Results, Sailing Instructions and news
- Yacht Entry & Registration form
- Race Card for the 2006 Early Bird Series
- Almost fourteen years ago Cardiff Bay Channel Fleets was formed as a tripartite body to organise sailing cruiser racing for members of the three yacht clubs in the area and we owe a debt of gratitude to those who had the foresight to start such a venture and our particular thanks must go to Syd Thomas who has given so much of his time for our pleasure over the years.
Regrettably the 2005 "Frost Bite" series will be the last event to be run under the auspices of C.B.C.F., a decision not taken lightly by those concerned. However the fortunes and trends of our sport are ever changing and it now falls upon Cardiff Bay Yacht Club to organize the cruiser racing for all concerned. This decision also has the full support of our good neighbours Penarth Yacht Club.
A working committee is to be set up within C.B.Y.C. to organise all our future cruiser racing events for next season and the foreseeable future. One of the most important objectives of the new committee will be to make our cruiser racing more appealing to a wider range of sailors than perhaps it has in recent years, particularly those with cruising boats and not just "racer cruisers", to coin an industry phrase. Racing does not have to be expensive and can be very good fun for the whole of the family in the cruiser class. It is currently very encouraging to see so many boats taking part in the PY class of the "Frost Bite" and this is something we will want to build on.
Our sports boat fleet is currently very healthy but the low numbers in the IRC class is more than a little concerning. Offshore racing events have also dwindled in the last few seasons as well and we are keen to address these areas.
It is our intention to put a working committee together, certainly no later than Christmas and we need your help !!!!!!!! The writer is acting temporary chairman and our sailing secretary Paul Simes has overall responsibility for the group and all club sailing events. We are fortunate in having David Cairncross on board as principle race officer and he is also responsible for the club website where much of our racing information will be available in the future.
Further good news is that Syd Thomas has been persuaded by extremely persuasive parties not to retire completely and will be part of the new race officer team.
Tony Davies our communications officer has agreed to look after these matters and represent the cruising member’s interests, with view to developing "P.Y.Cruiser Passage Racing" in the future.
Therefore we are looking for some enthusiastic volunteers to serve in the following roles.
- Chairman.
- Secretary.
- IRC class racing class representative.
- Sports Boat racing class, representative.
- PY racing class representative.
- Offshore ( SWOG & SWIG ) representative.
- Social Representative.
We also anticipate that someone from Penarth Yacht Club will be getting involved in any meetings concerning event planning and we would hope that sometime in the future Cardiff Yacht Club would also participate.
If you are interested and want to help, please get in contact with Paul Simes. Your comments and advice on how you would like to see our racing develop in the future would be gratefully received. A forum will be available on the club website for this purpose in the near future.
We are looking for fresh ideas and a new approach so please come forward and get involved.
Finally an "End of Season" and "Frost Bite Series" presentation evening is being held at the club on the 17th of December after racing. Tickets are available from Nick Sawyer. Please make an effort to come along even if you have not been racing recently as it will be a good opportunity to have a few drinks with old friends before Christmas and discuss our future plans.
Finally please keep a close eye on the club website and "Bear Essentials" for all the latest cruiser racing news.
Steve Cooper ( acting chairman )
- Newsletter No19
- Frostbite Series 2005 Results
- Ammended Frostbite Series racecard
- Shanghai Cup 2005
- Newsletter No20
- Summer Sunday Series 2005 Results
- Summer Tuesday Series 2005 Results
- Newsletter No19
- Race card for the Summer 2005 series
- Newsletter No18
- Newsletter No17
- Cardiff Harbour Regatta 2005 Results
- Newsletter No16
- Cardiff Harbour Regatta NoR
- Tuesday Series 2005 Results
- Spring Series 2005 Results
- Newsletter No14
- Newsletter No13
- Newsletter No10
- Newsletter No9
- Early Bird Results
- Newsletter No7
- Spring Series Programme
- Newsletter No6
- Newsletter No4
- Newsletter No3
- Newsletter No2
- Newsletter No1
- Newsletter No23
- Frostbite 2004 results to 13-12-04
- Newsletter No22
- Racing Questionnaire (please Return to Syd)
- Frostbite 2004 results to 06-12-04
- Frostbite 2004 results to 28-11-04
- Newsletter No21
- Frostbite 2004 results to 22-11-04
- Newsletter No20
- Frostbite 2004 results to 16-11-04
- Frostbite 2004 results to 5-11-04
- Newsletter No19
- Newsletter No16
- Frostbite 2004 Racecard
- Newsletter No15
- Shanghai Cup 2004
- Summer Series 2004
- Summer Tuesday Evening Series 2004
- Tuesday Evening Series 2004
- Spring Series 2004
- Frostbite 2003
- Summer Tuesday
- Tuesday Series
- CBYC Ragatta
- Thursday Series
- SWOG 2003
- LAMBERT AND BUTLER SPRING SERIES 2003