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ROYAL SOLENT Yacht Club 2016 The personal investment service At Charles Stanley we have a different approach to investment services. Rather than slotting you into someone else’s financial model, we custom build a service around you. ▪ Discretionary and Advisory Investment Management ▪ Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS) ▪ ISA Service ▪ Inheritance Tax Planning For a brochure or to discuss our services in more detail please contact Sean Mylchreest or Nik Ramsey at our Isle of Wight office: 1 Langley Court, Pyle Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1LA T: 01983 520922 E: [email protected] www.charles-stanley.co.uk/isleofwight Please be aware that the value of your investments may fall as well as rise and your capital may be at risk. Charles Stanley & Co. Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered office 25 Luke St, London, EC2A 4AR. Registered in England No. 1903304 Royal Solent Yacht Club TELEPHONE NUMBERS Office/Secretary 01983 760256 Bar/Members 01983 760239 Caterer 01983 760110 Fax 01983 761172 E-mail [email protected] Website www.royalsolent.org OFFICERS OF THE CLUB from April 2016 Commodore Tony Walton Vice Commodore George Alford Rear Commodore (Sailing) Nicholas Measor Rear Commodore (House) Caroline Norris Hon Treasurer Anne Kyle SECRETARY Hamish Fletcher CONTENTS 4 Commodore Windy 5 Rear Commodore (Sailing) Taittinger Regatta 6 Taittinger Regatta P6 10 YOD Class 12 XOD Class 14 Whittle Marine’s new XOD Folkboats in California P30 18 Yarmouth Lasers 20 Yarmouth Folkboats 22 Folkboat Week RYS Regatta P32 24-27 Club Racing 28 Race Management 29 Expanding your boating experience 30 International Folkboat Regatta 32 RYS Bicentenary Regatta Week George Alford 34 Membership Secretary’s Report P38 36 Reciprocal Clubs 37 Benefits of Membership 38 Member Profile–George Alford 41 Secretary’s Jottings 42 Clubhouse Development 43 Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club 44 Sailing Bonny Flighty Home Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club 47 Cruising – Out for Lunch P43 48-51 Thursday’s Child to Gibraltar and back 54 Bonobo across Biscay 56 Domaine Evremond 58 Yarmouth Harbour Report Family cruise to Gibraltar P48 60 Yarmouth Lifeboat 62 Bembridge Harbour 64 Members’ Activities 66 Visitors’ Activities 68 Trophy Winners Social Activities 70 Merchandise P64 Front cover photo: FB 168 Finvara, owned by Simon Field, in Folkboat week 2015. Photo by Keith Allso. All photographs in this magazine, unless otherwise credited, are courtesy of Club members. Editor: Dick Dawson, Tel: 01983 760256 Advertising Manager: Tony Knaggs, Tel: 01983 761647 Mobile: 07912 646955 Designed and Produced by Solitaire Creation, Tel: 01983 752232 Printed in the UK by: Barley Print Ltd, Tel: 01707 878010 RSYC MAGAZINE 2016 3 From the Commodore y the time you read these notes I will be in my last month as your Commodore. It has been an exciting three years for Mary andB me. We have enjoyed meeting so many of you, dining with you, sailing against you and getting involved in the huge variety of activities that the Club organizes other than boating. 2015 was a year of continuing vibrancy at the Royal Solent. The Club usage has been greater than ever with a significant increase in Mark Hall, Commodore. numbers through the summer months. As ever the autumn events of the Turkey Cup and the Needles Relief fill the bar and dining Our permanent Office staff, led by secretary Hamish Fletcher have room with Lymington visitors. been a pleasure to work with. Hamish has given me great support I have been very fortunate to have enthusiastic and hardworking in all my wild ideas and managed to control the worst of them! Flag Officers with Tony Walton, Caroline Norris and David Fox Angela has settled into the Sailing Office and Lucy and Claire have whilst Anne Kyle, our treasurer, has been magnificent. really grasped the need for private functions with many events for companies using our wonderful facilities and location during The sailing programme continues to flourish with sponsored the quiet periods in the week and in the winter months. These Wednesday evening racing by Spence Willard, Club regatta profitable functions utilise our building and staff to the full. by Taittinger and Charles Stanley and the Prince Consort by Eurovines, The Mottistone and Yarmouth Spice. We had lots of Vice Commodore Tony Walton and his predecessor, Dick financial help with the Club dinghy regatta from Delphie Lakeman, Dawson, have a great relationship with the Harbour Master. We Ocean Trust and Harwoods. The fiftieth anniversary of Folkboat regularly run Active Marina boat handling training in conjunction Week was a tremendous success supported by Lymington Marina with the Harbour team. Group. Over the last three years we have recruited over 300 new members. All our Club racing marks are now sponsored. Hayles Boatyard Our membership now in excess of 1000 which is where it should support our Club boats Marksman and Countdown. These be. Many Clubs struggle to retain members, let alone grow sponsors are really important to our Club finances but also numbers, so it’s good to be kicking the trend. allow us to provide superior events. Our high standard of Race Our finances and especially our reserves are being rebuilt and our Management means we lead racing in the Western Solent and financial performance in 2015 was significantly better than budget. many thanks to our Principal Race Officer Jeremy Willcock and Janet manages the funds most carefully. We opened a Repairs and the superb race teams. The Cruising group continues to grow Renewals Building Fund last year to ensure that money was put under the leadership of Geoff Neary with over 80 at the end of aside for work that we know has to be done. You are all aware now season luncheon. that a call was initiated in the autumn of 2015 and this has been Socially the Club is regularly busy throughout the week with received very positively. scrabble, backgammon, wine society, Scottish country dancing The repairs to the dining room roof, its ceiling lights and and film nights. Theme evenings such as Moules and Italian ventilation and the replacement of the roof and windows of the suppers have really worked well. First Wednesday lunches and bar are all scheduled for early 2017. We are very fortunate that Ian Commodore’s suppers have been well supported and Mary and and Caroline Laing are intending to fund the replacement of our I very much enjoy dining with new members on a regular basis. 1960’s bar extension. When this work is completed we shall have a We certainly enjoyed the mid summer evening when many of you completely renovated Clubhouse throughout. joined us for the Summer BBQ. My task as your Commodore has been greatly supported by all the The front of house staff, led by Vicky and supported by Tom, general committee members, and especially the Guardians, all of Scott and Mary with lots of youngsters are a real asset to the Club, whose help has made my task very rewarding. Mary and I find the members and visitors. They are always most welcoming and are Club and members a delightful environment and look forward to key to our relaxing environment only surpassed by our flower joining you all in a more relaxed atmosphere through 2016. ladies, whose efforts both inside and outside the Clubhouse constantly brighten the site with wonderful decorations. Mark Hall, Commodore 4 RSYC MAGAZINE 2016 A year in the life of Rear Commodore (Sailing) ailing is a fantastic sport. It is a great way to meet new people. On the water the whole team needs to work Stogether and use key life skills like strength, fitness, adaptability, and planning to get winning results. From this grows great camaraderie and friendship that make for a wonderful social scene. For me, it provides a way of breaking away from every day problems and worries, because you just have to concentrate, as the sea and wind are never constant. What a David Fox, Rear Commodore (Sailing). great way to spend a hot and sunny summer day! We have had good support from members to help provide And the point of all this, I hear you asking? Well, during the last Race Officers and support boat duties, not only for our main few years we have been trying to help develop our youngsters Taittinger Royal Solent Regatta, but for the other regular races coming through from the Yarmouth Sailing Club, and also that we run. Our Club race management standards are high encourage adults new to sailing to come and have a go. To and this helps to attract visiting classes to our Club. aid this in the coming season, you will find a new page on the Royal Solent web site which members can use to ask for crew The growing Dinghy fleet, with more events and training for and crew can offer their services. This should help to get more juniors, has increased the need for patrol boat volunteers and boats out on the water. Race Officer teams and more RIB drivers are always needed. Without this pool of helpers the Club couldn’t offer its facilities We also need more women to enjoy sailing, whether it be to visiting classes. So a great big thank you to one and all. It is crewing or helming. Yes, we do have some excellent lady helms very good that people are prepared to put some time back into but there must be more ladies out there who would relish the their sport. challenge and no doubt beat some of the men. The Cruising section has had an active year and already the So I would like to see some time especially set aside to let plans for 2016 are looking very busy, with both on-shore talks, women gain confidence without having to race, but to just visits and sailing days away with other boats.