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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| Sun 30/08/26 13:00 | Cruise Down Tide(1) | CU | 16:24/1.9m | Volunteer | Paul Black | Peter Hosking, Volunteer | |
| Mon 31/08/26 09:00 | Skool Series(7) | AL | 10:02/12.6m | Stephen Holmes | Tony Barnes | Tony March | Volunteer |
| Sat 05/09/26 11:30 | Brunel Trophy(2) | PR | 13:27/10.1m | Michael Goldsmith | James Dobbin | Andy Howse | Volunteer |
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Assistant to OOD: Jonathan Williams
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| Sun 06/09/26 13:00 | Sprint Regatta(0) | AL | 15:09/9.6m | David Pugh | Martin Gibson | Jeremy Hodgson | Fiona Pugh |
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Assistant to OOD: Volunteer
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| Sat 12/09/26 12:00 | Cruise Down Tide(2) | CU | 15:39/0.4m | Stephen Brooks | Lee Fedder | Volunteer, Volunteer | |
| Sat 19/09/26 10:30 | Eric Gadd Trophy(7,8) | GH | 12:20/9.7m | David Passmore | Jon Gill | Katherine Pugh | Volunteer |
| Sun 20/09/26 11:30 | Island Race(2) | SS | 13:27/8.9m | Chris Gill | Paul Coakley, Steven Lewis | Harriet Lewis, Andy Howse | Christine Jarvis |
| Sat 03/10/26 10:30 | Wessex Series(1,2) | STYLE | 12:12/10.9m | Paul Roberts | James Willcocks | Anthony Willcocks | Volunteer |
| Sun 04/10/26 11:30 | Winter series(1,2) | CR | 13:19/9.9m | alex barry | Tony Barnes | David Westrup | Christine Jarvis |
| Sat 17/10/26 09:30 | Wessex Series(3) | STYLE | 11:12/10.4m | Tim Soanes | Robin Schaefer | Alan Brownlie | Volunteer |
| Sun 18/10/26 10:00 | Winter series(3,4) | CR | 11:49/10m | Paul Roberts | Tony Barnes | Christopher Robinson | Christine Jarvis |
| Mon 26/10/26 19:30 | PYSC AGM at The Ship, Portishead | PYSC AGM at The Ship, Portishead | |||||
| Sat 31/10/26 09:00 | Wessex Series(4) | STYLE | 10:19/11.9m | Christine Willcocks | James Willcocks | Anthony Willcocks | Volunteer |
| Sun 01/11/26 09:30 | Winter series(5,6) | CR | 11:11/11.1m | Nigel Charman | Michael Goldsmith | Jonathan Cooper | Volunteer |
| Sun 15/11/26 09:00 | Winter series(7) | CR | 09:58/11m | alex barry | Sebastien Gaud | Jason Hadlow | Volunteer |
| Sat 21/11/26 14:30 | Wessex Series(5) | STYLE | 16:21/11.4m | Christine Willcocks | James Willcocks | Anthony Willcocks | Volunteer |
| Sun 29/11/26 09:00 | Winter series(8) | CR | 10:18/12.5m | Anne Shopland | Sebastien Gaud | Jason Hadlow | Volunteer |
| Sat 19/12/26 12:30 | Wessex Series(7,8) | STYLE | 14:12/10.5m | Derek Jarvis | Colin Jarvis | Bernd Langheim | Volunteer |
| Sun 20/12/26 14:00 | Festive Race | AL | 15:28/10.9m | Andy Willcocks | Derek Jarvis | Colin Jarvis | Andrea Willcocks |
| Sat 06/02/27 19:00 | Prizegiving & Dinner Dance | Prizegiving & Dinner Dance, more details in the news section. | |||||