Membership of the Cadet section is open to children aged from 10 years to 17 years inclusive.

To take part in any of the cadet courses, or use the cadet boats for racing and practicing children must be members of the cadet section. If you wish to join the cadet section of the club please e-mail info@ndyc.org asking for a membership form.

Once again the club will be running the Brannam Cup.

The Cadets are allowed and encouraged to borrow the club picos to practice sailing. All users of Club Boats must be paid up members of the Club. Club safety rules must be followed. There must be a safety boat on the water.

Picos can be used to practice sailing by Cadets with Stage 2 and above with permission of the Officer of the Day, who will specify permitted sailing areas close to the club. Cadets should bring their log books for inspection by the Officer of the Day. The Officer of the Day will not give permission for the Cadets to sail if they consider the sailing conditions to be too much for the Cadet or if all the rescue boats are being used well away from the Club.

Cadets can borrow the club picos to race in the following:

The Brannam Series - the helm must have at least Stage 3 and crew Stage 1.

Handicap 2 races - the helm must have at least Stage 4 and crew Stage 1. Sometimes during Open week cadets are allowed to helm the picos with Stage 3 in Handicap 2 race.

They will have to pay a race fee to enter the Handicap 2 race. This fee is payable to the Officer of the Day.

This is a special series of 8 races for the cadets. Special triangular courses are laid using the cadet buoys. Last year an average of 8 boats took part in each race. Come and join in. If you don’t have a helm or crew come along and then if possible we can match you up. This series of races is specifically for cadets sailing in the cadet picos or their own private boats. All boats taking part must have a PY of 1190 or above. The PY of each boat will be used to calculate its handicap. Various examples of PYs are shown.

Topaz 1UP Una Rig 1204

Topaz 2UP Main and Jib 1190

Pico 1UP Una Rig 1259

Pico 1UP Main and Jib 1260

Pico 2UP Main and Jib 1263

Topper 1UP Una Rig 1290

Mirror 1 or 2 UP Main and Jib 1386

The helm must be at least a RYA level 3, and the crew at least RYA level 1. There is an entrance fee for each race of £1 per person.

The race will be started on the water by the allocated safety boat no earlier than the time published above.

If a cadet wishes to take part in a race, they should sign on with the race co-ordinator by the published sign on time (see list above).

As last year the scoring will be in accordance with low point system as amended by rule A9. At the end of the series helms will be able to discard their 2 worst results out of 8 (so only their 6 best results count) if 7 - 8 races are run, if less than 7 races are run then there will be only 1 discard, less than 5 races no discards. The winner of the Brannam Cup is the helm with the least points after discards.

At the end of each race there will be a prize of £3 for the winning boat and £2 for the runner up. In the event of a tie, the prize money will be split evenly.

If there are any complaints (apart from racing protests) then they must be brought to the cadet committee. Racing protests will be dealt with under the usual system.

Club racing rules must be followed at all times. There will be a rescue boat assigned to each race.

On the Cadet racing front we have finished a very well supported Brannam series which was a little frustrating due to unsuitable weather the results are as follows.

The Pelican series raced over a week in August was again well supported with 20 boats being raced in superb weather conditions. the results being in doubt until the last lap of the last race.

Pelican Series

Mallard Series

The Sea Dog Trophy presented by Pam Gott was this year awarded to Rosanna Jury for the way she keeps her dad under control in the Spitfire.

We shall be preparing for a Dinghy Instructors course in the spring by holding pre-assesment sessions in September and October, and the RYA have agreed to fund a Racing Coach/ Catamaran Instructors course on the 16th to 18th November for 6 Instructors.

Please contact me for details or to apply for any of the above courses.

Dave Field