2025 Regatta Dates:
SYC Regatta 3 – 9 August / Town Regatta – 11 – 16 August
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Winter Series Race 2 - Solo
15 Solo sailors gathered for the second race of the Salcombe Yacht Club Winter Series. Race Officer Malcolm Mackley reversed the usual thinking by setting a course of ever-increasing lengths of leg within the harbour in an Easterly breeze on the ebb, approaching a spring low tide. Graham Cranford Smith, led Tim Fells and Simon Dobson on a long starboard tack across the tide, heading for the lesser tidal stream amongst the harbour moorings, More »
4 Nov 2024
Winter Series Race 2 - Fast Handicap
Saturday morning saw a smaller but determined fleet take to the water for Race 2 of the Fast Handicap series. With a brisk 10-knot easterly breeze cutting through the harbour, conditions were less desirable than the previous week, but spirits were high among the sailors nonetheless. Race Officer Malcolm Mackley set a unique course of 3-X-3-2-3-1, with the mark X positioned just off the ferry steps. In a welcome change, the three More »
3 Nov 2024
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards.
Vote now for grassroots devotee Jayne Morris in prestigious national prize. The exceptional dedication of a key figure from Salcombe Yacht Club has earned national recognition in this years highly esteemed Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards. For 37 years, these awards have celebrated the full spectrum of womens contributions to sport—from grassroots initiatives to elite international competition. This year, Jayne Morris, the sailing coordinator at More »
31 Oct 2024
Winter Series Race 1 - Solo
With a light south easterly breeze and a flood tide the town side of the harbour was favoured by all but one of the sixteen strong Solo Fleet in the opening race of the Salcombe Yacht Club Winter Series. Graham Cranford-Smith secured pole position tacking out on starboard from under the Watch House balcony, however the trip to the starboard handed X mark required a diversion into Crab Pots, never a happy place, which More »
28 Oct 2024
Upcoming events
Nov 9 |
11:00 - Winter Series, Race 3 |
Nov 9 |
18:00 - Cadet Pizza Night & Prize-Givi…For this year's Cadet Prize-Giving, we are inviting you to |
November 11-12 |
RYA Power Boat Level IIThis two-day entry level course provides the skills and |
Nov 14 |
17:30 - Silversmith WorkshopCome and join us at SYC on |
Nov 15 |
18:30 - Jazz Night ~ Bring your own Pl…Our chef is taking a well-earned break, so we invite |
Nov 16 |
11:00 - Winter Series, Race 4 |
Nov 21 |
RYA First Aid CourseOur one-day course covers all the usual first aid |
Nov 21 |
18:30 - Club Night (Beaujolais Day)This week's Club Night is "Beaujolais Night" The Chefs |