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Classes

WYC encourages class and fleet racing where possible. Race start sequences, courses and prizes are based on the below class list for the majority of club races. For more information on any of the classes, see the Recommended Boats table, or the Class Captains listed here.

Class	Description	Recommended Boats
Laser	Fleet racing for the full rig Laser Standard one design dinghy. See the Laser Class page	Laser Standard
Laser Radial	Fleet racing for the Laser one design dinghy with a Radial or 4.7 rig. Note, all in racing, so all boats effectively raced at a Laser Radial handicap. See the Laser Class page	Laser Radial, Laser 4.7
Tasar	Fleet racing for the Tasar one design class	Tasar
Merlin Rocket	Fleet racing for the Merlin one design class	Merlin Rocket
Asymmetric Skiffs	Racing for Asymmetric Skiff style boats, usually on a 'sausage' shaped course	29er, Musto Skiff, B14
Slow Handicap	Monohull dingies PY1180 and slower	Topper, Mirror, Topaz, RS Feva
Cadets (under 18s)	WYC is a British Youth Sailing Recognised Club, and so we encourage young sailors to sail RYA Recognised Classes, and those that are already sailed at WYC. For more information, see the Cadets page	Any boat suitable to be helmed by a cadet (Topper, RS Feva, Mirror, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, 420)
General Handicap	Monohull dinghies PY1179 and faster	Wanderer, 420, Solo
Small Catamarans	Monohull catamarans PY791 and slower	Dart 18
Big Catamarans	Monohull catamarans PY790 and faster	F18, Tornado, A-Class
Cruisers	Cruisers and keel boats enjoy using WYC as their Whitstable base, and WYC has a dedicated cruiser mooring buoy in the Swale. For more information about the cruising opportunities in the Whitstable area, see msba.org.uk

Recommended Boats

Below are the boats recommended to sail at WYC. These are boats sailed regularly at WYC, so sailing one of these will give you similar boats to sail with, allowing you to develop as a sailor and get useful tips and advice from other club members. Boats not on this list can be sailed at WYC, and would just join the appropriate handicap class for racing.

Boat	Class	Difficulty Level	Best sailed by	Class Association
Mirror	Slow Handicap	♦	Two children, or one adult and one child, or one adult	ukmirrorsailing.com/
Topper	Slow Handicap	♦	One child or adult	gbrtopper.co.uk/
Topaz Uno	Slow Handicap	♦	One child, two children or one adult	toppersailboats.com/
RS Feva	Slow Handicap	♦	Two children, or one adult and one child, or one adult	https://www.rsfeva.org.uk/
Laser 4.7	Laser Radial or Slow Handicap	♦	One child or small adult	laser.org.uk/ See also the Laser Class page
Wanderer	General Handicap	♦ ♦	Two adults, or one/two adults and one child	wanderer.org.uk/
420	General Handicap	♦ ♦	Two children	420sailing.org.uk/
Tasar	Tasar	♦ ♦	Two adults, or one adult and one child	tasar.org.uk/
Laser Radial	Laser Radial	♦ ♦	One child or small adult	laser.org.uk/ See also the Laser Class page
Laser Standard	Laser	♦ ♦ ♦	One adult	laser.org.uk/ See also the Laser Class page
Solo	Solo	♦ ♦ ♦	One adult	solosailing.org.uk
Dart 18	Small Catamaran	♦ ♦ ♦	One or two adults, or one adult and one child	dart18.com/
Merlin Rocket	Merlin Rocket	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	Two adults	merlinrocket.co.uk/
Musto Skiff	Asymmetric Skiffs	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	One adult	mustoskiff.com/class-association.htm
B14	Asymmetric Skiffs	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	Two adults	alan-davis.net/sites/b14/
F18 Catamaran	Big Catamaran	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	Two adults	f18.org.uk/
Tornado	Big Catamaran	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	Two adults	tornado-class.org/
A-Class Catamaran	Big Catamaran	♦ ♦ ♦ ♦	One adult	aclasscatamaran.co.uk/

For more information, contact the appropriate Class Captain or the Rear Commodore Sailing

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