Racing

Racing

PEYC organises racing for yachts & dinghies from April to December and, with ~250 races scheduled for 2010, has the most extensive race calendar on the Forth.

The Club fully supports the RYA Racing Charter and has an open policy, encouraging a wide variety of boats with handicap racing based on Portsmouth Yardstick.

Yachts in our fleet range from family cruisers to pure racing machines, from 18 to 49 feet in length, while the dinghy fleet spans Toppers to Hurricane catamarans.

PEYC runs 60% of its racing on a Rolling Handicap system that tracks boat performance and generates tight, competitive racing. Race results & performance information are in a database on the PEYC web site.

The Club’s prize allocation system ensures wide recognition and in 2009, excluding the regattas & winter series, we awarded photos of their boats to competitors.

Making much greater use of ‘Sea Witch’ for committee boat starts will be the big change for 2010, providing longer, safer start lines set at 90 deg to the wind.