Racing

PDSC provides competitive club racing for a wide range of dinghy classes based on the RYA Portsmouth Yardstick handicaping system.  Racing is scheduled on Saturday afternoons and on Wednesday evenings during the summer months.  We encourage all members to have a go and provide training and friendly advice to those new to racing.

To keep things interesting we schedule a variety of different race types including the traditional “around the cans” series, a pursuit series, a sprint series and the long distance Bangor Pier, and Caernarfon races. 

The Rawson Cup and Vaynol Cup series are run over a single weekend providing mini events of 4 to 5 races each.

There are a number of open races scheduled throughout the season including the Hywel Poole Memorial race, Hornet, Solo and Phantom opens.  Class captains are responsible for proposing and organising these open races. 

In the summer we join in with the world’s largest sailing race, BART’S BASH scored as an average lap race.

We are a volunteer run club and each member may be assigned a Race Officer duty each season.  For more detailed information on the racing program check out the Racing Programme and Dutyman Rota