The Royal Burnham Yacht Club

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Founded 1895 and receiving Royal Patronage in December 1927, The Royal Burnham Yacht Club is at the heart of sailing and related activities on the River Crouch.

News

Scow Class Jubilee Picnic
Sat 18th July

On 18th July 1959 the Royal Burnham formally adopted the Scow Class - on Saturday 18th July 2009 we are holding a Scow Jubilee Picnic to celebrate the class 50th Jubilee.

We will cruise comfortably to a nearby beach / ... Read More.

RS Feva and RS Tera Burnham Open Meeting
Sat 11th July

RS Feva and RS Tera Burnham Open Meeting - 11th July - Organised by: Royal Burnham Yacht Club, Corinthian Otters, Burnham SC

... more information

RSPB Wallasea Wild Coast update No 1
Fri 29th May

The RSPB has issued their first News Letter style update on the RSPB Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project. See the attached document.

For further information, please contact

Chris Tyas

Wallasea Island Project ... Read More.

RORC North Sea Race
Sun 24th May

12 of the 56 IRC entrants for the RORC North Sea Race were East Anglian Offshore Racing Association Yachts. Bright sun and 10-15kts of breeze got the yachts away from the start and towards the South Galloper buoy. ... Read More.

Arthur Brown wins at Grafham
Sun 17th May

Congratulations to RBYC Cadet Arthur Brown who won the Regatta Fleet Inlands at Grafham.

Full Results of the Volvo Musto Optimist ... Read More.

EAORA St Katerines Race
Sun 3rd May

The race started at the mouth of the Medway River with a building North Westerly breeze. It was a downwind start with class three getting off to a great start with classes one and two in hot pursuit.

After rounding ... Read More.

EAORA Janes Cup
Sat 2nd May

Light and fickle winds was the forecast for the EAORA Jane's Cup race and the actuality was not far off.

All 3 classes were away cleanly for a deep spinnaker leg out of the Crouch toward the Whitaker Buoy. Class 3 yachts ... Read More.

EAORA Pattinson Cup Race
Sun 19th April

The Pattinson cup started from the Branklet buoy in the River Crouch on a North Easterly ... Read More.

EAORA Ralph Herring Race
Sat 18th April

The season opener of the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association ... Read More.

RS Elites - Karen Paddison Trophy
Mon 13th April

Four boats took part in this trophy series (well, it is early in the season) and two boats actually managed to compete both races (well, the wind was awful).

As a result NO RIFF RAFF (Guy Chevenix-Trench / David Warren) ... Read More.

2009 Williwaw Trophy
Mon 13th April

Weird and Wonderful Weather ………… Again!

After last year’s driven snow, it was to be hoped that with Easter being 3 weeks later the weather might be more dependable, but unfortunately it lived up to ... Read More.

RBOD Newsletter April 2009
Thur 9th April

Here we are on the brink of the start of the 77th Season and we already have some exciting news. Breaking the trend of recent years we have a new winner for the first afloat trophy. ARIEL, owned by Ashley Tooth and David Osborne ... Read More.

2009 Racing Season
Tues 31st March

Full details of the 2009 Club Racing Season are available here:

New Racing Rules
Mon 30th March

A copy of the new racing rules, RRS 2009-12, showing the changes are available here:

Easter message from the Burnham RNLI
Mon 23rd March

Boating advice from the Burnham Royal National Lifeboat Institution. ... Read More.

Dennis Conner's International Yacht Club Challenge
Sat 31st January

The RBYC has been invited to send a team to compete in the Third Annual Dennis Conner's International Yacht Club Challenge - August 19-22, 2009 in New York City.

The event is hosted by the ... Read More.

RSPB Wallasea Island Project - the impact for sail
Sat 10th January

As you are no doubt aware, the RSPB is planning to convert Wallasea Island into a bird sanctuary / nature reserve by flooding it in a similar way to the existing DEFRA works on south shore of the Crouch at Wallasea Island ... Read More.

Come and join The Royal Burnham Yacht Club
Wed 1st October

An invitation from our Commodore Stuart Galloway

We are a friendly, family centred sailing club with a long history of national and international achievements on the water as well as a diverse social ... Read More.

RSPB - Wallasea Wetland Year One Monitoring Report
Mon 23rd June

The RSPB and DEFRA have published a Non-technical Summary of the monitoring of the Wallasea Wetland project. It contains details of the monitoring of changes in tidal flows as well as the bird monitoring results.

A ... Read More.