2025 Race Management Training

Published on
October 28, 2024

This year's race management talks are taking a slightly different tack from the recent past and we'll be focusing on the overall view of racing, race events as well as race management. We've planned a series of six talks that build from a basic understanding to the more intricate aspects of the RYA rule changes in 2025. Peter Saxton is also running an RYA Regional Race Officer course in February and we've timed the talks to fit in with the course for those who are taking part. Also new this year is Protest Committee Training with John Doerr!

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Friday 31st January: Anatomy of Yacht and Dinghy Racing
Friday 7th February: Club Dinghy and Keelboat Race Planning
Friday 14th February: Open Meeting Planning and Management
Friday 21st February: Mark Laying and Committee Vessels
Friday 28th February: Safety Boats
Friday 7th March: Sailing Rules and Protests

We are looking for members who might enjoy sitting on a protest committee. It may not sound like fun, but it can be very interesting. Our protest committees are normally chaired by a qualified judge so you would not have to worry about the procedures. Experienced sailors make the best protest committee members. The idea of the training is just to help members feel comfortable to volunteers to sit on a protest committee. It is not a very onerous commitment as in a normal year we have less than 10 hearings and each one depends on your availability.

Weekend of Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th March 10:00 - 12:00 John Doerr’s Protest Committee Training (book using the Race Management link above)

This purposes for the protest sessions are:

  1. To make more club members feel comfortable to be on a protest committee.
  2. If they feel comfortable enough to chair, all well and good.
  3. This is to enable the Club to more easily convene a protest committee at short notice.
  4. This helps everyone enjoy the sport more by dealing with these issues promptly.
  5. Would be a good start for anyone wishing to pursue being a National or even International Judge, but that is not the main aim.

Weekend of Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th February RYA Regional Race Officer Course
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