Guernsey Yacht Club

Many thanks to Fast Craft Marine Services Ltd for sponsoring us by supplying and installing this solar panel to SAFETY ONE, our lead rescue boat. ⚡
This will ensure our RIB battery is topped up and ready for action every time our team of volunteer safety boaters take to the water. ⚓🛟🌊

Chris Morris Memorial Race — Saturday 5 September

⛵ Race starts 11:00
The Chris Morris is a great event which lends itself to a beer afterwards.
So this year we're going to complement it with a BBQ and live music.
So whether you're sailing or not, it will be a good event.
🎵 Music from 15:00
🍔 BBQ from 17:00
🎟️ £20 adults · £10 under-16s members and guests all welcome
Booking is essential and places are limited, so please don't leave it to the day.
👉 Book here: https://bbqbooking.netlify.app/

🏁 IsleGP — Saturday 12 September
The IsleGP is back for its second running, sailed in the IsleMaritime Colgate 26s.

Last time it was a huge success and sold out well in advance, so don't delay in signing up your team.
The Notice of Race and entry forms are on the website.

We already have two Jersey teams, so the trophy could go to the other island.

Once the racing's done, there's a BBQ on the terrace open to everyone — sailing or not — with live music into the evening (Dan Loller). Come down and join us.
🍔 BBQ RSVP:
https://bbqbooking.netlify.app/
📄 Notice of Race & entry:
https://www.gyc.org.gg/racing/
🎥 Footage from last year: https://youtu.be/Oz9Gtto_oT0?feature=shared
We also need volunteers to keep the day running smoothly — race committee, laying marks, all help welcome. Get in touch if you can lend a hand.
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2026 IsleSail challenge Drone footage by Fred Wynne Photography and Drone

Lovely shot - thanks Alderney Sailing Club for your hospitality 🤩⛵

A very warm welcome was extended to the first crew members of the Guernsey Yacht Club’s race to Alderney by Alderney Sailing Club’s Commodore Ellis Downes

… and all are very much looking forward to tonight’s torchlight procession and fireworks finale before Sunday morning’s return race to Guernsey

The Clubhouse Project — This is a once in a generation opportunity to make our Club fully accessible and at the same time deliver modern changing facilities for the sailors, who will be the future of our sport.

On Wednesday 12 August at 18:30, the members will vote on the future of this project.

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our Cornerstone and 47 Supporting Donors, £365,000 has already been pledged — 60% of what's needed to deliver the project in full.

That's a remarkable place to be and with the support of the remainder of the Club, I am certain that we will be able to deliver a great result.

So: please vote. In person, or by proxy if you can't be there. And please pledge what you are able. Syndicated pledges of £5,000 and above are welcome. Donations under that amount will be taken once we have reached our commitment targets to ensure it's financially feasible.

If the Club has meant something to you over the years, this is the moment it needs you.

📩 [email protected]
🔗 Full details, plans and proxy form: https://mailchi.mp/gyc.org.gg/fundraising-10148360
📍 Castle Emplacement, St Peter Port
🗓 EGM — Wednesday 12 August, 18:30 ⛵

Sun Yachts Cannon Trophy — Round Jethou

A gentle 4–6 knots greeted competitors on Sunday morning for the Sun Yachts Cannon Trophy, the Club's annual dash around Jethou. The forecast was enough to deter the yacht fleet but five dinghies took their chances, and were rewarded with one of the more tactical races of the season.

With so little breeze, the tide did the deciding.
On the return leg, Adam Knight's RS 100 had that bit more sail area to lean on, and used it to climb out of the tide and stretch away for the win. Back-to-back Cannon Trophies for the RS 100. Dave Aslett and Jose Guerrero took second in the 2000, with Emma Warner third in her RS Aero 5. Matt Holland (Out of the Bordeaux Blue) and Robin Bailey (Turbo Tastic) completed the fleet in their Aero 7s, fourth and fifth.

Our thanks go to Sun Yachts Limited , who not only sponsored the trophy but ably crewed and ran the racing on the water.
https://www.sailwave.com/results/2026SunYachtsCannonTropthy.htm

🥂 Supporters Drinks Evening — Tomorrow, 22 July, 19:30

Take note if you've helped, or think you can help! We've reached £325,000 out of the 605,000 which is an incredible commitment from the 38 members who have been in touch so far.

The Clubhouse redevelopment is within our grasp and we want to share it with you first-hand.

Join us at the Clubhouse for an update on where the project stands, a look at the plans, and a chance to ask the Committee your questions.

Cocktails from Channel Islands Liquor Co. on the night — including a house-spiced Dark & Stormy and an Elderflower Tom Collins. 🍸
📍 GYC Clubhouse
🕖 19:30

This Sunday saw the first of the Rock Commercial weekend series. A great turnout and our thanks to a great sponsor.

https://www.sailwave.com/results/2026RockCommercialDinghyLateSeries.htm

📌 THE CLUBHOUSE REDEVELOPMENT — OUR VISION
We enjoy facilities built for us over the years by Committees with a great vision of what the Club can achieve. We are at a point where we believe further investment is needed to remain relevant to the future of our sport.
We've embarked on an ambitious renovation of the Clubhouse, and two things sit at its heart:
⛵ Changing facilities fit for the next generation of sailors — our juniors, our racers, and everyone coming in off the water.
♿ Wheelchair access and facilities, so that every member can use every part of their Club. Not some of it. All of it.
This is a community club, and it will be built the way a community club should be; through the generosity of our members and the friends of this Club.

We've put the full picture online: the fundraising plan and the architectural visuals of what the Clubhouse can become. Please give it a read.
👉 https://mailchi.mp/gyc/accessibility

If you think that you can help then get in touch with me on [email protected]

☀️ DFM Regatta — Day Two Update ⛵
Light airs greeted the fleet this morning, and the race team earned their keep! Race one saw not one but two general recalls, before the black flag came out to settle everyone down. 🏴

Race two is underway and the discard is already locked in.