BENFLEET YACHT CLUB SAILING PROGRAMME 2008 & 2009
Month	Date		H.Water	Ht.		Cruiser Racing	Cruising Programme	Dinghy Programme	Personal Agenda
2008
January	Sun	6	11.09	5.00				6th Winter Series
	Sun	20	10.12	5.09				New Year Reviver Race
February	Sat	2	-	-		Sailing Prizegiving Supper	Sailing Prizegiving Supper	Sailing Prizegiving Supper
	Sun	10	14.45	5.80				Formidable February Race
	Sat	16	-	-		CCCS Dinner & Prizegiving at Essex YC
	Fri	22	-	-		Benfleet YC "At Home" evening	Benfleet YC "At Home" evening	Benfleet YC "At Home" evening
	Sun	24	14.42	5.67				Paper Boat Race
March	Sat	1	6.08	4.37
	Sun	2	7.26	4.17
	Sat	8	13.06	5.85
	Sun	9	13.43	5.94				Mad March Race
	Sat	15	18.16	4.65
	Sun	16	19.48	4.51
	Fri	21	12.34	5.76	Easter
	Sat	22	13.09	5.75
	Sun	23	13.39	5.70				Vice Commodores Trophy
	Mon	24	14.08	5.64
	Sat	29	4.35	4.80		Work Party	Work Party	Work Party
BST begins	Sun	30	6.29	4.48		Work Party	Work Party	Work party
April	Sat	5	12.57	5.76
	Sun	6	13.37	5.91				1st Spring Series
	Sat	12	5.31	5.41
	Sun	13	19.07	4.73
	Sat	19	13.06	5.63			Shakedown Cruise to Queenborough
	Sun	20	13.39	5.62				2nd Spring Series
	Sat	26	16.38	5.15
	Sun	27	17.21	4.89
May	Sat	3	11.36	5.52	Bank hol	Warm Up Race to Chatham* -- BYC	Cruise to Chatham Marina
	Sun	4	12.24	5.73			(BBQ in Chatham Sunday midday)
	Mon	5	13.09	5.85
	Sat	10	4.34	5.74
	Sun	11	17.51	5.12				3rd Spring Series
	Fri	16	-	-			Calais Rally briefing
	Sat	17	11.55	5.41		Queenborough Race* (CCCS org. by BYC)
	Sun	18	12.34	5.44				4th Spring Series
	Sat	24	3.40	5.34	Bank hol		Calais Rally
	Sun	25	4.20	5.23			Calais Rally
	Mon	26	17.05	5.02			Calais Rally
	Sat	31	9.59	5.20		Boatacs Trophy* (CCCS org. by EYC)	Cruise to Stangate Creek
June	Sun	1	10.59	5.40		to Stangate		Kerry Cup
	Sat	7	15.59	5.57
	Sun	8	16.48	5.46
	Wed	11	19.31	5.09				1st Evening Race
	Sat	14	10.23	5.04		Harty Ferry Race* (CCCS org by LSC)	Cruise to Harty Ferry
	Sun	15	11.15	5.12
	Sat	21	15.00	5.42		Wilson Trophy -- BYC *	BarBQ / Buffet at Queenborough
	Sun	22	15.36	5.38				5th Spring Series
	Sat	28	8.09	5.02		Ray Day and Lunchtime Bar BQ	Ray Day and Lunchtime Bar BQ	Ray Day and Lunchtime Bar BQ
	Sun	29	21.33	5.08		Nore Race	Nore Race	Nore Race
July	Fri	4	-	-		Nore Race Prizegiving	Nore Race Prizegiving	Nore Race Prizegiving
	Sat	5	15.03	5.72
	Sun	6	15.48	5.70				6th Spring Series
	Fri	11	19.42	4.95				2nd Evening Dinghy Race
	Sat	12	8.21	4.81		Inter Club Cruiser Challenge Trophy c/w Team Race
	Sun	13	21.59	4.71
	Sat	19	14.12	5.44		Ladies Race - Petticoat Pot - BYC	Wine and Cheese in Stangate
	Sun	20	14.48	5.50		Yetton Trophy - BYC		Frye Trophy (Race to Ray)
	Sat	26	6.33	5.09		Blackwater Race* (CCCS org. by EYC)	Blackwater Cruise
	Sun	27	19.44	5.00
	Wed	30	11.21	5.10				Cadet Week Day 1
	Thu	31	12.24	5.37				Cadet Week Day 2
August	Fri	1	13.18	5.61				Cadet Week Day 3
	Sat	2	14.04	5.76				Cadet Week Day 4
	Sun	3	14.47	5.83				Cadet Week Day 5 + BBQ & Awards (eve)
	Sat	9	6.29	4.95
	Sun	10	19.50	4.58
	Sat	16	13.16	5.42
	Sun	17	13.51	5.50				Rear Commodores Trophy
	Sat	23	5.16	5.30	Bank hol	Race to London* - BYC McCarthy Trophy	London River Cruise (St Kats)
	Sun	24	18.14	5.20
	Mon	25	19.27	4.88
	Tue	26	21.02	4.75				3rd Evening Race
	Sat	30	13.04	5.71
	Sun	31	13.46	5.85				Leigh to Benfleet Race (org by LSC)
September	Sat	6	5.00	5.23
	Sun	7	18.00	4.85
	Sat	13	12.06	5.24		Upnor Race* (CCCS org. by IYC)	Cruise to Upnor
	Sun	14	12.44	5.48		Commodores Tea Day	Commodores Tea Day	Commodores Tea Day
	Sat	20	4.11	5.56
	Sun	21	17.06	5.50
	Sat	27	11.57	5.56				Peter Cotgrove Mem. Trophy (org by BYC)
	Sun	28	12.43	5.78				Interclub Dinghy Team Race
October	Sat	4	16.06	5.46
	Sun	5	16.42	5.21				Commodores Trophy
	Sat	11	10.33	4.84
	Sun	12	11.22	5.21				1st Winter Series
	Sat	18	3.10	5.76		Work Party	Work Party	Work Party
	Sun	19	16.10	5.82		Work Party	Work Party	Work Party
	Sat	25	10.35	5.27
BST ends	Sun	26	10.30	5.55
November	Sat	1	14.07	5.60
	Sun	2	14.42	5.45				2nd Winter series
	Sat	8	7.20	4.57
	Sun	9	8.32	4.81
	Sat	15	13.27	6.09
	Sun	16	14.17	6.03				3rd Winter Series
	Sat	22	7.47	5.05
	Sun	23	8.57	5.18
	Sat	29	13.16	5.54
	Sun	30	13.51	5.50				4th Winter Series
December	Sat	6	5.20	4.82
	Sun	7	6.21	4.79
	Sat	13	12.30	5.93
	Sun	14	13.22	6.03				5th Winter Series
	Sat	20	5.57	5.21
	Sun	21	7.00	5.06
	Fri	26	11.51	5.29		Boxing Day		Icicle Trophy
	Sat	27	12.30	5.35
	Sun	28	13.05	5.40				6th Winter Series
2009
January	Sun	4	17.30	5.01
	Sun	11	12.27	5.84				New Year Reviver Race
	Sun	18	17.53	5.06
	Sun	25	12.16	5.26				Paper Boat Race
February	Sat	7	-	-		Sailing Prizegiving Supper	Sailing Prizegiving Supper	Sailing Prizegiving Supper
	Sun	8	11.27	5.51				Formidable February Race
	Sun	15	16.24	5.36
	Sun	22	11.15	5.01
						* = denotes Cruiser Points Series Race		Dinghy Races provisionally start 1.5 hrs before h.w.