Sailing
Portishead Yacht & Sailing Club (PYSC) will be the Organising Authority for racing from Sugarloaf Beach during the sailing season. Please see the Notice of Race below. This page shows the sailing program from today onwards. The time is the start of the race and you should be on the water before the preparatory signal.
The rescue boats will be on the water from the race start time to approximately High water if you would like to go cruising, please check the exact time with the OOD.
If you would like an electronic version of this programme, click here.
There is also a Google Sheets version.
Open Events are open to any one who can sail from other clubs.
Cruising These are where we don't go racing but have a lesiurely sail around the estuary.
Club Training These events are for club members to improve their sailing skills, come a long if you want to learn or feel you can help less experienced members.
| Date | Event | Type | High Tide | OOD | Rescue Helm | Rescue Crew | Galley |
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| Sat 04/07/26 09:00 | Summer Series(5) | GH | 10:43/11.6m | Robin Schaefer | Stephen Holmes | Katherine Pugh | Volunteer |
| Sun 05/07/26 09:30 | Summer Series(6) | GH | 11:17/11.6m | Steve Pascoe | Stephen Holmes | Jeremy Hodgson | Taylor Pascoe |
| Sat 11/07/26 15:00 | Cruise to Shirehampton BBQ | CU | 17:06/10.9m | Volunteer | Steve Hunt | Russell Bryant, Anne Shopland | |
| Sun 12/07/26 16:30 | SOLO Regatta(1) | CR | 18:16/11.6m | Colin Jarvis | Paul Coakley | Derek Jarvis | Volunteer |
| Wed 15/07/26 19:00 | Evening series(5) | CR | 21:09/1.4m | Mike Chorlton | Bruce Lee | Andy Howse | Volunteer |
| Sat 18/07/26 09:00 | Summer Series(7,8) | GH | 11:00/13m | Jon Gill | Lee Fedder | Alan Brownlie | Rhona Brownlie |
| Sun 19/07/26 09:30 | Summer Series(9,10) | GH | 11:39/12.6m | Chris Gill | Steve Hunt | Peter Hosking | Rhona Brownlie |
| Sat 25/07/26 15:00 | Pill Trophy | SS | 16:55/10m | Chris Thorne | Paul Coakley, Steven Lewis | James Clements, Harriet Lewis | Volunteer |
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Assistant to OOD: Jonathan Williams
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| Sun 26/07/26 16:30 | Summer Series(11) | GH | 17:57/10.6m | Mike Chorlton | Michael Goldsmith | Christopher Robinson | Volunteer |
| Tue 28/07/26 19:00 | Training / Free Sailing(3) | TR | 19:35/11.8m | Jonathan Cooper | David Pugh | Katherine Pugh | Volunteer |
| Thu 30/07/26 19:00 | Evening series(6) | CR | 20:57/12.3m | Mike Chorlton | David Pugh | Katherine Pugh | Volunteer |
| Sat 01/08/26 09:00 | Eric Gadd Trophy(1) | GH | 09:54/12.1m | Mike Chorlton | Tony Barnes | Steve Hunt | Volunteer |
| Sun 02/08/26 09:00 | Skool Series(1) | AL | 10:27/12.1m | Mike Chorlton | Steve Pascoe | Jeremy Hodgson | Volunteer |
| Sat 08/08/26 13:30 | Eric Gadd Trophy(2,3) | GH | 15:15/10m | Robin Schaefer | James Dobbin | Jon Gill | Volunteer |
| Sun 09/08/26 15:00 | Skool Series(2,3) | AL | 16:54/10.4m | Stephen Gill | Rob Dutson | Chris Gill | Margaret Gill |
| Wed 12/08/26 19:00 | Training / Free Sailing(4) | TR | 20:01/13.2m | Jonathan Cooper | Rob Dutson | David Passmore | Volunteer |
| Thu 13/08/26 19:00 | Evening series(7) | CR | 20:48/13.8m | Chris Romans | Brenda Romans | Tim Soanes | Volunteer |
| Sat 15/08/26 09:00 | Eric Gadd Trophy(4) | GH | 09:57/13.6m | Christine Willcocks | James Willcocks | Anthony Willcocks | Volunteer |
| Sun 16/08/26 09:00 | Skool Series(4) | AL | 10:35/13.3m | Tony March | Steve Pascoe | Jeremy Hodgson | Volunteer |
| Sat 22/08/26 13:30 | Eric Gadd Trophy(5,6) | GH | 14:40/9.1m | David Pugh | Robin Schaefer | Dave Herbert | Volunteer |