EDYC REGATTA SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017 Results are available under the results section of this site (also Strangfordloughregattas.co.uk) and a photo gallery has also been created. Some 80 people attended the barbecue and enjoyed the rest of the evening and night with the resident DJ Andrew. ( a gallery of around 70 pictures taken of […]
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Magdaleyne gets fantastic results at West Highland Week 2017.
Magdaleyne gets fantastic results at West Highland Week 2017. 28th July to 4th August 2017 – Class 5 – 15 competing boats http://whyw.co.uk/points-series-2017/ They have cleaned up – 8 races – 6 firsts and 2 seconds, winning class 5 easily. Congratulations to the helm and crew. Including Andrew Hanna who leaked this information to his […]
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EDYC members boats gain good results in early July 17
Those of you not reading the Down Recorder or the strangfordloughregattas web site may have not seen the good results obtained by club boats – Narrows Series IRC2: 1st Mipaal – Stephen Lynn (with three wins); 2nd Alcyone Peter Thompson NHC1: 1st Stardust – Grant McCullough/David Maxwell; NHCRS2: 2nd Seaborne – Robert Dow; 3rd Kestral […]
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Wayfarers “Three Meals, Three Islands Challenge”. Saturday 19th August.
Wayfarers “Three Meals, Three Islands Challenge”. Hi everyone, A challenge has been suggested by one of our Wayfarers and I liked the sound of it so much that it will go ahead on Saturday 19th August. The challenge will be to make three meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner on three different islands around Strangford Lough over the course […]
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Ladies Sailing and Powerboating at East Down Yacht Club EDYC enters a new phase.
Promoted as Divas in Fevas and run as a set of 3 women only training sessions at EDYC, led by a female Senior Instructor running over the three Sundays – 21st May, 28th May and 11th of June from 11am to 4:30pm. The course used dinghys and RIBs teaching participants how to sail or improve […]
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EDYC Offshore Races the Race to Peel and the Race to Ardglass 2017
We are publishing today 30/4/17 changed dates for the two EDYC offshore races Sat 3rd June — Ardglass Race HW Belfast 07:03 BST Sat 16th September — Peel Race HW Belfast 08:33 BST The Peel and Ardglass race dates have been arranged to fit within the other Strangford Lough events and to have outgoing tides […]
