Entries welcome to the Turkey Cup 2025, kindly sponsored by Harwoods Chandlery, Yarmouth. Please click here for the supplementary Sailing Instructions Prize Giving will take place in the RSYC bar as soon as practicable following racing. Prizes to be awarded as follows: • 1st place ~ Alan Spriggs Trophy & RSYC Glass • 2nd place ~ […]
Series 1 - 5th October to 8th November Sponsored by Wight Marine
Details to come
Sponsored by River Yar Boatyard
Save the Date for our RSYC Start of Season Cruising Lunch. To open the sailing season, join us for a hearty discussion to discuss the year ahead. Wednesday 28th January 2026 Menu and prices to follow Please email sailing@royalsolent.org if you wish to join the RSYC Cruising Group No Boat? No problem, there are often members […]
Burns Night Dinner Join us at the Club for a traditional Burns Night Dinner on Saturday 24th January. The evening will feature all the usual elements of a night with the great Scottish poet including the Selkirk Grace, address to and cutting of the haggis before a traditional hearty feast of Cullen Skink Soup followed […]
To open the 2026 Sailing Season; please join us for lunch and a hearty discussion on the year ahead If you have any questions, or if you wish to join […]
‘My Gardening Year’, which gives an intriguing insight into the year-round work of a prize-winning grower, including, among many awards, Gold at the Chelsea Flower Show. Darren has been growing and showing dahlias for nearly forty years and Sweet Peas for almost thirty years. Darren moved from West Kent to the Isle of Wight about […]
There is No Second:- The definitive account of the first race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 for what became 'America's Cup.' With the America's Cup being the pinnacle of […]
To view the 2025/2026 Winter Programme,
please click here.
In addition to running comprehensive summer sailing and cruising programmes for members, the RSYC also hosts a number of regattas, rallies, championships and nationals for a variety of classes and clubs. The most renowned of these being the Taittinger RSYC Regatta in July, plus there's the RSYC Contessa Regatta in June and Folkboat Week in August. The Western Solent and Christchurch Bay provide some of the best sailing on the south coast and offer a magnificent setting for all types of racing.
The Club also organises a wide range of onshore activities, such as Golf, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Scrabble, Backgammon, Scottish Country Dancing, Film Nights and Talks during the spring, autumn and winter.
