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Kippford Week and RNLI Regatta 2026
Solway Yacht Club invites you to enter our annual Kippford Week and RNLI Regatta in a setting of outstanding natural beauty. Racing for the smaller boats usually takes place in the more sheltered area stretching from where the river begins to open out to the fringes of the Solway Firth. The faster and larger boats will start inside the estuary and the courses may take them into the Firth itself and even round Hestan Island. If weather conditions and safety boat provision permit, it is hoped to vary the format of racing for the dinghies and smaller keelboats, with some days having one longer race and others 2 shorter ones.
Fees
There is a £15 discount for Members entering Kippford Week and a much bigger discount for Cadets who have participated in this year's Cadet Week. The RNLI Regatta fee is £20 for everyone except for Cadets who have participated in this year's Cadet Week who can enter for £10. "Combined" fees eliminate the need to enter each even separately.
"Combined" entry is for both the Kippford Week and the RNLI Regatta.
Entry Deadline
For Kippford Week: 24.00 on Friday 7th August. For the RNLI Regatta: 24.00 onThursday 13th August Late entries for both Kippford Week and the RNLI Regatta will be considered at the discretion of the Race Committee on payment of an additional £10 to the fees listed below which will be donated to the RNLI.
See the Notice of Race which is accessible from the SYC Website for more details of both events and which gives times for the Briefings and the planned Start times for the first races each day.