Membership
Membership of the Cadet section is open to children aged from 10 years to 17 years inclusive.
To take part in any of the cadet courses, or use the cadet boats for racing and practicing children must be members of the cadet section. If you wish to join the cadet section of the club please e-mail info@ndyc.org asking for a membership form.

Cadet Racing
Once again the club will be running the Brannam Cup.
Training
Click here for details of the various courses offered by the club..

Cadet Use of PICOS
The Cadets are allowed and encouraged to borrow the club picos to practice sailing. All users of Club Boats must be paid up members of the Club. Club safety rules must be followed. There must be a safety boat on the water.

Practicing
Picos can be used to practice sailing by Cadets with Stage 2 and above with permission of the Officer of the Day, who will specify permitted sailing areas close to the club. Cadets should bring their log books for inspection by the Officer of the Day. The Officer of the Day will not give permission for the Cadets to sail if they consider the sailing conditions to be too much for the Cadet or if all the rescue boats are being used well away from the Club.

Pico Racing
Cadets can borrow the club picos to race in the following:
The Brannam Series - the helm must have at least Stage 3 and crew Stage 1.

Handicap 2 races - the helm must have at least Stage 4 and crew Stage 1. Sometimes during Open week cadets are allowed to helm the picos with Stage 3 in Handicap 2 race.
They will have to pay a race fee to enter the Handicap 2 race. This fee is payable to the Officer of the Day.

Brannan Cup Series for Cadets
This is a special series of 8 races for the cadets. Special triangular courses are laid using the cadet buoys. Last year an average of 8 boats took part in each race. Come and join in. If you don’t have a helm or crew come along and then if possible we can match you up. This series of races is specifically for cadets sailing in the cadet picos or their own private boats. All boats taking part must have a PY of 1190 or above. The PY of each boat will be used to calculate its handicap. Various examples of PYs are shown.

Topaz 1UP Una Rig 1204
Topaz 2UP Main and Jib 1190
Pico 1UP Una Rig 1259
Pico 1UP Main and Jib 1260
Pico 2UP Main and Jib 1263
Topper 1UP Una Rig 1290
Mirror 1 or 2 UP Main and Jib 1386

The helm must be at least a RYA level 3, and the crew at least RYA level 1. There is an entrance fee for each race of £1 per person.
The race will be started on the water by the allocated safety boat no earlier than the time published above.
If a cadet wishes to take part in a race, they should sign on with the race co-ordinator by the published sign on time (see list above).
As last year the scoring will be in accordance with low point system as amended by rule A9. At the end of the series helms will be able to discard their 2 worst results out of 8 (so only their 6 best results count) if 7 - 8 races are run, if less than 7 races are run then there will be only 1 discard, less than 5 races no discards. The winner of the Brannam Cup is the helm with the least points after discards.
At the end of each race there will be a prize of £3 for the winning boat and £2 for the runner up. In the event of a tie, the prize money will be split evenly.
If there are any complaints (apart from racing protests) then they must be brought to the cadet committee. Racing protests will be dealt with under the usual system.
Club racing rules must be followed at all times. There will be a rescue boat assigned to each race.