Welcome to hampton court model yacht club
at the rick pond, home park, hampton court



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Club Racing Activity, weeks beginning 11/2/19 & 18/2/19
Wednesday 13/2 - A                 Saturday 16/2 - Vane M     Sunday  17/2 - IOM 
Wednesday  20/2 - M-10R        Saturday  23/2 - DF95        Sunday  24/2 - A

                                      Updated 17/2/19
BREAKING NEWS!
     Invitation to Round (1) Met. & Southern District IOM Championship 2019

On Sunday 10th March, HCMYC is hosting the first round of the Metropolitan and Southern District 2019 IOM Championship. The event will take place on our water, the Rick Pond, located adjacent to our clubhouse in Home Park in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace (visit our website www.hcmyc.org for details of how to find us).
We would like to invite IOM sailors to come and join us for this meeting, which is always well supported, with 24 entries last year.
There will be “bacon butties” available at registration and homemade soup at lunchtime - hot drinks will be available throughout the day.
There is plenty of free parking adjacent to the clubhouse, which will be open, heated and available all day.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible for a good day’s sailing.
The formal Notice of Race is set out below.

                                                   Hampton Court MYC
                                                         Notice of Race
                          Round (1) Met. & Southern District IOM Championship
                                                Sunday 10th March 2019
Entry to the event is to be made via colintrower@aol.com giving sail number, club and frequency (if not 2.4ghz) and an emergency telephone number.  An acknowledgement to all entries will be sent.
An entry fee of £5 is payable on the day to Hampton Court MYC. payable whether or not the entrant attends the event. The entry closing date is Thursay 7th March 2019.
Racing will be conducted in accordance with:
Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020, MYA Standard Sailing Instructions and IOM class Rules
Briefing will be at 9.45 with registration from 8.45am
Prior to the Briefing, freshly made “bacon butties” and tea/coffee will be on sale in the clubhouse.
There will be a lunch break of approximately 35 minutes during which hot homemade soup can be purchased in the clubhouse -  final details will be announced at the Briefing.
The first race will take place not less than 15 minutes after the start of the briefing and the last race will not start after 4.00pm.   Any race in progress at 4.20pm will be abandoned.
Prizes for the first 3 helms (at least) will be awarded on completion of racing in our clubhouse.
Club location.  See our club web site; satnav KT1 4AD.  The club lies within the London Low Emission Zone and some motor homes may be affected.   If in doubt please consult the TFL web site.
Parking is unrestricted and free within the club car park please park as directed by a member of the Race Team.
Launching  via the landing stage; no need for waders but waders/wellington boots may be advisable due to some muddy lake side areas.
Club house will be heated if necessary and available to all at lunch time.  Please note, we do not have a drinking water supply but bottled water can be purchased in the clubhouse
Facilities. Kingston upon Thames is a 20 minute walk along the river towpath and Hampton Court Palace is a 10 minute walk
Entrants are requested to advise the Race Officer by text  07501146680 in the case of non-appearance or late arrival.

LIST OF ENTRANTS                                                                           as at 17/2/19
      Sail No.                         Skipper                                             Club
           13                              Dave Andrews                                 MYSA
           22                              Mike Adams                                     Eastbourne
           33                              Ian Davies                                        Poole 
           36                              David Adam                                     3 Rivers
           98                              John Stuart-Mills                             Gosport          
               


                THEN                      AND                      NOW
Model yachting has taken place on the Rick Pond since 1897. Hampton Court Model Yacht Club is one of the largest and most active clubs in the UK. The Club has its own clubhouse and car park situated near to the Rick Pond. We host events at Local, District and National Levels and sail mainly radio controlled yachts but there is also a keen group sailing vane and vintage boats. We sail 6 different classes - the International One Metre (IOM), the Marblehead (M), the 10 Rater (10R) the A Class (A), the Micro Magic (MM) and the Dragon Flite 95 (DF95). The Club has an enthusiastic membership and promotes friendly and competitive racing which takes place up to 3 times per week throughout the year. You can find us at the Rick Pond from about 10am on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.