NEWS

Robbie Stewart

It is with great regret that “Offshore One” announces the passing of Robbie Stewart. Robbie started sailing EAORA / RORC races in the 70’s on a variety of boats, before building a succession of his own yachts that had...

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RORC East Coast Race

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EAORA Week 2024

https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/277279/EAORA-Week

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East Coast IRC championships

The championships are being held in 2024 at West Mersea as part of 50th anniversary of Mersea Week. August 18th to 23rd - See also poster on EAORA web site. The event consists of round the cans races a mixture of long and...

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Chuffy Merewether

EAORA has been deeply saddened by the untimely death of Chuffy Merewether, one of the organisation’s most long-standing and active supporters. Chuffy was christened Anita Meryl Green, but her nickname apparently dated from before she was born and stuck for life.

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EAORA Week 2022

https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/251766/EAORA-Week-2022-in-Southern-Holland?source=email

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Updated Rorc Keel inspection information

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Dates for 2022

30th April - Pattinson Cup Burnham to Mersea 1st May – Ralph Herring Mersea to Burnham 27th May – RORC North Sea race Harwich to Scheveningen 11th June – Janes Cup Burnham to Medway 12th June – Thames Estuary shield Medway to Burnham 9th July...

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Structural Inspection for 2022

Offshore Special Regulations – FAQ 3.02 Structural Inspection and Appendix L 1 OSR 3.02 Structural Inspection and Appendix L Frequently Asked Questions What are the checks designed to do? Keels have been breaking off yachts for many years. The yacht types losing keels...

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2021 End of Season Report

2021 has been a challenging year for offshore racing, due to Covid restrictions, and the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association season faced additional challenges from the weather. A reduced, eight-race programme was devised, to comply with all the Covid rules, but...

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Buckley Goblets remains in the WMYC

Team Golden Fleece has had a brilliant finish to the season with an overal win in The Buckley Goblets, They finished with a generous margin over the other competing boats, they also won class III the Lawson Trophy being the...

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Pam Yates

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Pam Yates, who with her late husband Malcolm was a huge supporter of EAORA, notably on their Contessa 32 Fresh Herring and with Jock Smith on Tumblehome II Pam, who...

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Revised Offshore Regatta is on

Four days of offshore racing – Thursday July 8 to Sunday July 11, 2021 Sadly, the postponement of lifting Covid restrictions, from June 19 to July 19, forced the cancellation of EAORA’s eagerly-anticipated Offshore Regatta. However, several boats had already...

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Offshore Regatta 2021

The extension of the Covid restrictions, due to be lifted on June 19, to July 19, has unfortunately made it impossible to run the EAORA Offshore Regatta, due to be held from Thursday July 8 to Sunday July 11, in...

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Fastnet Quailifier

To confirm, for the purposes of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race would welcome EAORA Races being used for qualification mileage. Although having hoped to run a relatively normal season we now believe we won't return to full offshore racing until...

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New 2021 programme

5th June RORC East Coast race Harwich to Harwich 8th July Pattinson Cup Harwich to Mersea (Offshore Regatta) 9th July Janes Cup Mersea to Medway (Offshore Regatta) 10th July Ralph Herring Medway to Burnham (Offshore regatta) 11th July Walker Challenge Cup Burnham...

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Alan Bartlett age 94

We are saddened by the news that Alan Bartlett has passed away at the age of 94. Alan was a stalwart supporter of EAORA and the Crouch Yacht Club. He was a Fastnet veteran, experiencing the tragic race of 1979,...

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EAORA DRAFT RACE PROGRAMME 2021

8th May Pattinson Cup 9th May Ralph Herring 14th May North Sea race RORC Fastnet qualifier 4th June East Coast Race RORC Fastnet qualifier 19th June Janes Cup 20th June Thames Estuary 8th July Offshore regatta (9th July layday in...

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AGM cancelled until the new year

We have decided to put our AGM on hold until the new year. Normally this time of year we are busy arranging a programme for 2021 for approval at the AGM. For now we will move our AGM to either...

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THE REST OF THE 2020 SEASON

The Committee has decided to cancel the remaining 2020 series due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have waited as long as possible before this decision to see if realistically a solution could be found to enable us to race in...

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2020 AND THE REST OF THE SEASON

Our seasons racing has been cancelled to date and with valid distancing rules now in force the chance of getting a good number of crew all huddled up on the rail is a none starter and that sociable get together...

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Covid -19 update

Covid -19 An unprecedented time dealing with a situation that is changing at a breakneck pace, and as such we continue to consider the best options for the EAORA racing fleet for 2020. Within the last 24 hours there has been discussions...

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WHATS NEW FOR THE EAORA RACING FLEET FOR 2020

NEW RULES FOR 2020 AIS - ITS NOW A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL YACHTS RACING EAORA TO HAVE AN AIS AUTOHELM - IF FULLY CREWED, AUTO PILOT IS STILL ALLOWED TO BE USED DURING RACING. RATINGS- STILL THE SAME RATINGS FOR CLASS 1,2 &...

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70th EAORA Prize Giving

https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/224056/70th-EAORA-Prizegiving?source=email

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2020 Season now published.

Race 1. Pattinson Cup 2nd May. Burnham to Mersea. Race 2. Ralph Herring 3rd May. Mersea to Burnham. Race 3 North Sea Race 22nd May RORC Race 4 Janes Cup 13th June. Burnham to Medway Race 5 Thames Estuary 14th...

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New EAORA boats for the Janes Cup weekend on the 15th June 2019

Joe & Vanessa Boltan are looking forward to their first EAORA weekend to compete for the Medway Yacht Club’s Janes Cup. They have a Beneteau 33.7 rated at 0.948 called Ghost Train where they have already been racing locally. Ross Eldred...

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Sad Loss - Nick Poole

It is with great sadness that Nick Poole has passed away whilst in hospital in Luton. He was a great supporter of the Crouch Yacht Club and East Anglian Offshore. He served in a number of capacities at the club...

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Ausome Charity takes on the Fastnet with a global autistic crew,

Ausome, a registered charity promoting the personal and social growth of individuals of all ages who have Autism Spectrum Conditions through an exciting programme of sailing, has launched a campaign to compete with an autistic crew of nine sailors in...

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POSSIBLE NEW BOATS FOR EAORA FOR 2019

I am pleased to report that there may be a few new boats out racing amongst the fleet for the first time, we have a Harley 33 (designed by John Corby) from the River Crouch, a possible J boat and...

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Programme 2019

EAORA PROGRAMME 2019 Date Race Miles Organising Authority Sat 11 May Ralph Herring Mersea to Burnham-on-Crouch 55 Royal Burnham YC Sun 12 May Pattinson Cup Burnham-on-Crouch to Mersea 55 West Mersea YC Fri 31 May North Sea Race Harwich to Scheveningen 180 RORC Sat 15 June Janes Cup Burnham to Medway 60 Medway YC Sun 16 June Thames Estuary Shield Medway to Burnham 60 Corinthian YC Fri 28 June East Coast...

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EAORA 2018 Prize Giving.

EAORA Prizegiving 3rd November 2018 West Mersea Yacht Club 116 Coast Road, West Mersea, CO5 8PB AGM 5.00 for all those wishing to attend Price per person £25.00 Menu Prawn & crayfish cocktail ****** Crispy pancetta wrapped chicken breast, potato and spring onion rosti, balsamic & tomato coulis ****** Chocolate...

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Golden Fleece wins the 1911 Houghton Cup for West Mersea YC

Crouch YC & The Royal Burnham YC work together to honour the prestigious Houghton Cup Michael Wheeler and his crew onboard his beautiful Sparkman & Stephens yacht called Golden Fleece won line honours, 1st in Class and 1st Overall on Sunday...

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