Yachts & Yachting - July 2018

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Exeter Uni reunion match

racing memorial event

Exeter University SC took a break from revision to

host their brand-new event - EUSC Reunion Race

Weekend - for members, alumni and family alike.

he event saw ive teams descend on the Royal

Southern YC at Hamble for a match racing

weekend on the Solent, competing for the Rory

CheethamMemorialCupinmemoryoftheir

colleague and fellow Exeter sailor who died in

Januaryfromararegeneticheartcondition.

Quentin Bes-Green of Southampton cruised

tovictorywithonlythreecrewonSaturday

andtwoonSunday,andthanksduetoAnnabel

Bates jumping ship to provide a stand-in crew

for the inals. he team were pushed to their

limits by Exeter, helmed by Freddie Liardet.

All hands to as Netley’s

new clubhouse takes shape

Work continues on the rebuild of Netley SC’s

clubhouse, the old building having been

successfully removed.

The new building, pre-fabricated ofsite, has

been delivered and constructed, with

contractors pulling out all the stops, even by

the glare of floodlights, to complete the work.

Club members have been busy too, helping

with pipework for the showers, cabling for the

electrics and many more tasks to turn the shell

into a vibrant new club house. Member David

Henshall explains: “More amazing than the

determination to see the new clubhouse build

through has been the resilience of the sailors,

who have braved the worst that the weather

could throw at them, with the minimum in the

way of changing rooms and facilities, to keep

the regular scheduled racing going.”

TIM OLIN; WILL ROBERTS; DAVID HENSHALL

Windermere South Windermere SC

is celebrating a new club house,

thanks to the National Trust and Sport

England. Facilities include a committee

room, changing rooms, workshops and

storage. A new, larger boat park is filling

up fast with dinghies and Flying Fifteens.

South west Sailors across the south

are encouraged to join this year’s River

Exe Regatta, hosted by Topsham SC

(23-24 June), with support from Exe,

Lympstone and Starcross sailing clubs.

Racing is for dinghies, multihulls and

cruisers, plus family fun afloat and on

shore. See: river-exe-regatta.org.uk

Old The Royal Harwich YC is

celebrating its 175th anniversary with a

175-minute open pursuit race on 16 June

for all classes and age groups from

across East Anglia and beyond. Among

the prizes will be a unique one-of

trophy for the winner and trophies for

the leading boats at 60 and 120 minutes.

Older Commemorating the

very first Woodbridge Regatta races in

1838 and as part of a two-day special

event, dinghy and yacht sailors are

invited to participate in Deben YC’s

180th anniversary races taking place on

9 September, with a sail past to be held

the previous day.

2000s Alongside the 2000

Nationals at the Royal Torbay YC, 4-10

August, there will also be a busy training

programme hosted organised by the

2000 class association.

Group An amalgamation of

yachts clubs in Poole Harbour will hold

their own ‘race within a race’ at July’s

Round the Island Race; preview page 34.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

The Stokes Bay meeting for Musto Skifs saw

a record entry of 48, making it the biggest

open for the class to date, and complementing

the competition on the water was a Lionel

Ritchie-themed onshore challenge, to create

a sculpture of the pop singer’s head like the

one in the video for his 1984 hit ‘Hello’.

It transpired that many of the sculptures

were ‘Truly’ good, showing the hidden

talents of the fleet (or at least their wives).

It is rumoured that late into the evening the

Scottish representative took over the bar in

order to keep the beer flowing ‘All night long’.

It is not known who won this competition

but in the sailing stakes, Ben McGrane

(Netley) did enough to claim event victory

without having to finish the last race.

The fleet said ‘Goodbye’ to Stokes Bay and

is looking forward to another record entry,

for its nationals at Castle Cove in August.

Musto Skis say hello to a new kind of social

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