Racing

With the club

Key race participation takes place on the YachtsandYachting.com Racing Series.

• 2024 Sunsail Final – 29 & 30 March 25 (Skipper David Miller/Scott Broughton – Winners!)

Sunsail series Provisional dates for 2025 are:

• Round 1 – 15th & 16th March (Skipper Duncan Milne/Scott Broughton – 3rd)
• Round 2 – 12th & 13th April (Skipper Paul Franek/David Miller – 1st)
• Round 3 – Cancelled
• Round 4 – 12th & 13th July (Skipper Celia Robinson) – 1st
• Round 5 – Cancelled
• Round 6 – 11th & 12th October (Skipper Scott Broughton)
• Final – 25th & 26th October (David Miller)

Without the club

With no previous experience

A number of sailing companies sell individual crew places onto their boats entered into various racing events. Some of these companies may prefer you to have done at least some basic sailing before – it’s worth speaking to them to find out what experience they like you to have before signing up.

. Sailing Logic http://www.sailinglogic.co.uk
. Cowes Race School http://www.cowesraceschool.com
. Fast Tack Sailing https://www.hamble.co.uk/fast-track-yachtmaster-professional-sail-training-course

With previous experience

Once you have mastered the basics of sailing and perhaps got a bit more race experience it’s possible to use some of the crew wanted/available sites mentioned above designed for racing crews and can also use race/series specific websites as these often have crew registers on as well – examples of some events on the solent which run crew registers are:

. Hamble Winter Series (Oct – Nov)
. Warsash Spring Series (Mar – Apr)
. Round the Island Race
. Cowes Week
. Dartmouth Yacht week

Again, just be honest and talk about your willingness to learn – we know a number of people who have got into yacht racing this way on minimum experience (Couple of courses and/or Deloitte sailing events) – don’t expect to go in and immediately get to do positions like bow or main trim – most owners will try you out for a few races to check you are reliable, fit in with the crew and are as keen as advertised to learn!