OPEN MEETINGS
Dates for 2026 sailing
Sunday 12th July
Midlands Grand Prix Series » ILCA GP
Standard……………Radial…………….4.7
Schedule: Registration Sunday 12th July. Time: 0900 - 1030. Three races, race 1 signal not before 10.55. / Lunch / race 2 & 3 ASAP after lunch.
Pre-booking and payment online will help us, and make it easier for you! Entry fee £15. Lunch £4.00 (please order this before going on the water).
Eligibility and Entry: The regatta is open to all boats of the Laser Class. Boats may enter by completing the Entry Form in advance with WebCollect or submitting to the sign-on desk on the day of the competition.
Prizes: A minimum of three places in the Open Series also first place radial and 4.7 class, first lady, first Junior, first place in the Hollowell Laser Club Championship
Scoring: Standard Low point system. 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a series. When 3 or fewer races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
Insurance: Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of £2,000,000 per incident or the equivalent.
Prices Both days (coaching & event) adults - £20. Grand prix entry only for adults - £15
Price for both days for Juniors - £10 Grand Prix entry only for Juniors £7
Training Day with John Ling Saturday 11 July
Laser Training Saturday 11th July
Thurs 7 Aug to Sun 10 Aug 2026
British Moth Nationals
New format (Thursday is set-up day). Racing Fri/Sat/Sun. Camping available MOTH WEB SITE HERE
Saturday 23 May 2026
FM Sailing Northampton Youth Series
Six different friendly and fun-packed sailing events at clubs within 45 minutes of Northampton.
Sail any class of dinghy on handicap (in fact you can sail a different type of boat or sail, for the Lasers, at each of the six different events if you want to, but you must stay with your choice for the whole day of competition) e.g. Optimists, Toppers, Laser 4.7, Radial or full rig, Picos, Teras, Fevas, Mirrors etc.
Improve your racing skills and meet and socialise with junior sailors from other clubs.
Simply turn up on the day with your boat and a parent (entrance fee £10/£15).
Coaching in the morning (bright and early briefing at around 9:15 am (rigged and ready)).
Then enjoy a friendly regatta of three short races after lunch (two to count) with prizes.
09:15 BRIEFING - rigged and ready
09:30 COACHING in fleet groups
12:15-23:16 LUNCH
13:30 RACE 1 followed by 2 +3 back to back
16:30 TEA ∓ PRIZEGIVING
Lunches to be booked in advance. Fleets are divided to encouraged all abilities and junior dinghy classes to take part. The classes usually fall into the following fleets:
SLOW FLEET: Optimist / RS Tera / Topper 4.2
FAST FLEET: RS Feva / Laser
TOPPER FLEET: Topper 5.3