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Salcombe Yacht Club South West Water Pursuit Race
It has become a tradition for Salcombe Yacht Club dinghy racers to compete in the South West Water Pursuit Race on the day of the annual prize giving supper. The reality were south easterly gale force winds but with the race area at least partially protected by the hills of East Portlemouth, sufficiently so for Race Officer Julian Meek to consider that racing was still on. The first challenge for the nine hardy sailors More »
Published 10:45 on 3 Dec 2019
Salcombe Yacht Club Winter Series Race 5
Race 5 of the Salcombe Yacht Clubs Winter series will not go down as a classic in the memory of either competitors or anyone unfortunate enough to be watching. Things began reasonably promisingly with a light north easterly breeze blowing over a flood tide. Race Officer Tim Fells deployed a temporary mark in Batson Creek hoping to give the fleets a reasonable windward leg up to the Yalton mark after the initial fetch from the More »
Published 10:58 on 26 Nov 2019
Salcombe Gin Merlin Week 2020. Post draw entry list. 30/8/2019 as amended 25/11/2019
Photo credit: Timothy Barr. See below updated entry list. POINTS TO NOTE - In 2019 there was an attrition of 21 from the entry list between the date of draw and the week itself. Similar in 2018. - The waiting list is adjusted to reflect More »
Published 00:00 on 26 Nov 2019
SYC Winter Series Race 4
The second race of the SYC winter series was sailed in pleasant conditions with a Northerly airstream and as usual, the Salcombe estuary provided challenging areas to navigate. This week it was the region approaching The Bag at Snapes point. There was a good entry of Solos to compete in their class race and the star studded handicap fleet had the interesting addition of Roger Tushingham making a welcome return to Salcombe sailing in an More »
Published 15:01 on 19 Nov 2019
Upcoming events
| Nov 2 … Dec 21 |
RYA Day Skipper Theory CourseRYA Day Skipper Theory Course |
| Dec 8 |
12:30 - Sunday Roast |
| Dec 14 |
11:00 - Winter Series Race 7 |
| Dec 14 |
19:00 - SYC Talk - Jonno Barrett |
| Dec 15 |
12:30 - SYC Christmas Lunch |
| Dec 20 |
18:00 - Xmas Carols at the Bar |
| Dec 21 |
11:00 - Festive Series Race 1 |
| Dec 22 |
12:30 - Sunday Roast |
| Dec 26 |
11:00 - Festive Series Race 2 |
| Dec 29 |
12:30 - Sunday Roast |
| Dec 31 … Jan 1 |
20:00 - New Year's Eve Party |
| Jan 1 |
10:30 - New Year's Day RambleTake a walk from SYC to Gara Hotel - blow |
