As we anticipate that the applications for moorings could be oversubscribed in the coming year we need to know as early as possible the moorings requirements. As well as being sent out with the Annual Mailing , the Application for Moorings form can be downloaded and completed now. The hard […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
82 posts
Don’t miss this evening of nautical heritage! Boat builder Fred Crowell has spent a lifetime building and repairing traditional craft. In recent years, working from his boatyard at Wapping Street, South Shields – the last of it’s kind on the North East coast – Fred has worked on the Seaham […]
The RNYC 2017 wall planner is published! Collect a copy from the club ship or download a PDF version here: RNYC 2017 wall planner
Race 3 Sunday 20th November Race officer: A great day for a sail – steady breeze, bit of a swell, good visibility, rain held off and not too cold. Five boats entered but a few mishaps along the way – minor mutiny, lost winch handle, rope and fender caught round […]
Race 4 Sunday 4th December Race officer: A great day’s sailing. Light, challenging winds, strong northerly tide making tactics and lay lines the order of the day over speed. Yacht Sail Num WS TCF Elapsed Average lap Seconds Corrected (sec) Position Auf Wiedersehen Pet 567.01 1 Starlight Express 588.93 2 […]
Club member Peter Evans along with Jack Featherstone, Grandson of Jon and Moira Miller, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph, Ridley Park Blyth on Remembrance Day on behalf of the members of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club Photo: Peter Fairbairn
Join us for an evening of high-latitude adventure! Mike Jaques is a racing sailor and adventurer who regularly takes part in offshore races such as the Three Peaks Yacht Race, Scottish Islands Peak Race, the Fastnet and the Round Ireland Yacht Race. In summer 2015 he and his crew (including […]
Friday 2nd December 7pm Village Hotel, Cobalt Business Park
Race 1 Sunday 23rd October Race officer: Five boats turned up for today’s racing in conditions less than perfect. Yes, five committed crews. And they should be! North easterly wind blowing 20+ with a big lumpy sea out towards the turning mark near Meggies. Return to turn around windward mark […]
Photo: courtesy of chroniclelive.co.uk A social and people’s history of the River Tyne In July 2011 Michael Chaplin, writer-in-residence for the Port of Tyne, along with artist Birtley Aris, photographer Charles Bell and poet Christy Ducker, took a 50 mile riverside walk up and down the tidal length of the […]