Radio Controlled yachts can be made or purchased to a variety of designs and price points. At Rotherham Model Yacht Club, we currently concentrate on racing three of the most popular designs. All three can be transported in a medium sized car and open up a great hobby opportunity to anybody who has an interest in wind powered sailing. If you are interested, come along and have a chat with our club members.
We are based at Rotherham Sailing Club which has some of the best facilities in the country with an excellent sailing water and cosy club house. The location is just 15 minutes from junction 30 and junction 31 of the M1.
Our racing day is on Saturday. All our series are open to visitors and run throughout the year.
At Harthill there is casual sailing on Wednesday mornings.
NEWCOMERS TO OUR SPORT ARE WELCOME
If you are just starting out in our sport and want to give it a try, you are welcome to come and meet us. One of the members will give you some tuition and maybe even a race or two just to see how you like it. A few visits later you may be hooked, and want to join us on a more regular basis.
Race Day Visitors
Visitors who are MYA members from other Clubs are welcome to come and sail with us on any sailing day. The fee is £ 3.00; a Maximum of six visits are allowed in any one year (Nov to Oct)
Visitors are temporary members of Rotherham Model Yacht Club and do not qualify for Club Series trophies.
The Sailing Calendar
The Club organise a Winter Series and Summer Series of Open regattas for the different yacht classes with racing every Saturday; morning from 10:30 until 13::00,
Visitors are always welcome.
On other sailing days there are less formal racing.
- DragonForce 65 (DF65) Open Series on the third Saturday,
- DragonFlite 95 (DF95) Open Series on the first Saturday
- International One Metre (IOM) Open Series on the second and fourth Saturday.
See the Calendar for the details.
Rotherham Model Yacht Club 2024 fees
The subscription for the year (November 1st 2024-25 are:
Single £85,
Couples £90.
All members must become affiliated to the Model Yachting Association (MYA) for insurance purposes.
This currently costs an additional £10.00 per adult. Juniors are free of charge.
Classes of yacht sailed by the club
DragonForce 65 – DF65
The DragonForce 65 is a one design class aimed at the newcomer to radio sailing. It has become popular with both new and experienced members.
DragonFlight95 – DF95
The DragonFlite 95 (DF95) is also a one design class aimed at the newcomer to radio sailing and has also become popular with both new and experienced members.
International One Meter – IOM
The IOM is the largest boat sailed at our club. This class has become the most popular of the radio classes worldwide and comes in various designs, sometimes home-built. Large numbers of this yacht class are raced around the UK, Europe and the world. The yachts have an overall length of one metre and three sail rigs. There is a minimum weight constraint of 4Kg and there also constraints for the draught and the weight of the fin and bulb
Chairman: Peter Cogill pcogill@cogill.plus.com
Secretary: Martyn Aspinall pmaspinall@hotmail.co.uk