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  • What’s in a name?

    We are sometimes asked “What does the RI in York RI Sailing Club stand for?” So here’s the answer! York RI Sailing Club used to be known as York Railway Institute Sailing Club (and sometimes as British Transport Yacht Club York Division). York Railway Institute was founded in 1886 as a sports and social club…

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  • Sailing course

    We are pleased to announce that we will be running a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Level 1 “Start Sailing” course in July 2021. Yes, you can learn to sail in York! For details, see here.

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  • Open for business

    We are pleased to announce that York RI Sailing club is now open for business. Members can during April sail single handed or with their household/bubble. From 2 May we will resume our racing programme on Sundays as usual. Please make sure you follow the RYA Covid guidelines when sailing or in the club compound…

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  • Start of Racing Season

    Providing that the government’s Covid roadmap holds, we will start our Racing Programme from May 2021. Please find the provisional racing programme here on the link below. We are also planning to have an Ullswater weekend this year, on the weekend of 19/20 June. https://yorksailingclub.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/yrisc-sailing-programme-2021.pdf

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  • Spring 2021 Newsletter

    While we are eagerly waiting for the Covid restriction to be relaxed and sailing to resume, here is the laterst club newsletter.

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  • End of Season

    Dear members and friends of YRISC, the combined forces of the Coronavirus lockdown and the River Ouse flood have pretty much put paid to any more sailing in 2020. We are therefore declaring the season finished. There will be no more organised sailing in 2020. Let’s hope for better luck in 2021!

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  • Autumn 2020 Newsletter

    Turns out we just made it with a few days to spare… here is the next edition of the Newsletter already. While there hasn’t been too much going on this year due to Covid-19, some things still did happen – so have a look.

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  • Summer 2020 Newsletter

    Summer is over, but the newsletter hasn’t been posted yet, so here it is. At least we got it out before the next one. 🙂

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  • Limited Sailing can Resume

    Following new government guidelines, sailing is again permitted since 13 May, however under strict limitations. The club has compiled the following guidelines based on recommendations from the RYA. Please take your time to read the attached documents. In summary, sailing can resume as long as social distancing is maintained att all times. There will be…

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  • CORONAVIRUS

    In light of the developing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the York RI Sailing Club committee has taken the difficult decision that all club events, including all sailing activities, are cancelled until the end of April 2020. This includes the GP14 Open meeting scheduled for 18 April. In addition, we have cancelled the “discover sailing” open evening…

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