Here are the Sailing Instructions as promised by the Notice of Race:
As previously stated, we can still accept late entries by arrangement, but please note that there is now no dinghy class for this year’s Regatta and it will be for yachts only.
Sailing
Regatta 2026 Late Entries
If you’ve missed our 3 June Regatta entry closing date and still want to enter, please note point 11 of the Notice of Race:
‘Standard entry procedure will close on Wednesday 3 June, after which further entries will only be considered by special application.’
We can still take (and welcome!) late entries, but ask that you now email us on before submitting your form and payment. This is mainly because, while we can add boats easily enough, we can’t promise you dinner although we’ll do our best to arrange that too.
Please note also re point 12 of the NoR (‘Sailing Instructions will be available online at https://glencoeboatclub.co.uk/news/ from Friday 5 June’ etc.) that, while we still hope to have these up later tomorrow, it’s possible they may delayed till Saturday and we apologise in advance if that turns out to be the case.
Looking forward to seeing you at Oban and Glencoe! 🙂
Peter Duggan
Commodore
Ardgour Day Muster Saturday 30 May (reserve Sunday 31 May)
Please note that, with preparations for our 12/13 June Regatta in full swing, this muster may yet be postponed to a later date, so please email if you’re thinking of going so we can keep everyone informed.
Wednesday night informal sailing may also be affected by Regatta preparations, so we’d also recommend emailing to see if that’s happening.
Making use of similar tide times to our former ‘Ardgour Double’ day of yacht racing there and back, the Ardgour Day Muster brings an interesting ‘mini adventure’ through the tidal gates at Ballachulish Bridge and Corran Narrows with visitors’ moorings and possibly food ashore (NB the Inn at Ardgour still seems to offer just evening menu) but, as a muster rather than racing event, is of course open to Club craft of all kinds.
Predicted tide times are for the scheduled date of Saturday 30 May and would of course be a little later on the following (reserve) day.
Oban tides (BST)
HW 05:46 3.5
LW 12:19 1.2
HW 18:10 3.7
Note that, while these are basically spring tides, they’re quite small for springs although awareness of the following gates (all times BST and predicted approximations) is still vital:
The tide is favourable out through Ballachulish Bridge from 06:46 till 12:55.
The tide is favourable northwards through Corran from 12:10 till 18:15.
The tide is favourable southwards back through Corran from 18:15*.
The tide is favourable back in through Ballachulish Bridge from 12:55 till 19:10.
*With approximately five nautical miles from Corran Narrows back to Ballachulish Bridge via Cuil-cheanna Spit buoy or four cutting the corner as tightly as you’d want to go, most participants may wish to leave Ardgour a little earlier against the last of the northbound tide.
Sunset is at approximately 21:56 BST.
We welcome participants of all experience levels and can probably ‘buddy’ anyone unsure of the ground or tides.
We might be able to offer a pre-departure onshore briefing on the day if requested.
To express interest or ask further questions, please email .
Regatta 2026 Notice of Race
Here is the formal Notice of Race promised in our previous post More Regatta Info. Once again, please share this far and wide!
Glencoe Regatta 12–13 June 2026
Notice of Race
- Glencoe Boat Club will be the Organising Authority for the Glencoe Regatta on Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June.
- Sailing events at the Regatta are governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
- These sailing events shall comprise:
- A feeder (passage) race for monohull yachts only from Oban to Ballachulish Bay on Friday 12 June (expected start time 10:00 BST).
- Points series of two or three races for monohull yachts and dinghies on Loch Leven on Saturday 13 June (first start not before 10:00 BST).
Yachts may enter either or both days, but must compete on both to be eligible for the overall awards of the Ballachulish Slate Trophy and Ray Darker Memorial Trophy.
- Yachts shall compete under CYCA handicap and dinghies under RYA Portsmouth Yardstick, with handicaps allocated by Glencoe Boat Club for yachts without CYCA certificates or dinghies without published numbers.
- RRS 77 will be modified to permit the participation of boats with non-compliant or no sail numbers.
- All skippers (yacht and dinghy) must be aged 18+ on the day(s) of racing.
- Friday passage race yachts shall race as a single class with the possibility of additional restricted sail and two-handed prizes depending on numbers.
- Saturday Regatta competitors may race as single yacht and dinghy classes or be subdivided further if numbers allow.
- Entry fees shall be as follows:
- Friday passage race for yachts £15.
- Saturday points series for yachts or dinghies £25.
There will also be a discounted combined fee of £35 for yachts entering both days.
- Eligible boats may enter by completing the entry form and submitting the required fees by BACS as specified there. This form contains specific statements that competitors:
- agree to be bound by the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Sailing Instructions.
- have their boat adequately insured, with cover of at least £3 million against third party claims.
- accept the inherent risks to themselves, their crew, boat and others.
- Standard entry procedure will close on Wednesday 3 June, after which further entries will only be considered by special application.
- Sailing Instructions will be available online at https://glencoeboatclub.co.uk/news/ from Friday 5 June or in printed form at Oban Sailing Club from 08:30 on Friday 12 June, and Glencoe Boat Club from 16:00 on Friday 12 June and 08:30 on Saturday 13 June.
More Regatta info
Posters for the Regatta and our off-the-water children’s competitions. There’ll be a formal Notice of Race etc. for the sailing events in due course as well as further info about whatever necessary, but you can ask us questions via anytime. And please, please share this far and wide! 🙂
Sailing Programme 2026
Also open to motor vessels except where starred as specifically sailboat racing
Wednesday Night Sailing May through August
Sat 30 May Ardgour Day Muster (Sunday 31 ‘reserve’ day)
Friday 12 June Oban to Ballachulish Bay*
Saturday 13 June Glencoe Regatta*
Sun 5 July Seafood Café (Lunchtime) Muster
Sat 1–Sun 2 August Lismore Weekend Muster (suit boats returning from West Highland Yachting Week)
Sat 15 August Round Balnagowan Race* (Sunday 16 ‘reserve’ day)
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Members might also like to note these significant non-Club events for spectator interest:
Richard Mille Fife Regatta (beautiful classic yachts) on the Clyde & Loch Fyne, 6–12 June.
Clipper Race arrival in Oban, 10–13 July, restart 19 July.
Regatta 2026
Happy to make the eagerly-awaited announcement that the Glencoe Regatta is returning this summer, with the Oban to Ballachulish Bay Passage Race (yachts only) scheduled for Friday 12 June and the Regatta itself (yachts, dinghies and hopefully some further racing for non-sailing craft) for Saturday 13 June. So please note the dates, with more details obviously to follow over the coming months. 🙂
(Photos from 2008 and 2009 by Peter Duggan.)
Round Balnagowan Race Sailing Instructions and Entry Form
Here are the Sailing Instructions and Entry Form for this weekend’s race as advised in the Notice of Race:
2025-gbc-round-balnagowan-race-sailing-instructions-and-entry-form (PDF)
We were also going to upload the GPX waypoints for the possible shortened course line described within, but site’s not currently configured to accept .gpx, so please ask for these since we can’t offer them as direct downloads here.
Look forward to seeing you on the day and please remember we’re planning a barbecue at the finish for which you don’t have to be competing. 🙂
‘Lismore’ Muster at Castlebay!
So the Port Ramsay Muster finally happened in Castlebay after a rough Saturday put paid to the original plan! Peter retreated from just north of Shuna in Fly that day and met Mark, who then also turned back, coming out of Ballachulish Bay in Mingming II. Meanwhile Gregor and Lorraine, who’d gone home after sitting out Storm Floris aboard Tina Louise, had arrived back at GBC ready to go cruising, and Club social sailing’s alive and well after we all set out again the next day and found our way to Castlebay for Thursday!
Photos by Lorraine and Peter.
Round Balnagowan Race 2025
Notice of Race
- Glencoe Boat Club will be the Organising Authority for the Round Balnagowan Race on Saturday 23 August, which may alternatively be run on Sunday 24 August in the event of inclement Saturday weather.
- The race is governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
- The race is from Glencoe Boat Club, round Eilean Balnagowan and back, and is for monohull yachts only, so no dinghies or multihulls. It will start not earlier than 10:00 BST, with full Sailing Instructions and entry forms published on or before Friday 22 August and the decision about whether to run the race as scheduled or postpone also taken that day.
- The race is free to enter and open to any appropriate yacht so long as there is a Glencoe Boat Club member as nominated skipper aboard. It will be run as a single class using the Glencoe Boat Club handicap system with ratings/TCF based on appropriate available data issued by Glencoe Boat Club.
- Skippers of boats intending to race shall complete and submit an entry form not later than one hour before the start. This form will contain specific statements that sailors:
- agree to be bound by the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Sailing Instructions.
- have their boat adequately insured, with cover of at least £3 million against third party claims.
- accept the inherent risks to themselves, their crew, boat and others.
- The sole race prize (for first place on corrected time) is the Wyvern Quaich, to be presented after the race and returned by the winning skipper as requested by GBC for its next running.
All enquiries to .