Tiree Regatta Club

Tiree’s boat culture has been part of life since the days when small open fishing boats provided an essential part of the island’s economy. For generations many of the Island’s families relied on fishing as a source of income.
Organised competitive racing evolved from fishermen racing home on their return from the Skerryvore fishing grounds. There are records of the Tiree Regattas dating as far back as 1911 with as many as 30 boats taking part in sailing and rowing races. This activity has remained an important part of Tiree’s social calendar. The aim of this web site is to chronicle the modern Tiree Regatta in modern times and bring Tiree’s unique boating culture to a wider audience.

The 2009 Tiree Regatta has been postponed until Saturday 8th August due to adverse weather conditions.

The forecast for Saturday 8th look promising so we hope to be able to run a full Regatta with all Sailing and Shore events.

The schedule for Saturday 8th is:

0930 - 1200 Registration & Handicapping
1230 Skippers meeting - All skippers must attend
1300 - 1700 Races & Shore Events
1730 - 1900 Prize giving
1900 - Celebrations!

Tiree Regatta Club will be holding the 2009 Tiree Friendly Regatta on Saturday 18th July in Scarinish Old Harbour.

The Friendly Regatta is the revival of the historic tradition of holding multiple sailing regattas on Tiree during the summer. The annual regatta with it’s shore events and motor boat races will be held as usual on the first Saturday in August. The Friendly Regatta, however, will be all about sailing with sailing boats of all types invited to compete.

In order to allow a wide range of craft to sail together the Regatta Club has introduced a handicap system. The documents below explain the handicap system and how to calculate the handicap for your boat

Introduction To Handicaps (PDF)

Boat Details (PDF)

Schedule for the day:

0930 Registration opens (for boat registration and handicapping)
1200 Registration closes
1230 Skippers meeting
1300 First class
1400 Second Race
1600 Prize giving

The 2009 Tiree Regatta will be held on Saturday 1st August in Scarinish Old Harbour.

On the water a busy race card includes: Lug Boat Race, Dingy Race, Day Boat Race, and the famous Tiree Fishing Boat Race.

There is also a packed schedule of shore events: Kayak Race, Swimming Race,
Raft Race, Pillow Fight, Greasy Pole, Sandcastle Competition, Windsuring
Race.

There will be Food and Entertainment all day. All are welcome to compete or just to come and enjoy the spectacle.

0930 - 1200 Registration & Handicapping
1230 Skippers meeting
1300 - 1700 Races & Shore Events
1730 - 1900 Prize giving
1900 - Celebrations!

Annual Regatta Day Sat 1st Aug @ 13.30 ( 1st Race @ 14.00).
Full programme of shore events

Friendly Regatta Sat 18th July @ 14.00. Simply sailing

Dinghy Sailing Course : 31st July/1st Aug / 2nd Aug. 2009 [Fully Booked]

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Following last year’s successful Regatta and in response to member’s requests TRC has adopted an appropriate handicap system under which to race.

The old TRC handicap system was no longer applicable view the limited number of boats in the existing fleet, and the considerable range/variation in their dimensions. After considerable debate, and review of alternative handicap systems, TRC decided to adopt the Old Gaffers Assoc (OGA) Handicap System
(see  www.oldgaffersassociation.org)

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Remember those balmy summer evenings?

Come to the Regatta Club AGM

Tiree Rural Centre

Friday 6th February 7:30 pm

See the Regatta 2008 Pictorial Review

Enjoy good company with a buffet and refreshments.

All welcome.

Nick Jewell has created an excellent set of photos of the 2008 Regatta on flickr.
Click here to view.

Regatta 2008 Results

Event		Boat	Helm
Dipping Lug	1	Morag Anne	Angus McKinnon
	2	Isle of Tiree	David Hepburn
	3	Jessie Rachel	Mark Bease
Drascombe	1	Soay	Magnus Laird
	2	Nancy	Neil MacGuigan
Centre Board	1	Red Dragon	John Maclean
	2	Dart
RIB	1		Paul Knight
Trawler	1	Red Rhum	Harry Proud
Concours d’Elegance	1	Morag Anne	Angus Mackinnon

After three of the dreichest days of the summer, Sat 2nd August turned into a stunner for the Regatta.
From early morning boats started rigging up in the harbour, with the feeder fleets from Caoles and Baugh arriving in time for the 2.30 pm race start Read more »

A slide show of images from the 2008 Tiree Regatta.
The images are quite large so may take while to load on a slow connection.
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