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the
SOUTHERN
ROYAL
SOUTHERN
YACHT
CLUB
… with you every degree of the way.
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SOUTHERN CONTENTS
From the Commodore
Page 2
RSrnYC Charitable Trust
Page 3
Club News
Pages 4-5
Honorary Members
New Members
Page 6
New Members get involved Page 7
EDITORIAL TEAM
Executive Editor: Richard Campbell-Walter
Editor: Sheelagh Cohen
Deputy Editor: Tim Robinson
Advertising Sales: Ben Duke
Features Editor: Susan Preston-Davis
Art Director: Brian Curtis
Secretary: Mike Rogers
Design and artwork: Owl House Ltd
Printer: Bishops, Portsmouth
Editorial: editor@royal-southern.co.uk
Advertising: advertise@royal-southern.co.uk
or telephone: 023 8045 0300
ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB
CONTACTS
Secretary: Mike Rogers
secretary@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0300
Sailing Secretary: Lucy Burn
023 8045 0302
sailing@royal-southern.co.uk
Office and Administration:
023 8045 0300
Accounts:
023 8045 0304
© The Southern is published by the Royal Southern
Yacht Club Ltd., Rope Walk, Hamble, Southampton
SO31 4HB and distributed free to members and
other interested parties. Opinions expressed are
those of the contributors and are not necessarily
shared by the Editor and/or publishers. Although
the greatest care has been taken in compiling this
publication, the publishers and Editor accept no
responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions or
alterations, or for any consequences ensuing upon
the use of, or alliance on any information given in
this publication.
Royal Southern Yacht Club is the trading name of
Royal Southern Yacht Club Limited
Registered in England No. 05372495
Registered Office: Rope Walk, Hamble, SO31 4HB.
Cover Photograph
Courtesy of Diane Ward
Member Benefits
Page 8
Club Traditions
Page 10
Patrons Visit
Pages 12-15
Club Trophies
Page 16-17
Prize Winners
Page 18
Afloat
Page 19
Month by Month
Racing
Pages 20-33
The Southern at Cowes
Pages 28-30
Cruising
Pages 34-39
Motor Boats
Pages 40-43
Youth
Pages 44-46
Splash
Pages 47
Golf/Shooting
Page 48
Ladies Committee
Page 49
Southern Stars
Pages 51-55
Southern Snippets
Page 56-60
Balloon Competition
Page 61
Recent Events
Pages 62-63
Winter Programme
Pages 64-65
Club Facilities
Pages 66-67
The Editorial Team would like to
give a vote of thanks to the amateur
and professional photographers
listed right, for the use of their
images in this issue.
Special thanks go to Judi Hussey
for many of the photographs of the
Patrons visit, Stephanie Patterson
and Liz Roberts for the Youth
shots, Eddie Mays for the majority
of Racing shots and to Mike Jones
of Pike Pictures for the insignia &
trophy shots, the Skiffs, Patrons
visit and the Masked Ball.
Ingrid Abery
Robbie Boulter
Denise Cartlidge
Kate Christie
Peter Garrod
Louay Habib
Nick Hollamby
Judi Hussey
Mark Inkster
Keith & Di Jones
Mike Jones
Eddie Mays
Stephanie Patterson
Liz Roberts
Diane Ward
Maggie Widdop
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from
the
There was widespread praise for the last edition
of The Southern and, judging from what I have
seen so far, this autumn edition is likely to be at
least as well received. Well done to the editing
team who have been meeting and planning
for months now. Any magazine is made by its
contributors and ours has a wide selection of
Members writing articles on the events – past and
to come – that they have been involved in. So,
read on and enjoy.
Commodore
The Club has had a successful six months,
both afloat and ashore, since I last wrote. You
will read about some of this in the following
pages, and I would like to commend both those
Members and our staff who have worked so hard
to make the Club the great place it is. It has
been one of my delights as your Commodore to
meet so many new Members as well as spending
time with the longer-standing ones. Speaking of
long-time Members, I have introduced a lunch
for those who have been Members for 50 years
or more. Invitations have been sent out to 20
Members, some of whom must have been very
young when they joined!
ABOVE RIGHT left to
right, John Beardsley, Vice
Commodore. Our Patron,
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
Annette Newton, Commodore.
Our Club – with more than 170 years of
history – is a combination of its traditions melded
with a management and organisation well suited
to today. Whilst the Club is now comprised of two
incorporated bodies, with the additional legal
responsibilities that entails, it is possibly only our
Hon. Treasurer and Boards of Directors who
are really affected by incorporation. The Club
is still the Club, despite some fears expressed
at the time we started the legal process towards
incorporation in 2001. However it was not a new
initiative then and I am indebted to David Mead,
who has been extracting interesting snippets
from old Sailing Committee Minutes and who
found this one from a meeting exactly 30 years
ago: “The RYA Racing Manager had strongly
recommended that clubs should form themselves
into organisations limited by guarantee because
of the risks of claims against them.” Whilst
incorporation may have had little adverse effect
upon us so far, it is also a relief that we have not
yet had to make use of the protection it provides;
long may that be.
Autumn is with us and the thoughts of our
Flag Officers and many committee members turn
to the AGM when I hope many Members will
come to mark the start of a new commodoreship.
You will have had your agenda and Annual
Report which I am sure you found interesting and
encouraging; the Club has certainly had a good
year from financial, social and sailing points of
view. Whilst Angus and I may have contributed
a little towards the financial strength, we have
greatly enjoyed the social and sailing events;
we recently went to an excellent and very well
supported midweek rally to Bembridge, my last
as Commodore, in one of the few fine weeks of
the year, and were amused to note that the first
such rally we went to 18 months ago was also to
Bembridge in beautiful weather. We must go
there more often.
A highlight for us in this summer of poor
weather was our Patron’s visit in August, and
there have been many others. One was the
evident joy of our young members during Splash
Week, a tremendous success due to the hard
work of so many parents and grandparents. It
is also a delight to see the success of the Junior
Cadets as they progress in sports boat racing and
their encouragement and help with the younger
children. Others were taking part in the Cruiser
Race and other Club races which concentrate
on our Members - the Hamble Scramble and
Pursuit, Ladies and Ancient Mariners races, all
good fun.
Finally, thank you to you all for making my
two years as Commodore such happy ones; it
has been an enormous honour and pleasure to
serve and I wish the Club every success in the
coming years.
Annette Newton
Commodore
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In the Spring edition of The Southern I reported on the first grants the Trust had
awarded. At that time funds available for distribution were so severely constrained that
the Trustees had to award far less than we would have wished. Since then Sir Michael
Cobham’s Executors have forwarded to the Trust the final instalments of his bequest,
a large sum of money. This was immediately loaned to the Club, thus generating funds
for distribution from the Trust from the interest paid by the Club, whilst at the same
time reducing the Club’s bank loan
In the summer Members of the Club were invited to become Friends of the Trust and
some have done so. We hope that others will join them. These subscriptions have added
to the funds available for distribution as
grants, thus when the Trustees met at
the beginning of September to consider
the August applications for grants we
were able to award the whole amounts
requested. It is not expected that this
situation will often occur as more and
more organisations become aware of the
availability of grants for encouraging
sailing, but it was most gratifying to be
able to support all the applications on this National Champion in August at Pevensey
Bay SC. Another Andrew, Andrew Smith, was
occasion. These were:
ROYAL
SOUTHERN
YACHT
CLUB
CHARITABLE
Trust
Huw Roberts applied on behalf of the Club’s
SB3 Youth Team sailing Striptease; all the
team are in further education and are not only
developing their own skills in racing in this highly
competitive class, but have also been training
some of the younger Junior Cadets. Their grant
will assist towards their campaign expenses.
Sophie Barker-Dodds is now at Southampton
Solent University and a member of the University’s
Sailing Club. She applied on the Sailing Club’s
behalf for funding to cover part of their race entry
fees for Hamble River Sailing Club’s Garmin
Winter Series.
Ed Fitzgerald applied for a grant to cover
some of his expenses as a member of the GBR
Yacht Racing Academy. The Academy, based
in Cowes, aims to develop the big boat racing
skills of young people. In the past season Ed has
competed in several major regattas as bowman
on Farr 52s. Finally Sarah Bourne applied to
help towards her sailing with the Jubilee Sailing
Trust.
During the year the Trustees have been
delighted to receive reports from those we
supported in the first round of grants. All have
made good use of their funds. Andrew Sinclair
won his class, the Hobie Dragoon, in his first
big catamaran event, Eurocat, held at Carnac in
the Spring and then went on to become British
delighted to have been able to compete in the
International Association for Disabled Sailing
World Championships for Challenger multihulls
in Cascais in July. Reports on the Club’s SB3
Youth Team appear later in this magazine, whilst
a young Feva Sailor, Alex Mothersele, was 2nd
in the Feva Nationals in May and has recently
competed in the World Feva Championships in
Sweden. Finally we understand that the Hamble
Sea Scouts are proudly using their new mainsail
on one of their Bosun dinghies.
The Trustees are delighted that the Trust is
fulfilling its remit of “Supporting and encouraging
sailing for all”. We encourage Club Members to
support it as donors or by applying for grants
where they are needed to support sailing for the
young, disabled or ‘unwaged’ or for taking part in
offshore voyages or recognised championships.
The next round of grants will be awarded to those
applying by 25th February 2009.
ABOVE Andy Smith racing at
Casais in the Challenger Multihull
World Championships.
LEFT Ed FitzGerald ( 2nd from
front) on Chernikeeff 2 during
Cowes Week.
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The visit in August of our Patron, His Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, marked the
completion of this 18 month programme and he
was gracious enough to unveil a commemorative
plaque for this milestone, an engraved piece of
Portland stone cut into the facade of Sundial
Cottage. As the blue ensign fell away, the Duke
was minded to congratulate the many Members
present and the wider membership for what he
described as their ‘excellent decision’ in bringing
this about. He went on to mention that the
condition and facilities of the Club were very
different when he joined sixty years ago and not
in a good way and we are all most grateful for the
time that our Patron gave to marking this point in
the Club’s illustrious history.
CLUB NEWS
The Patron checking the time on
the sundial.
The past year has seen some remarkable
developments reach fruition at the Club. One
year ago, we were celebrating the re-opening of
eleven new bedroom suites and more recently, the
ground floor flat with its own sitting room and
studio kitchen has been brought into commission,
with accommodation for four people. This,
together with the completion of the refurbished
Members bar and its terrace access, and a huge
amount of detail work to improve our systems,
has all been designed to meet the higher standards
that Members have rightly come to expect in a
modern club.
This substantial investment has reaped an
immediate reward. From an accommodation
income of £53,000 in 2004, the last comparable
year, 2008 will see an income of £108,500 and a
surplus of £78,631 which has contributed to our
bottom line and overall financial wellbeing.
Communication with Members is very
important and the past year has seen the
instigation of an excellent monthly News Letter,
a vastly improved web site used increasingly
by Members and the many visitors who log
on to monitor latest news on our racing and
social programme and finally, The Southern
magazine. Currently produced biannually and
delivering 60 pages of information and news, it is
brought together by more than fifty contributing
Members and an editorial team of seven, who
bring it to reality. Most heartening for the team,
many Members have asked if the magazine can
be produced more frequently as they like its
content and style, the answer is yes, eventually.
Underlying all this internal communication is
our media relations campaign that communicates
the activities of the Club and its Members to a
THE TILED H
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ST. GEORGE'
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WEYBRIDGE
SURREY KT
13 OLD
– as from 20 Ru
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and
France.
Dear Richard,
8th. May 2008
The Spring edit
ion of the ‘Sou
thern’
has just arrived
at Port Griman
d.
It is, without do
ubt, the best ya
cht
club magazine
I have ever seen
– a ‘tour
de force’ in it’s
coverage with
superb
presentation th
roughout.
Sandy and I se
nd our congratu
lations
to you, Sheelagh
Cohen and all
the
wonderful team
for a publicatio
n that sets
new standards
– with our war
mest regards,
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more eclectic audience, the name of the Royal
Southern Yacht Club being continually enhanced
among the wider sailing and local communities
by its successes and increasing overall fortunes on
and off the water.
The new Club management system, which was
installed over the Summer months, was activated
on October 1st. The new system reduces the
number of cards that Members require, will
speed up transactions at the bar and also increase
the administrative efficiency of the Club. It is also
the next step in facilitating e-shots enabling us to
reduce the postage and printing burden whilst
supplying information in the manner preferred by
an increasing percentage of Members.
Our winter programme becomes increasingly
important as the evenings draw in and we look
forward to celebrating another excellent year,
based upon the many positive aspects of Club
life that continue to underpin the sound and firm
footings already established. Let us look forward
to the next 60 years with confidence.
Richard Campbell-Walter
Rear Commodore House
THANKS TO THE
COMMODORE
Annette Newton, our first Lady
Commodore, retires at the AGM on
Saturday 29th November.
Annette has devoted ten years to the
Club as Chairman of the Management
Committee, Rear Commodore Sailing,
Vice Commodore and currently as our
Commodore. She has been instrumental
in setting up the Royal Southern Yacht
Club Trust and, with Angus, has been
active in the Race Management Team
aboard their Swan 38 Kuutar, which they
have owned for nearly thirty years.
Annette’s sound wisdom and forward
thinking has allowed the Club and its
fortunes to prosper under her guidance.
We all thank her for her great input to
the Club and wish her and Angus all the
very best for the future.
Catering
The first RSrnYC BeerFest has just finished
- thank you to all of you who gave your support
by drinking the varied range of ale on offer
and especially to Angus Newton who did the
lion’s share of the leg work to get this inaugural
event up and running. All our brews came from
Hampshire and we had a goodly selection of
session ales, a mild, some mids and two heavies to
choose from plus some very distinctive cider - our
brewers were the Oakleaf Brewing Company from
Gosport, Suthwyk Ales (Southwick), Crondall
Brewery, Itchen Valley Brewery, Hampshire
Brewery, Bowman, Flowerpots at Cheriton, and
the Triple fff Brewery from Four Marks, Alton.
A fairly steep learning curve ensures that there
will undoubtedly be changes for next year’s event
(we need to get our quantities right for a start!)
but it was a good launch for a new event in the
Club calendar. If you missed Lawrence’s Curry
on the Saturday night, well shame on you - it was
delicious!
A challenging few months has seen some
inroads into the catering deficit - functions are
doing very well, and the feedback has been very
positive, but it is still taking time to entice Club
Members back to the fold for regular dining.
This Autumn sees the start of a new programme
of wine tasting with supper each month so if you
haven’t been to see us for a while then this could
be the ideal opportunity to start again - you could
also take advantage of members rates on the
bedrooms and make a night of it...
Club
Insignia
Below are five
items from the
wide selection
of Insignia goods
now available.
Playing Cards
Hip Flask
Fiona Pankhurst
Chairman,
Catering Sub-Committee
Clock
Picture Frame
Wine Carrier
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HONORARY MEMBERS NEW
MEMBERS
During the past six months it has been a great
pleasure to welcome three new Honorary
Members:
LADY NADINE COBHAM
whose late husband, Sir Michael Cobham, had
been a Member of the Club since 1960, has kept
a keen interest in the Club and the charitable
trust which was formed from his bequest to the
Club two years ago. We are delighted that she has
accepted Honorary Membership to maintain the
connection with her and her family.
MRS SUE LIGHTFOOT
Lady Cobham with her daughter
Camilla during the visit of HRH
The Duke of Edinburgh.
also has retained her strong links with the Club
since the untimely death of Nigel who was
Commodore from 1987 to 1989. He had been
instrumental in purchasing the land where we
now have our new clubhouse and car/boat park.
Sue has just moved to live near her daughter.
ADRIAN FLANAGAN
has accepted honorary membership for a year
following his return to the Club on completion of
his epic journey round the world. Instead of the
conventional east-west circumnavigation Adrian
sailed west round Cape Horn, up the western side
of the Americas, Alaska and thence round the
top of Russia and Norway.
Annette Newton
Adrian Flanagan being presented
with his burgee by the Commodore.
UTUMN
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OR
CONTRIBUT F THE SOUTHERN
EDITION O
David Mead
Ann Arscott
Peter Bateson
Jenny Blaber
Lucy Burn
Sue Davis
David Dunn
Ed Dyer
Peter Garrod
ith
John Greensm
ib
Louay Hab
y Handley
David & Audre
Colin Hall
on-Williams
Karen Henders
David Hudson
Bryan Hughes
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Richard Hughe
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Angie Jansse
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Keith & Di Jone
on
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Rod Mcphe
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Annette Newto
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Fiona Pankhurs
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Ann Pedd
ng
Jonathan Readi
Roo Roberts
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Jeremy Robinso
n
Shira Robinso
Harry Salmon
Jennie Sharman
Jan Short
Gemma Sturt
Annabel Vose
John Walker
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Roberta Walke
p
Maggie Widdo
ouse
Andrew Woodh
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tr
Niklas Zenns
New Members – up to 30 September 2008
Dan Brown
David Bartholomew *
Oliver Bewes
Michael & Helen Bartholomew *
Georgina Bellan
Hannah Boissier
Mike Blackman & Jule de Pina *
Scott Dawson
Rupert & Charlotte Digby *
John Danby
Charles & Alison, Milly and Lucy Davis
Joanna Edwards
Simon Frost
Douglas & Lynn Fisher *
Richard Griffith
Douglas & Frances Haig *
Simon & Caroline Hobbs *
David Hudson *
Roger Hudson *
Keiran & Sheila Hynes
John Howell
Robin Irving
Nick & Ann Jackson
Rupert Matthews
Philip Miller
Michael Nicholson
John & Jill Patterson *
Will Page
Paul & Linda, Geoffrey, Jonathan and
Richard Reading *
Harriet Russell
Sophie Russell
Alan Roberts
David & Patricia Rowden
Matthew Richardson
Paula Saunderson
Chris & Jenny, Katja and Sophie Seifert
Jill Shawe
Thomas Shawcroft
David Sinclair
Andrew & Helen Thompson*
John Vening
Andy Watson & Sue Wilce, Charles, Harry,
James and Liam *
Graham & Leigh-Ann, Abbie and
Chelsey Watson*
Colin Wray *
*Indicates Temporary Member
It is with regret that we have to record the
deaths of the following members:Mrs Marie Jeffery
Mr George Shillitoe
Mr Dick Thompson
Mr Tony Davis
19/10/08 15:10:26
My first outing as a volunteer was as mark
layer for the Beneteau 40.7 nationals at the
start of the season. I was out in the club’s rib
– Bobby G with Carol Cossar and Chris Stretch
Gillingham who is an old hand at mark laying and
kindly showed me the ropes. The weather was
spectacular and the racing was good too. It was
the perfect conditions to get the hang of things. I
can’t pretend the weather has been so kind every
weekend, but at least my waterproofs have finally
proved to be a good investment!
I joined the Royal Southern in January
this year. After many years cruising the Solent
and beyond with my family, I wanted to get
more involved with racing and joining the club
was a great opportunity to get involved in race
management.
Before the start of the season I attended the
race officer weekend and did the mark laying
course laid on by the club. I felt suitably inspired
by the weekend and was looking forward to
putting my new skills into practice.
As I approached retirement after a 34 year
business career earlier this year, my son Roger
and I decided to look for some more competitive,
bigger fleet racing than is available in our home
city of Cape Town, or indeed anywhere else in
Southern Africa.
On the advice of friends in the UK, we chose
the Laser SB3 (there are none in SA at this stage)
and joined the Royal Southern as Temporary
Members. In both cases the choice has been a
really happy one.
Sailing SB3s since April this year we’ve enjoyed
great racing and met a friendly, interesting and
talented group of sailors who have been more
than helpful as we set about learning the boat
Finishing in 3rd place in the 2008 Touareg
SB3 Grand Prix Circuit and winning the SB3
class event in Cork were good results for us at
this early stage, but winning the “Kinsale Kettle”
as overall winners of Cork Week, and finishing
2nd in the inaugural SB3 World Championships
in Dun Laoghaire were both well beyond our
expectations.
Although the SB3 circuit and our commitments
back in SA have taken us away from the Solent
The type of events you can help with range
from relaxed club events to the more competitive
European and National Championships hosted
by the Club, and there are plenty of different
roles if you don’t want to spend your day hauling
anchors up from the Solent. Throughout the
season I have acted as a mark layer, but also a
spotter, recorder, and even had a go at the flags
aboard the Committee boat. It has been a great
experience. I have met a huge number of club
members, learned more about race management,
and have discovered the variety of events on offer
at the club. I would encourage all new members
to give up a day, or a weekend and volunteer to
help out.
for much of the season - Sunderland in May,
Largs in Scotland in June, Torquay and Cork
in July, Cape Town in August and Dublin in
September - it has been a privilege to have
had the Royal Southern as a home-from-home
base. We have been warmly welcomed by Flag
Officers, Members and staff alike, and we have
appreciated the expertly run Club races that we
have been able to take part in during the season.
New
Members
get
involved
Jenny Sharman
ABOVE David and Richard
Hudson with Race Ahead invitees
Our sailing in the UK and Ireland this season
has been partly about improving our own racing
skills, but equally about laying the foundations
for RaceAhead, a youth sailing project Roger
and I are in the process of setting up. The aim of
RaceAhead (a non-profit organisation) is to help
keen and talented young sailors, primarily but
not exclusively from disadvantaged communities
in South Africa, to bridge the gap between
domestic and international competition
Although our first season here has largely
been exploratory, we have been able to include
four RaceAhead invitees in our SB3 team so far
There is no doubt that the experience of racing
on the SB3 circuit has been as valuable for each
of these young sailors as it has been for us.
David Hudson
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n Greatly discounted entry to
Royal Southern Regattas
n The BEST Racing in the
Solent
n25 Cruiser Events,
Motorboat Rallies &
Fun Days
n A Rapidly Expanding, high
quality Youth Programme
ROYAL
SOUTHERN
YACHT
CLUB
Being a member
of the Royal
Southern brings
many benefits
both on and off
the water.
We have now
waived the joining
fee for under 30s,
Membership is
from just £117 for
a YEAR!
Family Members,
for less than £1
a day* you could
have access to all
of this:
benefits of
membership
n 47 Moorings by ballot
n 18 RIB berths by ballot
n 21 Dry Berths by ballot
n 7 Clay Pigeon Shoots
n 5 Rounds of Golf
n Numerous Games of Bridge
n Three bars, Two
Restaurants, with 20%
discount on drink with a
white card
n Online Crew Register
n 11 En Suite Bedrooms
n Bosuns available 7 days a
week
n 20 Wednesday Lectures
n 2 Wine Tastings
n 20 RYA Training Courses
n 4 Club Balls
n Numerous Dinners, Suppers
and BBQs
* Less than £1 per day, per adult
in a family membership.
n And most of all, 1600 friends to share them with!
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20/10/08 18:46:07
A Royal
Club
What does it
mean?
We all enjoy being Members of a Royal yacht
club, but how many of us know the origins and
traditions connected with the various rules and
ceremonies we observe as Club members?
Royal yacht clubs hold a prestigious position
and are respected throughout the world. Their
origins and traditions are steeped in history
and should no doubt be conserved in order to
preserve the integrity of the club, whilst moving
with the times and keeping an eye on the future
in order to provide members with up to date
facilities and the best possible service.
Wearing the Ensign
Royal Club members with boats registered
in the UK and over 7 metres overall length can
apply for a permit to wear the Blue Ensign. The
history connected with this privilege goes back a
long way.
BURGEE
Founded in 1837, The Royal Southern Yacht
Club was originally based in Southampton and
called the Royal Southampton Yacht Club. In
1840 its patron, Queen Victoria, granted the
Club the privilege of wearing the White Ensign
defaced with the Coat of Arms of Southampton.
In 1864, an Order in Council allocated the Red
Ensign to merchantmen, the Blue Ensign to ships
in public service and the White Ensign to the
Navy. Yachts of the Royal Southern, together
with a small number of other senior yacht clubs
were permitted to wear the undefaced Blue
Ensign and the Royal Yacht Squadron to wear
the White Ensign.
The Club Burgee
REAR COMMODORE
PAST COMMODORE
The Commodore, Flag Officers and former
Commodores have the privilege of wearing
pennants which have a distinctive shapes and
design.
Reciprocal Clubs
The Royal Southern Yacht Club enjoys
reciprocal membership with some of the most
prestigious yacht clubs worldwide, including,
amongst others the Royal Cape, the Royal Hong
Kong, the Royal Belgian and the Royal Cork.
The complete list of reciprocal Clubs can be seen
on the Club’s website www.royal-southern.co.uk
This reciprocal membership means that when
visiting these Clubs Royal Southern Members
will be made welcome and be able to use the
reciprocal club facilities as if they were a member
of that club. If you are intending to visit a
reciprocal club, please contact them in advance
and remember to take your Royal Southern
membership card with you.
If you are intending to visit a yacht club which
does not have a reciprocal arrangement with the
Royal Southern, you can ask the Commodore or
Club Secretary to write you a letter of introduction
to the club you are visiting. Very often this paves
the way for Royal Southern members to use other
yacht club facilities even if there is no official
reciprocal arrangement with that club.
COMMODORE
VICE COMMODORE
family, is on board. Otherwise the burgee of the
Royal Southern Yacht Club should not be used
on Britannia”.
Strictly speaking the Club Burgee should
only be worn when the owner of the vessel is on
board. All those who take this rule lightly should
be aware of the firmness with which the Club
upholds this rule even for the Monarch!
Following Queen Victoria, the Club continued
to be honoured by Royal Patronage and in
1910 King George V became Patron. His yacht
Britannia was a prominent feature on the Solent
Racing scene and Britannia’s Captain wrote to
the Club to enquire whether it would be in order
for His Majesty to fly the Royal Southern Yacht
Club Burgee on the yacht.
The Royal Southern Committee, displaying
the firmness of purpose they applied to all Club
members replied: “Yes, His Majesty the King
will be in order in flying the burgee of the Royal
Southern Yacht Club if he, or a member of his
The reciprocal club arrangement is often
overlooked by members but it is a very valuable
membership benefit which can make a trip more
enjoyable whether you are in Hong Kong or
Harwich. Whether you are planning a summer
cruise, attending a regatta or just booking a
holiday, remember that you can visit, have a meal
and sometimes even stay at a reciprocal yacht
club. Those of us who have visited yacht clubs all
over the world will testify to the warm welcome
afforded to us.
Exclusivity
Your membership card does more than get you
through the door at the Royal Southern, it gives
you exclusive access to the best club house and
waterside facilities on the south coast, arguably
the whole country. Our waterside facilities, with
berthing, storage, launching facilities, seven day
a week Bosun’s launches, coupled with our bar,
catering and first class accommodation provides
a waterside haven for members to enjoy all year
long.
Switch Off
Our aim is to give members a relaxed and
peaceful environment so we have a strict policy
on mobile phones. Although these are allowed
to be used on the balconies, phones must be
silenced in the Club House. We are very strict
about this rule in order to maintain the tranquil
environment which ringing mobile phones would
destroy. If you need to make or receive a phone
call please use the balcony or another outside
area.
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19/10/08 15:32:32
OUR
PATRON'S
VISIT
Every couple of years or so our Patron,
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, has visited the
Club, perhaps on his way to Cowes Week or to
open our Sailing Block or the ‘new’ building
(10 years ago now!). On Sunday 3rd August we
were delighted to welcome him again.
This time he had sailed in the new Trinity
House Vessel ‘Galatea’ down from Harwich to
the mouth of the Hamble and had then come up
the river to the Club by launch. Mrs Mary Fagan,
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, welcomed him
to her county and then introduced me. From
then on it was a fast moving visit; introductions
to the other Flag Officers, Committee members
and to Lady Nadine Cobham - Sir Michael
Cobham’s bequest to the Club had helped fund
our recent renovations. Vice Commodore John
Beardsley described the work on the pier then
Rear Commodore Richard Campbell-Walter
showed our Patron some of the fine work on the
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19/10/08 15:35:46
old cottages to provide our delightful bedrooms
and offices.
Outside the cottages I spoke about all that
we were celebrating with his visit – his 60 years of
membership of the Club (during most of which
he had been first our Admiral and now Patron),
Club Members’ racing achievements, and finally
the renovation work he had just seen. He replied
with some amusing comments on his great age
if he had been a Member for so long followed
by some kind remarks on the Club’s progress
then unveiled the plaque on the wall of Sundial
Cottage, to acclaim from all the Members
gathered round. A formal photograph – though
there seemed to be dozens of them - was taken
of him with past Commodores, Trustees and the
current Flag Officers.
LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW Richard Campbell-Walter, John Beardsley,
The Patron HRH Prince Philip, Annette Newton, Mark Inkster;
BACK ROW Ian Fowler, Barry Peddley, Frank Murphy, Alastair Davidson,
Tom Richardson, Tony Lovell, Derek Stevens.
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It was then the turn for representatives of our
young Members to show the Patron their boats
moored alongside the pontoon. Both children
and boats looked very smart and the children
were not at all fazed by such an eminent visitor.
Not content with just inspecting the boats, HRH
asked, well, weren’t they going to demonstrate
sailing them; the children needed no second
asking and were soon sailing fast up river.
Next it was the turn for the current owners of
his former yacht, Bloodhound, to show him the
major works they had done to bring her back into
splendid condition; he spent quite some time
below seeing what they had achieved.
All too soon it was time for him to leave and
we bade him farewell after a most enjoyable and
successful visit. We look forward to his next visit
to us whenever that can be arranged.
Annette Newton
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19/10/08 15:38:36
Royal
Southern
Yacht
Club
TROPHIES
BUCKINGHAM
CORONATION BOWL
1915 silver punch bowl, which has had many
famous recipients including The Right Hon. Sir
Edward Heath’s Morning Cloud in 1974.
The Club has a magnificent collection of nearly
100 trophies which are presented at the Prize
Giving Dinner. The scale of the collection is
remarkable as it was only started in the late
forties; the earlier trophies having been sold
when the Club got into financial difficulties in
the thirties. A selection of the major trophies is
illustrated below.
SPANISH
ADMIRALS
TROPHY
A silver plated Neptune with
trident riding a dolphin on
a rectangular black marble
plinth.
BRAMBLE CUP
1931 silver urn-shaped trophy. The Club’s
earliest record of this award is 1973 for 1st Class 5
Open Division by Quarto, V. Carrington - Cowes
Week.
EXPORT
WOODBINE
TROPHY
1960 silver two handled
cup, presented by W.D.
& H.O. Wills in the early
1960s. Earliest records
show 1st overall for Wight
by Night - Artic Skua – M.C.
Richardson. The donors,
Export Woodbine, had close
associations with on the
water activities, awarding
trophies for power boat
racing and yacht racing.
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19/10/08 15:45:15
SOUTHERN
TELEVISION
TROPHY
This sterling silver trophy,
two feet in height and designed
by the distinguished silver
designer,
Hector
Miller,
represents a navigational world
with symbols for the sea and
sky. The globe is pierced silver
with the symbols separately
modelled and cast. Inside the
globe is a silver gilt bowl, which
is visible through the pierced
silver. The stem is formed from
abstract sail shapes made from
sheet silver and the plinth is
rosewood with a band of silver
for the winners’ names.
LOVELL BOWL
1900 silver monteith style punchbowl, bought
from Mappin & Webb, Birmingham in the
early 1960’s by Richard Lovell, Father of Past
Commodore Tony Lovell.
Recipients of the Trophy have included David
May’s Winsome IV in 1973 for 1st overall classes
1,2,3 and Open Division in Cowes Week.
Presented to the Club by
C. David Wilson, Chairman of
Southern Television, in 1979 for
the Southern Television Twelve
Metre World Championship,
which was sailed in Brighton.
PERKINS CUP
1912 large silver two handled cup presented
to the Club in 1966 by Perkins of Peterborough
for the Southern Speed International Power Race
for the first boat powered by diesel engines.
W.D. & H.O. WILLS
TROPHY
First presented to the Club by W.D. & H.O.
Wills in 1966 for a race around the Isle of Wight
and won by G.W. Hume-Wright in Twister.
SOUTHERN INSHORE
TEAM TROPHY
Three branch silver candelabra, awarded in
1973 to The Island Sailing Club for First Team in
the Inter Club Team Championship.
WILLIAM
SPARSHATTWORLEY
MEMORIAL
TROPHY
This was presented in
memory of William SparshattWorley, who tragically died on
the 16 November 1997, this
Trophy is awarded to a Royal
Southern member sailing in
the Black Group during Cowes
Week. It is not necessarily
awarded to the best overall, but
for the best achievement.
William’s father, Mike
Sparshatt-Worley, chose the
trophy from the Portsmouth
Naval Archives. It originally
came from The Royal Yacht
Britannia.
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19/10/08 15:58:53
2008
Trophy
Winners
HAMBLE/YARMOUTH RACE
Bacchante Challenge Trophy Southern Scramble Bowl
IRC
Club Class
YARMOUTH/HAMBLE RACE
Stanfield Cup
IRC Overall
MOTOR BOAT OPEN WEEKEND
Pandora’s Box
Tarrant Spearfish Shield
Fairey Cup
Smugglers Trophy
Modern Class
Modern Class B
Classic Class
Solent Safari
Noj White, SX Girl
Richard Barker, Hawana
Paul Waxman, Imperator
Steve & Rachel Lorriman, Capri Tide
Mark Rhodes, Spitfire of Hamble
John Skuse, Xanthus
Steve & Rachel Lorriman, Capri Tide
ROUND THE ISLAND RACE
Allenby Trophy
MIDSUMMER REGATTA
Tom Titts Trophy
Blu Albacore Trophy
Export Woodbine Trophy Gore Challenge Cup
Sylphida Cup
Swanwick Cup
CLUB PURSUIT RACE
Chippie Davie Trophy Perkins Engine Trophy Leading RSrnYCNiklas Zennstrom, Rán
Member
(Overall winner of the race)
IRC Class 1
IRC Class 2
IRC Class 3 Club Class SB3
Hunter 707
Steve Bromley, Athena
Andrew Given, High Tension
Andy Johns & David Rolfe, Shadowfax
Brian Mead ,Wishful Thinking
Craig Burlton, monkeyoffice.co.uk
Paul Gray, Beaver Hunter
Sail Motor Angus & Annette Newton, Kuutar
John & Marion Kernan, Mercator Too
ROYAL SOUTHERN SATURDAY, SKANDIA COWES WEEK
Aiden McElroy Bowl
Class 0
Buckingham Coronation
IRC Class 1
Challenge Bowl
Spanish Admirals Trophy IRC Class 2
Conrad Oldham Challenge Cup IRC Class 3
Firebird X Coronation
ChallengeCup
IRC Class 4
Gooch Challenge Cup IRC Class 5 Bramble Challenge Cup IRC Class 6
Sportsboat Challenge Trophy SBR
YCIF Plate
J109
Waitemata Bowl XOD Fidalgo Cup
SB3
Petter Noreng Trophy
1720
HAMBLE SCRAMBLE
Salcombe Bowl Salamanda Bowl Ripolin Trophy
The winners of the following
trophies will be announced at
the Prize Giving Dinner
Admirals Trophy
Lightfoot Trophy
Norman Ramseyer Trophy
Rex King Trophy
Tanner Cruising Trophy
William Sparshatt-Worley
Memorial Trophy
IRC Class 2 IRC Class 3
Club Class
YARMOUTH TO HAMBLE RACE
Hamble Cup
IRC
LADIES RACE
Mitchell Bowl
SUMMER SERIES OVERALL
Small Cup
Fairhaven Bowl
Lovell Bowl
WD & HO Wills Trophy
J109 Trophy
CRUISER SERIES
Wollen Cup
PASSAGE SERIES
Export Woodbine Trophy
Salcombe YC Challenge Cup
Turner Goblet
SOLENT CRUISER RACE
Grog Tub
UNDER-21 CUP
Charles Dunstone, Rio
David Lancefield, Poppy of Portland
Jim MacGregor, Premier Flair
Major Peter Scholfield, Seatrack
Peter Morton, Salvo
Andrew Budgen, The Project
Ian Braham, Dean & Dyball
Myles Mence, Fer de Lance
David & Kirsty Apthorp, J-Dream
Simon Russell, Swallow
Ian Handley, Trustone
Tom Richardson, Premier Cru
Robbie & Lis Robinson, Hot Rats
Fraser McPherson, Woodwind
Brian Mead, Wishful Thinking
Bill Blain, Batfish II
Chrissie White, SX Girl
IRC Class 1
IRC Class 2 SB3 J80 J109
Steve Bromley, Athena
Neville Hodkin, Extra Djinn
Joe Burnie, Trunk Money
Terry Palmer, Just Do It
Bruce Jubb, Jeff Dakin & Mike Ford, Johnnie Blue II
Club Class Brian Mead, Wishful Thinking
IRC Class 2
IRC Class 3
Club Class
Robbie & Lis Robinson, Hot Rats
Fraser McPherson, Woodwind
Brian Mead, Wishful Thinking
Overall winner
Bryan & Britt Hughes, Karisma
Frost Challenge Sheild
XOD
Peter James Memorial Trophy SB3
Annabel Vose & Louise Dixon
Ed Dyer & the RSrnYC Youth Team
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20/10/08 15:57:03
Review of the
Sailing Season
Although the ‘‘summer’’ threw every kind
of weather at us, our competitors were up to the
challenge and our Club and Open Events proved
this with our highest ever entry numbers for our
Midsummer Regatta in June.
RACE & RIB TEAMS
Jennie Sharman
Tim Richardson
David Sinclair
Kaye Moseley
Colin Hall
Richard Hughes
All sections of our water based activities;
Splash, Cruising, Motorboats and Sailing took
part in a huge number of events, there are
separate reports from all these sections so I will
not try to repeat their contributions, merely say
that all who took part in our events or helped to
organise them both afloat and ashore deserve our
thanks for many times the weather was not at its
best yet we still enjoyed ourselves.
David Quarrell
Peter Henney
Tim Robinson
Wolf Waschkuhn
Phillip Milln
Janet Milln
Maggie Widdop
Chris Gillingham
Steve Johnson
Ben Duke
David Greenhalgh
Judith Greenhalgh
Andrew Pidgeon
Oliver Pidgeon
Colin Sinclair
Tim Leoy
Steph Merry Gordon Craigen
John Evans
Chris Murray
Carol Cossar
Dermod O’Malley
Bob Llewellin
Dick Long
It has been traditional to thank Committee
Boat owners and we do so again, however this
year we felt that all those who assisted with our
racing events should also be acknowledged and
we are pleased to do so below.
In the words of ‘Young Mr Grace’ - ‘‘You all
did very well’’ Thank you..
PROTEST COMMITTEE
John E Greensmith
Chairman, Sailing Committee
Julian Bates
Mike Penney
Philip Gage
John Greensmith
COMMITTEE BOATS
John Beardsley
Jorvik Rose
Solent Cruiser Race
David & Audrey
Handley
Hy Flyer
Hamble –
Yarmouth Cup
Cowes Week
Keith & Pat Fox
No Doubt
Beneteau 40.7Nationals
WOKC
September Regatta
RACE & RIB TEAMS
Nick Hollamby Ann Hartshorn
Peter Bateson
Tony Lines
Georgie Hand
Georgie Black
Robbie Boulter
Anna Poland
Roger Harding
Chris Austin
Mike Thom
Simon Hand
Ann Arscott
John Noe
Alan Davies
Mike Foster
Fiona Sommerville
Pat Aspinall
David Arnold Diana Gange
Serena Alexander
David Aspinall
Jenny Walton
Mike Penney
John Ramseyer
Shira Robinson
Anne Lines
Martin Bedford
Moon Shadow
May Regatta, U-21 Cup
Sailability Day,
Hamble Scramble
Cowes Week
Tony Lovell
Bonnie of Dartmouth
May Regatta, J-Cup
June Regatta
July Regatta
18ft Skiff GP
SB3 Solent Cup
Richard CampbellWalter
Speartime
May Regatta, J-Cup
WOKC, Cowes Week
Keith &
Lin Gaston-Parry
Toka Maja
May Regatta
September Regatta
Philip Gage
Knights Challenge
J-Cup, Cowes Week
18ft Skiff GP
SB3 Solent Cup
Colin & Carolyn Sinclair
Blustery Day
Club Pursuit Race
Bill & Judy Nutt
Black Swan
June Regatta
John Roberts
Menai Moose
June Regatta
SB3 Solent Cup
John & Judy
Greensmith
Maybee III
June Regatta
July Regatta
Russell Tribe
IO
July Regatta
Les Williams
Blue Angel
July Regatta
Cowes Week
David Clevedon
Kirsten
Level Racing Champs
John Kernan
Mercator Too
Sailability Day
Peter Jones
In X Celsius
Sailability Day
Bill & Denise Cartlidge
Penrose III
SB3 SolentCup
Contessa 32 Nationals
Angus & Annette
Newton
Kuutar
September Regatta
Phillip & Sheila Dowell
Amberjack
Ladies Race
Ancient Mariners Race
Fred Ward
Stealth
Cowes Week
Andy Short
Miss Cavallino
Cowes Week
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MAY
RACING
THE STATISTICS
5 EVENTS
187 YACHTS
COMPETING
9 COMMITTEE
BOATS
7 RIBS
65 VOLUNTEERS
May always looked manic on paper with an
event, sometimes two, scheduled every weekend
delivering one of the toughest months of racing in
the Royal Southern Calendar.
The season kicked off with an absolute scorcher of a
weekend on the 10th and 11th May with the Beneteau
40.7 Nationals and the Hamble Yarmouth Cup. We
had 14 entries for the 40.7 Nationals and 17 racing
down to Yarmouth. New members Pat and Keith Fox
provided their Bavaria 42 No Doubt as the Committee
Boat for the 40.7 Nationals; it was also great to have
new members Carol Cossar and Jennie Sharman
getting to grips with mark laying under the watchful
eye of Chris “Stretch” Gillingham, who is an old hand
at mark laying and winner of last year’s “Baby Giraffe”
award! Despite the chronic lack of wind that plagued
the weekend, Principal Race Officer, Peter Bateson,
successfully squeezed 6 races out of the conditions with
Gareth Williams aboard Challenger taking the National
title on count back from Tim Spalding’s Loveshack.
Meanwhile David & Audrey Handley were having
their own fun starting the race to Yarmouth in wafty
conditions. They too were successful in getting good
racing in with the customary pontoon party at the
other end . Sunday brought similar conditions, plenty of
sunshine with little wind – however the land warming
up towards lunchtime brought a fresh sea breeze and
the racers were soon back in the Royal Southern Bar
for a well deserved drink and Sunday Carvery. The
beauty of the Hamble-Yarmouth Cup and its sister
event, the Hamble Scramble, is that anyone can enter
no matter what kind of boating they enjoy. There are 3
divisions: IRC Racing Division for those who enjoy the
thrill and excitement of racing at full-steam ahead; Club
Class Non-Spinnaker, for those that enjoy racing but at
a more leisurely pace and Cruiser Rally for those who
arrive first and get the best mooring! This time IRC
Class 1 was won by Noj White in SX Girl and Class
2 was won by Bill Blain in Batfish II, Club Class NonSpinnaker was won by Richard Barked in Hawana.
The 17th and 18th May saw the first of our Summer
Series weekends and the Elvstrom Sobstad J80
Southern Championships. The Regatta had a fantastic
entry of 80 boats competing in the following classes;
Level Racing, IRC Classes 1, 2 & 3, SB3, J80 and SBR.
We were up on last year’s May regatta entry by 15%
which may have been affected by the promise of free
Pimm’s on our new pier courtesy of boatseuro.com
or it may be because the Club Secretary offered a
bottle of Champagne to the first full crew back in the
wet bar after racing on Saturday. Whatever it was,
the Club was alive and kicking on the Saturday night
for the opening of our new wet bar and terrace.
Competitors enjoyed a BBQ, Pimm's and beer on the
pier all afternoon and on into the evening, with the
weather on our side (just about) to make it a fantastic
success. On the water Club Members were showing
many of the visitors the way around the race course
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with top three results in 5 of the 7 possible classes.
The Royal Southern finished the month off with the
biggest regatta of the year - a record breaking 75
boats entered the J-Cup. The J/109 fleet was the
largest gathering of J/109s anywhere in the world to
date and they were competing for their UK National
Championships. The Racing was organised on two
separate courses with Tony Lovell taking on the 32
J109s and Peter Bateson organising racing for the
remaining 43 boats. Bruce Jubb sailing Johnny Blue
II won the Championship title with Royal Southern
members Ben Richards in Zelda and Matthew Boyle
in Shiva coming 2nd and 3rd respectively. In fact
Royal Southern Members had a remarkably successful
J-Cup with Stewart Hawthorn’s Jump winning Class
1 and Liz Savage on Savage Sailing taking 2nd overall
in the J80 fleet. The competitors spent three days
PAGE 20 TOP Deflating the
buoys!
PAGE 20 FAR LEFT Beneteau
40.7 'Loveshack' leading the fleet
PAGE 20 BOTTOM Jack Pringle
f45 'Fraxious'
TOP Phillip Farrand's 'Old Mother
Gun'
TOP LEFT Ian Atkins on
'Boats.com'
FAR LEFT The J109 start line
and LEFT the J109 fleet
BOTTOM Stewart Hawthorn's
J133 'Jump'
eating, drinking and racing with the Club, with a
tremendous sit down meal for 450 people on the last
night. J-UK representative and Club Member, Becci
Eplett, was heard to say “the Club exceeded all our
expectations, and we have very high expectations.”
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JUNE
RACING
THE STATISTICS
2 EVENTS
138 YACHTS
COMPETING
6 COMMITTEE
BOATS
5 RIBS
42 VOLUNTEERS
Top & centre photographs
courtesy of Ingrid Abery
June was a month of
firsts for the Club.
On the 7th & 8th June the Royal Southern hosted the
inaugural Women’s Open Keelboat Championship. In
late 2007, the Sailing Secretary was approached by four
keen racers, Stephanie Danby, Jody Slater, Emma
Beagley and Vicky Lincoln with the idea to organise
a women only regatta. Eight months of hard work by
the girls brought a fantastic new event to the Solent and
one which we hope will continue to grow in the
coming years.
team on board their J80 Jenga IV tussled it out with
fellow J80 Just Do It helmed by Colette Blair. Each took
two race wins between them however the Just Do It
team took the overall class win scoring no worse than
second place in each race.
In Class 1 a scuffle between our Sailing Secretary,
Lucy Burn, helming J109 J-Dream and the J133 Jump
skippered by Beck Walford was emerging. It looked
like the Sailing Sec had the edge scoring three race
wins, but it would appear early mornings aren’t her
thing as in the first race of each day she could only
manage fourth place. Beck Walford and her team,
including member Katy Ware, were more consistent
handling the largest boat on the water superbly to take
the class win.
Class 2 was won convincingly by Louise Morton
helming her beautifully restored quarter tonner Espada.
With six race wins Louise took her class win and the
overall event Championship trophy.
The four girls behind the event had managed to
sign up a number of sponsors who supplied a fantastic
range of goodies and prizes for the competitors
which ranged from pink Harken sailing gloves, Spinlock
knee pads, Kingfisher Ropes vouchers, Mount Gay
Rum and “Pussy” – a herbal energy drink (insert your
own joke here). On Saturday night the Ladies enjoyed
a lovely BBQ in frocks and flip-flops. They were
joined by the Farr 45 Class after the boys had learned
TOP Fleet start in Womens Open
Keelboat Championship.
CENTRE Lucy Burn steering
'J.Dream'
BOTTOM Collette Blair, Louise
Murton, Becky Walford and
Katie Ware - prize winners at
W.O.K.C.
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Eighteen boats entered, ranging from a J133 down
to an SB3. These were split into three Classes; IRC
1, IRC 2 and Sportsboats. The weather played ball
delivering beautiful sunny skies and 10-15 knots of
wind with Peter Bateson in charge of the racing.
Three races were scheduled each day with closely
fought battles emerging in each of the classes. In the
Sportsboat Class, Marie-Claude Heys and her J-UK
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150 ladies would be racing and partying at the
Southern for the weekend. They insisted on joining
in, bolstering the numbers to over 250. This helped
to make the Charity Auction a fantastic success where
pictures, pampering gifts and chocolate were given
to the highest bidder and over £2000 was raised for
Breast Cancer Care.
Quote of the weekend: “I was going to select my
spinnaker according to the wind strength but now I
think it more appropriate to pick the one that matches
our tops!”
All in all, it was a fantastic event which we look forward
to hosting again next year.
The June Regatta also delivered a first for the Club
attracting 120 competing yachts making it the largest
event entry the Club has seen at a monthly regatta to
date. The Club broke out the big guns in the form of
Tony Lovell and Peter Bateson acting as Race Officers
on the two separate course areas. Tony Lovell and
his team on board Bonnie of Dartmouth ran the racing
on the Green Line which included 35 SB3s as well as
the Hunter 707 Southern Championships. They were
joined by the Chairman of Sailing, John Greensmith
and Judy “Anchor Wench” Greensmith on Maybee III
which acted as the finish boat.
job, even in 30 knots of wind on the Sunday. A special
mention must also be made to the Protest Committee
made up of Philip Gage and John Greensmith who
stayed late to hear five protests in all. The bumper
entry may have been due to the very popular
Midsummer Ball that took place on the Saturday
night, which featured a live Reggae Band, flame
throwers and some very colourful frocks. The fuzzy
heads caused by the dodgy green rum punch served
the night before were soon blown away in the morning
with gusts over 35 knots. Royal Southern members
reveled in the conditions and dominated the
results sheet.
ABOVE Shaun Frölich's 'Exabyte
Four'
FAR LEFT Robbie and Lis
Robinson 'Hot Rats'
CENTRE An SB3 at speed.
BELOW Midsummer Ball
featuring a Flamethrower and
some colourful frocks.
Over on the Red Line, PRO Peter Bateson was
coping magnificently with 13 different class starts to deal
with. Bill and Judy Nutt provided their Committee boat
Black Swan with John Roberts onboard Menai Moose as
the finish boat. The mark layers had a miserable job to
contend with in the deteriorating weather conditions
over the weekend. However they did a marvellous
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JULY
RACING
THE STATISTICS
2 EVENTS
87 YACHTS
COMPETING
5 COMMITTEE
BOATS
6 RIBS
40 VOLUNTEERS
RIGHT David Hudson & team on
his SB3.
BOTTOM RIGHT The Farr 45's
get away!
July saw the Solent empty of race boats as the locals
relocated to Ireland for the Bi-annual Cork Week
regatta. Despite this mass exodus, the Club’s July
Regatta saw a healthy 80+ boats entry. The wind
was strong and quite simply all over the place on the
Saturday, ranging from 15–30 knots and swinging 45
degrees in direction. This made life very difficult for the
two Course Race Officers, Tony Lovell onboard his
yacht Bonnie of Dartmouth and Simon Hand, onboard
Russell Tribe’s yacht IO. They were joined by John
Roberts’ Menai Moose and John Greensmith’s Maybee
III as finish boats. Wind against tide provided challenging
and choppy conditions, not only for the competitors
but for the Race teams too. It was the mark layers
who really suffered with the bumpy conditions and
windshifts resulting in them constantly hauling up and
dropping marks in search of race course perfection.
They are the heroes of the Race Team.
Meanwhile, Royal Southern members dominated the
top three in most of the classes racing with Andrew
Webster in Circus scoring second in IRC 1, Robbie &
Lis Robinson in Hot Rats scoring third in IRC 3 whilst
members Ben Richards, Mark Greenaway, Julian
Bates and Miles Dalby took the top spots in the J109,
SB3, J80 and Sportsboat fleets respectively. A special
mention must be given to member David Hudson
who, having just won Cork Week and driven through
the night to return to the UK, made the start line for
the final SB3 race on Sunday and won that too!
ABOVE Sailing Secretary Lucy
Burn and assistant Becky Lake
taking a break.
up in each class. In place of silverware the competitors
are presented with a bottle of Mount Gay Rum.
The following weekend the Farr 45s came out to
play for the Level Racing Championships. This fleet
provided some of the closest and most exciting racing
of the season so far. A strong Committee Boat team
was lead by Peter Bateson onboard David Clevedon’s
motorboat Kirsten. They were blessed with some
fantastic weather but the wind had decided to take
the weekend off after the mischief it had caused the
previous weekend.
There is a new weather forecasting phenomenon
emerging at the Royal Southern, in the shape of our
own Sailing Secretary. Every single weekend she has
chosen to take to the water as a mark layer or member
of the Committee boat team, the weather has been
stunning; brilliant sunshine and a steady breeze. So the
next time you are planning a weekend on the water,
ask the Sailing Secretary if she’s planning to go out first!
Each of our Regatta weekends count towards the
overall Summer Series and the winners are presented
with fine silverware and a 3-course meal at the prize
giving presentation in November. However each
weekend regatta also counts as an event of its own,
with prizes for the winners and often for the runners
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19/10/08 16:35:42
We are working on the Club Secretary’s forecasting
reliability at the moment and would recommend him
as a secondary option….
….Meanwhile, on the water the Farr 45’s were
never more than 60 seconds apart from the first boat
to round the mark to the last boat. An example of
how close they were to each other became very
apparent when Rebel clipped Freddie Freeloader during
a windward mark rounding and subsequently snapped
her spinnaker pole. It was consistency that paid in
the end for member Emily and her husband Shaun
Fröhlich on Exabyte 4. They won the Championship
with 4 race wins out of 6 – a definite confidence
booster before heading into Cowes Week.
TOP Jerry Otter's 'Werewolf' &
Shaun Fröhlich's 'Exabyte 4' at
close quarters in the Level Rating
Regatta.
CENTRE Farr 45's mark rounding
'Rebel' & 'Freeloader' in contact.
FAR LEFT SB3's to windward.
LEFT 'Trion'
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19/10/08 16:47:30
AUGUST
RACING
THE STATISTICS
2 EVENTS
35 YACHTS
COMPETING
6 COMMITTEE
BOATS
6 RIBS
32 VOLUNTEERS
August – let’s not talk about the weather
too much, it was awful. However the Sailing
Secretary did manage to find some sunny days
in there somewhere. There are other articles
in the magazine which talk about Cowes
Week, the JC weekend, the Under 21 Cup and
Splash week so this one will focus on the18ft
Skiff and SB3 events.
The 18ft Skiffs – they look as radical as they sound and
go faster than the wind! They also stop just as quickly
and rather spectacularly if just one of the three-man
crew makes a mistake.
The weather was glorious, a steady 15 knots and
lots of sunshine – and yes… the Sailing Secretary
was mark laying! The nine skiffs launched from
Hamble Point Marina, which provided a significant
challenge within itself. It would seem these high
performance skiffs don’t turn corners and don’t do
slow without capsizing. Three safety boats escorted
the skiffs, keeping an eye on each of them as they fell
over trying to get out of the narrow Hamble River
channel. Once clear of the shallow restrictions they
took off leaving the safety boats for dead and were
ready to get racing under way.
The event was dominated by one team in particular.
Royal Southern Members, David & Judith Greenhalgh,
managed to bring up two remarkably talented
boys, Rob and Pete, who seem to dominate every
class they turn their hands to, including the Volvo
Ocean Race, Extreme 40’s and the America’s Cup.
Skiffs however, are their forte. If this formidable pair was
not enough for the fleet to contend with, their third
crew member was Simon Hiscocks who won a
Silver medal in the 49er Class at the Sydney Olympics
in 2000, then a Bronze Medal in the same class at
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19/10/08 16:52:32
the Olympic’s in Athens four years later. As might have
been expected the team won the event with a race
to spare.
The last weekend of August brought over eighty half
naked sailors into the Sailing Office. It was the SB3
Solent Cup and each crew member had to weigh-in
to make sure they met the crew weight limit of 270kgs.
26 boats were entered, a slightly disappointing entry
for a class that often boasts a fleet touching 40 during
our Summer Series weekends. The event clashed with
the Irish Nationals – which wouldn’t normally have
much impact on the Solent based fleet. However,
at the end of 2007 the class had been granted ISAF
recognised status, meaning that they were able to hold
their first official World Championship event in 2008.
They chose Ireland, which meant many had packed up
their boats and headed to Swansea to catch a ferry to
the Emerald Isle.
PAGE 26 TOP Ben Clothier and
crew.
PAGE 26 FAR LEFT the 18 foot
Skiff Fleet start.
PAGE 26 CENTRE The
Greenhalghs with double Olympic
medalist Simon Hiscocks
PAGE 26 LOWER The Pica Skiff
ABOVE Close quarters with David
Hudson on Starboard!
CENTRE Christina Summerhayes
and her all-girl crew
BELOW 'Eau no' hot on the heels
of 'Cuppa-Cino'
The SB3 Solent Cup was dominated by member
Jerry Hill in his boat 3 Sad Old Blokes. They won every
race despite being put under pressure by another Royal
Southern member, David Hudson. This particular South
African seems to thrive under pressure. As mentioned
in the July Regatta report he likes to turn up last minute
on the second day just to keep the other competitors
on their toes. This time he excelled himself.
Having touched down in Heathrow from South
Africa at the crack of a sparrow’s fart on Sunday
morning, Hudson and his team made it to the
Sailing Office for weigh in at 0915. However it would
have been too easy to have gone on from there
and made the first race – oh no – they were over
the 270kg weight limit. Half an hour and minus
some 5 kilos later the half naked crew hopped on the
scales again and were a mere 250 grams below the
limit. They made it in time for the second race and
chased the 3 Sad Old Blokes around the course to
score a 2nd and a 3rd!
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19/10/08 17:09:55
SOUTHERN
AT COWES
The Party-goer's
Perspective
“So, what are you sailing this Cowes Week?”
“Er .... well …, I’m not actually sailing, too busy
going to parties for that.”
Yes, I know Cowes Week is a sailing regatta,
perhaps 'The Regatta', nevertheless there’s a
whole gamut of social activities going on as well.
Nearly all of the ten clubs making up the Cowes
Combined Clubs, not only share the duties of
managing the Week but also organise their own
cocktail party or reception. I’m delighted to
report that your Commodore is invited to them
all!
The party round starts with our own Club
holding its Reception on the Thursday immediately
before racing starts on the Saturday. Included in
our invitation list are the Commodores of all
the CCC clubs, representatives of some of the
Cowes classes, the local Harbour Masters and
civic dignitaries. A few years ago we took the
decision to hold the party in our own clubhouse
for the benefit of the Club and our Members
so that those racing still had time to take their
boats to Cowes the following day. Conversely the
Royal Southampton YC charters a boat to take
its members to their party at the Royal Yacht
Squadron’s pavilion on the Friday and the Royal
Thames also hires premises for its party on the
Sunday evening. All the other Clubs have their
own place in Cowes. Which would you prefer –
party in our clubhouse on the Thursday before
or hire premises in Cowes for a party on the
Thursday during the week (the only day when
there is none)? Personally I prefer to host our
party with our own staff in our own place.
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This year there was a reception on board the
Trinity House Vessel Galatea which was acting as
Royal Yacht for HRH Prince Philip from Sunday
till Tuesday. HRH had joined Galatea in Harwich
and sailed down to the Solent for his visit to us on
the Sunday and then for his many engagements
around Cowes, at several of which I met him
again. During Tuesday he had opened the rebuilt
Yarmouth pier and in the evening told me that
people’s donations towards the work had been
recognised by engravings on the planks in the
same way as for our own pier; however he had to
have a very long plank because of the length of
his name.
The last two days of Cowes Week are those
where the Royal Southern joins with the Island
Sailing Club to run the racing. It is an incredibly
complex process providing good – and safe racing for 40-odd classes and it was a joy for me to
be part of the team. So it’s not all parties for your
Commodore – although we did finish the week
with an excellent Race Officers’ Dinner back at
the Southern. Thanks to those who helped run
it all so well and congratulations to those who
raced and won, particularly to Liz Savage on her
J80, first overall in the whole of White Group,
and to Niklas Zennstrom in his TP52, first in
Class Zero.
Annette Newton
The Race
Officer's
Perspective
Cowes Week is run with front line race
officers from the participating clubs and a small
permanent back-up team from Cowes Week
Ltd which is supplemented during the Week.
The Royal Southern’s contribution includes two
representatives on Cowes Combined Clubs and its
subsidiary Cowes Week Limited, which actually
runs the regatta. Numerous meetings during
the year set the policy, control the finances, and
through the Sailing Committee, run the regatta
itself.
Come the Week, the race officering is split
into separate groups and the Royal Southern, and
the Island Sailing Club are responsible for racing
on Friday and Saturday. We at the Southern take
some 40 race officers across to Cowes to join up
with nearly as many colleagues from the Island,
and together we spread them around the RYS
Platform, the Squadron line outer distance boat,
the White Group finish barge, a couple of RIBs,
five Committee boats.
After the initial briefings on the Platform by
the PRO (Peter Dickson of ISC this year) and
his deputy a degree of peace settles in for half
an hour, whilst everyone prepares - the course
setters busy course setting, others making sure
they are ready - front line team of line officers,
spotters, recorders, video officer, time keeper,
gunner, course board operators, radio operators.
The team on “Castle 2” who are responsible for
starting Black Group from a Committee vessel
out at West Bramble buoy have long gone out
and they are limbering up similarly.
19/10/08 17:15:42
The crews going afloat on RIBs and committee
boats get on their way, whilst those on the
White Group finish barge have time for a proper
breakfast or a brief spell of retail therapy before
going out to prepare.
a clean sweep of firsts. This was enough to win
White Group Overall.
“Winning the J80 Class with 6 bullets and
then the Overall Trophy for Cowes Week has
been one of our Team’s best achievements”, said
Chris Savage.
“With boat speeds up to 20 knots, sportsboats
like the J80 are mentally and physically demanding
to sail and I believe we won this windy regatta
At ten o’clock it all kicks off. The Laser SB3s
get their first attempt at a start - and this year
they usually managed it first time. A short gap
is left so there is time for a couple of general
recalls if required by the Lasers. Then straight
into more than two hours of start after start after
start. Every five minutes a Class goes away on
the inner line (the smaller White Group boats)
or the outer line (Black Group). In addition 7
or 8 classes are started away from Cowes by four
Committee boats. If there aren’t many general
recalls or postponements, the boats are all on
their way before one o’clock.
LEFT/ABOVE Savage Racing
Team - overall winners of White
Group.
A sigh of relief. Time for a bit of lunch
and relaxing, except here come the first boats
finishing, already, after their three hour race!
Lunch does happen, sometimes on a rota basis,
then it’s pretty non-stop recording of finishers
through to four or half past. Suddenly the Solent
seems empty, but it rarely is, and another hour
or so passes as the tail-enders make their way in.
Close the line, let the race teams make their way
back to the jetty ready for Hamble, check with
the Regatta Centre over any queries - home and
ready for the next day.
If we’ve done our job properly - and we have
- the competitors have had a good day’s racing and that’s what we came for!
Peter Bateson
Deputy Principal Race Officer
Cowes Week
The
Competitor's
Perspective
Clean Sweep at Skandia
Cowes Week for Savage
Sailing Team
The Savage Sailing Team, which includes
RSrnYC Members Liz Savage and Richard
Hughes, won the J80 class at Cowes Week with
TOP LEFT The Royal Southern
at race control.
BELOW SB3's at Cowes.
with a well prepared yacht and a close knit and
experienced crew.
“Ben Walker and Richard Hughes have
worked hard with my sister and I over four years
to raise our game to a high level, and with the
help of our shore crew and support boat we
left nothing to chance in our preparation for
Cowes.”
Congratulations to the whole Savage
Sailing Team from everyone at the Club.
The ‘Stripper’ gets
Slicker
Skandia Cowes Week 2008 saw a massive
improvement in performance from Striptease.
Having had a scratch crew throughout the season,
the original team of Emma Henderson-Williams,
Huw Roberts, Harry Dyer and myself were able
to come together again and fight for a top 40
position overall by the end of the week.
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19/10/08 17:24:19
'Stripper' cont
The week commenced with the King of Cowes
championship. VW’s sponsorship and associated
desirable goodies and prizes, led to some great
racing in challenging conditions. Striptease’s helm
was J109 winner and Club Member Matthew
Boyle. Joining us was Joe Llewellyn, from whom
we both learnt an immense amount just during
our training weekend and the race day.
Three races were held, two windward leeward
courses with the required spreader marks and
leeward gates for a 30 boat fleet and a final round
the cans finale which sent us up a punishing beat
from Peel Bank to Gurnard and then launched
the fleet on a downwind finishing leg, for which
we held a constant speed of 20kts past the Royal
Yacht Squadron, Medina entrance and over the
finishing line to finish 7th. Whilst the event didn’t
provide Matthew with the keys to a new VW
Touareg, it did at least iron out some equipment
faults which were resolved before Cowes Week
began.
Our racing throughout Skandia Cowes Week
was highly credible for such a young team. Our
strategies for each race were mature, we ensured
that there would be no unforced errors within
the boat and downwind we continued to access
better boat speed and tactics than most of the
fleet, which was useful considering there were
five downwind starts! With our three top results
being 22nd, 28th, 30th and finishing 40th overall
out of 86 for the event, we counted the week
as a huge success and were able to identify the
areas which we’d set to improve and that had
made a difference. A new mainsail, courtesy of
the Lightfoot Fund, and training paid for by the
Sailing Committee made this all the easier for us
and we owe them great credit.
I think the greatest memory we will carry
from this year is the finish to Wednesday’s race
in which two close reaches across the eastern
Solent were followed by a ‘drag’ race from ‘Daks’
to the finish in which it would be hard to lose or
gain places. That was until we made a calculated
decision to skirt wide of Norris to avoid a wind
shadow. This didn’t come to fruition. We soon
found ourselves becalmed and a close group of 30
behind capitalising on our mistake, whilst carry
their kites on the inside. Three hours of racing
and thinking hard was about to slip. Forty metres
from the line and we were neck and neck. Breeze
filled in, Huw called for a windward hoist and
slowly we crept and crept towards the pin end
of the line putting the pink spinnaker of Geoff
Carveth and the thirty odd others behind us
again! We drank…
Ed Dyer
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21/10/08 16:05:54
SEPTEMBER
RACING
THE STATISTICS
5 EVENTS
120 YACHTS
COMPETING
6 COMMITTEE
BOATS
3 RIBS
42 VOLUNTEERS
mark layers as a line fouled Rex King’s prop and put her
out of action. The competitors reveled in the strong
breeze and the boats showed just how tough they
really are. The fleet enjoyed a raucous Championship
dinner on the Saturday night in the Club followed by
more racing on the Sunday. The title was claimed by
Jeremy Rogers sailing Gigi.
The summer seems to have flown by and
September arrived with a taste of things to
come as gales swept through the nation.
The Contessa 32 Nationals were due to start on Friday
5th September but, with a severe weather warning
issued by the Met Office, PRO David Arnold made a
decision to cancel racing on the Friday. The Contessa
fleet breathed a sigh of relief and enjoyed the Club’s
hospitality on the Friday night.
The Contessa 32 is definitely one of the prettiest boats
in the Solent and boasted a superb entry of 17 boats
for their National Championship. Crews are made
of families and friends and the camaraderie between
the competitors was easy to see as all the boats lay
alongside each other in front of the Club House.
The contrast in weather one week later couldn’t have
been more dramatic. 15 Racing boats took to the
water for the Hamble Scramble in glorious sunshine
and very little wind. The event involved a mad dash to
Yarmouth with an overnight stay and pontoon party at
the other end, returning on the Sunday. There are 3
divisions: IRC Racing Division for those who enjoy the
thrill and excitement of racing at full-steam ahead; Club
Class Non-Spinnaker for those that enjoy racing but at
a more leisurely pace and Cruiser Rally for Motor and
Sailboats who enjoy the party at the other end, arrive
first and get the best mooring! It was lovely to see
Tony Lovell taking part onboard Bonnie of Dartmouth,
they are normally to be seen running the racing but this
time it was their turn to compete for the Silverware.
Unfortunately for Bonnie the conditions favoured
the lighter racing boats as Robbie and Lis Robinson
Saturday dawned and the Brambles post was reading
25 knots gusting 30. Racing was on and the fleet left
the Southern looking forward to the challenge that
lay ahead. The Race Committee faced the biggest
challenge when conditions proved too much for the
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19/10/08 17:44:45
onboard Hot Rats shot off the line at about 3 knots – it
may not sound very fast but it was better than drifting
backwards as many other competitors found. They
were followed by Bill Blain onboard Batfish, who
became stuck in a rather precarious position in the
middle of the shipping lane. So as to avoid being fed to
the fishes by a rather large tanker, Batfish had to motor
to safety and take a time penalty which would later cost
them the race.
The wind filled in shortly after lunch and the fleet
progressed down the Western Solent and finally
moored up in time for the pontoon party. The racers
were joined by 10 other members’ boats that had
come along to add fuel to the party. The sheer number
of people on the pontoon caused it to buckle and
submerge leaving the party split between the beautiful
canapés, wine and smell of a large sheep cooking away
onboard the Commodore’s boat Kuutar, whilst the
other half were trapped with some Pringles, a rather
suspect bottle of Mount Gay Rum and Coke and the
Batfish crew’s seriously Dark n’ Stormys!
The following morning dawned a little overcast and
foggy – the weather you understand, not the state of
the competitors. The tide was to play a major factor
in deciding tactics for the day as the fleet split – some
making a dash for the mainland shallows before the
tide turned against them, whilst others risked the
main channel on the Island side to make the most of
every last bit of favourable tide before the turn. It was
a risky choice which paid off for the team on board
Kuutar who crossed the line to win the race back.
Meanwhile the Club Class non-spinnaker division
On Sunday Peter Bateson and Nick Hollamby took
control of the Red and Green lines, respectively,
dishing out a mixture of windward leeward and round
the cans courses for the competitors. A fantastic turn
out in the J80 class saw some close racing and gave
us a taste of what to expect next year when the Club
hosts their National Championship. Meanwhile a
battle was emerging in Class IRC 2 between Royal
Southern Members Robbie and Lis Robinson racing
Hot Rats and Neville Hodkin on board Extra Djinn.
The Hot Rats are regular Royal Southern racers, last
year taking home the Rex King Trophy presented
to the RSrnYC member who had competed in the
most RSrnYC races. They weren’t racing for weekend
honours; they were racing for the overall series prize.
Only 2 points separated
Extra Djinn and Hot Rats
with the overall series
title swapping hands a
number of times as each
of the five races were
completed over the
weekend. Unfortunately
the Hot Rats team
narrowly missed out,
settling for second overall
in the series but are odds
on for the Rex King
Trophy again this year.
The Ladies and Ancient
Mariners Race on the last
weekend of the month
PAGE 32 The three photographs
show the Contessa 32's competing
in their National Championship.
ABOVE Pontoon party at
Yarmouth.
LEFT Bruce Jubb's 'Jonny Blue II'
the winning J109.
was being dominated by Brian Mead onboard Wishful
Thinking. They won both races to and from Yarmouth,
whilst Batfish claimed the win back from Yarmouth
having lost the race there to Hot Rats the day before.
A fantastic carvery awaited the participants on their
return to the Club.
The September Regatta on the 21st and 22nd marked
the end of the Royal Southern Summer Series and saw
Club Members winning 5 out of the 8 Classes racing.
On the Saturday night the Club threw a Venetian
Masked Ball to mark the end of the sailing season, with
revelers enjoying dinner, live music and entertainment.
brought the Club’s Racing season to a close, with 9
Ladies and 15 Ancient Mariners boats taking to the
water. Unfortunately the Ancient Mariners Race had
to be abandoned due to lack of wind but the Ladies
enjoyed a good race on the Saturday with Maggie
Widdop calling in a few “ringers” from the Club’s
administration office to complete her all-girl crew.
Jennie Austin raised the bar; turning up in Hydrocarbon
a Beneteau 50, but it was Beverley Holloway on board
Hobby Horse who took 1st prize for the second year
running and Chrissie White on SX Girl won the Mitchell
Bowl as first Royal Southern Lady.
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19/10/08 17:45:14
CRUISING
Cruising
Report 2008
We have been very lucky with the weather
so far this season and only one of our events has
been cancelled because of inclement weather.
The programme kicked off with the mid week
rally to Lymington in April. The wind in the
morning had been a light westerly but by the
time most of the boats left Hamble it had gone
round to the South West and had freshened. It
was a good sail in sunshine with a strong ebb
tide and the entrance to the Lymington suddenly
appeared on the bow marked by the exit of the
ferry. We motored up the river squeezing between
the moored yachts, the ferry and the racing
dinghies. I just wonder what is going to happen
if they allow the larger ferries to plough between
Lymington and Yarmouth.
Several Club boats had already arrived when
we moored up at the quay and eventually all 10
turned up. Blue Elixir II had to moor down the
river by the Lymington Town Sailing Club as she
was too large for the quay. The Handleys kindly
held the customary BYOB, the overflow standing
on the pontoon enjoying the evening sunshine. A
table had been booked at the Royal Lymington
Yacht Club's St George’s Day supper so we hot
footed to meet up with the Blue Elixir crew and a
dozen of us enjoyed the English fare.
by supper at Gins Farm. You can read Sue Davis’
report about this event on the club web site.
Newtown was planned for the mid summer
rally but the weather was not that warm as there
was quite a strong wind from the South West.
Tahilla was once again the party boat and about
30 of us made our way to the Lewis’ fine Dunkirk
little ship for drinks and nibbles. Everyone then
rowed or motored back to their boats for supper.
Most members left early the next day as the
weather forecast was for rain in the afternoon.
At the end of June Sea Rose, Dizzy Di and
Nimue had a cruise in Southern Ireland which is
reported elsewhere.
Our weekend rally to Poole in June was
nearly blown out with very strong winds but 4
boats managed an exciting sail round to Beaulieu
on Friday evening and then on Saturday those
who had not packed it in ended up at the
Folly meeting up with some other storm bound
members. The keen walkers in the group walked
up to Newport and then all enjoyed a party on
Sunday’s Child.
This year we were lucky with the weather for
our trip up to the Horse and Jockey. Sunshine
all the way for the 6 intrepid boats exploring
the upper reaches of the Hamble River to meet
up with those going the easy way by car. Some
managed to include a visit to the Jolly Sailor
on the way home. You can read Bryan Hughes’
The next morning we woke to the pitter
patter of rain on the deck, so did not feel too
guilty having a few more minutes in our bunks.
The rain then cleared and by lunch time everyone
had left to catch the tide back to Hamble. It was
a cracking sail with a few gusts of wind from the
South West reaching 30 knots. We surfed back
in about one and a half hours and were lucky to
get back to the mooring just as a thunder storm
started.
report on this including the rescue of his pith
helmet on the web site.
The Cruiser Race took place at the end
of July and we were blessed with the best ten
days of weather this season. Some of our young
participants have reported on this.
The Seahorse rally in August was attended by
Jorvik Rose and Lindisfarne.
ABOVE Members walking to
Exbury Gardens.
RIGHT 'Nesina', 'Snow Goose'
and ' Diamond Blue' starting leg 2
of the Cruiser Race at St Vaast.
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The next outing for the Cruising section was
the Solent Cruiser Race on the first May Bank
Holiday weekend reported elsewhere by the
winner Bryan Hughes.
The May mid week rally was to Beaulieu.
When everyone had arrived Tahilla kindly hosted
the BYOB party. The next day we were lucky to
be able to land at the Gilbury jetty and wander
round Exbury Gardens enjoying the azaleas and
rhododendrons in full bloom. This was followed
Our mid week rally to Bembridge in
September was the most popular with 22 boats
enjoying some late season sunshine. Ann Arscott
organised dinner for over 40 members at the Bay
Watch cafe. You can read her article on the club
web site.
Don’t forget the last rally of the season to the
Folly on Tuesday 16th December. As usual we
will be joining in with the Christmas jollity at the
Folly Inn.
Maggie Widdop
Chairman of Cruising Sub Committee
20/10/08 12:46:24
Cruiser Race
The cruiser race started with the customary
dinner – this time in the Cherbourg Yacht Club.
Nine boats had made their way to meet up for
the start on Sunday 20th July. Some of the
following report has been written by the younger
participants.
Leg 1 – Cherbourg to St Vaast
After a ridiculously early wake-up call,
Epsilon’s crew staggered out of bed and attempted
to get dressed. We arrived at the start line thirty
minutes before the starting gun, even beating the
committee boat, Jorvik Rose. We made necessary
observations, such as direction and strength of
wind, and then practised our tacking technique.
As soon as the five-minute reminder sounded,
the wind increased and we enjoyed an hour or so
of really good sailing.
At the start we spotted Nesina having an
extremely entertaining show performed by a
dolphin, which swam right up to their stern.
Milly and I erupted into excited outbursts of
shouting and laughter, when a lone dorsal fin
sliced through the water. Later, when we had
re-gained our sanity, we broke the appealing
news to the rest of the crew that we had broken
our SOG record under sail, and finally reached
an impressive 10.8 knots! Our good fortune
continued and we crossed the line third.
Gemma Sturt (aged 11)
Spirit of Epsilon
In St Vaast the Sturts kindly hosted a party
to christen their boat Spirit of Epsilon. During the
party the Duck of the Day awards were presented
with ‘Donald’ going to the Reading family on
Diamond Blue for being half an hour late for the
start in Cherbourg.
Leg 2 – St Vaast to Ouistreham
It is a sunny day with barely a breath of wind.
At 7.55 am our engines were switched off and
everyone had to drift over the start line because
there was not enough wind to sail. As soon as
were able, all the boats headed out into the Baie
de Seine, most under motor, in order to catch the
tide. We were going so slowly that Dad suggested
putting out the fishing lines to see if we could
catch some mackerel for supper but Mum said
that if we did that, the drag would make us travel
backwards.
ABOVE 'Blue Vortex' starting leg 3
of the Cruiser Race at Ouistreham.
LEFT 'Hecuba' and 'Blue
Diamond' starting leg 4 of the
Cruiser Race at Le Havre.
BELOW In the lock at
Ouistreham.
Just before 11.00 am we decided to take a
gamble as we had been motoring for ages. The
wind had increased to 6 knots so we put up our
sail. Our speed slowly increased and we still had
the tide with us. We started to make good time
and we could see that we were gaining on one or
two of the other boats.
When the final mark came into sight Mum
and Dad checked our calculations carefully to see
if we had any motoring time left and amazingly we
found that we had. We put our engine on again
and powered to the finishing line – we crossed it
at 4.55pm with 3 minutes motoring time left!
Jonathan Reading (aged 9)
Diamond Blue
Getting into the lock at Ouistreham can be a
bit tricky especially if you are short handed. The
Millers on Snow Goose were awarded ‘Donald’
at the second presentation for managing to end
up backwards in the lock and having to exit the
lock in reverse. On the lay day in Ouistreham
the crews went on Jorvik Rose and Diamond
Blue to the new museum at Pegasus Bridge. In
the afternoon after the BBQ, Gemma and Milly
from Spirit of Epsilon organised the ‘Tossing the
baby’ competition and then a various fun games
including boules and French cricket.
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20/10/08 13:03:43
Cruiser Race...
Leg 3 – Ouistreham to Le Havre
Leg 3 started a bit later than planned but
there was a good breeze from a Northerly
direction. With a clear sky all the boats weaved
there way passed the buoys on the course and
through the tankers and large ships waiting to go
into the Port of Le Havre. Once in the marina we
were greeted by Mike Edwards from the yacht
club who was very helpful organising the marina
berths and our dinner at the Société des Régates
du Havre. In the evening there was a party with
the theme of China and the Olympics. A number
of athletes attended in running shorts and there
were quite a few odd looking Chinese. Mike had
also organised for us to use the swimming pool
and, on the lay day afternoon, was CRO for the
dirty shirt race. Another party followed on Kuutar
before the reception and dinner at the club.
using the cruising chute. Unfortunately this plan
was abandoned, despite all the effort Mum and I
had put into raising the snuffer. After seeing that
Blue Vortex was struggling with their spinnaker,
Huw called off his plan and the chute came down
unused. Huw now had a new plan. The engine
was to be blasted on and off at intervals in the
hope of keeping us moving whilst we waited for
the sea breeze. The longer the engine stayed off,
the quicker the rest of the fleet caught up. A
couple of slow hours later the sea breeze kicked
in and we were within sight of the finish line.
When we were sure we had enough engine time
to reach the final buoy, we motored for the finish
but had left it too late to catch Diamond Blue.
Roo Roberts, Menai Moose
TOP LEFT 'Epsilon' party in St
Vaast.
TOP RIGHT 'Hecuba' crew at the
Chinese Olympic Party.
MIDDLE LEFT A party on
'Kuutar' in Le Havre.
MIDDLE RIGHT Angus Newton
in night shirt putting up his ensign.
BOTTOM LEFT 'Diamond Blue'
at the start in Ouistreham.
BOTTOM RIGHT 'Hecuba'
crew singing at the prize giving in
Deauville.
Leg 4 - Le Havre to Deauville
On the morning of the 4th leg from Le
Havre to Deauville the weather was hot and
sunny but there was little wind. The yacht club
had helpfully volunteered to run the committee
boat for the start and this meant that Jorvik Rose
could join the rest of the fleet on the start line.
On the starting gun, both Nesina and Blue Vortex
were over the line while the rest of us inched
past the committee boat. Five minutes later the
engine was blasted on and Moose headed for the
first mark along with most of the fleet while a
few boats, including Diamond Blue and Nesina,
decided to sail in the hope of catching mackerel.
As we approached the second mark Hecuba,
Blue Vortex and Epsilon had a clear lead. At this
point, my Dad and Huw began their endless
argument about when to turn off the engine.
Huw decided that we would sail once we had
rounded the third mark for the downwind stretch
The prize giving was held in the Deauville
Yacht Club on Saturday evening. Bernard
Gorgeu, President of the club and Nils Andersen
were our hosts. During the prize giving the boys
from Hecuba gave a rendering of their song
‘Please don’t’ a song especially created for the
Cruiser Race by crew. Full words and lyrics can
be seen on the website together with the full
results. Angus and Annette were presented the
Marlow Challenge Trophy for coming first overall,
second with the Angus Primrose Trophy was
Menai Moose (the
Roberts family)
and third winning
the York Coaster
was
Diamond
Blue (the Reading
family).
Maggie Widdop
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20/10/08 13:11:13
Ladies Afloat
This season I have been very fortunate to
have the privilege of usually being the lead boat
when we have had a record number of ladies
Afloating. Given the delightful company I get, it
is no surprise to hear that mine is a much-coveted
job and one I don’t intend to vacate in the near
future!
This year we have visited Cowes, Beaulieu,
Newtown Creek, Gurnard Bay, and Osborne Bay.
The weather has generally been kind, affording
sunshine and a breeze to enable us to have a
good sail on just about every occasion. There has
been no shortage of willing helmspersons, both
experienced and less so; in fact, there have been
outings when I think I was hardly able to touch
the wheel from start to finish!
The lunches, brought by the ladies and ably
co-ordinated by Sarah Hetherington (just so that
we didn’t get too many duplications of lobster and
paté you understand) have been splendid! Water
and wine flowed (in responsible moderation)
once we were anchored, the whole atmosphere
being one of conviviality and fun.
If you’re a lady who wishes
to come afloat in 2009, you’re
welcome to join us.
Bryan Hughes, Karisma
Other boats, which were kindly made available
by their skippers, include Rin Jinn, Paladin,
Shambala, Olketa, Solent Crusader and Jorvik
Rose (I said there was a queue!) for which many
thanks.
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20/10/08 13:12:58
Extended Cruise to
Southern Ireland
We (Dizzy Di, Sea Rose and Nimue) finally
left Falmouth on June 23rd, arriving the next day
at Kinsale in gale force winds we cracked open a
bottle of champagne to celebrate Di’s birthday.
Despite poor weather we enjoyed the local sights,
music, pubs etc. plus a bus visit to Cork. The
Colledges then joined us and we had a great sail
to Glandore, a picturesque bay 25 miles west of
Kinsale.
Our next port of call was Castletown where
we celebrated Sue Colledge’s birthday in a
local pub. We carried on down the East coast
stopping at Baltimore where we took a day trip
to Skibbereen, visiting the Irish famine museum
and touring the town. That evening we enjoyed
another delicious Irish supper in the Mews
Restaurant in Baltimore. On 3rd July we sailed
in perfect conditions with sunshine to raft up
in Schull for lunch. The afternoon’s sail took us
round the Fastnet Rock to Crookhaven.
The next morning with warnings of gales later
we left early and with building wind arrived safely
in Lawrence Cove behind Bere Island
After yet another gale which we spent walking
on Bere Island, Nimue and Dizzy Di continued
a scenic sail together to Bantry, and Sea Rose
left to return to Hamble. Then on to Glengariff
surrounded by seals and exploring Ilnacullin
Island with its tropical plants, Italian gardens and
great views. Nimue, to the envy of the rest of us,
continued cruising Ireland for a while and then
crossed the Bay of Biscay continuing onto the
Mediterranean. We left Dizzy Di in Lawrence
Cove to continue our cruise later in the year.
We all had an outstanding trip, great sailing,
fun dinners, continuous laughter and friendships
cemented. Ireland exceeded all our expectations.
Keith and Di Jones
NimueMichael and Anne
Hartshorn
Sea Rose Nigel and Sally Dick
Dizzy Di Keith & Di Jones
Sufin Bill and Sue College
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21/10/08 11:46:24
Solent Cruiser Race
On Friday evening, 2nd May, 14 crews
assembled in the North dining room in eager
anticipation of a briefing from our CRO, Nick
Hollamby. Nick explained that the race would
be over 3 legs on three days, and there would be
a distinct benefit in using engines whilst racing,
albeit honed to highly advanced mathematical
timing, not to mention penalties for transgressors.
Thus enlightened, all repaired to supper, in many
cases via the bar, perhaps in an attempt to
befuddle the opposition.
The following morning, a suitably befuddled
crew of Karisma joined the start at Coronation
buoy. Encouraged by a fresh S/E breeze with the
tide setting towards the west, Hollamby naturally
chose an easterly biased course, Royal Clarence
Portsmouth being our destination. The fleet
stayed together for the first leg then started to
string out. The breeze was sufficiently good that
all legs were sailable, but the course mischievously
sent us through the Forts towards Langstone
Harbour via Sailtime buoy before turning us
through the Forts for a second time. Not sure if
it was our navigation, but we discovered a small
uncharted ‘hump’ of putty on the Seaview side
near the Forts on the way out. Amazingly, whilst
trying to extricate ourselves in the falling tide, we
were closely passed by a fellow racer intent on
maintaining their speed!
Having tied up in Royal Clarence Marina,
the parties and post mortems began. Nick raised
his head from his computer to announce the
results, which included penalty ‘Ducks’ to Menai
Moose for missing out a mark – Royal Southern,
and Sea Rose for crossing the wrong side of the
finish buoy. Mega duck of the day however
was awarded, “for not displaying a motoring
cone whilst under engine”, to the Committee
boat!! Did one detect a ripple of Schadenfreude
amongst the fleet?
Day two started outside the entrance to
Portsmouth Harbour with a 15-minute delay for
late arrivals. Most started on port tack to the
S/W and sailed to the first mark, As the Spring
tide grew stronger, the fleet spread out, some
under engine but others persevering with sail.
We continued around the remaining 5 marks to
the finish at Gales HSB Cowes. The rain, having
held off during the racing, started as soon as we
had tied up at Shepards Wharf and gathered for
cockpit drinks.
By then Nick had almost totally lost his
voice. His radio broadcasts had been increasingly
difficult to comprehend and even those who had
been paying attention, gave up in desperation.
One or two of the more opportunistic competitors
were observed offering him throat ‘lubrication’ by
way of medication, perhaps also to encourage
him in the difficult task of scoring. Later, after
freshening up, the crews were welcomed into the
Cowes Corinthian YC where the day’s results and
penalties were announced.
Day three and all to play for as Sea Rose
and Karisma were neck and neck. The start was
at Gales down-tide and into (no) wind. Careful
judgement and some luck were required to arrive
at the line anywhere near the start time and
there was at least one recall due to premature
arrival. Five minutes after the start, the ‘V’ flag
was lowered and there were a dozen puffs of blue
smoke as most of the fleet fired up their engines
and made towards Gurnard Ledge buoy. Engines
off at varying intervals preceded a depressing
drift. Sea Rose and Karisma, who were having
their own private duel drifted on whilst most
of the others motored. Finally, Sea Rose fired
up, made for the Champagne Mumm mark and
continued close into the mainland shore whilst
Karisma, having rounded the mark, brazenly
chose the shortest distance between two points
and made straight for Royal Southern buoy.
TOP The Winners! Bryan and
Britt, 'Karisma'.
ABOVE Duck on Look-Out.
LEFT Day 2 at Cowes Corinthian.
BELOW The Duck's body
language says it all.
It seemed that Sea Rose’s tactics had paid
off as they rounded Royal Southern buoy a few
boat lengths ahead with only a short leg left to
Coronation and the finish. Then, amazingly, Sea
Rose stopped their engine and set their genny,
having run out of engine time. Karisma still had
some 3 minutes engine time left which was just
enough to get us over the line ahead. A fine
example of this unique style of racing.
Once all were assembled back in the Club
House Nick was able to croak the final results with
Karisma being the overall winner and Dynamic
winning the sailing prize. A very close result
with much fun along the way. A hearty vote of
thanks goes to Maggie Widdop, John Beardsley.,
Nick and all whose efforts made the 2008 Solent
Cruiser Race possible.
Bryan Hughes Karisma
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20/10/08 17:37:25
MOTORBOATS
Southern
Members
feel the power
To record that GEE beat Team 747 round
Britain while positions were reversed at Cowes,
hardly conveys the gripping battle that raged
between them. Throughout 1,600 nautical miles
of racing, it became one of the biggest stories
of the events and a 1 second advantage at the
finish of the Cowes race sums up the competitive
nature of their summer, two veterans running
for hundreds of miles at speeds of 40 knots or
better.
The running of the Round Britain and CowesTorquay-Cowes powerboat races in 2008 brought
Royal Southern members out in force and with
some success. Club Member, Tim Powell, chaired
the organising committee of the Round Britain, a
role he had occupied in 1984 while Richard and
Sue Griffith who had competed in both previous
races joined son, Dorian, in the cockpit of their
1000 hp, Mercruiser powered Fountain, Blast Off.
David Allenby raced with Royal Thames Member,
Jonny Caulcutt, in their new Revenger 32 RIB,
Carbon Neutral, which won its class and was
first outboard powered boat home in the Cowes
Classic.
Much interest surrounded the Historic
Class, for boats designed before 1988 with a
minimum speed of 30 knots. Club member,
Richard Gough, sponsored the last Spearfish
ever built by Fairey Marine at Hamble Point. This
Cummins Mercruiser diesel powered, Swordsman
Marine Team 747 boat was crewed by four
BA 747 Captains, while another member, Fiona
TOP RIGHT Chris Clayton on
'GEE' with Mark Inkster and
Richard Campbell-Walter at the
finish in Portsmouth.
RIGHT The Spearfish and 747
team.
Pankhurst, brought Raymarine sponsorship to
Chris Clayton's similarly powered 1965 veteran,
GEE, joining the crew for both the PortsmouthPlymouth and Cowes-Torquay-Cowes legs.
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The Royal Southern has always been
associated with both races and 2008 proved yet
again that the Club's involvement in offshore
powerboat racing at its competitive level remains
undiminished. Well done to all who participated.
John Walker
Vice Chaiman Motor Boat Committee
20/10/08 14:04:07
Open Motor
Boat Weekend
Once again blessed with fine weather (unusual
this summer) the Open Motor Boat Weekend,
kindly sponsored by Michel Herbelin, Marina
Marbella, Motor Boats Monthly, Swordsman
Marine, GJW Direct and E.P. Barrus took place
on Saturday 31st May and 1st June.
As in previous years the weekend was planned
by the Motor Boat Committee for Club Members
and guests to have a no pressure “fun” weekend which is exactly what happened.
Seventeen boats took part, comprising of ten
members’ and seven guest boats from the Motor
Boats Monthly Cruising Club. Registration for
competitors on Friday afternoon was followed by a
drinks reception and informal supper at the Club.
Following an amusing briefing on Saturday
morning by CRO Mike Grice, the boats set off on
the Solent Safari, ending up for lunch in glorious
sunshine at the Folly Inn on the Medina River.
Following lunch the Poker Run took place getting
members back to the Royal Southern Club House
mid afternoon. Vice Commodore John Beardsley,
Chris Owen, Mike Grice, Barry Peddley and
David Mead manned ribs at five marks in the
Solent. Competitors were given fairly easy clues to
find the marks and collect their five cards.
An excellent buffet supper was served at
the Club on Saturday evening with wines kindly
supplied by Carl Richardson – Editor of Motor
Boats Monthly. Teddy Messiah once again supplied
the music with his highly popular disco and Mark
Inkster, Rear Commodore Sailing, made sure of
fair play at the Poker game following dinner.
Solent Safari to take home the coveted Smugglers
Trophy, but also the long course Class A Predicted
Log prize of the Club’s Pandora’s Box. Les and
Janet Williams (Blue Angel) won the shorter
course Class B Predicted Log with a prize of one of
the superb Michel Herbelin watches. Other watch
winners were Steve Lorriman (Capri Tide) and
Martin and Di Bedford who won the Poker Run
with a fine hand!
TOP Carl Richardson - Editor of
Motor Boats Monthly.
BELOW New RSrnYC members
Ashley and Chris Flemmins.
FAR LEFT Steve and Rachel
Lorriman with Ashley Flemmins.
John Skuse won the Fairey Trophy in the
Predicted Log Class B. His classic boat Xanthus
took part in the Round Britain Power Boat
Race later in June which was a tremendous
achievement.
As mentioned above Barry and Ann Peddley
won the E.P. Barrus Rib Trophy with new Club
member Gavin Le Maitre (Freeway) coming
second and Chris Owen (Marina Marbella) third.
All three won Musto Jackets kindly donated by
EP Barrus.
LEFT Fred Ward,
Trevor Blabey, Steve
Lorriman and David
Cleverdon.
BOTTOM CENTRE
Barry and Ann Peddley
- winners of the E.P.
Barrus Rib Trophy.
Despite some sore heads, Mike Grice briefed
the competitors for the Predicted Log competition
on the Sunday morning. With the weather again
being kind, competitors set off on two courses
(one long and one shorter) within the Solent. For
the first time the E.P. Barrus Rib Trophy was run
within this event and was won by Past Commodore
Barry Peddley with his wife Ann in their Rib
Bartender To:
BELOW Secretary
of the Motor Boat
Committee.
David Mead
Following the traditional carvery lunch the Prize
Giving took place with every competitor returning
home with a prize. Fred Ward – Chairman of
the Motor Boat Committee introduced the Prize
Giving with David Mead reading out the results.
Without doubt the most successful competitors
during the weekend were Steve and Rachel
Lorriman (Capri Tide) who not only won the
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20/10/08 14:12:00
GEE
In June Royal Southern
member, Chris Clayton,
and his crew won
the historic class of
the Round Britain
Powerboat Race in his
veteran offshore racing
powerboat GEE. Fiona
Pankhurst crewed on
GEE on leg 1 and also
on the Cowes Torquay
Cowes Powerboat Race
- she tells us about her
adventures.
30.25 knots. A huge thank you to Chris Clayton
(owner), John Guille (driver) and Nathan Ward
(chief engineer) and, of course, GEE herself for
enabling me to take part - not sure I could take 10
days of it on the trot, but would I do it again given
the chance? Absolutely!
Cowes Torquay Cowes
Round Britain Powerboat Race - Leg One:
Portsmouth towards Plymouth
GEE is a lovely old lady of the Sea competing in
the Historic Class - I have to be careful here about
old ladies though, as she is a bit younger than I am!
Yes, I admit my anxiety levels were rising, hence a
long-forgotten funny feeling not experienced since
Championship days. However, I found 'the zone' still
worked as calm suddenly descended an hour before
the off. The start was incredibly exciting, not only
were we blatting down the Solent at 30+knots; we
were being buzzed by a the media helicopter as it
came in for a series of close-ups.
Once past the Needles, the sea really got into
its stride as did GEE as we hit 36 knots. St Alban's
Head was where the real lumps started. It's difficult
to explain the weird sense of time-stopping freefall
as you come off a wave - the downside is that
you just know the landing is going to hurt, it's no
wonder that you have to declare any back or neck
problems when you sign on. Even travelling at the
speed we were, it still seemed a long haul to bash
our way round Portland Bill, however, Lyme Bay
saw us on a long run past the German boat, Blue
Marlin - she was looking good when we left her so it
was somewhat of a shock later to hear that she had
suddenly taken on water and sunk approximately 10
nautical miles off Torquay - luckily all her crew were
rescued safe and sound from the liferaft.
What a thrill aboard GEE. As we rounded Prawle
Point the waves subsided slightly and we 'flew' up
to Plymouth to take the chequered flag and win
First in Class in 4 hrs 17 mins 52 secs., averaging
Well I did get the chance to do it again (thanks
again, Chris!) but what a difference - 'a walk in the
park' comes to mind. Beautiful blue skies and calm,
calm seas, it could not have been a bigger contrast
to Leg One of RBPR. We had some fun the night
before; Shelley Jory, champion powerboat driver,
was to be GEE’s driver for the race - she co-hosts
'The H2O Show' a radio programme that goes out
on summer Friday summer nights on Radio Solent.
So there we are 'on air' in Cowes Yacht Haven
with Sir Robin on the other end in the BBC studio
and Shelley 'bigging it up' about what a breeze
it's going to be and how she'll be able to sip her
cranberry juice on the way round as it's going to be
such a doddle. My response? “I think it's going to be
a pink T shirt if you try that one, Shelley!” Well, we
had our little bet and must admit to then both had
a fit of the giggles as Shelley slopped a good splosh
all over her race overalls when a mini rogue wave
upset the equilibrium as we headed back up to the
Somerset coast after our Torquay turn.
Seriously though, we spent most of our race
in the delightful company of Team 747 - we both
stopped to check that Falcon was OK; as she was
sitting disconsolately in the water with one engine
gone. Falcon eventually made her way back up to
Cowes receiving a round of applause as she made
her way past the Squadron just as Prizegiving was
concluded. Team 747 looked absolutely stunning
and apparently so did GEE, we seemed to be
indulging in a bit of a mutual admiration society as,
on the way up to the finish with only one second
actually separating us on the line. The Prize giving
was one for the album with third in class for GEE and
the much coveted Ladies Prize going to Shelley, who
received the trophy from the doyenne herself (and
our heroine), Lady Vi.
Fiona Pankhurst
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20/10/08 14:14:40
Six boats, Moon Shadow, Lindisfarne, Mercator,
Cannellia, Boss Cat and Hy Flyer assembled in
St Vaast on Monday 30 June; channel crossings
having been delayed due to bad weather. We
celebrated getting there in traditional Royal
Southern style with a pontoon party followed by
supper on board.
The following morning four boats departed
for Caen and we eventually arrived mid-afternoon
having been delayed by the lock keeper’s lunch
– we were in France after all. This was the
hottest and sunniest day of the holiday but even
so the evening barbeque on Moon Shadow was
punctuated by thunderstorms. The next three days
we stayed in Caen, visiting the D-day sites and
museums and spending money at the local market.
We remember D-day as children, but to stand on
the spot where the first glider hit the ground brings
home the enormity of the event and the debt we
owe to those involved.
We departed for Deauville after breakfast
on Saturday 5th July and tied up before lunch.
Sunday was spent fighting our way through
Trouville’s huge market, complete with circus and
wild animals. Cannellia rejoined us and we were all
invited aboard for the obligatory evening drinks.
Monday dawned overcast with showers and,
after a quiet day, we enjoyed a reception hosted by
Deauville Yacht Club followed by dinner. Tuesday
also dawned overcast, with a strong wind. Hy Flyer,
Mercator and Cannellia thought it prudent to defer
the planned voyage to Dives but Lindisfarne’s
crew, who were made of sterner stuff, decided
to go. They returned, within the hour. After
lunch the sea was deemed acceptable and we left
Deauville for Dives. Our evening drinks in Dives
were interrupted by Cannellia reporting that, on
their way to St Vaast they had been intercepted
by a Customs cutter and accused of drug running;
boarded and thoroughly searched. Only some
blood pressure tablets and other pharmaceuticals
associated with mature Royal Southern members
were found and they subsequently arrived safely
at St Vaast. The following day the rest of the fleet
returned to St Vaast in continuous rain and were
reunited with Cannellia.
Motorboat
Euro Rally
Monday 30 June –
Saturday 12 July
We woke to blue skies on Friday morning and
another leisurely day. Our farewell lunch started
with canapés on the terrace of the Panoramic but,
true to form, the rain arrived and we were forced
inside. There is little recollection of the afternoon
and all that was needed in the evening were a few
nibbles and another game of Declaration Whist.
At the crack of dawn on Saturday we started
dispersing. Lindisfarne, Hy Flyer and Mercator
rendezvoused in Cherbourg and after more
cards in the evening Jenny was crowned ultimate
champion of Declaration Whist.
So ended a thoroughly enjoyable trip and the
thanks of all of us are extended to Trevor and
Jennie for all their hard work and research.
TOP LEFT En-route to Caen.
TOP Canapés on the terrace.
ABOVE Departure time.
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Hy Flyer
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20/10/08 14:21:25
YOUTH
Cadets and
Junior Cadets
It is hard to believe that another year has
passed and we are already thinking about the
programme for next year 2009 will be a special
year for the youth of the Royal Southern - it
will be the year we celebrate 20 years of Splash.
We are planning to celebrate in style and would
love to see those parents and children who were
involved in Splash in the early days. Please come
back and join in the party. All plans will be
published in the New Year which will give you
plenty of time to add it to your diaries and come
and help us support 20 years of Splash at the
Royal Southern Yacht Club.
ABOVE 'Striptease', the RSrnYC
Youth Team boat convincingly
winning the SB3 Class in the
Under 21 Race, where the
experience and training of Ed Dyer,
Emma Henderson-Williams and
Huw Roberts showed through.
RIGHT Rebecca Anthony having
an "upright" moment in her feva.
We have had a busy year following the
launch of the RSrnYC SB3 Youth Team last
season. They have taken part in the Warsash
Spring Series as well as Cowes Week and various
regattas around the south, with some excellent
results for recent newcomers to the fleet. The
transition to Sportsboats from Laser dinghies
was huge and they are beginning to work well as
a team, gaining some excellent results. With an
8th overall in the Warsash Spring Series out of
62 boats and an excellent 40th out of 86 boats
in Cowes Week, with a 22nd and 28th being
amongst their best results. They have produced
some very commendable results considering
they are competing against some of the top
professional sailors and being only 16, 18 and
19 years of age they have many exciting years
ahead of them to improve their skills. The Youth
Committee has been very supportive and bought
them a new sail, out of the Lightfoot Fund, which
will remain in the Club for future youth SB3
O
VOLV
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Well done to all of you.
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Junior Cadet
Week '08
Yet again we had another fun filled week. The
weather this year was wet and windy but it did
not deter the enthusiasm and 30 Cadet and
Junior Cadets enjoyed sailing in their Lasers,
Picos and in SB3s belonging to Club members.
We were fortunate to have a Coach from the
RYA with us out on the water all week and
he helped build the confidence of the younger
members sailing in their Lasers for the first
time. He also worked on tactics on start lines
and, with 23 Lasers on the start line, it was
exciting to watch. Due to the poor weather
the racing for the cups and prizes came down
to Friday, the last day. Unfortunately for the
older, slightly heavier Lasers sailors the winds
dropped to light airs which benefitted the
younger lighter Laser sailors. However, it
does not take away the excellent results that
Annabel Vose achieved in her Laser, winning
overall and taking home the Under 21 Cup and
the Michel Herbelin watch. Congratulations
to Annabel on such a wonderful achievement.
The programme for Cadets and JCs was a hit with
fun on and off the water, I am pleased to report.
They enjoyed dinners, bowling, go karting, cinema
and a fantastic evening held at the home of the Fielder
family, where we enjoyed a Hog Roast in the garden
fighting off the rain. My thanks go to all the JC parents
who helped make the week a success especially
Andrew Dallas who has been an excellent supporter
of the youth. Not only does he race his own SB3
with JC's as crew to give them the opportunity
to develop their skills, but he is out on the water as
a race coordinator and excellent leader. Thank you
also to all the safety boat drivers and group leaders
who worked hard all week.
TOP Nick Henderson-Williams
ABOVE CENTRE Harry Dyer
ABOVE Georgina Dallas, Emma
Dallas, Harry Dyer lining up for
a start.
LEFT Louise Stone.
FAR LEFT James Cann.
BOTTOM LEFT Georgina Dallas
not having an "upright" moment.
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20/10/08 14:39:54
RSrnYC
Under 21
Race
This was held on the Sunday 17th August.
The conditions could not have been worse for a
group of young JCs to go out racing in boats they
had never been in or even seen before, but in true
stoic fashion they took part in the Under 21 race
out in Southampton Water helming X boats and
SB3s. Each X boat had an owner on board to crew
and supervise.
young Oppy sailors amongst our midst who are
now taking part in many regattas with promising
results. The children that sail from this club
make great friendships and want to come back
to the club. They are our future membership and
we should as members be proud we have come
this far with our youth programme and embrace
them. We have a good future ahead of us.
ABOVE Annabelle Vose at
the helm of Moss FitzGerald's
Kathleen X124 and crewed by
Louise Dixon whilst under the
watchful eye of Elliot Motherwell
winning the Under 21 Cup.
ABOVE RIGHT Will Lewis
helming J.Hardings X90 Calypso.
CENTRE Alice Strickland in
control with Tom Rogers keeping
dry on Dolphin X36.
CENTRE RIGHT Emma Dallas,
Lexi Fielder, Georgina Dallas and
Nick Henderson-Williams on SB3
Hullabaloo.
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The seas were very large and the winds
were strong. However, they thoroughly enjoyed
themselves and were all keen to have another go
next year. My thanks go to all the X boat owners
who kindly lent their boats and came out to sail
on such a wild day and to Moss Fitzgerald who
arranged the whole event as well as David Arnold
our race officer and his helpers, Barry Peddley
and John Roberts, on the Committee Boat.
The weather conditions and length of race
were well suited to theSB3 s taking part. They
simply flew along reaching 20 knots at times and
enjoyed every minute of the race, even though
they all looked like drowned rats when they
came in.
It is very exciting to have been part of the
youth team. We have a keen enthusiastic group
of young adults sailing from our club. They
enjoy helping and coaching in Splash and the
Splash children love having them around. We are
always working towards the future. We are not a
dinghy sailing club but we have found a way to
give our Youth Members opportunities to sail
dinghies and sportsboats competitively here and
in external events. We have some very talented
We have a wonderful group of supportive
parents and grandparents helping our young
enjoy the sport as well as Cadets keen to help
the younger Splashers. It is a good time for us
as Members to build on this and ensure our club
encourages these young people to help build this
clubs future.
Karen Henderson-Williams
Youth Representative - Sailing
Cadet and JC Leader
20/10/08 14:44:17
s plash
2008
In 2008 SPLASH has grown even larger
than ever and we are very happy to welcome
twelve new families into our fold this year.
The weather has been more varied than in
recent years, but this didn’t stop the Splashers from
having fun. In July, when the weather was too bad
to do anything on the water, plan B was called
upon - The Royal Tournament Splash style. Two
rigged Oppies were placed in the dining room and
courses set. The rules were very simple: the boats
had to be unrigged and everything had to be carried
over the 1st table, under the 2nd round a turning
mark and back down the course in reverse to the
finishing line where the boats were re rigged. The
Splashers were divided into four teams and, once
they had been shown how not to do it by two
motley teams of leaders, they were off. The noise
was unbelievable and the races were fast, furious
and very close. The winning team’s prize was to
meet the Duke of Edinburgh when he visited the
Club in August.
Splash Week started out very wet and windy
with 103 Splashers and JC’s raring to get out on
the water. The bad weather didn’t stop us from
going up-river to Fairport, John and Judy Madin’s
beautiful home, for our annual Bar-B-Q, where
Harry Salmon and his very able band of burger
tossers did an excellent job in feeding us. Normally
on the Monday evening, after the Pimm’s party, the
Eagles run the Veterans Oppie Race, but sadly this
year it had to be cancelled due to the weather. We
didn’t think it would be a good idea to sink any of the
Ancient and Great.
It was fascinating to watch the children cope
with the strong winds (20-25 kts) during the week.
Each afternoon they would come back all smiles and
laughing, full of confidence and, come Wednesday,
they launched off in the strong blustery winds as
though it was the norm. Also on the Wednesday we
had our Crabbing competition, but the turn out was
a little down because some parents didn’t want their
children to get wet all over again.
Thursday dawned bright and clear. Damp oilies
were left in the boot of the car when an armada of
100 boats was launched, which has to be some sort
of record. Friday morning found us all up on the
Green to take part in the Wacky Races, which were
brilliantly organised by the leaders and consisted of
teams of Splashers competing against each other in
various activities like Royal Tournament and sponge
throwing, with the ultimate First Prize of being
allowed to throw wet sponges at the Fat Controller.
He didn’t mind this until some sneaky person
emptied a bucket of water down the back of his
trousers!!!. The Prize Giving was delayed to give the
children more time on the water and, following the
presentation of the trophies by the Commodore,
159 parents plus 32 JC’s sat down for dinner before
the Splash Ball. Mike Rogers and his team did us
proud as they had done all week.
Andrew Woodhouse
ABOVE Georgina Dallas giving
instruction to 'shrimps' Zach CroftSharland and Lucy Davis.
FAR LEFT Phoebe Jansen rowing
her Peanut Dinghy.
LEFT Conner Whelan driving his
Oppie hard.
BOTTOM LEFT Ed FitzGerald
and Maddie Deakin doing capsize
drill.
BELOW Isabelle Waha bailing
out!
The final Saturday morning saw a strong Splash
team set sail for the Bursledon Regatta escorted by
one or two bleary eyed parents. Hangovers were
forgotten when the Splashers came home with very
nearly all the silverware!
Splash Week 2008 was definitely one of slickest;
this was largely due to Jo Davison and Karen
Henderson-Williams who dealt with the admin
ashore and, on the water, the high quality of the
group leaders and their teams. Our thanks also go
to Ian Lewis for his work in the dinghy park and
the Dunns and Craigans who kindly let us use their
swimming pools.
We have got a lot of very
talented young sailors who, with
the right tuition, could become
top sailors. With this end in
mind we have some exciting
proposals for next season, so
watch this space!
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The second day was at Bramshaw Forest
Course in June. We returned to this course
by popular request but also to check whether
the white New Forest pony was still standing
in the middle of the first fairway. It was and
apparently still unscathed by errant golfers. The
day’s winners were Margaret Dowman (34pts)
and Jim Flanagan (33pts), with Grania Flanagan
and Barry Peddley second.
GOLF
ABOVE Three illustrious members
trying to entice a real lady to join
their team!
Yet again, for some inexplicable reason, we
have been blessed with weather windows that
have allowed us to enjoy three golf days in very
pleasant conditions.
The first in April was at South Winchester,
where the winners were Margaret Dowman
(37pts) and Tony Parker (38pts), with Grania
Flanagan and Roger Barrett second and Audrey
Lewis and Jim Flanagan third. Tony Parker
became so unbearable about his win that the men
in white coats took him off to his yacht Saint Jack
and sent him off to the Baltic for the summer!
SHOOTING
RIGHT John Walker presenting
an engraved plate to Shoot
CaptainRoberta Walker
Our final shoot this year was at Compton
Manor on September 10th. and provided
members and guests with a variety of sporting
clays, simulating fur and feather. Member High
Gun on the day was Roberta Walker with a score
of 67, from Clifford Sturt on 64, Guest High Gun
was John Gamblen with 67 from Bobby Kemp’s
63, Roberta Walker’s 67 took Lady High Gun
from Sally Sturt’s 58 and Novice High Gun went
to Valerie Gauntlett scoring 25, closely followed
by Fiona Pankhurst on 22. Team Flush winners
were Fiona Pankhurst, Sally Sturt, John Walker
and Roberta Walker with a score of 72 from
Richard Curry, Valerie Gauntlett, John Stelling
and Clifford Sturt on 71.
Our third outing in August was at a course
we had not visited before, Dummer, where we
received a very warm welcome. We had a good
turnout despite many of our old regulars fleeing
to warmer climes to escape the great British
summer. The winners were Margaret Dowman
(34pts) and Edward Piggin (38pts), with Helen
Rowe and Roger Pritchard second and LesleyJane Nicholson and Roy Dowman third. It is
rumoured that Edward is still celebrating his
success.
The next meeting will be at Quindell Country
Club in October, after the magazine has gone
to print but we are expecting a good turnout
and fine weather and we have our final event of
the year on Friday 5th December. This will be a
fun golf day to get everyone in the mood for the
evening’s dinner.
We are currently trying to improve the
communication within the Golf Society by use
of email, etc. and steady progress is being made.
It may even become possible to fill in the score
cards before the start, thus avoiding that tedious
long walk, who knows!
Rod McPherson
The Club will be contesting the Inter-Club
Shooting Competition in October. Michel
Herbelin UK have, once again, generously donated
prizes for the season’s four overall High Guns,
who will be announced at the Christmas Dinner
on 5th December. Looking further forward, the
2009 season will begin on 17th. February with the
new venue of Wylye Valley, followed by Lains
Shooting School on 24th. March, Widdington
Farm on 6th May and Compton Manor on 8th
September.
Finally, may I thank all Shooting Society
members for the wonderful bowl with which I
was presented on my last day as Shoot Captain;
engraved with the names of all who have
participated, it is a splendid reminder of your
friendship. I have thoroughly enjoyed my threeyear term and am delighted that Richard Curry
has agreed to take over. Please support him as
you have supported me and I wish you good
shooting.
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21/10/08 17:22:00
As 2008 draws to a close, let’s look back at
some of the interesting things that the Ladies’
Committee has been involved with this year.
The April lunch was a sell-out! 140 ladies
were among the first to enjoy the delicious fare of
the new chef, Lawrence. Justine from Mad Max
put on an excellent fashion show and sensibly
the professional models were not all youthful
and size 0, showing us that there was something
for everyone, whatever their length, draught,
and age. The October lunch was another huge
success with skin expert Heidi Ware from the
Salon talking about Sun, Sea and Skin.
‘Tea by the Sea’ in aid of Sail 4 Cancer at the
end of May was well attended. Luckily we picked
one of the few sunny days and with our delicious
home-made cakes and the bring-and-buy stall as
attractions, we raised a significant amount for
this worthy charity.
Our teas are also a big reason why the two
annual Bridge Drives do so well. If you haven’t
booked a table yet for November 20th, do so
quickly. The money raised from raffles at the
Bridge Drives and Lunches goes towards our two
chosen local charities: Hamble Lifeboat and The
Children’s Friendship League.
Our biggest earner by far is the Christmas
Fayre. Denise Cartlidge and her team have
been working throughout the year to make this
another huge success. With more than 50 stalls,
more varied than ever, we are expecting another
December is the only month in which we do
not do the weekly flower arrangements. Thanks
again to all the helpers on our flower rota. We
are really grateful to the talented ladies out there
who give up their time and expertise to ensure
members all enjoy fresh flowers every week.
The Ladies Committee will shortly say thanks
and farewell to Denise Cartlidge and Julia
Dallas. Julia organised last year’s Christmas
Fayre almost single-handed, a gigantic
task, and is helping again this year.
Denise, as well as being our Treasurer
last year, was instrumental in organising
the fabulous furnishings of the bedrooms,
and this year has headed the Fayre team. They
LADIES
COMMITTEE
ABOVE Angie Janssen
TOP CENTRE AND LEFT
Fashion show at the April Lunch.
Club
Insignia
Hat, Glove and Scarf Set
fun day. Thank you again to all our sponsors and
donors who help to make it all happen.
Some of the money we raised went toward
the new display cabinets to encourage the sale of
our Insignia items. Thanks to Annie CampbellWalter and Rosemary Bonham-Smith, we have
a lovely, varied new range of clothing and gift
items 3 of which are shown alongside.
You will shortly be seeing the Club adorned
with tinsel and garlands and twinkling lights.
Spare a thought for all the ladies and long
suffering partners who spend a whole day or two
putting together trees, testing lights, balancing
on ladders, creating stunning table centre-pieces,
and generally transforming our Club into a
festive place. If you would like to help, please
come along on Tuesday December 2nd (from 9
till 5) and join in the fun.
will both be sorely missed but I’m sure we’ll see
them regularly in the Club.
As for me, I’ve really enjoyed my two years as
chairman. Through the House Committee I’ve
learned how the club ticks and it has been great
being just a small cog in the machinery of this
fantastic organisation. Getting to know the staff
better, meeting more members and of course,
working with our Commodore during her two
years in office has been a great privilege. I wish
the next committee good luck, lots of fun and
since I can now make a pretty good stab at flower
arranging, can I please join the flower team?
Angie Janssen
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21/10/08
17:22:53
Jeremy
Robinson
...from 'Oppies'
to International
Racing Success
Jeremy Robinson has been a member of the
Royal Southern Yacht Club since he was a child,
learning to sail in Optimist dinghies in Badnam
Creek on the Hamble River.
Jeremy has had an illustrious career in sailing
- making the decision to devote his life to the sport
at an early age. After becoming Optimist Junior
National Champion, he won the British Youth
Sailing Championships in a 420 and went to the
1992 Olympic Games as reserve in the 470 class.
A move into the International 505 Dinghy
culminated in Jeremy becoming World, European,
and National Champion in the 505 Class.
After leaving school Jeremy joined the family
sailmaking business and specialized in sail design,
honing his skill by working for a year with Sobstad
in Connecticut, USA.
Racing was always an important part of
his career and Jeremy eventually moved from
dinghies into keel boats, competing in three
Admirals Cups, a leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
and as a crew member on Aera winner of the
2005 Sydney Hobart Race 2005 and Class 1 in the
1999 Fastnet Race.
SOUTHERN
STARS
part of the highly successful Rán crew which won
the IRC National Championships, The Round
the Island Race ‘Gold Roman Bowl’ and Class
Zero overall in Skandia Cowes Week.
Jeremy’s ‘Dream Year’ also included sailing
as a helmsman on the superyacht Leopard, which
took line honours and broke the record in the
Round Ireland Race and as tactician on Erivale
III, winner of the Commodores Cup.
In 2002, using sails he designed and built,
Jeremy steered the Farr 52 Team Tonic to overall
victory at Cowes Week, also winning the Britannia
and New York Yacht Club Cups.
In 2006, in order to further his sailing career
and ambitions, Jeremy joined North Sails. “‘I
was delighted to join North because the projects
and methods of the company really excited
me and working for them has given me more
opportunities for racing success”, he says.
Jeremy made the most of his opportunities,
with race wins in the TP52 Class and Rolex Maxi
Cup in 2007 and has had what he describes as
a ‘Dream Year’ in 2008. Sailing as tactician
for fellow Royal Southern Yacht Club member
Niklas Zennstrom on the TP 52 Rán, Jeremy was
More recently Jeremy sailed as tactician
onboard John Bainbridge’s Swan 48 Zen,
which competed in the Swan Cup in Sardinia,
winning the Classics Division overall in a highly
competitive international fleet.
A return to the TP52 Rán for the Rolex
Middle Sea Race is on the agenda for Jeremy at
the end of this year: “I am hoping we can round
the season off in style”, he says.
Jeremy Robinson has entered all his individual
races under the burgee of the Royal Southern
Yacht Club and we can all be proud of his
achievements. Jeremy is a strong supporter of
the RSrnYC’s Splash Club for youngsters and
feels that it is a great way to introduce children
to sailing and racing. Splash members can take
inspiration from Jeremy’s success.
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12,000
MILES
IN AN
OPTIMIST
taking the track up the middle of the beat. I then flew
back to Bristol and went straight to Weymouth for
training with the RYA Invitational squad.
January – Naples – 2000 miles
My sailing year began on 1st January 2008 in
Naples. Whilst most people were either recovering
from New Year or going skiing, we made our way
to the airport with a sail, mast and boom disguised
as a set of skis. Mine were a lot longer than anyone
else’s!
Young sailor,
Annabelle Vose tells us
Our destination was Naples for the Marcello
about her year racing Campobasso Trophy hosted by the Real Yacht Club
an Optimist Canottieri Savoia. The yacht club invited 250 sailors
from 15 countries as far as way as Japan and I was
part of the five member GBR team. Racing was in
the Bay of Naples and each day the wind blew about
15 to 20 knots from a different direction with quite
large seas. It was exciting racing, with the Greek
team winning the regatta.
The Real Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia houses an
amazing collection of antique furniture and beautiful
paintings, with the rooms divided by magnificent
glass trophy cabinets. Each evening all the sailors sat
down to a three course dinner served at the table
by waiters in uniform and white gloves. I presented a
Royal Southern Burgee to the President of the Club
and he returned with a beautifully wrapped gift for
my parents.
February – Palamos – 1600 miles
Half term and I am off to Palamos in southern
Spain for the KABB Regatta. Palamos was sunny and
I sailed in shorts and vest. KABB is a large regatta
with over 300 entries from Europe and America. An
Italian coach from Lake Garda placed a GPS recorder
in my boat then, with some of the Italian and Spanish
sailors, we analysed the different courses we had
taken in each race. The Italians often took a flyer and
banged the corners. I had more consistent results
March – Italy - 1300 miles
Lake Garda hosts the largest single class dinghy
regatta in the World. This year there were 1000
entries from 31 countries. They divided us into
flights so there were only 200 boats on the starts!
It was fantastic sailing when the Ora (the local wind)
kicked in with 20-25 knots and big waves. You had
to work really hard on the first beat, get across to
the right hand side of the course and be in the top
10 around the windward mark or you ended up in a
long procession on the lay line. I was really pleased
to come 5th girl overall and only a few points behind
the leading Chinese girl.
April – Holland – 300 miles
Picking me up from school on a Friday afternoon
towing a trailer is a stressful experience for my father,
particularly when followed by a mad dash to Dover
and a further three hours drive across Belgium and
Holland to the Opti Spring Regatta. On the first race
I had just got to the windward mark and in came a
30 knot squall and snow. There was so much spray
and snow that I could not see anything on the run
so I just hoped the gate mark was somewhere ahead
and I had a Jury Boat following me checking to see if
I was pumping too much! With half the fleet upside
down the race officer sent us all ashore for an hour.
Then out came the sun and four fantastic races.
June - Warsash
Nearer to home, the Warsash Regatta was held
in June with two days of very light winds and strong
Solent tides. I was really pleased to be the first girl
to win the Southern Area Championship and the
top Hamble River Helm. Both these trophies have
some great previous winners such as – Ian Percy and
Chris Draper.
July – Italy – 1300 miles
Each country sends their top four boys and
three girls to the Optimist European Championships
at Lake Garda. The best bit is that parents are not
allowed in the dinghy park! We arrived at Garda on
the Friday evening, and although it was about 8.00
pm, the temperature was still 30°C. The next day
we unloaded all the boats and joined the queue
to be measured. The Opening Ceremony was a
parade through the old town of Riva with each team
carrying their country flag.
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Each morning I would go for a run along the
shore of the lake and then back to the hotel for
a half hour swim and late breakfast. This routine
helped me prepare for the day. Then I would then
go down to the dinghy park and rig and check my
boat before it got too hot. The team had an early
pasta lunch before launching around midday. We
often had to be towed out to the race course before
the Ora kicked in.
The start line was normally set with a pin
end bias and I tried to start at this end, cross the
fleet on port to get to the right hand side of the
course before finding the lift off the shore to the
windward mark. It was amazing racing against the
best European girls. As they were all so good there
was never a gap on the start line and one bad tack
could cost you three or four places. The Jury boats
were very strict on Rule 42 so I was very careful on
the run. After each race we would try and find the
Coach boat to get some more water, food and sun
tan lotion. We were normally ashore around 5pm
just as the wind died. Back to the hotel for a swim,
more pasta and ice cream! I was the top GBR sailor
and with 7 results in the top 10 finished 14th overall
which was the best result of a British sailor for many
years. It was a fantastic experience and I learnt a lot.
August - Pwllheli, N Wales
I was one of a record 400 sailors attending the
British National Championships. After days of light
winds the practice race was cancelled due too much
wind but the next day was fantastic with 20-25 knots
and a big sea. My magic day was Thursday when I
scored three 1st places in the three races. On the
last day I was 2 points off the leader and ended the
Championships Runner up and 1st Girl overall.
Ledro – 1300 miles
GBR was one of twelve teams that qualified
for the European Team Racing Championships on
Lake Ledro, Italy. So, after Splash Week and the
Bursledon Regatta, it was off to Italy for the fouth
time this year.
SOUTHERNSTAR
The organisers provided the hotel and new
boats. The top judge was Chris Atkins from the
UK and he gave us a really good briefing each day
in English. The weather was fantastic and between
races you could swim in the lake to cool down. We
were really pleased to get through to the Gold fleet
and then the semi final where we lost to Norway
who we had previously beaten and ended up just
outside the medals in 4th place. It was a fantastic
event and the sponsors gave us all scooters as a
present which gave the airline a problem when I
tried to take mine as hand luggage!
September – Niuewpoort, Belgium – 200
miles
The Belgium Nationals attracts entries from
most of the Northern European countries. We
could do this in the weekend but unfortunately this
was the weekend the Channel Tunnel was closed
so getting there was a bit stressful. It took about an
hour to sail out to the race course. The tides were
very strong pushing you over the line so there were
several general recalls and black flags. I had some
interesting battles down the run with the Swiss and
German sailors and ended up just behind them in
5th place overall.
PAGE 52 CENTRE Oppie fleet
start at Lake Garda.
ABOVE Another Oppie start in
gusty conditions.
BELOW LEFT The fleet separates
downwind, again at Lake Garda.
October – Spain – 1868 miles
At the end of October I have been invited to
Vigo on the West coast of Spain. This is major 3
day International Regatta with teams from all over
Europe plus Singapore and America. It will be really
nice to meet up with some of the friends I have
made over the past year at the other regattas. The
only problem is my father is also going to be there,
as he has heard that the seafood is fantastic and they
have the biggest fish market in Europe. Oh well, I
suppose he is entitled to some fun too.
December – Spain – 1628 miles
In December I am off to Palma, Mallorca for
what is called the Winter Worlds. This will round off
the year with a total of nearly 12,000 miles travelling
to regattas all over Europe.
Annabel Vose
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Niklas Zennström
New Club Member,
Niklas Zennström - one
of the world’s leading
internet entrepreneurs
- had a fantastic 2008
season in his IRC
optimized TP52, Rán.
Rán was first overall in
the Round the Island
Race and won the TP52
Class in Cork Week
and Skandia Cowes
Week as well as the
IRC Nationals and Vice
Admirals Cup.
Niklas gave his first
ever interview on sailing
to The Southern -
How did you get into yachting?
I started sailing in the mid 70s when I was
7 years old. With my parents we cruised in the
Baltic and also on the Swedish west coast for
months every summer. While cruising I was
always dreaming of race boats. I also started to
sail Optimists at our local club in Sweden and
participated in club races. After that I sailed
Europe Dinghy and Laser.
SOUTHERN STAR
How old were you when you won your first race?
I think maybe 10 or so, at a very local level.
Who has helped you most in your sailing career?
I wish I had better coaching and leadership
when I was young. It was mainly at my local club
in Sweden, but I never had any great mentor in
sailing. I was very tall as a youngster so I was
prioritizing my basketball career ahead of sailing.
Right now it is very much a team effort within
the Rán team.
What do you feel about encouraging young sailors
into professional or Olympic sailing?
Sailing is such a great sport for all
generations. Young sailors can get to learn a lot
from experienced sailors by working as nippers
etc. While it is always important to encourage
the very talented ones to aim for the Olympics
and professional sailing, it is also important to
encourage amateur sailing for all.
Are your family involved in your yachting?
My wife and I always enjoy sailing together we think it’s a great hobby. I grew up sailing with
my family. It’s such a great family sport.
What are the challenges of owning and campaigning
a TP52?
The TP52 is a very technical boat and
structurally designed to be very light, so
everything is just on the edge of breaking. This
means we have to maintain and look after things
all the time. Also you need to have a skilled crew
to master it. When you do, it’s a fantastic boat
to sail.
What is your position on the boat?
As the owner I am the one who ultimately
makes the calls on the programme, the ambition,
the crew, policies, race programme, and boat
programme. During the races I am part of
the afterguard, sometimes driving and doing
runners. I am also trying to coach the team as
much as I can, but sometimes it is difficult, as
I sail with sailors who are much better sailors
than I am!
What is it like to sail with mixed crews of
professionals and amateurs?
It is important to manage people’s
expectations. Generally professionals are quite
good at sailing with amateurs.
In broad terms how much does it cost to run a
TP52 on the circuit – less than F1 team, more than
race horse, same as a helicopter?
Way too much, it’s a crazy sport. In order to
stay competitive at the level we race at you have
to think that the annual running cost is 50% to
100% of the acquisition cost of the boat.
Photographs of Rán from
On-Edition
Louay habib
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What are your future plans in yachting?
Rán is now in the Med for Voile de St
Tropez and the Middle Sea Race. After that
we will be doing Key West and Miami. We are
right now also building a new and exciting mini
maxi that we will launch in the spring. We will
be campaigning her at the mini maxi circuit in
the Med next summer as well as some of the off
shore races around the world. The mini maxi
circuit is very interesting with several yachts
being launched right now.
Can the Royal Southern help you with these
ambitions?
It is always important to have a solid home base
and that is what the Royal Southern is to me.
for social activities for all generations, that rich
heritage should be preserved.
Who is your yachting hero?
This is tricky. I don’t think I have had any big
heroes; I generally don’t have heroes or idols,
although I respect and admire several great
people. As a teenager I wanted to become a
naval architect and I was encouraged by some of
the great yacht designers. With the races we are
doing this year we have the opportunities to race
head to head with the best sailors in the world
and sometimes beating them, and when we do
that my crew are my yachting heroes.
Does sailing help your business career?
Yes, it does in two ways. One thing is that
How long have you been a member of the Royal
Southern?
Just under a year now, but I have been
enjoying sailing from Hamble since 2005.
Do you think the Southern addresses the needs of
all members?
We have been very pleased with the services
of the Club. It’s like a second home for us.
With such a diversity of members I am sure it’s
difficult to cater to everyone’s need, but we are
very pleased so far.
What would you change to improve the club?
I don't think much need to be changed,
although I am sure when I have been a member
for a few more years I will have more opinions.
From my point of view, I would think that a
bit more focus on racing would be fantastic.
I believe that Hamble is really the centre for
racing so there is something to build on there.
What would you keep or preserve?
I think its great that the Club is such a centre
it gives me a way to unwind and relax. While I
am doing that I learn a lot about how to build
successful teams and to win. I think that running
a successful sailing team is similar to running
a successful business. As the leader your job
is to set the vision, program and policies and
then recruit the best possible team. After that
you need to give them encouragement and also
constructive criticism. You should not try to do
their job.
Why do you base your team from Hamble?
I think it’s one of those things where one
thing led to another.
When my wife and I started sailing here in
England, we were introduced to Hamble. We also
sailed out of Cowes, but we like Hamble so much
more. It really has become our second home. At
the end of the season we are really sad we won’t
have any more sailing in Hamble for several
months. We like it because it’s such a small and
friendly community. Whenever you go to the Club
house or the Bugle you always meet friends.
I think its great that
the Club is such a centre
for social activities for
all generations, that is
very rich and should be
preserved
Niklas Zennström
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SOUTHERN
SNIPPETS
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE NEW CLUB HOUSE
On 5 June 1998, John Madin handed the
key to the door to then Commodore, Alastair
Davidson, and the new Club House building was
opened.
Ten years on to the day, the building team
came together to celebrate both overcoming the
problems caused when the builder went under,
and the payment of the final instalment of the
bank loan earlier this year. It hardly seemed
ten years had passed, but old friendships were
renewed and a jolly good time was had by all.
With the new bedrooms completed in the
old cottages, surely the Club now has the best
clubhouse in the country. Thanks to all our
'builders'.
Colin Hall
Brambles Cricket
Match
The annual Brambles Bank Cricket Match
between the Royal Southern Yacht Club and the
Island Sailing Club, took place on Sunday 31st
August. Unfortunately this year the tide didn’t
drop as much as normal, leaving the game to be
played in 6 inches of the Solent and preventing
the Pimm's bar and spectators from setting up
The pitch was regularly washed with two foot
waves as countless cruise ships, including the
massive Ventura, sailed past creating wash that
washed the stumps away! That said, this annual
eccentric ‘game’ still provided much amusement
for all involved.
This year the teams were greeted on the pitch
by the Brambles ‘Mermaid’ who, it is believed,
only appears in her bikini once a year to watch
the men play. Otherwise known as Katy Squires,
the ‘Mermaid’ was ready to watch the cricket,
but got so wet in the rain squalls waiting for the
match to start that she stripped to her underwear,
swam to the bank and was accordingly adopted as
the RSrnYC. Mascot!
This year it was the Island Sailing Club’s
turn to win the match, which was particularly
impressive as only three of the ISC players made
it to the crease against ten RSrnYC players.
Over 40 spectator boats came out to watch the
match, which was followed by dinner, speeches
and prizegiving hosted by the ISC.
The 2009 game should be one to look forward
to, especially as it will be the Royal Southern’s
turn to win. Hopefully we will have better weather
and a drier pitch to play on!
Ben Duke
SAILING THE ‘ROYAL’
YACHT
Our adventures on Bloodhound
It was a few months ago, at an Executive
meeting, that we were told to reserve the first
Sunday in Cowes week for a special visit. The
Duke of Edinburgh, our Patron, would be visiting
the Club to open the restored cottages.
A plan for the day was put together to show
the Club at its best. Quietly I jotted a note to
myself… Could I get Bloodhound to the Southern
for this date?
Bloodhound, built in 1936 and owned and
raced by the Royal family from 1961-1969, is
an iconic yacht, successfully campaigned by our
Patron HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The current owner, a friend of mine, Tony
McGrail, had just finished restoring Bloodhound.
Tony confirmed that he was entering her in
Cowes Classic Week, and was therefore able to
bring her to the Southern in time for the Duke
of Edinburgh’s visit.
Just one week before the Cowes Classic
Regatta, Tony called me – disaster - his regular
Poole crew were depleted and he felt unable
to race in the regatta which therefore also
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impacted on his plans to deliver Bloodhound to
the Southern.
I sympathised, then suggested that if I could
put together a crew in two days, he could still
enter the Regatta. He agreed and I set about
finding a crew. Starting with my drinking partners
at the Royal Southern bar I assembled a highly
diverse and, hopefully, talented crew to undertake
this venture.
Eighteen Club members were approached,
eventually whittled down to twelve people after
business commitments and family promises were
negotiated. What followed was an experience for
many of us which will be fondly remembered as a
pinnacle of our yachting adventures.
The Southern crew first stepped onto
Bloodhound at West Cowes Marina just two
hours before our first race. There would be no
time for a practise sail.
THE BURSLEDON
REGATTA
The Bursledon Regatta, or to give it it’s full
title, The Swanwick, Bursledon and Warsash
Regatta was 138 years old this year. Although
it was suspended during wartime it was the
first yachting event to establish after the War,
even before Cowes Week. In those days the
regatta was monitored from an old minesweeper
moored in the river and there was a small
ferry for spectators. All sail classes started and
finished at Bursledon and, as spinnakers were
then permitted in the river, the Committee
sometimes had anxieties about the ability of boats
to stop before Bursledon Bridge. The connection
between the Royal Southern and the Bursledon
Regatta has always been very strong and this we
hope will continue.
Since then the Regatta has gone from strength
to strength and is now themed. This year the
theme was Camelot complete with King Arthur,
We set sail more in hope than expectation
and completed 5 races. We didn't break the
boat or hurt anyone, and had a great week’s
racing. We attended many parties wearing our
Bloodhound crew shirts with pride, sailing under
the Southern burgee.
A supporting team of another 20 members
of the Southern, rib owners, partners, girl
friends and Mount Gay barmaids made up 'Crew
Bloodhound'. We had an exciting time, sailing in
the three day regatta, the Parade of Sail, delivery
to the Royal Southern, berthing Bloodhound at
the Southern in pride of place, showing the boat
to 200 Southern Members, varnishing her for the
Royal Visit, showing her to HRH The Duke of
Edinburgh and delivering her back to Poole in a
force 7 SW on a Spring Ebb..(another story for
another time).
We will not forget our ‘Bloodhound experience
‘in a hurry. Thanks to all the Southern Members
and Flag Officers who made it happen.
Tim Robinson
Queen Guinevere, the Knights Sir Lancelot and
Sir Galahad, the wizard Merlin and the Sword
Excalibur rising out of the water. There were
the usual dinghy races on Saturday morning,
the boatyard races and fancy dress parades in
the afternoon ending with a Grand Jousting
Tournament afloat. In the evening a grand pig
roast catered for a crowd of hundreds.
The Grand Finale commenced with
a torchlight procession of dinghies, a Son et
Lumiere and a Grand Fireworks Display. Visitors
return to this event year after year.
David Dunn
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MORE
SNIPPETS
SAILING, SAUNAS AND
‘SUNSET’
Royal Southern members, Liz and Harry
Salmon tell us about their holiday cruising the
Finnish Archipelago.
This summer we were fortunate enough to
be invited by friends to join them on their Oyster
46 in Turku, Finland from where we set out to
enjoy a part of the Finnish Archipelago. This
area seems less well known than the Swedish
equivalent and there are many fewer boats.
The archipelago comprises thousands of
small and often uninhabited islands. The weather
was warm and sunny with any rain luckily falling
at night. We had good winds although, inevitably,
not always from the right direction. The effect of
the islands minimized wave height which made
for very pleasant sailing.
Our hosts were members of a yacht club that
had reciprocal arrangements with a large Finnish
yacht club. Some of the members of this club own
small islands on which wonderful private wood
burning saunas have been built, usually alongside
a convenient access to the sea. We had access to
these islands and a key to the saunas. We split
the logs, lit the fire and perspired in style. I did
have just the one plunge into the Baltic. It was
certainly stimulating but not to be repeated.
The anchorages were interspersed with some
populated islands where there were small marinas
allowing us to take on water and supplies. We were
able to buy smoked fish from the fisherman’s own
boat at Remmarhamn. At Rodhamn, the local
cafe delivered bags of their own fresh baked hot
rolls to the yachts for breakfast, along with the
weather forecast in English written on the bag.
It was interesting to note the large number
of yacht clubs that exist in Finland. Each carried
its own insignia in its ensign. We were told that
members’ yachts have to pass regular safety checks
as a condition of membership. The lowering of
the ensign at 2100 was universally observed –
in one port this was accompanied by ‘Sunset’
resonating on the trumpet from one of the yachts.
It transpired that the player was a jazz musician
on his way to a gig. He received an answer from
one of the other yachts with a Breton pipe playing
Amazing Grace. The concert was concluded by
a further rendering of Amazing Grace on the
trumpet. We have never enjoyed the procedure
of lowering the ensign so much.
The speed of the voyage was leisurely,
allowing for good lunchtime anchorages and
early arrivals for the overnight stop. We sailed
about 175 miles in covering the direct distance of
75 miles to Mariehamn where we caught the ferry
to Stockholm.
We have wonderful memories – of beautiful
islands and sunsets, friendly Finnish sailors, good
food and excellent sailing. It is a really delightful
cruising area.
Harry Salmon
Starhole Bay
West Country anchorage close to Salcombe
This an interesting anchorage for those
seeking a "no frills" stop when on passage to or
from the West Country. The surroundings are
impressive, the shelter good from the prevailing
westerlies winds, as it involves a deviation of less
than a mile from the inshore track rounding Start
Point, you can be back on course within minutes
of "up anchor".
ABOVE Fog clearing from Bolt Head.
Starhole Bay is on the west side of the outer
entrance to Salcombe, beneath the great cliffs of
Bolt Head and outside the Bar and its hazards.
The northern half of the bay is occupied by
the sunken historic wreck of the four masted
barque Herzogin Cecilie but the southern half is
clear for anchoring.
The outer approach to Salcombe is usually by
lining up on Sandhill Point; 360 degrees true, with
the Poundstone as a front marker. As you come
up on about W 50*12', look west to Starhole
Bay. Turn on to a heading true west and anchor
in appropriate depth at a point approximately
equi-distant between two rocky outcrops in the
southern part of the bay. In strong westerlies a
swell may intrude and there could be short sharp
gusts in down draughts from the cliffs above. The
tidal range is 4.6 metres at springs; 2.0 metres at
neaps, and holding, in my experience, is good in
sand.
Peter Garrod
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Club to host Round
Britain Cruiser
Rally
The Royal Southern Yacht Club and World
Cruising Club (WCC) will be running the
inaugural Round Britain Rally for Cruisers in
June/July 2009.
This announcement was made during
Southampton Boat Show by WCC Managing
Director, Andrew Bishop and the Club’s ViceCommodore, John Beardsley. With the Club’s
34 years experience of cruiser racing and WCC’s
unrivalled experience in running large offshore
events, notably the ARC and Classic Malts Cruise,
the marriage of joint talents and knowledge
augers well.
Past-Commodore, Colin Hall, who since he
stepped down has been cruising the world’s
oceans, is the instigator of the event and describes
it as a series of offshore passages that collectively
make up a circumnavigation of all or some of the
British Isles. “I’ve done the ARC twice, ARC
Europe once, cruised and raced in the Caribbean
and the Mediterranean so I was looking for a
new challenge”, he said. “I’ve always thought
that going round Britain is a different sort of
challenge with its tidal waters, traffic, rocks and
weather and if I was going to do it, why not do it
in company?”
Run under the Club’s burgee and existing
Cruiser Racing rules, the Round Britain Rally
for Cruisers will be organised overall by the WCC
and with a Solent start. Stops are planned in
Cork, Oban, Lerwick, Peterhead and Lowestoft.
While the full 2,000 nautical mile course is
targeted, weather or personal preference could
see competitors opting for routing inside Ireland,
inside the Outer Hebrides or even a transit via
the Caledonian Canal. With a minimum boat
size of 35ft. LOA and 6 knots under power, the
Rally is likely to take between 3-4 weeks but
competitors can elect to do as much or as little as
they feel comfortable with.
WALKING ON WATER
Members will recall that, in Summer 2007,
the Club hosted the departure of quadriplegic
sailor Geoff Holt, when he set out to sail solo
around Great Britain in his Challenger trimaran.
The weather was against Geoff and his journey
took him a lot longer than anticipated, but we
were delighted to welcome him safely back to
Hamble on 5th September last year.
Geoff has written a book Walking on Water
“A voyage around Britain and through life”
in which he uses the travelogue of his most
recent sailing achievement as a framework for
a narrative of his amazing life.
This is the story of one man’s ability to
overcome every adversity that life has thrown at
him. It is a powerful affirmation of the potential
of the human spirit.
It is published by Seafarer Books, and is
available at leading bookshops, Price £9.95, and
signed copies can be obtained through www.
walkingonwater.info.
Geoff Holt
Bar Mats
We hope you'll like our new bar mats - an
original concept designed and executed by
Monica Mallett and Carolyn Sinclair
INSIGNIA
We now have a large range of RSrnYC
branded goods which could make the ideal
christmas present for your loved ones.
A large range of clothing is available, both
casual and sailing wear, discretely embroidered
with the Royal Southern burgee or the “fouled
anchor” logo.
A new range of crested gifts has been
introduced, from bottle stoppers to picture
frames.
All these items can be seen in the display
cabinets around the club and are also featured
on our website.
“This is not just a coastal cruise”, adds Hall,
“but serious offshore sailing in company with
the added benefits of some great parties on the
way round and backed by good organisation and
communications which is the hallmark of Club
and WCC events. ”
Colin Hall has donated a prize for the first
Royal Southern boat and more information on
this innovative event can be obtained from the
Sailing Office.
THE
SEA
HORSE
RALLY
at Deauville
The Sea Horse Rally
organised by the Deauville
Yacht Club is a week of activities
(horse racing, polo, golf and
sailing) for south coast Royal
yacht clubs. Our welcome at
the Deauville Yacht Club was
typically warm with drinks all
round and welcome packs of
goodies. The first day of horse
racing was held at Clairefontaine
race course.
The following day we watched
Cirencester polo team win the
major match in a nail-bitingly close
contest. Our next party was at
Villa Strassburger hosted by the
town of Deauville.
On Wednesday after a
splendid lunch at Deauville La
Touques racecourse we watched
the horse racing. Each race was
sponsored by one of the Royal
yacht clubs participating in the
Rally and at the prize-giving the
various commodores not only
presented the prizes but were
interviewed by the commentator
in French!
The next day there was a golf
match at St Gatien Golf Club.
Unfortunately there were only
two with a golf handicap for the
R Srn team. However, the sport
was paramount and the lunch as
superb.
The racing in J80s on the first
day was abandoned due to lack
of wind, but everyone enjoyed
the dinner at Deauville Casino in
the Salle les Ambassadeurs. But
there was just enough wind on
the second day to allow the RSrn
team to win over a shortened
course. Our Commodore had
the opportunity at the prizegiving
to thank Nils Andersen and all
his team from the DYC together
with President Bernard Gorgeu
for arranging a most enjoyable
Rally for us and our friends from
other clubs.
Jenny Blaber
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MORE
SNIPPETS
A NEW CLASS FOR THE
RIVER HAMBLE
The all-new 1+1 is a 19ft (5.8m) single
handed dayboat with room for optional crew
being developed by Club members Hedley Bewes
and David Thomas.
It features a lifting bulb keel and is designed
to race anywhere in the Solent. The 1+1 is
attracting a lot of interest and will be ideal for
single handed wednesday evening racing.
ALL OUR
YESTERDAYS
Extracts from the Sailing
Committee Minutes. . .
Getting things done – how
not to do it
Friday 7th July 1978
Capt. Hans-Hamilton said that with Mr. King
he had produced a feasible scheme for raising
and lowering the ensign which would only
require the setting of a time clock. He thought
it would be advisable to make a working model
in the first instance as an experiment and he
anticipated that the whole project would cost
about £100. The Committee thanked Capt.
Hans-Hamilton and Mr. King and requested
that they go ahead with the production of a
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Royal Southern May Regatta.
15th June 1979
Capt. Hans-Hamilton said that Cdr. Lucy, who
had had experience in the design of similar
requirements, had said that this had been done
before and there was no difficulty. He had the
system in hand and hoped to report progress
at the next meeting.
Friday 6th July 1979
Capt. Hans-Hamilton said that Capt. Lucy, due
to pressure of work on other developments,
had not yet fully completed the design. He
was trying to incorporate the existing electric
motor. Interest in this type of flag hoist was
being shown by a number of other clubs and
commercial interests and a patent was being
considered.
18th January 1980
In the absence of Capt. Hans-Hamilton, the
automatic device was referred to the next
meeting.
Friday 15th August 1980
The Chairman said he had been unable to
get in touch with Cdr. Lucy. It was decided
that this matter should be dropped from the
Minutes.
Extracts kindly provided by David Mead
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Balloon
Competition
This Autumn Issue of the Southern brings
a welcome return of our popular Balloon
Competition. Just come up with a "suitable"
caption to the photograph alongside and send
in your entry to:
The Editor
The Southern Magazine
Royal Southern Yacht Club
Rope Walk
Hamble
Southampton
SO41 4HB
or email to: editor@royal-southern.co.uk
The winner will receive a bottle of Club
wine of their choice.
Members are invited to submit suitable
photographs for future editions. Where
possible the subject should be associated with
the Club, its Members or have a nautical
theme.
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WINTER 2008-2009
Royal Southern Programme
Saturday 8th November
Sees the return of the Ladies’ Committee
Christmas Fayre. Come join in the festive fun,
and snap up a few bargains whilst raising money
for the Ladies’ chosen charities.
Wednesday 12th November
Lecture Night - House Past & Present. Talk by
Sir Malcolm Edge
Friday 14th November
The Catering Committee present a selection of
wines. These tastings differ from the traditional
‘wine education evenings’ at the start and end
of the season – walk around the room sampling
different wines, and then move through for
supper.
Wednesday December 10th
The Christmas season starts with an evening of
Christmas Carols, mulled wine and mince pies
with Father John Travers, followed by supper.
Friday 12th December
The Catering Committee present the second in
their wine tasting series. – walk around the room
sampling different wines, and then move through
for supper.
Sunday 14th December
Join us one and all for the Club Christmas Lunch.
Tables for Splashers & Junior Cadets, as well as
our traditional Turkey & Tinsel fans.
Wednesday 17th December
Sunday 16th November
New Members’ Party
Is a musical evening with the Isle of Wight choir
‘The Slipshods’, featuring Club member Chris
Waddington.
Wednesday December 31st
Lecture Night - Polesden Lacey & Mrs Greville,
Edwardian Socialite: Talk by Edward White
Thursday 20th November
Ladies Committee Bridge drive. Join the ladies
at 2pm for an enjoyable afternoon of bridge and
afternoon tea which also helps to raise money for
local charities.
Saturday 22nd November
Our traditional end to the season, join us for a
Champagne reception and delightful meal at this
year’s Laying Up dinner.
Lecture Night – My sail to Syria : Talk by Jeremy
Waters.
Friday 28th November
Come and enjoy the first of this winter’s theme
nights. An excellent Chinese banquet for your
delectation.
Saturday 29th November
Annual General Meetings, 1600. Followed by a 2
course Club supper.
Wednesday 3rd December
Lecture Night – Cruising the west coast of Ireland:
Talk by Club Member James Brooks-Fisher.
Friday 5th December
All Members are welcome to join us at the
Motorboat, Golf and Shooting Societies’ annual
Christmas Dinner. This event always sells out fast
so book with the office early!
Saturday December 6th
Back by popular demand is the ‘Boat Race
Night’. Bill Foulkes is your race master for the
evening as, at the roll of a (large) dice, you steer
your ship round the dining room. Become an
owner by buying a boat for the races or get a team
together and become a consortium! Place your
bets and make some money for a good cause.
Is our ‘P.O.S.H’ New Years Eve Ball. Join us for
a fantastic Champagne reception, Seafood buffet
and dancing into the early hours courtesy of old
favourites, The Night Shift. Book early to avoid
disappointment; we are expecting a full ship’s
complement for this dazzling Cruise ship themed
evening.
Wednesday 7th January 2009
Is ‘Quiz Night’, a test of general knowledge to get
your grey cells firing again after the Christmas
break. Your quiz master is Mike Rogers.
Wednesday 14th January
Lecture Night – A trip to Syria via Istanbul : Talk
by Derek Gange, Club Member
Friday 16th January
Sees the second of our theme evenings – grab
your castanets as we say ‘ole’ to a Spanish spread
Wednesday 21st January
Lecture Night - Dealing with wrecks and salvage
in UK waters. Talk by Alison Kentuck, Receiver
of Wreck, MCA
Friday 23rd January
The Catering Committee present the third in
for supper.
Wednesday 28th January
Lecture Night – Topic of talk to be confirmed.
Saturday 31st January
Sees the return of the Ceilidh, high energy
dancing and a gaelic supper. Celtic dress optional
for a fun evening.
Wednesday 4th February
Lecture Night – Shackleton and the SS Terra
Nova : Talk by Mike Travers.
Lecture night - Sailing in the Mediterranean :
Talk by round the world sailor, Jimmy Cornell
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Saturday 14th February
Come and join us for a romantic Champagne
dinner at the Club. Why not book one of the
rooms and have a relaxing Valentines b reak
away.
Lecture night - The Royal Flying Corps : Talk by
Derek Armitage
Friday 20th February
The Catering Committee present the fourth in
for supper
Lecture night - Pros and cons of life jackets : Talk
by Prof Mike Tipton
Saturday 28th February
Join us for an evening to remember at the St
Emilion dinner where members of the Gerard
will present fine wines from the oldest wine
growing area of Bordeaux. This is a black tie
event, and the menu for the evening will be
carefully composed to reflect the personality of
the wines.
Wednesday 4th March
Lecture night - The 150 year history of Portsmouth
Water Co : Talk by Andy Neve
Wednesday 11th March
Lecture night - Rowing the Atlantic : Talk by
Liam Hughes
Thursday 12th March
Ladies’ Committee Bridge drive. Join the Ladies
at 2pm for an enjoyable afternoon of bridge which
also helps to raise money for local charities
Lecture Night - The Cutter ‘Alert’ : Talk by Peter
Goodwin, Curator, HMS Victory
Lecture Night – Topic of talk to be confirmed.
Saturday 28th March
The Fitting Out Supper celebrates the launching,
fitting out and first chilly sailing of the year.
Come and join us as we mark the ‘official’ start to
the sailing season.
Wednesday 1st April
The Lecture Programme finishes as it started with
an excellent wine tasting evening. Orchestrated
by Patrick Brady, Hennings’ Wines
Saturday 4th April
Brings us round to the French evening, with
moules et frites for supper, prizes for the best
French costume and dancing to accordion music.
Easter Sunday 12th April
Come and join us for a traditional Sunday
Luncheon to mark Easter 2009.
Friday 17th April
The Catering Committee present the last in
for supper
Royal Southern Yacht Club
New Year's Eve
P.O.S.H. Ball
7.15pm for 8.00pm
Dancing to 'Nite Shift'
Seafood Buffet
Ticket Prices:
Until Dec. 1st £85
After Dec. 1st £95
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FACILITIES
at the
Southern
Special events, Conference
& Banqueting facilities
The Royal Southern is an ideal venue for
business and social functions. The Yeoman
Room, River Room and Dining Rooms which
can cater from 8 – 200 guests, have views over
the river and can be set up for conferences or
banquets.
Please contact our experienced staff who
will be pleased to help you plan your party,
wedding or conference.
Contact: Sorrel Taylor, House Secretary
Telephone: 023 8045 0315
Email: house@royal-southern.co.uk
bar HOURS
Monday – Tuesday Wednesday – Thursday Friday – Saturday
Sunday * Subject to demand
Lunch
1100 – 1500 hrs
Evenings
1800 – 2200* hrs
Lunch
1100 – 1500 hrs
Evenings
1800 – 2300 hrs
Open all day
1100 – 2300 hrs
Open all day
1100 –2200* hrs
DINING HOURS
Bar lunch
Monday – Thursday
1200 – 1430 hrs
Friday – Sunday
1200 – 1500 hrs
Sunday Carvery
1230 – 1500 hrs
Evening Meals
Dinner served
Wednesday – Saturday
1900 – 2130 hrs
A range of buffets, barbeques and traditional
restaurant service, check at the bar for the
latest offerings.
RIGHT Main dining room dressed
overall for a wedding.
Club Contacts
ABOVE The Yeoman room.
RIGHT River room arranged for a
private function.
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Mike Rogers
Secretary
Anne Scott
Accounts Controller
Lucy Burn
Sailing Secretary
Sorrel Taylor
House Secretary
Matt Meadus
House Manager
Sue Kent
Receptionist
Rebecca Lake
Administrator
Ian Marlow
Website Administrator
Michael Scales
Head Bosun
David Williams
Bosun
Mike Hesk
Bosun
023 8045 0300
secretary@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0304
accounts@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0302
sailing@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0315
house@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0300
foh@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0300
sue@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8045 0300
admin@royal-southern.co.uk
023 8052 8018
support@royal-southern.co.uk
Mobile 07900 872461
bosun@royal-southern.co.uk
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Bosuns, Bars
& Bedrooms
Sunday Carver
y
Bars & Dining
CLUB LAUNCHES
Winter Service – 1st October to 31st March
Monday to Friday
0800 – 1600 hrs
Saturday/Sunday
0800 – 1600 hrs
Summer Service
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday
0800 – 1600 hrs
Wednesday
0800 – 1800 hrs
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
0800 – 2000 hrs
Hours will be extended during Winter/Spring
series racing.
The maximum number of persons to be carried
by the launch is 10. Bosuns are instructed not to
carry greater numbers.
All other times by arrangement with the Sailing
Secretary. Service will often run later during
Club events.
The Club Launches have VHF radios operating
on Channel 37 (Marine ‘M’) and you should call
“Southern Launch” during operating times. The
Bosuns are instructed not to use any other radio
frequency. Members are requested to use low
power (1W) when calling. The duty Bosun also
carries a mobile phone: 07900 872461.
Bedrooms
Within 18th Century listed buildings overlooking
the River Hamble we have created 11 elegant
new bedrooms and a Master Suite. All rooms
have modern facilities with ensuite bathrooms,
Internet access and flat screen television. Tea
and coffee is available in each room and the
room rate includes Continental breakfast.
The Club offers a choice of bars, each with
beautiful river views. Upstairs lunch is served
daily, with a menu ranging from sandwiches to
hot snacks and table meals.
The upstairs bar with its large balcony is the
ideal place for a drink in good weather and, if
you have just come off the water, you may like to
stop off at the downstairs bar and have a drink
on the terrace.
Dinner is served in the Club from Wednesday
to Saturday evenings, and theme nights regularly
appear on the programme.
Traditional Su
nday Carvery
returns to the
Dining Room
for the winter.
Join us for de
lic
style hors d'oe ious buffet
uvres starter
followed by 2 ch
oices of Roast
meat with all
the trimmings
along with
a
alternative. Fi fresh fish
nish off your
meal by choo
sing 1 from at
least 4 differen
t puddings from
our ever changi
ng selection.
Carvery is av
ailable from
1230-1500 and
costs £18.50 fo
r
3 courses or £1
4.95 for 2.
TOP The Old Bar.
ABOVE The Upper Deck Bar.
TOP LEFT The bosuns with one
of 2 club launches
LEFT One of 11 elegant
bedrooms.
BELOW The Master Suite.
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ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB
CHRISTMAS
DINNER
Organised by the
Motorboat Committee
Golfing & Shooting Society
Friday 5th December 2008
19.00 for 19.30
& liberty boats
at Midnight
Four courses of traditional
Christmas fare with wine
Prizegiving and dancing to the
music of Teddy Messiah
Tickets £35.00 per person
Great value and a great way to launch the
festive season
OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS
Please book early through the office to avoid
disappointment
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the
SOUTHERN
ROYAL
SOUTHERN
YACHT
CLUB
… with you every degree of the way.
AUTUMN
2008
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