West Highland Yachting Week

30th July to 6th August 2010

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Sailing Instructions 2010

Scintilla of the Sea

Change to Sailing Instructions – see below

Confirmation of Class Divisions – see below

The Notice of Race and Entry Form for 2010 can be downloaded from this site here in PDF format.

To download the Sailing Instructions, just click on the links below. This will open the PDF file, and you can then print it off. The text has been split into several files for ease of downloading. "Sailing Instructions" gives the basic rules applied to all races; the remaining files give the race details for each of the individual races.

Sailing Instructions

Inverkip to Ardrishaig Feeder Race

Oban to Craobh Feeder Race

Gigha to Craobh Feeder Race

Craobh to Oban Passage Race

Firth of Lorn Races

Round Lismore Race

Oban to Tobermory Passage Race

Sound of Mull Races

Tobermory to Oban Passage Race

Addendum for Firth of Lorn and Sound of Mull Races



28/07/2010 - Change to Sailing Instructions

Due to a late rush of entries in Class 3A it has been decided to change the split between classes 3A and 5 as follows:

Class 3a - CYCA handicaps below 13.30 minutes

Class 5 - CYCA handicaps 13.30 up to 15.5 minutes


23/07/2010 - Confirmation of Class Divisions

Minor changes have been made to all CYCA classes and, in accordance with SI7, class divisions are now confirmed as below. Note that Class 1a has been absorbed into Class 3a.

Class 1b - IRC handicaps 1.027 and above

Class 2 - Restricted Sail class for CYCA handicaps below 12 minutes

Class 3a - CYCA handicaps 13.75 minutes and below

Class 3b - IRC handicaps 1.026 and below

Class 4 - Restricted Sail class for CYCA handicaps 12.0 up to 13.75 minutes

Class 5 - CYCA handicaps over 13.75 up to 15.5 minutes

Class 6 - Restricted Sail class for CYCA handicaps over 13.75 up to 16.75 minutes

Class 7 - CYCA handicaps over 15.5 but below 18.75 minutes

Class 8 - CYCA handicaps 18.75 up to 28.0 minutes

Class 9 - Restricted Sail class for CYCA handicaps over 16.75 to 28.0 minutes

A fun-filled week on land and sea. Be sure to be there!

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