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After the storm - from Harriet Hadfield's 5-stories
I'm not sleeping that well at the moment - definitely not helped by the incredible thunder and lightning of the middle of the week. Wednesday night was the big one - and photographs from the light show made the national press: scroll half-way down this Mail Online piece for an Island Visions image from Ventnor; if you have a Telegraph subscription, Jamie Russell's incredible picture from St More »
Published 08:15 on 22 May 2022
Come and Join the Staff at SVYC
Come to one of the new staff open days and meet the hospitality and boat teams. Gain work experience for a life in the industry or just liven up your CV. Fun in the Sun is what we offer! More »
Published 12:54 on 19 May 2022
The Prince Philip Cup
Today we received permission from Her Majesty The Queen to retain the name the Prince Philip Cup for the annual Inter Club Regatta that we host in our Mermaids. The Prince Philip Cup was presented by Prince Philip in 1956 as a contest to encourage sailing and social contact between Island Clubs. Originally the race was in Cowes, and the original rule stated that any Club who won the Trophy More »
Published 17:42 on 13 May 2022
First Team Racing of the Year
Sunday 8 th May saw SVYCs annual team race against The Bar (think legal eagles, not G&T) in beautiful champagne-sailing conditions. Multiple back to back races, with both sides fielding 2 teams of three boats. The Bar started well winning the initial race, demonstrating that they had some excellent helms in their team this year (some of whom it turned out, were international sailors). More »
Published 10:43 on 13 May 2022
Martin Evans talk on Foiling
The lack of wind did not dampen the excitement on Saturday of a large group of members who had come to watch a Foiling demonstration that couldn't happen. However Martin Evans Global Class Manager of the WASZPs, gave an exceptional talk on the many benefits of this sport, used a rigged WASZP on the staging to talk about the specific of "getting going". He was then bombarded with excellent questions from enthusiastic voyeurs keen to More »
Published 15:41 on 3 May 2022
Seaview short tacking but into Fiji
We cannot resist sharing again a screenshot of Sarah Hill's route into Fiji. After a 2000nm passage against the trade winds from Australia, Sarah and her husband arrived in Fiji on their Dufour 35 with failed engine. Sarah had to short tack through the reef using skills learnt long ago in Optimists and Seaview Dinghies - see her route above. Sarah has been awarded this 2021 Commodore's trophy for the best boating activities outside Seaview More »
Published 06:00 on 30 Apr 2022
Upcoming events
| May 23-28 |
Seaview Schools SailingMorning or Afternoon sailing courses for the local primary School |
| May 25 |
Mermaid Sunset Wednesday Series 2022 » Race 5 |
| May 26 |
Mermaid Sunset Thursday Series 2022 » Race 5 |
| May 27 |
18:00 - Thomas Race Friday Night Series 2022 » Thomas Series: Race 5 |
| May 28-29 |
09:00 - RYA Powerboat Level 2RYA Powerboat Level 2 |
| May 28 |
09:00 - SVYC Powerboat RefresherSVYC Powerboat Refresher day |
| May 28 |
09:00 - RYA Powerboat Level 1RYA Powerboat Level 1 |
| May 29 |
09:00 - SVYC Powerboat RefresherSVYC Powerboat Refresher day |
| May 29 |
10:30 - Pam Donald Memorial Trophy |
| May 29 |
17:00 - New membership cards issuing -…Come along and be photographed and pick up a new |
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Tide predictions
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Wednesday 25 May 2022 LW 01:28 1.7mHW 08:33 4.0m LW 13:52 1.5m HW 21:25 4.3m |
Thursday 26 May 2022 LW 02:27 1.6mHW 09:34 4.1m LW 14:46 1.4m HW 22:17 4.4m |
Friday 27 May 2022 LW 03:17 1.4mHW 10:19 4.2m LW 15:33 1.3m HW 22:51 4.5m |
Saturday 28 May 2022 LW 04:01 1.2mHW 10:58 4.3m LW 16:17 1.2m HW 23:23 4.5m |
Sunday 29 May 2022 LW 04:43 1.1mHW 11:39 4.3m LW 16:58 1.2m HW 23:59 4.5m |