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Merlin Rocket Week 2025, 29th June - 4th July


Salcombe Yacht Club Announces Helly Hansen as the Official Sponsor for Merlin Rocket Week 2025!

Dates: 28th June - 4th July 2025

Salcombe Yacht Club (SYC) is thrilled to welcome Helly Hansen as the official sponsor for Merlin Rocket Week 2025! With an array of exciting and generous prizes up for grabs, this years week-long extravaganza promises to be bigger and better than ever—you wont want to miss it!

Still on the fence about entering? Here's why the Helly Hansen Merlin Rocket Week 2025 is set to be an unmissable event:

A Spectacular Summer Atmosphere  Enjoy the family-friendly holiday vibe, with Salcombe's golden sandy beaches, sheltered coves and crystal-clear waters providing the perfect backdrop for an exhilarating week of sailing.

Fantastic Food & Drink  SYC offers hot drinks, cocktails, ales, and an exquisite wine list, all best enjoyed on the clubs sun-drenched terrace overlooking the water.

Live Entertainment & Evening Events  Expect an unforgettable night with live music from The Busketeers, a dynamic festival band known for their raw energy and genre-blending sound.

Daily Prize-Giving & Spot Awards  Celebrate victories and standout performances throughout the week.

Delicious Dining Options  Indulge in a BBQ, weekly Chefs Specials, stone-baked pizzas, and much more!

Salcombe Gin Welcome Reception Before the Competitors Briefing, enjoy a refreshing Salcombe G&T

Special Discounts for MRW Competitors throughout the week - 10% discount available in-store @Helly Hansen, 10% off all food & drink @ SYC.


Don't let FOMO get the best of you—make lifelong memories and experience the thrill of Merlin Rocket Week 2025!

Secure your spot now and be part of this spectacular event!


For Merlin Rocket Week 2025, the entry is as below. 106 entries. 

38-- The Last Jedi. (Potentially.) Grey/White David   Winder Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club
3825 Teacup Grey Storm Nuttall Salcombe Yacht Club
3823 Goon with the wind Elf Blue Alex Jackson Shoreham Sailing Club
3820 Skadi Grey white Caroline Gould Shoreham Sailing Club
3815 The Kraken Blue Mark Barwell Lymington Town SC
3813 Pacemaker Turquoise Steve Harling Starcross YC
3812 Maumahara Black Rob  Allen Salcombe Yacht Club
3807 Baloo Blue Tim Saxton Itchenor SC
3806 Blue Tit Blue Ben  Jones Salcombe Yacht Club
3803 Black Swan White Chris Gould Shoreham Sailing Club
3800 Brambles Blue Richard Bramley Shoreham Sailing Club
3799 Simply Scrumptious Grey Paul Rayson Salcombe Yacht Club
3796 ROBERTA Blue William  Warren Shoreham Sailing Club
3794 Ichthys Grey Orange Julian  Harms Midland SC
3790 Pointer Blue Colin  Brockbank Wembley Sailing Club
3788 Bluey Blue Christian  Birrell Parkstone Yacht Club
3787 Quicksilver Red Chris Martin Midland SC
3784 Strung by the whatsits Blue Ian  Dobson Hayling Island SC
3781 The Force Awakens Grey/White Dave  Hall Blackwater SC
3777 Mockingjay Grey George Yeoman Itchenor SC
3773 No. 34 White Alan Warren Shoreham Sailing Club
3772 Combat Wombat Blue/Green Stewart  Mears Royal Corinthian YC
3770 Shiny Black Jonathan Steward Fisher's Green SC
3769 The Disciple Grey Graham Cranford Smith Salcombe Yacht Club
3768   White Rob  Cage Thames Sailing Club
3764 Fancy Liquor Blue Tim Fells Salcombe Yacht Club
3759 Red Mistress Red Thomas Gillard Sheffield Viking Sailing Club
3755 Tickled Pink Grey Christian  Hamilton Itchenor SC
3753 Appetite for destruction White David  Conlon Brightlingsea SC
3752 The Ottoman Black/Grey Huw Reynolds Whitstable YC
3751 Narnia Blue Mary Henderson-White Brightlingsea SC
3750 Indiscretion Blue Neal Lillywhite Salcombe Yacht Club
3749 Stanley White Colin  Anderson Bartley SC
3748 White Tiger Grey Nigel Brooke Lymington Town SC
3747 Learner driver Blue White Clive  Eplett Frensham Pond SC
3746 Point n squirt White Grey James Wells RYA
3745 Outnumbered Dark Grey Paul Dean Wembley Sailing Club
3738 Superfast Jellyfish Black/white Simon Blake Royal Brighton Yacht Club
3735 Clone Wars Grey Tom  Morris HISC
3732 Two Planks Blue/grey Ben  Hollis Upper Thames
3731 Mayhem Grey Andy Jones Burghfield SC
3730 Blood sweat and beers Blue Paul Hollis Blithfield SC
3727 Fragile Grey/ White Mark  Stockbridge Upper Thames Sailing Club
3726 Arwen Blue/white Will  Henderson   Salcombe Yacht Club
3725 Island Girl Blue Andrew Squire Salcombe Yacht Club
3724 Sublime Grey Ed Bradburn South Staffordshire SC
3723 Fifty shades Grey Leslie Bithell Hollingworth
3716 Carbon footprint Yellow Steve Leney Blithfield SC
3715 Truly Scrumptious Black white Richard Cooke Fishers Green Sailing Club
3710 Paradigm Shift White Jon  Ibbotson Burghfield Sailing Club
3707 Monkey Business Pale blue Stuart Jenkins Hampton SC
3706 Monkey Puzzle Grey Kevin  Anderson Salcombe Yacht Club
3705 Two pints of lager Blue Geoff Wright Blithfield SC
3704 Factory Maid Grey White Jemma Horwood Wembley Sailing Club
3702 Salmon en Croute Blue/pink Duncan Salmon Salcombe Yacht Club
3700 Dumb and Dumber Blue Robert Kennaugh Midland SC
3697 Too Dark and Stormy Purple Richard Page Hampton SC
3696 Tiger Tiger White Alex Warren Shoreham Sailing Club
3693 Slippery when Wet   Jon Buckley Starcross YC
3692 Nemo Turquoise Steve Conroy Salcombe Yacht Club
3691 Quick Fix Blue Mike Calvert Axe Yacht Club
3687 Mellow Yellow Yellow Matt Greenfield Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club
3686 If Grey/white Kevin  Rose Upper Thames SC
3683 Bluebird Blue Tom Ballantine Salcombe Yacht Club
3682 Loki Grey John Burn  
3678 Nora Black/white Stephen Crook Hollingsworth Lake SC
3677 Indecision Red Timothy Barr Tamesis
3676 Hot Totty Blue (white below waterline) Antony Gifford Royal Tay Yacht Club
3675 White Sauce er er White Rob  Hatley Tamesis SC
3672 Bola Bola White Ben  Clegg Brightlingsea SC
3671 SnakeyB Black/purple Piers Lamber Brightlingsea SC
3670 Filthy Gorgeous Black White Mark McKeever Midland Sailing Club
3666 …ted… Grey John Meadowcroft Salcombe Yacht Club
3658 Bernard White Matthew  Shorrock Frensham Pond SC
3657 Revolution Blue Charles Tavner Hayling Island SC
3654 Tales of Acapulco   Geoffrey Cox Salcombe Yacht Club
3652 Time and Tide Purple John Bell Hampton Sailing Club
3648 Bang Tidy Blue/white Antonia Wright Shoreham Sailing Club
3647 Liquid Dreams Blue Hywel Bowen-Perkins Salcombe Yacht Club
3641 Puff the Magic Dragon Blue Mark Waterhouse Salcombe Yacht Club
3633 Chill Out Red Timothy Harms Hampton Sailing Club
3627 Snorter White Ali Wallace South Cerney Sailing Club
3625 Point Break Blue Andrew Harris Tamesis
3623 Tantrums and tiaras Blue Chris Feibusch Hayling Island SC
3622 The Edge Green Michael Hamilton Blackpool and Fleetwood YC
3621 Raunchy Blue Tristram Squire Salcombe Yacht Club
3611 The Phantom Menace Grey Jen Dodds RYA
3599 Harry Red Nigel Cooper Salcombe Yacht Club
3589 FB Girl   Johnn  Hollands Hampton Sailing Club
3586 Shadowplay Dark Grey Kieron Mason Blithfield SC
3582 NBTS Blue Ed Gibbons Brightlingsea SC
3569 Time Zulu Purple Ben  Lulham Blakeney Sailing Club
3567 FatboySlim Turquoise Martin Smith Redditch SC
3561 Snorting White Joe Shaw Wembley Sailing Club
3547 Moondance Assasin Blue Peter Male RYA
3539 Gangsta Paradise Grey Dan Alsop Lyme Regis Sailing Club
3513 Pipistrelle White/Light blue Steve Long Wembley Sailing Club
3511 Heaven Sent Red Andrew Mills Hampton Sailing Club
3483 Cloud Nine Blue White David  Prickett RYA
3479 Ragtime Blue John McCormick Stoke Gabriel Boating Association
3463 Smoke on the water Pink John  Cowper Hunts SC
3368 Debutante Red/white Ian  Laing Hollingworth Lake SC 
3364 Shadowfax   Chris Haworth Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club
3333 Precious White John Adams Tamesis Club
3208 Stilletto Red Stuart Bates Hollingworth Lake
799 Keto Varnished Ollie Meadowcroft Salcombe Yacht Club
Withdrawn
3757 Space Hopper Blue Tim  Parsons Lyme Regis Sailing Club
3679 Daddys Boat Green/white Nick Heginbotham Hollingworh Lake SC/South Caernarvonshire YC
3458 Bluebottle Blue Stephen Jordan Hunts SC
3645 Blue Velvet  Blue/White  Steven Hall Royal Corinthian Yacht Club 
3805 Nermal Grey Mark  Reddington Bartley Sailing Club
3709 Wild at heart Blue Jack Norton Ranelagh SC
3758   Black David  Hayes Lymington Town SC
3801 Pokey Black Matt Biggs Bartley Sailing Club
3795 Goon Elf Blue Tim  Harridge Hampton Sailing Club
3722 Stealth Black Roger Gilbert Frensham Pond Sailing Club
3789 Off-Piste Blue/Grey Nick Scroggie Parkstone YC
3517 Shooting Tsar Red Dan Barrett Midland Sailing Club

For avoidance of doubt the entry fee refund policy for this event is as follows: 

2.21  Payment of the entry is due no more than fourteen days after invoice date. 

Entry fee refund policy: £ 175 refund for cancellations. Save that if with reasonable diligence Salcombe Yacht Club cannot offer the entry space onwards, the amount of refund reduces to £75.00; subject also to discretion of Salcombe Yacht Club if extenuating circumstances apply.

The dates for Merlin Week 2025 are:

29th June 2025 - 4th July 2025 with registration taking place on Saturday 28th June 2025

The dates for Merlin Week 2026 are:

5th July 2026 - 10th July 2026 with registration taking place on Saturday 4th July 2026


Congratulations to our 2024 trophy winners:

Salcombe Gin Merlin Week 2024 winners
Trophy Criteria Winner
Trident Challenge Cup First Helm overall Thomas Gillard
Beryl Haynes Trophy First Crew overallOllie Meadowcroft
The Britton Salver First Family boat  Mike and Jane Calvert
The Salcombe Slate First Family Fleet Sophie Mackley, William Warren, Alex Warren, 
Millbay Plate Ist Lady Helm Caroline Gould
The Taylor Tiller Trophy 1st Lady Helm or Crew Sophie Mackley  
Petit Trophy Ist Helm over forty five Tom Stewart
Salcombe YC Challenge 1st Helm over fifty five Jon Gorringe
The Grandmaster Trophy 1st Helm over sixty five Mike Calvert
The Excalibur Trophy 1st Helm over seventy five Alan Warren
Draycote Salver First Club team prize Parkstone Yacht Club
Perry Pot First Crew under 18 Jasper Bramwell
Silver Jubilee cup Old boat trophy 3358-3571Chris Haworth and Stuart Aston
Buckden Bowl Old boat trophy 3357 and belowJoe McLaughlin and Sean Roberts
The Merlin Rocket First narrow Merlin David Prickett and Bernard Prickett
The Endeavour Trophy All races completed: well done indeed.Jon Cowper and Hannah Hutchings


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