Introducing Aldeburgh Yacht Club

AYC is a great place to learn to sail and take part in all aspects of racing.

Racing is organised from Easter to Christmas every year. The racing season begins each year with a Spring handicap series for the “early birds” which runs into May. There is a Spring Regatta at the Spring Bank Holiday weekend followed by class racing from end May through to end September. Many classes also hold annual open meetings when “hot shots” from elsewhere come to challenge our members on their home ground. Evening racing on a Wednesday evening starts in April and continues to September.

In July and August, the Club really comes alive with a daily programme for the Junior members as well as active weekday racing for several of the other classes. The annual Aldeburgh Regatta, held mid-August, is typically attended by upwards of 200 boats and sees both close racing and an active social programme, culminating in the annual Regatta Ball. There is also a separate Junior & Youth Regatta in August for our younger racers.

The racing season reaches a climax in the Autumn with two major club handicap races – at the end of September for the Centenary Bowl and the Championship of the Alde, in October. The season then concludes with a winter handicap series sailed on Sunday mornings from October to December.

Classes sailed at the Club are the Dragon, Flying Fifteen, Loch Long & K6 (keelboats), Wayfarer, ILCA (Laser) and Lapwing (dinghies) and RS Feva, Tera, Quest and Optimist (junior classes).

There is also racing for cruising yachts and Cornish Shrimpers/Norfolk Gypsies in the Regatta and on selected weekends during the season.