Wayfarers at the virtual RYA Dinghy Show

Bournemouth Digital Poole Week 2019 day 3 © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
After a washout on the open meeting and championship front in 2020, the UK Wayfarer Association is looking forward to 2021 with renewed appetite. A full programme of open meetings, Area and National Championships and various race weeks is in the calendar for this year, and although it remains to be seen how successfully the UK and Ireland will come out of lockdown we are confident that most of the programme will take place. ...read more
Thank you for coming to visit us at the RYA’s virtual 2021 Dinghy Show 27-28 February 2021

It was lovely to ‘see’ so many visitors and members, especially those from overseas.
If you feel you missed something; visitors already registered for the Show can re-visit for 30 days from the Show’s close.
We would be delighted if you came back and had a look at all the Documents and Video resources on our stand. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Sarah, Class Secretary
Visitor Registration | Dinghy Show | RYA – Royal Yachting Association
Wayfarer National and European Championships
Chichester Harbour Race Week 2021
Dates: August 9th to 13th
Venue: Hayling Island Sailing Club
Online entries are open from the 1st May, with an early-bird discount up to 30 June. In addition to the class starts listed, if there are ten or more boats entered in a class by 31 July then you will get your own class prizes.
https://chichesterharbourraceweek.sailevent.net/
We offer class and handicap racing – it’s a fantastic event with flat water and undisturbed wind in the beautiful surroundings of Chichester harbour. We had 310 boats and 484 competitors last time it was run. With lots of people taking their holidays in the UK it promises to be a bumper year this time around. Should the event be cancelled due to COVID restrictions, then rest assured that a full refund will be given.
It is all laid on for you, with bands, beer and skittles, pub quiz, and the infamous HISC disco.
–Andrew Gould
2021 Virtual Cruising Conference

DIARY DATE: March 26th – 28th 2021
Advantages of this approach are that it won’t be influenced by the weather and that participants will be able to join in from further afield.
The event will take place over the weekend of March 26th – 28th, with interactive sessions on ‘Zoom’, and the opportunity – for about a week in advance – to view specially made video presentations via the event’s dedicated website. There will be times during the weekend itself to ask questions and socialise, albeit ‘virtually!’ ...read more
Craftinsure National Circuit & Travellers Trophy Series 2021 NoR
UKWA Annual General Meeting 2021
Please come and join us for our 63rd Annual General Meeting, to be held on Saturday 27 February 2021
As we are sure you can appreciate, due to Covid-19 we will be holding our AGM via Zoom
Meeting begins: 18.00 hrs
Full agenda and papers can be found here
To join the AGM, please email Sarah: [secretary@wayfarer.org.uk]
for an AGM invitation, Meeting ID and Password for the AGM
In doing so, members are understanding and agreeing that these meeting details must not be published or passed on
2021 Racing Calendar
The racing calendar for 2021 is now posted here. There is a full and varied racing programme organised for next year, all, of course, subject to some normality returning to our lives and the success of vaccine(s) and other measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The racing ranges from the National/European Championships, regional Championships and National Circuit events at one end of the scale to one day relaxed open meetings and family race weeks where Wayfarers compete at the other. There should be something for everybody.
The National Circuit and Travellers Series events are marked on the calendar as NCS FW denoting an inland non-tidal venue or NCS SW denoting an event which will be held in salt water on the sea, a tidal river or estuary. The National Circuit will consist of nine events in 2021 rather than the usual eight. The extra event is to cover the possibility of an event being lost to the pandemic. The Notice of Race for the National Circuit Series will be posted on the website in the next few weeks.
The Racing Calendar is a live document so please keep an eye on it. We will add other events to it as soon as we are notified of them.
–Tim Townsend
Waldringfield Sailing Club’s 2021 Centenary

In celebration the club will welcome visitors to the following:
- The Centenary Easter Egg open meeting, on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd of April
- The Centenary Cartoon open meeting, on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of September
Thank you,
John Haile, WSC Wayfarer Captain
UKWA New Membership Deal
New members joining after 1st October will be given membership until 1st April 2022 – now is a great time to join!
We pride ourselves on being a very friendly class association, and are always delighted to welcome new members.
You can join here. ...read more
UKWA 63rd AGM 2021
2021 AGM and Dinghy Show
Many of you may have seen that the RYA Dinghy Show scheduled for 2021 has been cancelled. This has been when we have traditionally held our AGM and for 2021 we propose to do so again, but with a slight difference.
Due to Covid-19, we are planning to hold our 2021 AGM via a Zoom interface on Saturday 27 February at 4:00pm – as if we had been at the Dinghy Show. We have not worked out any details yet as we are looking for one of you with experience of hosting Zoom meetings to help us out.
Offers of help will be greatly appreciated and if you are in the position of being able to help, please contact Sarah Burgess, [secretary@wayfarer.org.uk]
Once we have had a trial run through and know how it is going to work we will publish the details in e-news and on our website.
– John Mellor.
Late Season Open Meetings
The New Wayfarer Book!

The Wayfarer book has been brought right up to date and benefits from reworking of the previous content plus additional materials and illustrations.
Now including a stunning new chapter on Family Sailing – and for anyone who does take the family sailing, either young or old, this is a ‘must read’.
The Wayfarer book is now more accessible for those who are new to the boat whilst still providing all the detail that experienced Wayfarer owners and sailors want.
With 112 pages and colour images throughout, it will be an essential companion in the dinghy park and workshop but it won’t be out of place by the bedside or on the coffee table.
Now available from our shop here.