Ballyholme Yacht Club (BYC) is located on Ballyholme Bay within the town of Bangor, and at the entrance to Belfast Lough. The location is superb with a sheltered bay allowing safe sailing and racing for the numerous dinghies and “big boats” within the club.
As well as regular Sunday racing for dinghies all year and Tuesday evening racing during the summer season, they regularly host many other sailing events for a range of different dinghies.
Ballyholme YC is very proud to boast 3 members who have competed at the London 2012 Olympics – Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern in the 49er, and James Espey in the Laser dinghy. All three have already qualified Ireland and are training for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Ballyholme is an RYA recognised training centre and offers courses throughout the year to adults and cadets with sailing and power boat courses.
Ballyholme YC is the home of champions and new sailors alike. It is run by its members, for its members, encouraging sailing, racing, diving, training, water based activities and social events. Quoted from the Ballyholme Yacht Club website
- Location of Ballyholme Yacht Club
- Ballyholme Yacht Club on the Web (including contact information)
- Dinghy Classes sailed at Ballyholme Yacht Club
- Tips for sailing at Ballyholme Y.C.
Club Location
Seacliff Road, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT20 5HT
View in Google Maps
Directions to the club can be found here
Ballyholme Yacht Club on the Web
Official Website: ballyholme.com
Contact Information: The main contact information is here
Other web pages for Ballyholme YC:
Ballyhome Y.C. has its own YouTube Channel, which can be found here.
A nice review of the 2014 F18 Worlds…
…And some great action from that event:
Some Laser sailing at BYC:
Main Dinghy Classes Sailed at Ballyholme Y.C.
- Laser
- RS200
- RS400
- Topper
Tips for sailing at Ballyholme Y.C.
Sailing Tips
Weather
- The club has its own weather page, with a live video feed and links to various weather sites. All clubs should do this!
- Windguru
- Met Office
Tide
- The club’s weather page also has tide information – a very handy resource.
Accomodation
- The club’s “Where to Stay” page is here