RYA Regatta Weekend, Ullswater 20th to 22nd June 2025

 When booking USE the RST option - £15 not over 18 or under 18

Best option is to speak to kids and parents from last year - it was simple when we got there!  Got a bit more confusing after we got to the bar but we didn't care by then - the kids were gone and happy!  :)

Open to complete beginners - your other children could sign up for the "OnBoard" option, looked after each day, fun sailing - games etc. 

If you have not completed a medical consent and permissions form for 2025, or if information changes during the year, please use this link to complete:  Medical Consent Form

Waterpark has to put a cost on this event to cover organisation, transport of boats, equipment, and staff time, as Steve will be working the event.  We will keep this at £15 per family, with RST contributing 2/3 extra. 

£15 max to Water Park, £65 to £90 entry fee and £20 Per tent/ £25 motor home/caravan per night!  We can claim 2/3 back from RST! so we can claim back 2/3 of camping and entry fee!  Please take the time to read the information below.

You look after the kids - we look after the sailing. 

Parents are needed to be in attendance for the event, on site, but as for Water Park Club club sessions, you can agree to have shared "loco parentis" with other parents.  This is to ensure that someone can look after the children if there is a problem; illness, injury, cold etc.  Water park staff (Steve) will be there in a supervisory role, mornings and evenings, and coordinating, as well as equipment transportation, but will be Assisting on the sailing during sailing times - see schedule below. 

We will have "8 o clock meetings" 8pm friday and saturday, and 8am Saturday and Sunday - get the kids there please, no excuses.  We will give info, answer questions, sort boats, talk tactics etc.  Stress avoidance, maximising fun.  

Sign up to the "Telegram" event group.

Read the NOR Notice of Rce at the Lodge - ask Steve/Johan/Sarah 

When signing up - you only need to know/decide with kids :

1. Are they a complete beginner, aged between 7 & 13?  Sign them onto "Rookie Fleet" option -  £65 and kit provided. £80 if sign up later than 20th MAY!
2. Are they doing the sailing in a double hander (two people) a Feva, or single hander , on their own?
3. What Fleet - see below. 

2025 Ullswater Information:

This event will be organised by North East & Yorkshire Youth Sailing Association (NEYYSA) in partnership with Ullswater Yacht club.

There will be racing for ALL Under 19s!;

• Optimist
• RS Tera Sport
• RS Tera Pro
• Topper
• RS Feva
• ILCA4
• ILCA6
• 420
• 29er
• Handicap fleet (PY limits will apply)

The intention is to have a range of racing formats - short course, class & a "mini" Birkett.

Activity & Racing will be mixed across the following 3 fleets

• Main Fleet (With "Grenn Fleet" who get supported and coached on water - those newer to racing.)
• Regatta Fleet (supported, coached racing for less experienced sailors)
• Rookie fleet (a mix of water based fun, skill improvement and social sailing for our younger regional sailors)

On Shore there will be;

• Camping and motorhomes on site (sorry no caravans due to the UYC National Park permit)
• Saturday social
• Saturday evening demo sails, wing-foiling and SUP sessions.

Entries shall be made online at https://www.neyysa.org/northregiony-jchamps

Optimist video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dptw4_xJbiY

Topper  video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRV-iUFzu3Q  

Tera video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu8QkREfFjQ

Feva XL  video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0P9fV-AK1o

 

Can my parent/guardian watch? The Rookie Fleet is usually the group closest to the shore so ideal for spectators.

Can I sail with a friend? Yes - The weekend is all about developing confidence and improving your sailing. If you want to sail with a friend that is completely fine. In fact, some of the games and activities will need you to sail together!

Can I just do one day? Some events allow a Saturday only option which you can choose at booking (if available). No Sunday only option is available. Either way we are convinced after the fun you will have on Saturday you will want to come back on Sunday!

Can my parent/guardian help at the event? We are always in need of extra help, that may be afloat or as part of the shore crew. Anyone who wants to help should contact the Regional Development Officer looking after your event.

When will we have lunch? Sailors and parents will be made aware of the planned time for lunch at the morning briefing so they can arrange to meet back at the clubhouse.

What if it is too windy or not windy enough? Sometimes the weather is not ideal for sailing, if this is the case our team has lots of other activities planned that will keep you having fun and learning. This includes a giant stand up paddleboard which is always a popular choice.

 

General Advice for Parents of Children involved in British Youth Sailing:

At British Youth Sailing, a core philosophy of our programme is to nurture sailors who:

 - Have a desire to learn and be process driven

 - Actively embrace challenge

 - Apply effort using new strategies and tactics

 - Explore and be comfortable with failure

We want our sailors to be able to fail smarter so that they learn faster to help them progress through the pathway and optimise their potential every step of the way. As parents, you are central to their support network, and play a key role in shaping the beliefs and mindset of your children. Through our support, we hope we can work together to continue to share and live our messages beyond the days your child spends inside the RYA environment.

You can find more information on this in our Performance Pathway Handbook.

Failure is not a lack of achievement. It is failing to try, to learn and to make the most of the opportunity

Top tips to support your sailors

 Encourage independence

Encourage and allow sailors, appropriate to their age and level of the pathway to take increasing responsibility and ownership over their own campaign. This means giving the sailors the ‘know how’ rather than the ‘know who’, by teaching them the strategies for planning, nutrition, and boat work, as a few examples, by moving through a continuum from ‘parent does, child observes’ through to ‘child does, parent observes’.

Reward effort and persistence

Whatever the outcome may be, emphasise how hard they worked or how they could have worked harder. Using praise that rewards effort and persistence creates a dedication to learning and increases resilience. By rewarding effort, the sailor will begin to understand that effort is the path to mastery.

Allow and celebrate failure

Allowing sailors to make mistakes and fail smarter are learning opportunities, which allows for them to increase their resilience and learn faster from adversity. Giving sailors an opportunity to develop a strategy for handling failure will allow for them to develop and progress and repeatedly respond to failure by exerting more effort instead of simply giving up. Help them see the learning beyond the outcome of the event.

Model growth mindset behaviours and beliefs

Children learn how to behave by imitating others. That means one of the most powerful ways you can help your child develop these attributes is to model them with your own actions and your own beliefs. In particular, studies have shown that one powerful way that parents model a growth mindset in front of their children is through their reaction to failure.

Three questions to always ask:

• What did you enjoy most today?
• What have you learnt for next time?
• What have you tried hardest at that you can be proud of?