West Mersea
Essex
CO5 8PB
United Kingdom
Phone : 01206 382947
Email :
Company No. 00300433.
Welcome to the West Mersea Yacht Club, established in 1899 and one of the premier Yacht Clubs on the East Coast.
We run a full racing and cruising programme throughout the season, and our bar and restaurant service is open to members and visiting yachtspeople seven days a week. Members are conveyed to their boats by two Club launches that serve the Mersea moorings, with the launch service again being seven days a week in the season.
West Mersea Yacht Club 116 Coast Road West Mersea Colchester Essex CO5 8PB United Kingdom
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West Mersea Yacht Club has its clubhouse in Coast Road, West Mersea , Mersea Island , Essex . It is on the estuary of the River Blackwater , 20 minutes by road from Colchester . The Blackwater estuary is a major sailing centre on the English east coast.
Founded in 1899, the club has sponsored national (United Kingdom) and international yacht racing meetings. The club has competitive offshore racing fleets and run racing throughout the UK sailing season, a cadet week and an annual regatta during 'Mersea Week'. Of its many famous members, the most notable was probably Maurice Griffiths , the yacht designer and author.
A club launch runs from Tuesdays to Sundays during the season; callsign on VHF Channel 37: YC1 (Why - See - One).
The WMYC ensign is the Red Ensign defaced with the Essex symbol (3 seaxes).
West mersea Yacht club also holds an event called cadet week, this ivoles children to sail for a whole week and by the end of the week they get their results.
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We are excited to say that the Club Sonatas Parody and Scherzo are now open for booking. There are a few rules so please click the link below where it explains how to book, when the boats are available, and how you become an affiliated skipper. Our objective over the coming months is to pathway all ages into sailing keelboats. Whether you have transitioned from dinghies, want to try crewing in More »
26 Jun 2024
125th Anniversary Regatta 22-23 June As you should all be aware, to celebrate our 125th Anniversary the club is holding a regatta over the weekend of 22/23 June, supporting the regatta there is function in the club on the Saturday evening. The sailing event will comprise three races; on 22nd June there will be a pursuit race with the first start at 12:00, the objective being to get competitors ashore at approximately More »
17 Jun 2024
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August 18-23 | 50 Years of Mersea Week. A Regatta for the whole family (and |
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116 Coast Road Phone : 01206 382947 Company No. 00300433.
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Alan Jones – Rear Commodore Moorings & Boatyards
Members with commercial vehicles that extend beyond the white painted boxes are asked to park in City Road car park.
The City Road car park is restricted to members’ and their guests’ cars during the summer season. To ensure parking for as many members as possible, no vessels or trailers are to be parked in the City Road car park without the permission of the Moorings and Boatyard Committee.
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Who's Who - West Mersea Yacht Club. [email protected]. Office: 01206 382947. Restaurant: 01206 384463. Launch: 07752 309435. Weather & Tides. Find Us. Launch Service. The committee can be reached via the WMYC office on 01206 382947 or by email at [email protected].
Welcome to West Mersea Yacht Club Founded in 1899, the West Mersea Yacht Club has become one of the prominent racing venues on the East Coast of England. Located on Mersea Island, it provides a pleasant sheltered anchorage with immediate access to the ideal racing area and extensive sailing waters of the River Blackwater, Thames Estuary and North Sea for all types of boat.
News from our AGM. The resolution to increase membership subscriptions was not passed, so subscriptions remain the same for the 2023-24 year. The 'member's resolution' concerning the pontoon and RIB docks, that was sent with your Meeting Agenda, was passed. These matters will now be addressed by the new Committee.
Sailing News We are excited to say that the Club Sonatas Parody and Scherzo are now open for booking. There are a few rules so please click the link below where it explains how to book, when the boats are available, and how you become an affiliated skipper. Our objective over the coming months is to pathway all ages into sailing keelboats.
West Mersea Yacht Club, West Mersea. 1.1K likes · 2,411 were here. Welcome to West Mersea Yacht club. We open 365days a year to Members and their guests only.
Mersea Week Committee is a combined West Mersea YC and Dabchicks SC committee. It operates its own website and entries and information can be seen at this website
West Mersea Yacht Club (WMYC) is a British yacht club that has its clubhouse in Coast Road, West Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex . [1] [2] [3] It is on the estuary of the River Blackwater, approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Colchester. The Blackwater estuary is a major sailing centre on the English east coast .
Mersea Week 2021 at West Mersea Yacht Club. Following the 2020 event having to be cancelled, this year's Mersea Week saw competitors return with great enthusiasm to enjoy some very competitive racing on the River Blackwater estuary in Essex. Despite the first day's racing being lost to strong winds, the full schedule of races was completed, and ...
The 49th annual Mersea Week, hosted jointly by West Mersea Yacht Club and Dabchicks Sailing Club, saw a bumper entry of over 130 boats, including a good number of visiting yachts, smacks and dinghies.
The West Mersea YC has reached its 125th Anniversary and to celebrate this we have organised a mini Regatta on 22nd and 23rd June. The intention is to run an event comprising of three races, details are below. 22nd Jun HW 13:25 4.76m.
West Mersea Yacht Club Ltd, company limited by guarantee. Registered in England no 00300433. Registered office 116 Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex CO5 8PB.
The West Mersea Yacht Club page on YachtsandYachting.com - the first place to stop for reports, results, fixtures & photographs from racing sailing
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW - SHORESIDE Organisation Racing is organised, on behalf of the Dabchicks Sailing Club (DSC) and the West Mersea Yacht Club (WMYC), by a Committee comprising of members from both Clubs. Race Office: This is located in the Long Room on the first floor of the WMYC and will be open from 08.30 every day.
The West Mersea Yacht Club page on YachtsandYachting.com - the first place to stop for reports, results, fixtures & photographs from racing sailing
The West Mersea Yacht Club thanks all our sponsors for their ongoing generous support. Whether you have sponsored our Racing Marks, Committee Boat Mooring Buoy, Sailing Instructions or a particular event we sincerely appreciate your contributions.
In accordance with the sailing instructions all vessels should have completed the safety declaration form before racing in the first race. You can respond through the link below. 2024 Safety Declaration. Race Documents. NOR 2024 NOR Keelboats 2024 Joint racing 2024.pdf. Sailing Instructions 2024 are here SIs Keelboats 2024 Final.docx.
West Mersea Yacht Club Welcome to the West Mersea Yacht Club, established in 1899 and one of the premier Yacht Clubs on the East Coast. We run a full racing and cruising programme throughout the season, and our bar and restaurant service is open to members and visiting yachtspeople seven days a week.
About us - West Mersea Yacht Club. Founded in 1899, the West Mersea Yacht Club has become one of the prominent racing venues on the East Coast of England. Located some 25 minutes from Colchester on Mersea Island, it provides a pleasant sheltered anchorage with immediate access to the ideal racing area and extensive sailing waters of the River ...
West Mersea Yacht Club has its clubhouse in Coast Road, West Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex.It is on the estuary of the River Blackwater, 20 minutes by road from Colchester.The Blackwater estuary is a major sailing centre on the English east coast. Founded in 1899, the club has sponsored national (United Kingdom) and international yacht racing meetings.
Following the success in 2023 of Round West Mersea Island Race, we have once again searched for a suitable high tide for the event in 2024. This is on Saturday September 21st. Finally. Both the Dabchicks Sailing club and the West Mersea Yacht club have recently acquired Sonata keelboats as pathway boats for members into keelboat racing.
Mersea Week - in a class of its own. Mersea Week Celebrates 50 years of Sail with a Different and Distinctive Logo. The design of the commemorative logo a 'wavy' M and a 'wavy' W on a background of sea blue is envisioned to represent the Spirit of Fifty Years of Mersea Week and the timespan of holding our sailing regatta on the River Blackwater ...
If the application be approved by the Committee and the candidate thus elected to membership of the Club, he or she will become either a Full or an Associate member. Full membership is open to experienced or qualified yachtspeople and brings privileges of introducing new candidates for membership and voting at general meetings of the Club.
The Lough Derg Yacht Club Social Singers, many ... Following the service, Niamh McCutcheon, Chairperson of Lough Derg RNLI Fundraising Committee said she was 'delighted to see the wonderful support for the RNLI it this commemorative year for the charity and an important birthday for Lough Derg RNLI'. ... the Bailiwick of Jersey (14), the ...
Moorings & Boatyards - West Mersea Yacht Club. I am very pleased to have been elected and therefore trusted to represent and manage our members interests with their moorings, launch service and associated shoreside facilities. At the 4th February AGM, a resolution was passed that I will endeavour to fufill. That was to ensure that the M&B ...