Maylandsea Bay Sailing Week

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Notice of Race

RULES

The regatta will be governed by the racing Rules of sailing and the prescriptions of the RYA, except as any of these are changed by the event Sailing Instructions.

ELIGIBILITY

The meeting is open to all dinghies and Sandhopper keelboats. All competitors and their families will be deemed to be temporary members of Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club for the duration of the event.

ENTRY

Please send your Name, Class, and Sail Number by WhatsApp to Paul Gray 07513 958291. You will then be added to a WhatsApp group which will be used for all communication during the week.

ENTRY FEE is free for members of MBSC and H(B)SC, otherwise £10 per boat.

FACILITIES, CAMPING, FOOD:

The Clubhouse is closed except for access to the toilets as per COVID-19 guidance from government and RYA. Camping is not prohibited, but as above there are no facilities except access to the toilets, so campers will need to be self-sufficient. There will be no food or drink available.

SCHEDULE

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Will be published on the MBSC website.

VENUE

Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club, The Esplanade, Maylandsea, CM3 6AL and sailed on Lawling Creek and River Blackwater, Essex

COURSES

Will be published on WhatsApp prior to the start of racing each day. No race shall be started with wind strength less than 4mph, or greater than 16mph.

SCORING:

The low points scoring system in Appendix A will be used. Each boat’s series score shall be the total of all her race scores, except that discards shall be applied as follows:

PRIZES

No prizes will be awarded

RADIO COMMUMICATION

Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats, this restriction also applies to mobile telephones.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

MBSC provides these races on the strict understanding that neither the Club nor their representatives bear any responsibility for any loss, damage, death or personal injury however caused to any competitor, skipper or crew as a result of their participation in this event (unless caused by the deliberate act or default of the club or any of its members).

INSURANCE

Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of £3,000,000 per incident or the equivalent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please contact Paul Gray on 07513 958291, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

MBSC CoronaVirus Sailing update

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Covid 19 update July

Following discussion amongst the committee and guidance from the RYA we are disappointed to confirm that the clubhouse will have to remain closed for the time being until government advice is loosened further.  Access to toilets only can be gained via the back door.

There is one minor update and that is that one person at a time will be able to access the garage to remove/return pico masts and sails from the new mast racks built by Bill Wright on the garage wall.  Access can be gained by speaking to the duty officer.  Club boats remain unavailable for use.

MBSC Coronavirus sailing update to members May 2020

Sailing

Following the Prime Minister’s May 10^th update regarding the easing of some Coronavirus restrictions we can confirm that casual sailing is now permitted, i.e. taking your boat out for a sail either on your own or with members of your own household where your boat is designed for two or more people.   You should take all reasonable precautions that would normally apply to casual sailing.  Regrettably for now the clubhouse and facilities remain closed.

· Study the forecast before you go for the entire duration of your planned sail and make sure you are competent in your sailing ability to handle the conditions.

· Take a means of communicating with you in order to contact the shore/emergency services if you do get into serious trouble and you cannot raise help by other means.  Please remember calling the RNLI to assist in the current circumstances will result in putting a number of people including yourselves at risk.

· Where possible stay within sight of other people as this could help mitigate the need for the above.

It is also permitted for you to work maintaining your boat whilst observing social distancing but it is currently not permissible to sleep overnight on club grounds currently.

The committee are currently sourcing hand sanitiser dispensers for the club but as you can imagine these are on a long lead time currently and until then we would like members to refrain from entering the clubhouse.

We also need to consider the perception of our activities by those that live locally so you should avoid the following.

· Arranging to meet other members at the club as this could be construed as social gathering.

· If others are at the club, refrain from standing around talking in groups for the same reason as above.

· Launching or landing at the same time as others as this could be mistaken for organised racing and this would constitute social gathering which is not permitted currently.

Please remember that you should follow government guidelines regarding cleanliness so you should bring hand sanitiser with you for now as you will be touching surfaces that others have touched, e.g. the combination padlock and the gate.

If any member requires the code for the combination padlock then please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.