Birmingham Model Yacht Club

BMYC is a club run by members for members, who wish to competitively race, Radio Controlled Model Yachts in a friendly atmosphere. We extend a warm welcome to visitors and potential new members to sail with us. The sailing water is deep, weed free and overlooked by the heated clubhouse. This is well equipped with all the usual facilities, tea/coffee is served during breaks in our racing.

A training programme is available for all club members and individual coaching and advice is in place for those new to Radio Controlled racing.

The Yacht classes that are catered for are:
IOM International One Metre, DF 95 Dragon Flite 95, RG 65 RG65, DF 65 Dragon Force 65, MM Micro Magic & Footy Footy. The size of the pool makes it unsuitable for non Radio Controlled yachts (i.e. Vane Type). R/C power boats are not allowed.

Winter Season: Tuesdays and Thursdays; Sailing starts at 13.30; 6 Races. (Best 5 results count). Summer Season: Tuesdays and Thursdays; Sailing starts at 13.30; 8 Races. (Best 6 results count)

BMYC is affiliated to Sutton Sailing Club and shares its facilities at Powell’s Pool, Sutton Park. Entrance off Monmouth Drive, B73 6JL.

As guests of Sutton Sailing Club we respect their facilities, in particular not allowing wet boats to soil the furniture and carpets. At towel or equivalent is required to be placed under wet boats to provide protection.

Racing
We race to the rules of the Royal Yachting Association, as adapted for Model Yachts, by appendix E; plus Guidance from the MYA.

The race program is published on this BMYC web site. It shows the class of yacht to be raced and the name of the Race Officer. In the event that a Race Officer is not present, the group should appoint an agreed replacement.

To support the training and development of Novice Sailors; during club only events, the following two rules will apply to competent sailors but appropriately disregarded to support Novice Sailors.
Rule E2.2 “A competitor shall not give tactical or strategical advice to a competitor controlling a boat that is racing”.
Rule E4.2 “A boat or the competitor controlling her shall not receive help from any outside source”.

The RYA guidance; “Races should start as soon as possible after the last boat of the previous race has finished”. During club only events, this guidance shall be interpreted by the Race Officer as “Allowing a short delay, (typically 2 - 5 minutes) to enable a competitor to tweak their boat”. The Race Officer should inform all other competitors that this decision has been taken.

If a longer delay is required e.g. a rig change, this delay should not be allowed. The competitor will need discard the next race in order to create the required time. This will not significantly jeopardise the competitor as the scoring system automatically disregards the competitor’s poorest results. (6 Races, Best 5 results count. 8 Races, Best 6 results count)

Members who wish to sail any class of R/C yacht, without entering the race may do so, by sailing clear of designated race course.

For more information check out further pages on our website, come along on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon or, if you have specific questions, email one of our committee officers.

Class series racing
Class races take place all year round on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Winter series is from October to March. Summer from March to October. RG65 and DF65 classes race together but the results are separated out to arrive at the final series results. Each class has only one series in the winter but in the summer the RG65, DF65, DF95 and IOM each has two series; a Tuesday series and a separate Thursday series.