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Upcoming events

  • Optimist Open Meeting 2025

    • 06/09/2025
    • 09:00
    • 07/09/2025
    • 23:30
    • Blackwater Sailing Club
    • 52
    • 33 registrants
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    Blackwater Sailing Club

    Optimist Open 2025

    All Optimist Sailors Welcome!

    On 6th & 7th September Blackwater Sailing Club hosts its Optimist Open Weekend which consists of three separate events catering to all levels of Optimist sailor.

    BSC Optimist Open 2025 - Notice of Race.docx

    Sailing Instructions Optimist 2025.docx

    Event t-shirts available here: https://www.blackwatersccadets.stitchprint.co.uk/shop/category/OPI-OPEN-2025?c=5611141

    Contact optimist@blackwatersailingclub.org.uk

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  • Cruiser Weekend

    • 20/09/2025
    • 21/09/2025

    Weekend Cruise for club cruisers.

    Contact the Cruiser Class Captain Steve Moore for more details or join the Cruiser whats app group.

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  • 2-Day Laser ILCA Open Meeting & UKLA ILCA GP Event (Sunday only)

    • 20/09/2025
    • 09:00
    • 21/09/2025
    • 17:00
    • Blackwater Sailing Club
    • 2 registrants
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    2-Day Laser Open on the Blackwater estuary hosted by Blackwater Sailing Club.

    The Sunday will also be one of the events in the East Region UKLA ILCA GP Series.

    The results for those registered for the GP event will be extracted from Sunday's Open results. Prizes for both competitions.

    • 3 races each day, down river from a committee boat
    • Race start 10:45 Saturday & 11:30 Sunday (for guidance only as official start is on the day from the committee boat)
    • Separate starts, races & prizes for ILCA 4 (4.7), ILCA 6 (Radial) & ILCA 7 (Full)
    • Laser replica sails allowed
    • Camping, bar & galley available on site during the event
    • Non-members can leave their Laser on site during the event
    • Contact Tracy Haigh bookings@blackwatersailingclub.org.uk for more information/queries.

    NOR

    Sailing Instructions


    HW Sat 20th Sept: 12:49

    HW Sun 21st Sept: 13:28


    Blackwater SC, Basin Road, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4SD

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  • EAMA (East Anglian Maritime Awards) Prize Giving

    • 12/11/2025
    • 18:30 - 20:30

    By invitation only.

    A celebration of the achievements and ambitions of young peple in or around boats, on water or ashore, across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.


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  • Maldon Joint River Safety Meeting

    • 03/03/2026
    • 19:30 - 22:30
    • Club Room Blackwater Sailing Club

    MALDON ANNUAL JOINT USERS AND RIVER SAFETY MEETING

    TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2026 – 7.30PM

    Maldon Harbour Improvement Commisioners (MHIC) host this event. Everyone interested in safety matters relating to the River Blackwater is invited to attend this open meeting when issues and concerns relating to river safety can be raised and discussed.

    The meeting is being hosted by the Blackwater Sailing Club at Basin Rd, Heybridge Basin, CM9 4SD and is jointly organised with the Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners. Representatives of Maldon District Council, the River Bailiff, the Essex Police Marine Unit and other agencies will be attending. A full list will follow.

    Items for the Agenda should be sent to the Clerk to the Commissioners by 21st February.

    Calendar of Maldon Harbour Events – A list of events will be circulated after the meeting. If you have any events for this list, please send them in.

    Julie Stuchbery, Clerk to the Commissioners:

    Email: clerk@mhic.org.uk

    https://mhic.org.uk/forth-coming-events/

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Past events

29/08/2025 Reid Scott Junior Racing and Beastie Tour
20/08/2025 Club Week 2025 - Racing & Social Info
05/08/2025 Cadet Week 2025
05/08/2025 Cadet Week 2025 - EXTRAS
02/08/2025 Cruiser & Dinghy Weekend
26/07/2025 Regatta Day 2025
19/07/2025 Cruiser Weekend & BJRC Passage Race
12/07/2025 Blackwater Sailing Club Fireball & 420 Open Meeting
12/07/2025 Feva Training 7
06/07/2025 Commodore's Cruise
28/06/2025 Feva Training 6
21/06/2025 Cruiser & Dinghy Day Sail
14/06/2025 June Cadet Training Weekend 3
31/05/2025 Coronation Cup from Maldon Yacht Club Line
17/05/2025 Feva Training 5
17/05/2025 Blackwater Sailing Club Open Day
10/05/2025 Blackwater SC Snipe Open Meeting 2025
10/05/2025 May Cadet Training Weekend 2
15/04/2025 RS Feva training, session four
12/04/2025 Frostbite Easter - Family Social: Easter Egg Hunt, Games, Family Supper & Disco
12/04/2025 Frostbite - Cadet/Young Adult - Race Series 2025
12/04/2025 Frostbite - CADET ADVENTURE - Day Cruising
06/04/2025 Boat Jumble
22/03/2025 Thames Sailing Barge Trust - Experience Sailing in a Dinghy - Registered candidates by invitation only.
15/03/2025 RS Feva Race Coaching
04/03/2025 Maldon Joint River Safety Meeting
01/03/2025 RS Feva Race Coaching
04/02/2025 RYA Connected Workshop
18/01/2025 Feva Training
30/11/2024 Charity event for Farleigh Hospice
13/11/2024 EAMA (East Anglian Maritime Awards) Prize Giving
09/11/2024 RYA First Aid course
31/10/2024 Cadet and Junior End of Seasons
05/10/2024 Wayfarer & Snipe Open Meeting 2024
21/09/2024 Optimist Open Meeting 2024
21/09/2024 Optimist Open T-shirt 2024
19/09/2024 Keelboat Meeting
07/09/2024 Laser Open Meeting
30/08/2024 Reid Scott junior racing series, incorporating the Beastie Tour
20/07/2024 BSC 125th Anniversary Regatta 2024
07/07/2024 BSC 125th Anniversary RNLI Round The Islands and Parade of Sail
06/07/2024 Heybridge Basin Regatta
22/04/2024 East Anglian Maritime Awards Presentation
10/04/2024 Cadet frostbite race series 2024
13/03/2024 Maldon Joint River Safety Meeting
12/02/2024 RYA First Aid course - evenings
18/11/2023 RS Feva training, session four
14/10/2023 Powerboat Level 2
07/10/2023 RYA First Aid course
30/09/2023 Laser/ILCA & Solo Open Meeting
16/09/2023 2023 Optimist Open T-Shirt Order
16/09/2023 Optimist Open Meeting
02/09/2023 Wayfarer & Snipe Open Meeting
31/08/2023 Cadet Week 2023 Hoodies second order
30/08/2023 Reid Scott junior racing series, incorporating the Beastie Tour
30/07/2023 Cadet Week 2023 Hoodies
17/06/2023 Heybridge Regatta
03/06/2023 Gul Golden Dolphin Fireball Open Meeting
03/06/2023 420 Open Meeting
07/05/2023 Blackwater Sailing Club Open Day
11/04/2023 Tuesday Evening Talk - James Cook and his Voyages' by Richard Pusey
01/04/2023 Cadet frostbite race series 2023
14/03/2023 Tuesday Evening Talk - Sagas and experiences from 70 years messing around in boats - John Rogers
09/03/2023 Powerboat Level 2
25/02/2023 RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show
14/02/2023 Tuesday Evening Talk, Falling in Love with a Thames Barge
14/01/2023 RYA First Aid course
10/01/2023 Tuesday Evening Talk - Blocks, Cleats & Shackles - by Ben Harden from Allen
08/01/2023 Row and Gig Race in aid of the RNLI
13/12/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - Uncertain Outcomes - by David Sheldon
03/12/2022 RYA First Aid course
08/11/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - The Essex Yeomanry and the D-Day Landings - by Stephen Foakes
24/10/2022 October half term Optimist Training (Lake)
24/10/2022 October half term Optimist Training (River training and race training)
11/10/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - Atlantic BC by Phillip Beale
09/10/2022 Dyer Cup Races
09/10/2022 Macmillan Dyer Cup Fundraiser
08/10/2022 RYA SRC VHF Radio Course
02/10/2022 BJRC - Reserve Day
18/09/2022 BJRC - Weathermark Trophy
16/09/2022 MHIC Consultation Meeting on Harbour Dues
14/09/2022 RYA Yachtmaster & Day Skipper Theory Courses
10/09/2022 Wayfarer Eastern Championships 2022
10/09/2022 Snipe Open Meeting 2022
04/09/2022 BJRC - Krohn Cup
21/08/2022 BJRC - Brown Cup
13/08/2022 BSC Regatta 2022
07/08/2022 BJRC - Success Cup
06/08/2022 BJRC - Freeman Cup
24/07/2022 BJRC - Stone Cruiser Cup
23/07/2022 BJRC - Paget Cup
15/07/2022 Public Meeting - The Status and Future of the River Chelmer and Blackwater Estuary
10/07/2022 BJRC - Blackwater Cup
09/07/2022 RYA First Aid course
17/06/2022 Festival of the Sea 2022
11/06/2022 BJRC - Marconi Cup
04/06/2022 Optimist Open Meeting
22/05/2022 BJRC - Smith Cup
14/05/2022 Fireball Open Meeting
14/05/2022 National 18 Open Meeting
08/05/2022 BJRC - Maldon Salver
07/05/2022 Blackwater Sailing Club Open Day
18/04/2022 Osea Challenge Cup Dinghy Handicap Race
15/04/2022 Easter Race Series
05/04/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - A Cruise around the UK
29/03/2022 RYA First Aid course - evenings
02/03/2022 Wednesday Evening Talk - Sailing Photography
26/02/2022 RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show
12/02/2022 RYA First Aid course
08/02/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - An Atlantic Crossing with BSC friends
04/01/2022 Tuesday Evening Talk - Sailing along Sweden's west coast into Norway
03/01/2022 Row and Gig Race in aid of the RNLI - CANCELLED
03/01/2022 Blackwater Icicle - Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club
07/12/2021 Tuesday Evening Talk - An affair with a Dolly
23/11/2021 RYA Yachtmaster Course
07/11/2021 RYA SRC VHF Radio Course
02/11/2021 Tuesday Evening Talk - An Atlantic Adventure on Magic
10/10/2021 Dyer Cup Races
19/09/2021 Barts Bash Races
05/09/2021 BJRC Sprint Race Series
04/09/2021 Optimist Open Meeting
30/08/2021 BJRC - Weathermark Trophy
15/08/2021 BJRC - Success Cup
14/08/2021 BJRC - Freeman Cup
07/08/2021 BJRC Sprint Race Series
01/08/2021 BJRC - Krohn Cup
24/07/2021 BJRC Sprint Race Series
24/07/2021 CANCELLED -Fireball Under 26 Championship - CANCELLED
18/07/2021 BJRC - Stone Cruiser Cup
17/07/2021 BJRC - Paget Cup
10/07/2021 BJRC Sprint Race Series
04/07/2021 BJRC - Blackwater Cup
27/06/2021 Round the Island Races
26/06/2021 Blackwater Sailing Club Open Day
20/06/2021 BJRC - Brown Cup
13/06/2021 BJRC Sprint Race Series
12/06/2021 Fireball Open Meeting
05/06/2021 BJRC - Marconi Cup
22/05/2021 BJRC - Smith Cup
15/05/2021 National 18 and Snipe Open Meeting - CANCELLED
02/05/2021 BJRC - Maldon Salver
27/02/2021 Virtual RYA Dinghy Show
26/09/2020 BJRC - Weathermark Trophy
20/09/2020 BJRC Bart's Bash Sprint Race
12/09/2020 BJRC - Krohn Cup
05/09/2020 BJRC Sprint Race Series
29/08/2020 BJRC - Maldon Salver
16/08/2020 Club Week 2020
02/08/2020 BJRC Sprint Race Series
26/07/2020 BJRC - Paget Cup Racing Restarted
12/07/2020 BJRC - Stone Cruiser Cup CANCELLED
04/07/2020 CANCELLED Mid Summer BBQ and New Members Day
28/06/2020 BJRC - Success Cup CANCELLED
27/06/2020 BJRC - Freeman Cup CANCELLED
14/06/2020 BJRC - Brown Cup Cancelled
07/06/2020 BJRC Sprint Race Series Cancelled
06/06/2020 Second Cadet Training Weekend - Members Only
31/05/2020 BJRC - Marconi Cup This Event Is Cancelled
23/05/2020 BJRC Sprint Race Series
16/05/2020 BJRC - Smith Cup
10/05/2020 CANCELLED - Open Day
08/05/2020 CANCELLED Bank Holiday VE Day 75th Anniversary
02/05/2020 BJRC - Blackwater Cup
18/04/2020 Cancelled : UK Laser Association Laser Coaching
10/03/2020 Tuesday Evening Talk - Shipwrecked on the Indian Ocean
07/03/2020 UK Laser Association Laser Coaching
29/02/2020 RYA Dinghy Show 29th Feb & 1st March
16/02/2020 CRYC Exclusive Lake Use
11/02/2020 Tuesday Evening Talk - RYA Racing Rules
28/01/2020 Tuesday Evening Talk - Friday Sailors Greek Odyssey
14/01/2020 BJRC Committee Meeting
05/01/2020 CRYC Exclusive Lake Use
29/12/2019 Christmas Cracker Race
28/12/2019 Row and Gig Race in aid of the RNLI
10/12/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - A Cruise to Caen by George Whitchurch
25/11/2019 Yacht Master Theory - 8 week course
12/11/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - 'Brunel and his Great Ships' by Richard Pusey
27/10/2019 RYA Short Range Radio Course
30/09/2019 Day Skipper Theory - 8 week course
29/09/2019 Dyer Cup Races
25/09/2019 Day Skipper Theory - 26 week course
22/09/2019 BJRC - Weathermark Trophy
21/09/2019 Maldon Town Regatta
15/09/2019 Barts Bash Races
14/09/2019 Coronation Cup
08/09/2019 BJRC - Krohn Cup
01/09/2019 Blackwater Challenge Cup Races
28/08/2019 Reid Scott Race Series
28/08/2019 Optimist Open Meeting
25/08/2019 BJRC - Success Cup
24/08/2019 BJRC - Freeman Cup
17/08/2019 Regatta Day
11/08/2019 Club Week Social Events
11/08/2019 Club Week 2019
10/08/2019 BJRC - Maldon Salver
03/08/2019 Peter's Pot Pursuit Race
27/07/2019 BJRC - Paget Cup
25/07/2019 Beginners Sailing and Social Evening
21/07/2019 Round the Island Races
18/07/2019 Beginners Sailing and Social Evening
11/07/2019 Beginners Sailing and Social Evening
06/07/2019 BSC Leg of the Beastie Tour
06/07/2019 Heybridge Basin Regatta
06/07/2019 Sole lake use - Maldon Blackwater Model Boat Club
04/07/2019 Beginners Sailing and Social Evening
29/06/2019 BJRC - Brown Cup
27/06/2019 Beginners Sailing Evening
20/06/2019 Beginners Sailing Evening
15/06/2019 Fireball Open Meeting
13/06/2019 Beginners Sailing Evening
09/06/2019 BJRC - Stone Cruiser Cup
06/06/2019 Beginners Sailing Evening
27/05/2019 Commodore's Cruise
26/05/2019 BJRC - Marconi Cup
18/05/2019 National 18 English Championships and Snipe Open Meeting
12/05/2019 BJRC - Smith Cup
05/05/2019 Diamond Jubilee Challenge Trophy Races
04/05/2019 Open Day 2019
27/04/2019 BJRC - Blackwater Cup
22/04/2019 Osea Challenge Cup Races
19/04/2019 Britannia Trophy Races
18/04/2019 Cadet/Junior Frostbite Race Series
13/04/2019 Cruising Association Essex - Supper & Talk - The New East Coast Pilot
09/04/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - Sailing Around Britain by Colin Stracey
12/03/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - “My Square rig Sailing” by Bryan Shedel
09/03/2019 Cruising Association Essex - Supper & Talk - Stress Free Sailing
02/03/2019 RYA Dinghy Show
26/02/2019 RYA Funding Workshop
17/02/2019 Sole lake use - Chelmsford Radio Yacht Club
12/02/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - Championship Racing and Preparation
09/02/2019 Cruising Association Essex - Supper & Talk - TS Royalist and the Sea Cadets
07/02/2019 Pathway to Podium
12/01/2019 Cruising Association Essex - Supper & Talk - Carry on Cruising
08/01/2019 Tuesday Evening Talk - Launching, Hauling and Lifting - CANCELLED
06/01/2019 Sole lake use - Chelmsford Radio Yacht Club
05/01/2019 Row and Gig Race in aid of the RNLI
11/12/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - Sailing to the Canary Islands
08/12/2018 Cruising Association Essex - Supper & Talk - Sailing Around Britain
13/11/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - East Coast Magic
07/10/2018 Macmillan Fund Raiser
23/09/2018 Barts Bash Races
22/09/2018 Cruising Weekend
08/09/2018 Optimist Open Meeting
22/08/2018 Cadet Reid Scott Series
12/08/2018 Club Week
11/08/2018 Regatta
07/07/2018 Sole Use of the Lake by MBMBC
30/06/2018 Snipe & National 18 Open Meeting
17/06/2018 Round the Islands Race
08/05/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - Black Waters
05/05/2018 Open Day
28/04/2018 Fireball Open Meeting
14/04/2018 Blaze Open Meeting
10/04/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - Seven Years Under the Funnel
24/03/2018 Plastic and Litter Pick Up
13/03/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - A Question of Adventure
13/02/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - Favourite Anchorages
09/01/2018 Tuesday Evening Talk - Wayfarer Cruising
17/09/2017 Bart's Bash

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Essex CM9 4SD
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