• Race Details for Peel Race and Cruise with Company Sat 21 May 22 – NoR and SIs

    East Down Yacht Club Peel Race & Cruise with Company Sat 21 May 22 Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions The Sailing Instructions are available in the downloads section – link for SI download The Notice of Race is available from the downloads section as a PDF. Entry form in PDF download added 11 May […]

  • EDYC Race Management docs for 2022

    Race Management documentation for 2022 season EDYC The 2022 race information is now loaded into the club web site downloads page. There are five major documents listed below. The NoR (Notice of Race) has stayed as V1. The SIs (Sailing Instructions) have moved to V2 – use of X flag rather than AP within the […]

  • Last Sunday of Icicle Dinghy Series 6 Feb 22

    The sixth and final Sunday of the Icicle Dinghy Race Series was handled in a low key manner. Racing was cancelled as the forecast had been saying winds over 20 Knots and gusting to over 40 Knots from the West. Instead we had a social gathering in the McRobert Room where we all were able […]

  • Between Storms Malik and Corrie we raced dinghies at EDYC

    Between storms Malik and Corrie we raced dinghies at EDYC – Sun 30 Jan 2022 fifth race day of the Icicle race series. In the short time interval between two named storms which were hitting the UK, our club ran some dinghy racing. To keep everyone relatively safe, the course was set in the dorn […]

  • Icicle Dinghy Series on Sun 23 Jan 22 EDYC

    LIGHT AIRS Though the forecast for our late Sunday series of the Icicle’s promised light airs (6-9Knts) with a cold snap, we went out! The hardy sailors left EDYC slip and headed for the start in Holme Bay. The first PY Fleet, ILCA 4’s, 6’s, and a 7 (Lasers), the Wayfarer, and the RS  400 […]

  • Covid Guidance Update 11 Jan 22

    It is hard to keep up with the guidance changes – so here are some notes and a reference to RYANI guidance which is our specialist source in relation to sailing. It is strongly recommended that, given the high transmission rates of the Omicron Variant, everyone attending a sporting event should take a Lateral Flow […]

  • Icicle Series Sun 9th Jan 22 report

    A posted change to the Sailing Instructions enabled us to have the opportunity of two races. Earlier we thought only one – having been caught between low water at 12:00 and sun set at 16:30 approx. The rest of the series should have two races a day – we think we have the tides. With […]

  • Icicle series SI amendment for 9 Jan 22

    Amendment no 1 to SIs Version 3 On page 1 delete the words “There will be one race scheduled for this day as sunset is at 16:19” The full table is available as PDF link here

  • Protest ! – document help as well

    Some document help in relation to race related protest management.

  • First Icicle Races Sun 2 Jan 22 EDYC

    Today Sun 2 Jan 2022 after following Gov and club guidelines that officials taking part in events take a covid lateral flow test before participating, in the interests of keeping both sailors and support teams as safe as possible. The club saw wind from the south west at 19 knots but gusting to 21 knots […]