• Annual General Meeting Sun 3rd Dec 17

    Posted on November 6, 2017

    2017 PRIZE  GIVING AND AGM Sunday 3rd December 2017 THE PRIZE GIVING WILL COMMENCE AT 2.30PM AND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL FOLLOW DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS AT 3.00PM SEASONAL REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE  ALL MEMBERS WELCOME  

  • The SLYC Frostie Series Results Autumn 17

    Posted on October 24, 2017

    Strangford Lough Yacht Club SLYC ran The Frostie Series this Autumn at Whiterock on Saturdays from 23 September to 21 October. The 2017 Frostie Series concluded on Saturday past at SLYC. The event consisting of up to ten races over five Saturdays. EDYC was well represented with Digit, Gale Force, Lion, Lizante and Magdaleyne, all […]

  • The EDYC newbies at the RYANI Youth Championships 2017

    Posted on October 16, 2017

    Despite challenging weather conditions at Ballyholme Yacht Club, more than 120 sailors took to the water to compete in the RYANI Youth Championships over the 23rd and 24th September 2017. Megan and Conor have been sailing for approximately 6 years but apart from Regattas have not competed at any events.  Conor has been racing on […]

  • Be aware of Cold Shock Hypothermia.

    Posted on October 1, 2017

    Now our club season of racing has finished and “Haul Out Day” has passed, the overall temperature has dropped – meaning on or near the water activity must be strongly aware of Cold Shock Hypothermia. For people not used to cold water (temperature under 15 °C), sudden water immersion is associated with two problems, either […]

  • Sat and Sun 23/24 Sept at EDYC Haulout

    Posted on September 25, 2017

    With strong wind on the Saturday (23th) and light wind on the Sunday, Saturday racing was cancelled and a group of about a dozen sea kayaks were the main traffic in the Dorn. Sunday (24th) with no wind, or light wind was a major haul out day and many co-operated in using the slip to […]

  • EDYC Peel Race report 16 Sep 2017

    Posted on September 21, 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 […]

  • Sun 27 Aug 2017 Strangford Lough Racing Cruiser Association SLRCA at EDYC

    Posted on August 22, 2017

    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 – […]

  • after the EDYC REGATTA SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017

    Posted on August 7, 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 […]

  • Magdaleyne gets fantastic results at West Highland Week 2017.

    Posted on August 5, 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 […]

  • EDYC at the 2017 Topper World Championships

    Posted on August 3, 2017

    The 2017 Topper World Championships were held at Cercle Nautique de Loctudy, Brittany, France from 22 to 28th July 2017. Three sailors from EDYC competed,Sarah Jennings, Eva Briggs and Lochlain Briggs Sarah’s Report – Last week my family and I attended the ITCA Topper World Championships in Loctudy, France.  I participated in the event representing […]