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Ten little race marks standing in a line…
Actually we have thirteen of these large round steel marks, which were used in WWII to hold up anti-submarine netting. A couple of years ago Trinity House insisted they were all painted yellow, and we of course complied. Now some will have a little colour to help us distinguish which is which. Outer Mark [7], Somers [U], Acland [A], Wreck [W] and Bertie [3] remain all yellow with black numbers/letters. While Bunny [stylised bunny head], Brookie [6]
Published 14:31 on 16 Apr 2015
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The complete picture... almost!
Our fabulous staging and slipway is looking almost like the finished article, although there are plenty of small, mostly unseen parts, yet to be completed. You should see it for yourself to get the full picture.
Published 12:18 on 13 Feb 2015
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Illusion Team Racing victory
Somehow Raymond & Colin got through to win on the last leg of the final race and retain the Inter Club Team Racing Trophy, narrowly beating Mark & Jo Downer. Bruce Huber & James Meaning were third and new comers Keri Harris & Hamish Walker representing the RNSA were fourth. SVYC have won the trophy in 2010, 2011, 2013 and now 2014. As Sunday’s weather promised to be less favourable all the team racing was completed on Saturday.
Published 10:00 on 8 Dec 2014
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Laying Up Dinner
The Laying Up Dinner with guest speaker Lord West, the former First Sea Lord and subsequently the minister for Security and Counter Terrorism, was a great success raising over £2200 for Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat. Members and guests were piped to dinner by two very smart Sea Cadets from the Ryde unit, which is now developing into something of a tradition at SVYC. Lord West gave a most interesting and entertaining talk as did Robin Ebsworth the Chairman of
Published 16:54 on 7 Nov 2014
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Cadet prize winners
The Cadets had a wonderful summer with lots of excellent sailing. Well done to all those who took part and congratulations to all the winners. Our thanks go to the Optimist Class Captains Lucinda McArthur, Tracy North and Lucy Cotterell and the Handicap Class Captains Camilla Hamilton, Cecilia Bottomley and Kate Jones for their unstinting work in running the races and social events.
Published 15:13 on 1 Sep 2014
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New slipway & staging Grand Opening of Phase 1
There was a very pleasant gathering of members held for an impromptu grand opening ceremony of the first phase of the slipway and staging which took place on the new structure. The ceremonial ribbon was cut by Sue Wakefield whose husband Nick has been so instrumental in overseeing this splendid achievement from initial plans to fruition. A glass of something sparkling was raised to the inaugural use of the new staging by Nick Wakefield who pushed
Published 15:26 on 11 Aug 2014
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Cruiser Division's trip to Normandy
Five of the Seven yachts taking part in the Cruiser Division's trip to Normandy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings are in Honfleur this morning. Read the full report
Published 12:18 on 1 Jun 2014
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Commodore's Trophy awarded to Nick Hewitt
Nick Hewitt receiving the Commodore's Trophy to rapturous applause for his participation in Richard Dobbs's Swan 68 Titania of Cowes in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2013.
Published 00:00 on 28 Apr 2014
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Storm Damage
The Commodore has asked to have these photos of the storm damage put up on our website. He will be writing to members shortly with regard to the action that will be taken.
Published 00:00 on 26 Feb 2014
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Members List Book
It has been a couple of years since we last produced a new Sea View Yacht Club Members List book. All the members who had an email address which they wished to publish in the book have been sent an email asking them to check their family's details. Of course there is an obvious flaw with this - if their email address was not the one they are now using they won't have seen this email and it
Published 14:00 on 29 Jan 2014