Starcross YC offers temporary winter membership from 1st October to 30 March to all members of RYA affiliated clubs.  The membership fee of £85 includes membership for helm and crew and a dinghy berth in the boatpark (subject to availability).

The club runs racing every Sunday during the winter season (tides permitting) with an Autumn Series running from October to December and a Frostbite Series running from January to March.

In addition to the club racing a number of special events are also scheduled with an RNLI pursuit race in November, two individual trophy races on Boxing Day and New Years Day and the well-known Starcross Steamer open pursuit race during the Frostbite Series.

To apply for winter membership:

1. go to the subscriptions page on the SYC website
2. scroll down and add the  "Winter Membership" to your basket
3. click the checkout option
4. if you already have a webcollect account at your home club sign in - or create a webcollect account
5. confirm the subscription and you will be given details of how to pay by direct debit

Joint Laser and Aero open meeting on 1st Sept, 2018

This event took place in ideal conditions with a freshening wind for the last of the four races. Photographs here and results here.

RS 400/200/100 Open Meeting on 15 September

Results here, photographs to follow.

Garnett Showell's Exe Regatta 2018 photographs are now online here

Easily forgotten as you hoist the main for a jaunt to the Exmouth beach café or an afternoon's downriver spinnaker practice with your crew - but did you sign out on the Day Sailing log?

The log is located above the seat in the Committee Room porch just to the left of the Boat Shed, and the Club would like to remind all members going out for a leisure sail to sign out on departure and back in on return. The majority of leisure sailors do observe this formality, but if it slips your mind occasionally, or seems an irritating extra, may we ask you to add it now to your launching countdown? It's in your own interest to remember, in two ways.

Firstly safety - if you should experience a major mishap, the details in the sailing log will give a person discovering your empty launching trolley at dusk some chance of providing useful information to the emergency services. Please in all cases sign in on your return to say you are safely back.

Secondly, at a time when pressure on space in the dinghy park is growing, the log provides evidence that you are using your boat sufficiently often to justify the allocation of a berth. The Club may ask for unused boats to be removed to free up space.

Please also sign the log when Free Sailing, as evidence of boat usage and as a double-check afterwards that everyone is either off the water or sailing on without cover. For Dinghy Cruises you should sign the log, and you must also record boat details on a record sheet which the safety crews will carry with them.

None of this applies for racing, however, as the computer sign-in process replaces the paper log. Race Manager records your boat usage and also ensures that all competitors are accounted for.

• Members sail entirely at their own risk and the safety of the boat is their responsibility. Please check that you are familiar with SYC's Safety Points to Consider Before Going on the Water.  

Saturday 4 August 2018 - Kayak/Canoe Intermediate Skills Training - BOOK NOW AS SPACES ARE ALREADY FILLING UP!  Just £40 for members. You will need access to your own kayak or canoe.  The day includes an opportunity to try Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP).

Looking ahead - We're now taking bookings for our autumn/winter courses.  Places are limited so reserve your place now for the next RYA First Aid, RYA/MCA Marine Radio (VHF) Short Range Certificate and the online RYA Day Skipper or RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory courses (both offered at a substantial discount).

Contact the SYC Training Officer to reserve your place and see the SYC Training Calendar for more information about all our courses.

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Starcross Yacht Club was host to home and visiting Merlin Rocket sailors on the weekend of the 21/22 April, 2018 with a total of 26 boats entering. Mixed weather with light winds on Saturday and Sunday meant there was close racing throughout.

Thanks to all the members who worked behind the scenes to make this happen, and especially to the galley team for their excellent catering.

Results can be found here.

Our thanks to Garnett Showell for an excellent album of on-the-water photographs of this event.

RYA Green Blue - SYC now joined up!

SYC will be more 'green' and eco-friendly, in part, helping to ensure our 'blue' on which we love to spend our leisure time is cared for, pollution-free and healthy for us and wildlife. Did you know we already recycle our rainwater?

Now our first official 'Green-Blue' initiative is to tackle single-use plastic. Already the Juniors have moved away from polystyrene chip trays and have had a huge clean-up at the club this Saturday. Hundreds of pieces of micro-plastic and lots of plastic litter in hedges and under boats were cleared.

Please do your bit to help keep our club eco-friendly and plastic-free, and if you are interested in the project please email Ali on alisonmcgregr@ hotmail.com.

The twenty-eighth Exe Sails and Covers Starcross Steamer was held on Sunday February 25th . This was the second race of the three race South West Series and the seventh in the longer new 10 race Sailing Southwest series. The Steamer is getting more and more popular and the limit of 100 boats was reached within a week of the entries being open, over a month before the event.

The winning boat was a Merlin sailed by Jon Gorringe and Matt Currall with Chris Gould and Caroline Croft in another Merlin 2nd and Chris Hampe sailing an International Canoe in 3rd place. 

Click here for the full results (updated 1 March) and here for some fine photographs taken by Garnett Showell.