Most of our sailing is racing, in various forms, with class-racing, pursuit racing and handicaps on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoons and Bank Holiday Mondays. Race results are published online.
We also enjoy social sails to a riverside pub on occasional Thursdays or Fridays during the summer, weather permitting.
What we sail
Dinghy classes sailed at Minima are the two-handed Enterprise and Merlin Rocket and single-handed Laser and Solo, with other boats sailing in a small Handicap fleet.
The club owns a training fleet which can be used by members to enter club races, subject to being safe and competent to do so (and this is free in the first year of membership!). These include:
- Topaz Argo (helm plus 1 or 2 crew) x 2
- Laser/Laser Radial x 2
- Topper x 2
- Laser Pico (single or with 1 crew) x 2
- Enterprise (double handed) x 2
- Solo
Club Racing 2024
Full members of Minima Yacht Club are eligible to enter Club Racing. Please read the Notice of Race and complete the entry form below.
Sailing documents
Download important sailing documents here. Please note that during the COVID-19 pandemic the Standard Operating Procedures – COVID-19 take precedence over other documents.
Our race officer and bosun duties are managed within the Members’ Portal, which is also where you renew your membership. As a member, you should already have your password, but if you have trouble logging in please contact sailingsec@minimayc.co.uk or membership@minimayc.co.uk.
You can manage your duties on your phone, tablet or computer. You will need to log in (for convenience you can save your password in your google or iphone password manager).
To run club sailing, we need the race officer and bosun duties allocated in advance of the events. To achieve this members need to engage with the duty system in good time to volunteer and take responsibility for doing their duty – or – for finding someone else and swapping with them.
Finding your way around the Volunteering menu in the Members’ Portal
From the Portal page, click Volunteering. This is where sailing duties are managed.
- Duty Roster shows all duty allocations, i.e. who is on and doing what.
- My Duties only lists your allocated duties. For these, you will also receive automatically generated notifications and reminders by email. Reminders are set for 21 days and 7 days before each duty event.
- Duty Swaps is where you can request and manage swaps with another person. Here you can alternatively Transfer your duty to another person (after agreeing with them first!)
If you lose your way in the menu, click the green “Volunteering” button, or alternatively return to the “Portal” page, click “Volunteering” and go from there.
How to manage your sailing duties within the Members’ Portal
For more guidance on managing your duties, from the Portal page, click here: How To Manage Your Duties Here you will find help with specific tasks:
