Mount Pleasant Yacht Club

Welcome to our website, designed for both members and people interested in sailing in a safe, friendly environment.

We have an active Learn to Sail programme for both Juniors and Adults, a Coaching programme for advanced learners, and Club racing most weekends during the summer. Estuary Club series are held in conjunction with Christchurch and Pleasant Point clubs.

The Club waters are the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Ihutai, in Christchurch.  The Clubhouse is located just over the Ferrymead Bridge heading towards Sumner.

This is the easiest club in Canterbury for launching and retrieving boats with plenty of ramps and wide shallows.

Contact Phil or Marion Galloway for information about membership, Ngaire Jesson about the facilities, or one of our Club Officers for other matters

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Learn to Sail Update

Junior Learn to Sail is starting up again for those of you who had a truncated season last year. If you haven’t received information from Keith Hay please get in touch with him ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

We are also starting junior coaching again, targeting initially Green Fleet children and those coming out of learn to sail (but keen to organise things for open fleet too!) The plan is to run coaching sessions on Sundays, and we can do some mid-week sessions over the Holidays too. Please get in contact with Hamish McGowan ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), to confirm your interest.

While we use coaches, some parental help and support is needed on and off the water.

The Adult Learn to sail program will recommence on 4 February. Please register with Ngaire Jesson on 382 0129 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Latest Race Results!

Short Course Series

Short Course League Table


Optimist P Class Firebug J-Team Short Course

Starling Laser Sunburst Zephyr Paper Tiger Open


 

Sailing Programme

Tides are high tide at Lyttelton plus 30 minutes, which is approximately high tide at the Club, and are adjusted for Daylight Saving. Start times are shown for the first race, and may be staggered depending on the number of boats in each class. The Race Officer may adjust start times on the day.

Date

Tide

Class

Start

Event

March

 

 

 

 

Sat 17

1320~2.3

Optimist

13:30

Le Page Trophy race 3 & 4

 

 

P Class

 

P Class Trophy race 4 & 5

 

 

Firebug

 

Lyall Hallum Memorial Trophy race 6 & 7

 

 

Starling

 

Aua Cup race 8 & 9

 

 

Sunburst

 

Hutcheson Rose Bowl race 3 & 4

 

 

Zephyr

 

Reward Commodores Trophy race 3 & 4

 

 

Laser

 

Hutchinson Cup race 3 & 4

 

 

Open

 

R T Cowper Trophy race 8 & 9

 

 

Paper Tiger

 

Trever Naylor Cup race 3 & 4

Sun 18

1415~2.3

All Classes

14:30

Oborn's Nautical Welcome Back Regatta

Sat 31

1155~2.0

Optimist

12:00

Rainer Kuprecht Trophy

 

 

P Class

 

Wallace Trophy

 

 

Firebug

 

Firebug Cup race 1

 

 

Starling

 

Sedger Dickey Trophy

 

 

Sunburst

 

Doug Clark Shield Open MF

 

 

Zephyr

 

Ken McIntyre Trophy

 

 

Laser

 

Commodores Trophy race 6

 

 

Open

 

Commodores Trophy race 5

 

 

Paper Tiger

 

Commodores Trophy race 6

April

 

 

 

 

Sun 1

1140~2.0

Optimist

11:45

Le Page Trophy race 5

 

 

P Class

 

P Class Trophy race 6

 

 

Firebug

 

Firebug Cup race 2

 

 

Starling

 

Commodores Medallion race 5

 

 

Sunburst

 

Jennifer Croft Memorial

 

 

Sunburst

 

Crew race

 

 

Sunburst

 

Single Handed Race

 

 

Zephyr

 

Reward Commodores Trophy race 5

 

 

Laser

 

Laser Medallion

 

 

Open

 

Commodores Trophy race 6

 

 

Paper Tiger

 

Bruce Alexander Trophy

Sat 14

1105~2.3

Optimist

11:05

Le Page Trophy race 6 & 7

 

 

P Class

 

Celia Trophy 2 races open handicap

 

 

Firebug

 

Firebug Cup race 3 & 4

 

 

Starling

 

Commodores Medallion race 6 & 7

 

 

Sunburst

 

Commodores Trophy race 2 & 3

 

 

Zephyr

 

Reward Commodores Trophy race 6 & 7

 

 

Laser

 

Hutchinson Cup race 5 & 6

 

 

Open

 

Commodores Trophy race 7 & 8

 

 

Paper Tiger

 

Trever Naylor Cup race 5 & 6

Sun 15

1200~2.3

Optimist

12:00

Dr Walker Trophy Races 1 & 2

 

 

All classes

 

Closing day pennants 1 & 2

 

 

 
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