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• Cadet and Junior End of Seasons

  • Start
    25/10/2025
  •  
    11:00
  • End
    27/10/2025
  •  
    18:00
  • Location
    Blackwater Sailing Club
  • Spaces left
    67
  • Registered
    31 registrants

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  Cadet and Junior End of Seasons

  Saturday 25th October to Monday 27th October

  The End of Seasons is a series of races held over three days. We plan to run two or three races each day, depending on the weather.  It is open to Cadets and Junior members: All entrants need to be at least 8 years old, and less than 25 years old on 31st December 2025. All those who wish to enter must be confident river sailors with their own boats (For BSC sailors this means you were in Tango or MG training groups at cadet week, or you raced in the Reid Scott).

  We anticipate that there will be the following classes:

  • Optimists

  • Topper / RS Tera

  • RS Feva

  • ILCA / Laser (all rigs)

  • 420 / General handicap

  We hope to provide on the water coaching for less experienced sailors.

  We welcome visitors for this event but you must register in advance and there is a nominal charge; please indicate if you are a visitor on the form and you will be invoiced for the cost which you can pay by bank transfer.

  Please pre-register so we can plan the event. It will also be very useful to know if you are able to help out as a volunteer: as always we need adults to help this event run smoothly; we need people to help launch and recover boats, we need a bridge team, and we need crews for the safety boats.

  There will be a daily briefing in the lower deck approximately one hour before the start time shown below.

  Date	Approximate Start time
  Saturday 25th Oct	13:45  (Briefing time approx 12:45)
  Sunday 26th Oct	13:15 **CLOCKS GO BACKWARDS**
  Monday 27th Oct	13:45

  Note that all visitors under the age of 18 and BSC cadets under the age of 12 need to have a parent on site at all times (volunteering on a rescue boat counts as 'on site'). 

  Contact - Cadet Events for more details

  cadet-events@blackwatersailingclub.org.uk

  
  

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• Talk -'Operation Dynamo 85 Years on...'

  • When
    11/11/2025
  •  
    18:30 - 21:00
  • Location
    Main Club Room, Blackwater Sailing Club

  'Operation Dynamo 85 Years on...' by Alan Coday
  
  The Emotions and Experiences of a Thames Sailing Barge Voyage that Connects Historic Vessels, Communities and Countries.
  

  An illustrated talk about the May 2025 Association of Dunkirk Little Ships' 14 day passage from Maldon to Dunkirk and back that should have taken 7 days.

  Alan Coday is an BSC Honorary Member and Trustee of the Thames Sailing Barge Trust.

  The Osea Room bar opens at 18:30 and the talk starts in the main upper deck Club Room at 19:30.

  No need to book, just turn up.
  Non members from other sailing clubs welcome. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• EAMA (East Anglian Maritime Awards) Prize Giving

  • When
    12/11/2025
  •  
    18:30 - 20:30

  By invitation only.

  A celebration of the achievements and ambitions of young peple in or around boats, on water or ashore, across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

  
  

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• Cadet Laying Up Supper 2025

  • When
    15/11/2025
  •  
    18:00 - 22:00
  • Location
    blackwater sailing club
  • Spaces left
    81

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  2025 Cadet Laying Up Supper and Disco

  
  

  Saturday 15th November 2025@ 18:00

  Bar opens 6pm, Food from 7pm, Disco from 8:00pm to 9:00pm (primary school age), 9:00pm to 10pm (secondary school age)

  Come and celebrate the end of the Cadet season.

  
  

  £12 per person, Cadets, younger children and adults welcome

  
  

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• Feva Training 9

  • Start
    22/11/2025
  •  
    09:00
  • End
    23/11/2025
  •  
    23:30
  • Location
    Blackwater Sailing Club
  • Spaces left
    99
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  PLEASE REGISTER NOW!

  
  

  Steve Andrews has offered more Feva coaching this year.

  The dates are:  22-23 Nov, 6-7 December 

  You can do as few or as many days as you like, but you need to register for each weekend separately. Both helm and crew need to register separately, and you must indicate on the form with whom you are sailing.

  We will not be sorting out pairings, so if you aren't sure who you will be sailing with, please ask on the Feva WhatsApp group (ask the Cadet skipper to join) before registering.

  There is a limited number of club Fevas available to hire; priority will be given to sailors who haven't hired Fevas before. Please indicate on the form if you need to borrow a Feva.

  Guests need to register separately

  Exact starting and finishing times will be advised beforehand

  Registration for each session closes 5 days beforehand, and cancellations are accepted until registration closes.

  Priority for cadet training events

  
  

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  Payment Details:

  Please make a bank transfer before the event using the reference 'Invoice number'

  Club Bank details can be found on the invoice you receive on registration.

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• RYA First Aid course

  • When
    29/11/2025
  •  
    09:00 - 16:00
  • Location
    Club Room
  • Spaces left
    0

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  This 1 day RYA First Aid Course for members provides the essential skills needed to confidently deliver first aid in a boating environment. The course explores a range of first aid situations and is ideal for anyone who may be required to undertake emergency first aid procedures on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on cross channel passages. This is a hands-on course that combines a mixture of practical and theoretical learning.

  First Aid training is a prerequisite for some higher level RYA qualifications and Dinghy Instructors need to renew their First Aid training every 3 years.

  The cost, including First Aid manual is £45.00.

  Reserve your place now by booking online here or email Clare Bird. Priority is given to club instructors who have qualifications due to expire this year.

  If the event is full, please join the waiting list as places may become available and I will let you know when we run the next course.

  
  

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• Maldon Joint River Safety Meeting

  • When
    03/03/2026
  •  
    19:30 - 22:30
  • Location
    Club Room Blackwater Sailing Club

  MALDON ANNUAL JOINT USERS AND RIVER SAFETY MEETING

  TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2026 – 7.30PM
  

  Maldon Harbour Improvement Commisioners (MHIC) host this event. Everyone interested in safety matters relating to the River Blackwater is invited to attend this open meeting when issues and concerns relating to river safety can be raised and discussed.

  The meeting is being hosted by the Blackwater Sailing Club at Basin Rd, Heybridge Basin, CM9 4SD and is jointly organised with the Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners. Representatives of Maldon District Council, the River Bailiff, the Essex Police Marine Unit and other agencies will be attending. A full list will follow.

  Items for the Agenda should be sent to the Clerk to the Commissioners by 21st February.

  Calendar of Maldon Harbour Events – A list of events will be circulated after the meeting. If you have any events for this list, please send them in.

  Julie Stuchbery, Clerk to the Commissioners:

  Email: clerk@mhic.org.uk

  https://mhic.org.uk/forth-coming-events/

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