Sail Chat-The 80th Regatta Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd June

As far as I can establish only three members were old enough to sail in our first regatta 80 years ago Peter Skingley, Jimmy James and David Auger, they would have been in their early teens. Both Jimmy and Peter attended, David cannot, and I think Peter would have been the only one who was a junior member at the time. It is they and others now departed that we can thank for our club now,

It was a a wonderful event with warmth, sun and a shifty, sometimes soft westerly breeze on both days. We had a record turn out of 26 entries of all shapes and sizes, enough to nearly overflow the results board. I am not going to mention all participants or boats as it would make this too long, but I expect the results will be on our website. It was delightful to see so many faces and participants of yester-year, some who had travelled a long way just to help out. There was also a very special cake with fizz and photo's.

On Saturday night there was a Lebanese meal, a melodic jazz band that played many an evocative tune and a variety of period fancy dresses, my pick would have been a Neolithic monster and Britany Speers, Alice was pretty sensational too!

A truly successful and well organised event. I wrote no names but the exception is the Commodore Ian and his partner Susie, they truly delivered!

Last updated 9:54pm on 21 November 2024