Yachts: Three Inches Trophy
To encourage more inter-club competition, PEYC invites local yacht racing and cruising clubs to join in the Three Inches Trophy on Sun 31st Aug. It is more of a passage planning challenge and there's no conventional mass start since competitors choose their own start time and location.
It is sailed over a mid-day LW neap tide so that competitors should have sufficient time to both leave from, and return to, tide restricted harbours. Leith LW will be 2.1m at 13:36 BST with a tide range of only 2.2m, minimising tidal currents. Leith HW beforehand will be 4.4m at 08:26 BST and 4.3m at 20:51 BST afterwards.
Yachts may start from either PEYC at Port Edgar, ABC at Aberdour, BSC at Burntisland or FCYC/RFYC at Granton, at any time between 10:00 & 13:00, finishing back at the same place. The course passes those clubs going clock-wise around Inchgarvie and Inchcolm, but may pass either side of Inchmickery to accommodate deeper draft yachts at LW. The course for 2025 has Forth Ports channel buoy #16 included to keep competitors clear of Drum Sands. The course length is about 18 nm and competitors must record their own start and finish times and submit them to PEYC.
There are classes for yachts in FYCA Div-1 (Handicap < 975), FYCA Div-2 (Handicap >= 975) and a Cruiser Class for yachts that don't normally race. The Restricted Sail option, defined as no spinnaker or cruising chute, may be declared either when registering or before starting, for which a 4% handicap adjustment is given. Since competitors will be out of sight of each other and the race organisers, Category 4 of the FYCA Safety Regulations applies. The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions are below.
Entry is free and made by through the ticket below. First, please register on the website with your email address if you do not already have a login (this does not imply or require membership) and also please edit your profile to add a contact phone number and your ICE information.
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Last updated 12:55pm on 31 July 2025