Photo: Tony Freeth Race 7 Wed 13 June 2018 A good start and close rounding at the windward mark in tonight’s race. Three and a half minutes separating first from last on a 90 minute race. Getting tighter! And to top it all off Bangers and Mash! Thanks to Mandy […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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Race 6 Wed 6 June 2018 A great turn out of 8 boats started and finished this evening’s Wednesday series Race 6. A longer windward leeward course to give the bigger boats a chance to fly their kites. A long haul to the windward mark and a fast run back […]
The Year Books are available to collect from either the Bar Staff during opening hours OR Kristina Fullerton on a Wednesday between 09.30 and 14:30.
Dear Members. The link below will take you to the ‘Notice to Mariners’ page of the Port of Tyne’s website. There are some important notices regarding the area around the City Marina, Newcastle. https://www.portoftyne.co.uk/marine-information/navigational-information/notices-to-mariners Fair winds Tony Falloon Commodore RNYC
Totally dependent on weather – ‘whether’ the winds are from the west and ‘whether’ there is a nice big high over us. A decision will be made towards the end of the week commencing 4th June. Set off any time on the 9th June from RNYC. If you are racing […]
Race 3 Wed 16 May 2018 A fine evening sail, sunny, lumpy, shifty, short course kept the crews working hard at least they didn’t get cold. All followed by great food and craic in the bar afterwards. Yacht Position Harriet Express 1 Fagins Express 2 Extremely Forbidden 3 Vanouki 4 […]
A lovely day out , Alan Bennet may well say this about this coming Sunday’s race. It’s going to be right good affair, a fair southerly breeze will take you up to the Coquet Island where you will turn around it and come all the way back. I don’t know […]
Race 1 Wed 2 May 2018 A great start to the season – the first Wednesday evening race was held in strong westerly winds with northerly squalls. Boats lying sideways on, rounding up, kites flying like pennants and parking up, all manner of wind tonight. Still it shook the cobwebs, […]
The first of the major weekend races is this Sunday 14.00hrs. Your race officers will be Peter and Brian Lowrie who will send you off around the Newbiggin Buoy, a bright yellow floaty thing not far from the couple holding hands on the giant goal post just off Newbiggin. The […]
Well it’s that time of year again although it doesn’t feel like it – the beginning of the season’s events. Wednesday evening racing starts this coming Wednesday 2nd May 19.00hrs. The first major Sunday race is the 6th May, those very fine fellows from Albany, Peter and Brian Lowrie will […]