Dinghy racing @ LTSC
The Club has an enthusiastic and active dinghy racing section. We race all the year round - up to four times a week during the Summer - as well as hosting major open events.
Club Events
Club racing events and series take place on Sunday mornings (all the year round), and on Wednesdays (between April and November). Club members are also welcome to join the RLymYC Monday evening dinghy racing.
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In addition, the Club runs Saturday Sailing - which is a less formal race series designed to encourage new dinghy sailors and allow others to sharpen their skills.
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All dinghy racing events are listed in the Dinghy Racing Calendar (and in the main Club Calendar as well!). The calendar entry will also include links to the appropriate documentation including the Notice Of Race and and reports or results that are published afterwards.
Open Events
The Club has a long tradition of hosting open events. These range from open meetings such as the Lymington River Scow National Championships on 10th & 11th August, the LTSC & RLymYC joint Lymington Dinghy Regatta on 13th & 14th July, the RS 400/800 & D-One Open we are hosting on the 31st August & 1st September 2013 to long distance races such as Newtown Race on 7th July.
All open events are listed in the Dinghy Racing Calendar
Fleets, classes & handicaps
Within the club we race a wide variety of dinghies - with the choice reflecting the varied diversity of classic and modern dinghies available on the UK dinghy scene.
The Wayfarer class has established a large following at the club.
On Sundays, all other dinghies are put into the Portsmouth Yardstick handicap fleet We split the handicap fleet into three bands Fast, Medium and Slow. The handicap bands are selected in order to give best possible racing by keeping boats with similar speed characteristics in the same band.
The following are the most popular dinghies in the handicap fleet that regularly race.
Slow Handicap: Optimist, Laser 4.7, Mirror, Scow
Medium Handicap: Laser, Laser Radial, Wayfarer, Blaze, Taser, Streaker, RS100, RS Vision
Fast Handicap: RS800, RS700, Musto Skiff, RS600, RS400, 29er, Int Canoe
Reports & results
We endeavour to publish event Reports & Results on the website as quickly as possible, and sailors can also access the appropriate notices and documents that define the rules, handicap systems and other detail required for running the racing.
