Yacht Racing
Each year London Corinthian Sailing Club organises race crews to compete in a wide variety of local, national and international sailing events. These events offer a range of opportunities to compete at all levels of the sport.
Races include both inshore races, major regattas and offshore races in the UK and worldwide. On these events, the race crews may sometimes involve non-members or specialist race trainers, but the majority are club members. There are also opportunities to join member organised racing as well as taking part in club regattas.
In-shore racing on the Solent is very convenient from London. Races are usually over a weekend or even one day, allowing crews to assemble at the boat in the morning and return home the same evening, although race start times sometimes mean leaving London very early!
Some of the different types of racing events we partake in are:
Major Regattas
We generally have racing charters out in both Cowes Week, Taittinger Royal Solent Regatta & Round the Island. We've also participated in Cork Week, Dartmouth Royal Regatta and the Fastnet.
In any given year there are only so many regattas we can enter but if there is sufficient interest to put a boat together & the event is not on our existing offers, we will do our best to meet that request.
Keelboats
J80s Weekend at Queen Mary's.
As a club we have over the several years run a One Design keelboat competition with Royal Thames Yacht Club on Queen Mary Reservoir to the West of London. This has given us the opportunity to race closely matched J80 keelboats at a venue close to the club.
The J80's are easy to sail and make for an entertaining days racing.
JOG Races
The Junior Offshore Group (JOG) is a yacht club with a difference. They were established in 1950 to allow smaller yachts to compete offshore, it organises highly competitive races for IRC rated yachts. A number of LCSC members are also members of JOG.
Over the last couple of years crews from LCSC have taken part in a number of individual JOG races sailing from Cowes to destinations such as Yarmouth, Poole, Cherbourg and St Vaast. Crews have sailed on both boats owned by club members and chartered yachts.
Most years racing starts with a blast out to the Nab Tower, in the Eastern Approaches to Portsmouth, at the beginning of April then continues until the end of October with races every couple of weekends.
The JOG races are split into inshore, short day sail length races and offshore, where the distances are greater and may include sailing overnight. The inshore races are a great way to start racing big sailing boats.
It is not unusual for 30 or 40 boats to take part in a JOG race. Events usually end with a post race prize giving at a suitable watering hole at the destination port.
Club Regattas & Training
The Club also organises its own Club races & Training over weekends on the Solent. Specifics to these events can be seen in the annual racing calendar.
Last updated 08:25 on 30 October 2024