 EAORA 2009 Race Programme
Any amendments to the Sailing Instructions for individual races (Part 2) will be issued by the organising authority 3 days before the race and will be made available here.
PDF Downloads
 2009 EAORA Sailing Instructions Part 1
2009 EAORA Race Declarations
2009 EAORA Handbook
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Ralph HerringWest Mersea to Burnham-on-Crouch
Saturday 18th April 2009
Tigo IV
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 Double Trouble
Class 3 Tigo IV
|  Ralph Herring was a former Commodore of the RBYC and his family have been closely involved in East Coast racing for several generations. Ralph’s brother Phil served as Chairman of the Association in 1958-9. The annual Ralph Herring Trophy race is now a similar reversed course to that of the Pattinson Cup, of between 50 and 65 miles.
Organising Authority
Royal Burnham Yacht Club |
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Pattinson CupBurnham-on-Crouch to West Mersea
Sunday 19th April 2009
Inn Spirit
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class I Inn Spirit
Class II Jaguar of Burham
Class III Tigo IV
|  The Pattinson Cup (presented by Geoff Pattinson) was the first race of the inaugural season, sailed on May 13th 1950. The first race was open to bona fide cruisers over 18ft LWL. Normally a race of between 50-65 miles, it is one of the most popular EAORA weekend races. This year the trophy is the back-to-back race finishing at the Nass Beacon at West Mersea.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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Jane’s CupBurnham-on-Crouch to Medway
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Shallot
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 Double Trouble
Class 3 Shallot
|  The Jane’s Cup is named after the daughter of Brigadier Basil Chichester-Cooke of the Royal Engineers YC. He was a great supporter of the Association and the Jane’s Cup was given in memory of his daughter ‘who loved boats’. Jane was the finder of the cannonball of the eponymous ‘Cannonball Trophy’. The Jane’s Cup has always been regarded with great affection by the Association. The starts are from Burnham with courses of 43 or 50 miles finishing up the Medway. There is then a bit of hike up to the Medway Yacht Club in preparation for the evening entertainment.
Organising Authority
Medway Yacht Club |
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St Katharine's RaceMedway to London
Sunday 3rd May 2009
Heartbeat III
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Heartbeat III
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Amazon
| Back by popular demand, the EAORA fleet is once again racing to London. The race starts from the Medway and finishes well up the River Thames, beyond Halfway Reach. Timing and location of the finish will be to facilitate arrival at St Katharine’s Yacht Haven. There will be a pontoon party to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Association.
This download has all the party info!
Organising Authority
Medway Yacht Club |
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RORC North Sea RaceHarwich to Scheveningen
Friday 22nd May 2009
Cosmic Dancer III
Overall RORC winner 2009
Top EAORA Boats 2009
Cosmic Dancer III
Jaguar of Burnham
Titian
Oz Privateer
Heartbeat 3 of Burnham
|  The longest passage of the EAORA season, the North Sea Race starts at Harwich Harbour, first warning signal at 1020h and finishes in Scheveningen.
Approximately 180 miles of frustration is how it has been described in the past, and is raced under Special RORC regulations.
Organising Authority
Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Harwich YC, EAORA, the YC Scheveningen, the Royal Maas YC, the Noodzee Club and the Royal Dutch YC. |
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RORC East Coast RaceHarwich to Ijmuiden
Friday 19th June 2009
Oz Privateer
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Oz Privateer
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Dark & Stormy
| The second RORC race of the EAORA season is a night race starting Friday pm that takes the fleet from Harwich 120miles to Ijmuiden. Prizegiving is Saturday pm and the off to Amsterdam for the start of EAORA Week in the Markermeer.
Organising Authority
Royal Ocean Racing Club with the West Mersea Yacht Club, Yacht Club Breskens and East Anglian Offshore Racing Association |
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MYC Cannon Ball TrophyMarkermeer
Monday 22nd June 2009
Red Macaw
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Jedi Knight
Class 2 Red Macaw
Class 3 Boatox
| This trophy is raced for between Dutch and English yachts. The ‘Cannon Ball’ is believed to have been found by Jane Chichester-Cooke in 1962 in the mud of the Medway near Upnor Castle – and was said by the National Maritime Museum to have been fired from a Dutch warship of De Ruyter’s fleet in 1667. The cannonball was mounted on a plinth of yew from a tree in Upnor castle. The Cannon ball counts towards EAORA points and the course is set by R.O. Brian Bolton in the Markermeer.
Organising Authority
MYC |
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East Anglian WeekMarkermeer
Moday 22nd June To Friday 26th June
Red Macaw
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Jedi Knight
Class 2 Red Macaw
Class 3 Amazon
|  The week starts with the RORC East Coast Race. Following the Saturday evening 'welcome to Holland' competitors are fit and ready to face the race for the MYC Cannon Ball Trophy, racing in the Markermeer. The remainder of the week's count towards EAORA points with a number of superb trophies (County Standard Salver, Millennium Cup, Ailish Trophy, Secretary's Plate and the Mary Hill Rose Bowl) will be fought for in inland Dutch waters between Monday and Friday of the week. EAORA camaraderie and the all-embracing Dutch welcome ensure that this is a not-to-be-missed week, on and off-water.
Organising Authority
EAORA |
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Walker Challenge CupHarwich to Burnham
Saturday 18th July 2009
Inn Spirit
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 Selene
Class 3 McGregor III
|  Competing for the Walker Challenge Cup, Saturday race is a passage race to Burnham, starting at the seaward end of the Dovercourt breakwater. The fleet will arrive at Burnham for the prizegiving party at RBYC.
Organising Authority
Haven Ports Yacht Club |
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Harwich RaceBurnham to Harwich
Sunday 19th July 2009
Inn Spirit
Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 Double Trouble
Class 3 Amazon
|  Selected as one of the Youth Programme weekends, the second half of the weekend sees boats returning to Harwich from Burnham and finishing at the Beacon Hill Buoy.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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Houghton CupOffshore Race out of Burnham On Crouch
Saturday 29th August 2009
Amazon
2009 Overall Winner
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Oystercatcher XXVI
Class 2 Double Trouble
Class 3 Amazon
|  The Houghton Cup originally was an 82 mile night race taking the fleet to and from the Crouch via the Sunk and Cork Light Vessels. This trophy, from the Crouch YC was originally presented in 1911 by Sidney Houghton, who was noted for his 1921 single-handed transatlantic crossing from Halifax, Novia Scotia to Burnham. This race now always takes place on the first day of Burnham Week. Courses are between 42 and 50 miles in length, starting from the Branklet buoy at the mouth of the Roach, travelling to the Swin Spitway possibly to Barrow Deep, returning to the Crouch YC line.
Organising Authority
Crouch Yacht Club |
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Buckley GobletsWest Mersea to Ostend
Friday 11th September 2009
Oz Privateer
2009 Overall Winner
2009 Class Winners
Class 1 Oz Privateer
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 McGregor III
|  The Buckley Goblets remains as it did in the inaugural season, the final race of the year – presented by JC Buckley in 1950 - although then it was limited only to larger boats (then 24ft LWL!). This year the traditional race starts on the Friday morning at 0700 for the 90 mile passage from West Mersea to Ostend. The customary hospitality of the Royal North Sea Yacht Club and of the town of Ostend ensures a great last race party. An end-of-season atmosphere pervades the race and an end-of-season hangover tends to pervade the return trip.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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