Sponsored by Waterways Ireland, Lough Erne Yacht Club plans an autumn yacht-racing season, called Autumn on Lough Erne and named after a BBC programme.

The final Topper Traveller at Ballyholme Yacht Club on Saturday was a great success and great fun was had by all. 43 boats took part and the day was sunny with a good breeze at 15 to 25 knots to test our young sailors.

Young Topper sailors will take to the water 29th & 30th Sept at East Antrim Boat Club and Laser sailors on  6th and 7th Oct at Cushendall Sailing and Boating Club. All will undertake two days of coaching  and racing to try and secure places on the RYA NI Junior Squad.

NI Finalist Frasier Wright from East Down Yacht Club finished 2nd in the 8-12 age group.

Thesecond edition of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is taking place from the 19th to the 23rd September at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy, the venue for the 2012 Olympics.

Once again sailors from Ballyholme Yacht Club continue to put in impressive results both at home and abroad.  A class not mentioned previously has had a BYC member on board.  Warren Polly has been crewing recently in the Olympic Star class with Peter O’Leary from Cork. 

As the main sailing season draws to a close and some of us less hardy folk hang up the oilies or wetsuit, why not spare a few moments to share some of your sailing exploits with us?

Saturday saw the end of the summer sailing season at Ballyholme and Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs the boats racing for the RS Car Sales Lufra Cup in a pursuit race. The increasing wind made it a busy one for the Rescue Boat crews.

Ballyholme Yacht Club sailing brothers, Jonathan and Andrew Henry came home from the RYA Northern Ireland Youth Championships at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club with wins in the highly competitive Topper and Laser 4.7 classes.