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Salcombe Yacht Club Autumn Series - Race 5 - 29th Sept 2018

After the driving rain of the week before, the sun returned to Salcombe on Saturday and with the wind from the north easterly quadrant, sailing conditions in the main estuary were pleasant indeed. Race Officer Peter Cook set a beat to Crossways, a reach to Gerston and back and then a couple of laps around Blackstone and Crossways. With many of the Club’s Juniors away competing in the Regional Junior Championships at the National

Published 12:11 on 3 Oct 2018
Autumn Yawl, Solo & Aero Open - 16th Sept 2018

Solo, Aero and Salcombe Yawl Open meetings at Salcombe Yacht Club The weekend saw Salcombe Yacht Club host a triple header Open Meeting for Solos, single handed stalwart of the estuary, the Aero fleet, another single hander but a good degree sportier and the venerable clinker built Salcombe Yawls. For once the winds obliged and we were blessed with a decent South Westerly. It was sunny.

Published 10:03 on 19 Sep 2018
Winter Membership

WINTER MEMBERSHIP AT SYC Available from October - March £60 per person Contact manager@salcombeyc.org.uk or call the office 01548 842593 to get yours today!

Published 13:13 on 13 Sep 2018
Salcombe Yacht Club Autumn Series - Race 2 - 8 Sept 2018

With the departure of many holiday makers, Salcombe sailors were able to enjoy an estuary to themselves with good racing in an autumnal force 2-3 wind blowing down the estuary. The slightly stronger wind than the previous weeks racing required concerted short tacking to stem the flooding tide towards the first mark at Blackstone and with no fairway in operation, it was decision time as to whether to start on the Portlemouth or Salcombe side

Published 15:03 on 11 Sep 2018
Salcombe Yacht Club - Bucket & Spade Race 4&5 - 25th August 2018

Salcombe Yacht Club dinghy racers traditionally migrate to the open sea for the August Bank Holiday Weekend, which also marks the end of the Bucket and Spade Series. This initiative came about when the Harbour Master expressed concerns over a fleet of Salcombe Yawls plying their way through the beaches on the busiest weekend of the year. David Greening the Race Officer ably assisted by Gail Bridger and a team of rescue

Published 10:51 on 4 Sep 2018
Salcombe Town Regatta Dinghy Racing Report

Part of Salcombe Town Regatta, the dinghy sailing racing took place from Monday 13 th August to Friday 17 th . Although not an official Salcombe Yacht Club event, the Club lends its facilities and safety boats for the week and the racing is run by volunteers from the Club. Just under 80 boats took part in the family friendly event and in the process raised £4,500 towards the Town Regatta and the local

Published 10:06 on 22 Aug 2018
The Salcombe Gin Yacht Club Regatta - 5 -10 August 2018

The 2018 Salcombe Gin SYC Regatta was a great success and offered challenges to the many competitors for six days with both light and very heavy winds sailing conditions. The racing was divided into morning and afternoon starts thereby ensuring that for the weeks racing all the different tidal conditions were experienced by everyone. The sun was out with the wind mainly from the west and with the estuary full of visiting Yachts, ribs, inflatables

Published 09:33 on 13 Aug 2018
Have you thought about becoming a member at SYC?

Salcombe Yacht Club welcomes new members - you can apply online or by completing an application form in the office. From Saturday 11th SALCOMBE YACHT CLUB MEMBERSHIP is half price for the remainder of the 2018 year Benefits include *10% discount at many local Salcombe stores *Discounts on Food & Drinks *Discounts on entering open meetings *Heavily discounted RYA courses *A Fantastic social calendar with a

Published 10:00 on 9 Aug 2018
Salcombe Gin Yacht Club Regatta 2018 - things to remember for WEDNESDAY

SANDCASTLE COMPETITION TODAY At lunchtime between racing we will meet all young cadets on Smalls Beach for a SANDCASTLE building competition with prizes for the best sandcastle. Please come we would love to see you over there, get started on making your sandcastle we will come over to do the JUDGING at 1.30 PM WRISTBAND REMINDER The blue wristbands are for the entry to THURSDAY NIGHTS social evening; no extra tickets are

Published 09:19 on 8 Aug 2018
Salcombe Gin SYC Regatta Notice to Sailors : Tuesday 7th August

Fast H’cap Results Mon am The SYC Race Team have resolved the errors of publishing the results of Monday am Races. Our records have been corroborated and verified with other witnesses and competing sailors. Thank you for your patience. Batson launching Wednesday 7 th pm Please launch early for your afternoon races tomorrow as there may be some delays caused by the necessary refuelling of the Fuel Barge at

Published 09:02 on 8 Aug 2018