Regatta 2026 Notice of Race

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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

  1. Glencoe Boat Club will be the Organising Authority for the Glencoe Regatta on Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June.
  2. Sailing events at the Regatta are governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
  3. These sailing events shall comprise:
    1. A feeder (passage) race for monohull yachts only from Oban to Ballachulish Bay on Friday 12 June (expected start time 10:00 BST).
    2. 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.

  4. 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.
  5. RRS 77 will be modified to permit the participation of boats with non-compliant or no sail numbers.
  6. All skippers (yacht and dinghy) must be aged 18+ on the day(s) of racing.
  7. Friday passage race yachts shall race as a single class with the possibility of additional restricted sail and two-handed prizes depending on numbers.
  8. Saturday Regatta competitors may race as single yacht and dinghy classes or be subdivided further if numbers allow.
  9. Entry fees shall be as follows:
    1. Friday passage race for yachts £15.
    2. Saturday points series for yachts or dinghies £25.

    There will also be a discounted combined fee of £35 for yachts entering both days.

  10. 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:
    1. agree to be bound by the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Sailing Instructions.
    2. have their boat adequately insured, with cover of at least £3 million against third party claims.
    3. accept the inherent risks to themselves, their crew, boat and others.
  11. Standard entry procedure will close on Wednesday 3 June, after which further entries will only be considered by special application.
  12. 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.

All enquiries to .

More Regatta info

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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

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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.

Glencoe Boat Club AGM, Sunday 1 March 2026

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The Committee has scheduled the Glencoe Boat Club Annual General Meeting for 13:00 on Sunday 1 March 2026.
A formal agenda and meeting details will follow in due course, but we wanted to give members early notice so you can plan ahead.
We look forward to seeing you there.

NB If you’re a member and didn’t get the notification email, please email to confirm your email address.

Thanks

Regatta 2026

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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.)

Membership survey

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Reminding Club members about our survey currently up at:
https://forms.office.com/e/Vs4NaHkbW7
And requesting that you fill it in for us if you haven’t already done so to help us check/update our membership records and focus on what matters most to members as we plan for 2026.

The survey will be live till 31 January, should only take a few minutes to complete and we’re also expecting to leave some paper copies in the Clubhouse which you’ll be able to return to Committee members.

Thank you for supporting the Club and helping us plan for the year ahead.

Next AGM, website and calendar

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Notification of the AGM will be issued in due course. We’d hoped to get back to ‘traditional’ November AGMs, but haven’t been able to arrange it for this month and are probably looking at sometime early 2026 now.

Please note also that we’re aware that a substantial amount of website content (past news items/calendar entries, multiple images and a couple of documents) has been lost; we’ll be working to restore/recreate what we can, but are sorry this may take time and we may not be able to recover everything.

Round Balnagowan Race Sailing Instructions and Entry Form

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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. 🙂

Skiff from Schoolhouse Ridge

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Here’s a really cool photo taken from Schoolhouse Ridge on Beinn a’ Bheithir and sent to us by Tim Parkin showing our skiff Corrag rowing as well as paddleboarders, kayaks etc on Loch Leven. So thanks to Tim for that and allowing us to use it here.

Skiff rowing continues to be as popular as ever with some extra longer rows joining the regular Sunday morning and Thursday evening sessions. For further info please contact Skiff Officer Gordon Milne on .