We generally run sessions every other Sunday. This might be on the pond or racing on the river or training on the river. And then – Cadet Week – which is the highlight of our sailing year.
Although our sailors are a little more relaxed than the potential Olympians of this world, some of them progress to great things afloat. Our aim is to ensure they really enjoy the experience and to this end, they embrace the social side of sailing as well as the on-water activities, as do their parents! If they want to take racing seriously, they may end up joining other clubs as well, and then possibly on to the next level, wherever that takes them! Historically, we find a lot of our ex-Cadets end up crewing on keelboats and develop a passion for the sport that can often open doors anywhere in the world! Three of our ex-Cadets are Atlantic rowers and there is little doubt that their passion for the water started here at the RBYC.
You will find our provisional programme on this website. Pond Sundays are provisionally on the calendar – we use the farmer’s pond over at Ratsborough for a gentle introduction, and we have also training sessions on the river.
Our river training is open to our members only, and although there are opportunities to join in with our Pond sessions as non-members, we look long-term to encourage those who wish to part take in the training to become members, but we do set a non-members daily rate, for those who would like to come along and see what we do.
Cadet Week is a phenomenal week, and we pride ourselves on making it fun for the whole family, from the smallest child, teenagers, the parents, godparents, aunts, uncles etc, through to the grandparents. It embraces social and sailing activities at lots of levels, and we welcome non-members from visiting clubs.
We have one club Feva and two club Scows as well as two club Optimists available for members use on the river and six Optimists for use on the pond. For details of the condition of use for the river optimists please see Conditions for Use of RBYC Cadets’ club boats on the river document.
We look forward to seeing you on the water very soon. For further details please contact us at cadets@rbyc.org.uk
