Plymouth Youth Sailing Club Proposed Programme 2024
(07/12/23. DRAFT ver 03)
more details will be available on the Facebook page or website and will be updated there
| 7th January – 25th March | Sunday sailing and volunteer training | General sailing sessions, young people 09:30-13:00 Volunteer training and adult sailing 13:30-16:30, subject to demand. Power boat level 2 and Safety Boat training on request. What other Training would you like? Please let us know1. |
| 12th – 16th February | Half Term Programme | General sailing on Tues 14th Wed 15th and Thurs 16th, 10:00-16:00 |
| 24th February | RYA Dinghy Show trip | Possible day trip to the New RYA Dinghy and Watersports show in Farnborough, Hampshire Details to be confirmed. Please talk to Mel. |
| Easter Hols 1st to 5th April | Easter Holidays Cobwebs week 1 | Volunteers needed to support RYA stage 1&2 courses for new members, please contact Mel General Club sailing, new skills and race training. More details to be announced soon. |
| 8th–12th April | Easter Holidays Cobwebs week 2 | Volunteers needed to support RYA stage 1&2 courses for new members, please contact Mel General Club sailing, new skills and race training. More details to be announced soon. |
| 4th to 7th April | Cadet Class Pre Worlds Event | We are hosting a pre Worlds training and regatta event over 4 days this Easter. We will need volunteers to support race management and safety . More details to follow when available. This will be a good training opportunity for those helping with the Worlds event in the summer. |
| 15th April onwards | Evening sailing begins | Monday Racing with HPSC, General sailing & training Tues, Wed, CCF Training on Thurs 17:00-20:30 Please remember to renew your membership and also confirm which evening you would like to sail/volunteer |
| 18th and 19th May TBC | Barbican Pirates Weekend | Another opportunity to recruit for the club. Volunteers and shore crew needed to support this fun event. We hope to be doing Hawk sailing tasters. Bring your own costume! |
| Saturday or Sundays in May/June Dates TBC | RYA Push the Boat Out Event Taster sessions | National sailing promotion month. The club, working with MBC are running a series of taster events to enable young people and families to try watersports. PYS is doing the sailing, and hope to recruit new members. More details to follow but volunteers needed to support a number of sailing events these weekends. |
| Whitsun 27th to 31st May | Half Term Holiday Programme | Volunteers needed to support RYA stage 1&2 courses for new members, please contact Plus 4 days of sailing, Race training and seamanship skills days for club members. |
| 1st June Start 11.30 | RNLI River Yealm Passage Race | Sail from Jennycliff bay to Newton Ferrers, then sail back in the evening, usually late! Double-handed boats only. Members need to enter themselves on the YYC web site https://yealmyachtclub.co.uk/events/ if they wish to go, before the day of the race. This is always a great event to take part in. As PYS will be running the safety as usual, we will need a strong volunteer team. Contact Adrian for Details. |
| 8th & 9th June | PPSA Regatta And PYS Summer Regatta | The PPSA regatta with a focus on Youth Sailing. This event is open to young people from other clubs as well as ours. We will combine our event with the PPSA again this year and are looking at a possible turn out of over 30 boats. Dinghies available from the club. A number of volunteers will also be required to support our young people and safety cover. This event runs at the same time as the PPSA Regatta and other possible events! |
| 15th June Entry open 1st March | Eddystone Charity pursuit event | This is a yacht pursuit event. The aim is to raise money for the club. There is a prize fund that if we sail well or raise a lot of sponsorship adds to our money raised. We are looking for people with boats to sail for us. Check the web https://www.eddystonepursuit.com/ |
| 22nd June | Armed Forces Day | Promotion day on Plymouth Hoe, to support our Veterans group. Further details will be circulated as soon as we have confirmation. |
| 23rd June TBC | Chestnut Appeal Breakwater swim | Experienced Safety Boat operators will be required to support the day |
| July TBC | Weir Quay Regatta & Camp | Sail to Wear Quey sailing club on the River Tamar, camp overnight and take part in the club Regatta. Contact Mel for more details |
| 6th July TBC | CGC Gig Rowing Champs | Experienced Safety Boat operators may be required to support the day |
| 13th to 14th July | PPSA Yacht Regatta | Experienced Mark layers and Safety Boat operators may be required to support the event. |
| 20th– 27th July | NSSA National Youth Regatta Bassenthwaite Lake Sailing Club | PYS are looking forward to taking a team to this year’s event at Bassenthwaite Lake Sailing Club in the Lake District, one of the largest inland lakes in the country. This is great event for those new to big National Regattas. Sailing is suitable for all levels, from Rookie to Squaddies. The racing runs Mon to Fri and we will all camp at a local school close by. We will support the event in whatever way the organisers request, so will need a number of volunteers. |
| 5th To 30th August | Summer Holiday Sailing including the PCC Fit and Fed programme. | We will be running a number of activity days throughout the holidays for our regular sailors We are also hoping to run a number of stage 1&2 courses for new members during the summer holidays so please keep an eye out for further details. Sail with a friend or family days are also being planned. More details when available. Contact Mel for details. |
| 27th July to 10th August | Cadet Class National and World Championships | This will be PYS’s first World Championship and we are all very excited about the event. There will be visitors from many other countries across the world, as well as a strong UK contingent. It will run over 2 weeks, with 10 days on the water and a range of social events. We need a full Race Team, Mark Layers, Safety crews and shoreside helpers. Also race office and general event support, so please let Adrian or Mel know if you are able to help |
| 9th September | Evening sailing restarts | Monday Racing, Tues, Wed, Thurs evenings, general sailing & training. |
| 14th and 15th September TBC | HPSC Regatta and Barts Bash | We will need safety boat crew to support our entry in this event |
| 28th & 29th September | NSSA Single Handed Team racing Event | NSSA Topper Team Racing Event. Teams of 3 sailors, venue Burton Sailing Club, Derbyshire. More details to follow |
| 12th & 13th October | RWYC Final Fling Dinghy Event | We will need safety boat crew to support our entry in this event. |
| 20th October TBC | Sunday sailing starts TBC | Sunday morning sailing and training begins |
| 21st – 25th October | Half term sailing | Sailing programme to be arranged. |
| 24th October | PYS winter regatta | Our Annual winter regatta. This is a one day regatta, on Saturday 28th. We will run a training day on Thursday 26th or Friday 27th |
| 22nd December | Last sail before Christmas. |