Anglia Regatta (posted 25 May 2010)
The Anglia Land Yacht Club will be holding their second regatta in the 2009/10 British Championship series on their airfield circuit at Bassingbourn over the weekend of June 12th and 13th. All licensed pilots from BFSLYC clubs are welcome.

The event will be a series of races in accordance with BFSLYC rules for classes 3, 5 and Standart. Prizes will be awarded commensurate with the number of entries in each class.

Hugh Leighton will be the Sailing Master and the pilots briefing will be held at approx. 10.15 on Saturday morning. Entry fee 20 pounds per pilot. Saturday evening at the Queen Adelaide.

Please note: First aid cover will be in attendance. All pilots will require proof of identity photo driving licence or passport in order to be allowed onto Bassingbourn camp and should inform Steve Borrill (Email or 07796 694 743) before 9th June that they will be attending the event. There are no facilities on the site for camping or caravans however an accommodation list can be found at 4Hotels. There is no access to the camp before Saturday morning except for leaving trailers by arrangement with Steve Borrill.

Any further queries please contact Steve Borrill.

World Championships 2010 (posted 10 May 2010)
This year's World Championships take place at De Panne, Belgium.

Class 8 racing is from 28th Sept to 2nd Oct, class 2, 3, 5s, 5 Promo, Standart is on 9th-15th Oct.

More information available at the World Championship website http://www.worldchampionships2010depanne.com.

Brean Regatta (posted 22 Feb 2010)
Brean will be holding a National Sand Yacht Regatta over the weekend of the 13th/14th March 2010. This will be for Class 3, 5 and Standart. All clubs are welcome. Entry Fee 20 pounds with practice on Friday 12th March. Signing in will be at 10o/c on Saturday the 13th.

A Dinner on Saturday night has been arranged for 7o/c at the Beachcomer Inn. 2 Courses with Coffee 11.50 pounds per person.

PLEASE NOTE all enquiries regarding the Regatta after Thursday 25th February, Please refer to Mike Young, Tel 01458 850782 Email

The list below is accomodation:
Berrow Links House B& B tel 01278 751422
The Old Rectory Tel 01278 751447
Berrow Heath B&B Tel 01278 751385
Home Farm Holiday Park Caravans Edithmead Tel 01278 78888

Brean Regatta (posted 10 Nov 2009)
Brean Land Yacht Club will be holding a National Regatta at Brean Beach during the weekend 28/29 Nov 2009. This will be for the classes 3,5 & Standart. All classes are welcome, entry fee 20 pounds with practice on Friday 27th from 12pm onwards. Signing in will be at 10.am on Saturday 28th. A saturday evening meal has been arranged at The Beachcomber Inn. This will be a 3 course meal with coffee for 16 pounds per person.

The list below is accomodation.
Berrow Links House B& B Tel 01278 751422
The Old Rectory Tel 01278 751447
Berrow Heath B&B Tel 01278 751385
Home Farm Holiday Park. Caravans Edithmead Tel 01278 788888

Anglia Regatta (posted 08 Oct 2009)
The Anglia Land Yacht club will be holding their second regatta in the 2008/9 British Championship series on their airfield circuit at Bassingbourn over the weekend of October 17th and 18th. All licensed pilots from BFSLYC clubs are welcome.

The event will be a series of races in accordance with BFSLYC rules for classes 3, 5 and Standart. Prizes will be awarded commensurate with the number of entries in each class.

Hugh Leighton will be the Sailing Master and the pilots briefing will be held at approx. 10.15 on Saturday morning. Entry fee 20 pounds per pilot. Saturday evening at the Queen Adelaide.

Please note: First aid cover will be in attendance. All pilots will require proof of identity photo driving licence or passport in order to be allowed onto Bassingbourn camp and should inform Steve Borrill (Email or 07796694743) before October 15th that they will be attending the event. There are no facilities on the site for camping or caravans however an accommodation list can be found at 4Hotels. There is no access to the camp before Saturday morning except for leaving trailers by arrangement with Steve Borrill.

Any further queries please contact Steve Borrill.

York Land Sailing Club invitation (posted 12 Sep 2009)
York Land Yachting Club open invitation 10th & 11th October, all classes & types of land yachts are welcome to come along to Elvington Airfield on either the Sat/Sun or both. Meeting aim is to have some good sailing and make friends with fellow sailors within the land yachting community, if you haven't sailed on Elvington Airfield or its been a while since your last visit, then this is your chance to enjoy this huge site, we have 2 miles of runway with service roads alongside as well as the large pan area, being one of the longest runways in the uk & remote from public access making this an excellent sailing site.

Food & refreshments available at Yorkshire Air Museum Mess/canteen from 10.00 until 16.30hrs each day, please ask us for a pass to gain access to the museum on the day to avoid paying the entrance charge. Link

Sailing fee 10 pounds per day to cover 3rd party insurance and Airfield hire, we also have a number of club yachts available, if you would like to use one of these please get in touch.

Please email Mike Bawden in advance to obtain access code for combination lock on main gate.

Accommodation sites should you wish to stop over the weekend also contains history of site: Accommodation
Aerial view of site
York tourist info
Directions & map
Elvington Airfield website

Anglia Regatta (posted 16 May 2009)
The Anglia Land Yacht club will be holding their second regatta in the 2008/9 British Championship series on their airfield circuit at Bassingbourn over the weekend of June 6th and 7th. All licensed pilots from BFSLYC clubs are welcome.

The event will be a series of races in accordance with BFSLYC rules for classes 3, 5 and Standart. Prizes will be awarded commensurate with the number of entries in each class.

Hugh Leighton will be the Sailing Master and the pilots briefing will be held at approx. 10.15 on Saturday morning. Entry fee £20 per pilot. Saturday evening at the Queen Adelaide by popular request.

Please note: First aid cover will be in attendance. All pilots will require proof of identity photo driving licence or passport in order to be allowed onto Bassingbourn camp and should inform Steve Borrill (Email or 07796694743) before May 30th that they will be attending the event. There are no facilities on the site for camping or caravans however an accommodation list can be found at 4Hotels. There is no access to the camp before Saturday morning.

Any further queries please contact Steve Borrill.

BlownAway (posted 30 Mar 2009)
18/19th April. The festival is for kite & wind sports being coordinated by the local wind sports club Wind & Wheels in conjunction with North Somerset Council. From single lines to sails! Several National Series including Blokarts & Class 8. More details available at www.blownaway.org.uk or email Wind & Wheels

Brean Regatta (posted 17 Mar 2009)
Brean Land Yacht Club will be holding a National Regatta at Brean Beach during this weekend 21-22 March 2009. This will be for the classes 3,5 & Standart. All classes are welcome, entry fee £23.00 with practice on Friday 20th from 10 a.m.onwards. Signing in will be at 10.am on Saturday 21st. A saturday evening meal has been arranged at The Beachcomber Inn. This will be a 2 course meal with coffee for £11.00. Menu selection to be made at time of registering.

The list below is accommodation:-
Berrow Links House B & B tel 01278 751422
The Old Rectory B & B tel 01278 751447
Beachside Holiday Park tel 01278 751346
Unity Farm Holiday Park tel 01278 751235

Ron Frewin BLYC Sailing Master

Landsailor magazine returns (posted 07 Jan 2009)
The BFSLYC are pleased to annouce the return of the Landsailor magazine . Martin Leach has taken the position of Editor, and he invites anybody to contact him, if they would like to contribute to the magazine.

Editions of the magazine will be published here. There is also a link there, that allows people to subscribe to the mailing list. Subscribers will be notified when a new edition is available.

Website review (posted 17 Nov 2007)
A review of the website is in progress. This will be done primarily by Andy Parr (Fed Secr) and Rob Close (webmaster). The menu may change as new sections come online, so please bear with us!

If you would like to contribute to any area of the website, or if you have some new ideas, please contact Andy or Rob via the Officers page.