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BYC Annual Prize Giving 2019
The club held its annual prize giving awards last weekend and as usual was packed full of sailors and their families. A special thank you to the Sailing Team especially Mike McMillan and his wife for organising the event. Once again the amount of effort that has gone into running BYC Sailing this year has been amazing and a special thank you from the Sailing Team to all of the volunteers that give up their
Published 09:46 on 14 Nov 2019
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Feedback from the Vigilance Preservation Co
We received a lovely letter from the Vigilance team. Look forward to seeing you all again soon: Good morning all, What a fabulous evening we had, great music supplied by Seagalls and Missin' Tackle, and excellent food by new Yacht Club Chef Lee. And as always an amazing spread of puddings supplied by The Vigilance Ladies. We made an amazing profit of £1002 ..... thank you to all who supported
Published 12:49 on 5 Nov 2019
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Topper Traveller SW Series
Excellent weekend, your Club hosted the South West Topper Traveller series with some 30 boats competing in strong gusty conditions. All the youngsters had a good two days with the Saturday training and practice then three races on the Sunday. Four races were scheduled but the wind was getting even stronger and they were becoming exhausted. There were five Club members sailing, Issy & Rebecca Smith, Jack Marler, Thomas Semmens and James Bright
Published 13:18 on 14 Oct 2019
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RNLI Talk - Antigua or Bust
Rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic, A talk by Rachel Q Smith Find out why a 5ft 1in non sporty girl took on the Atlantic Rowing Challenge with her friend Lin. Facing waves as big as houses, wild life with big teeth, and rowing naked, Rachel takes you through the planning, preparation and the challenges that led to raising £65,000 for Breast Cancer Care and two Guiness World Records after 11 weeks at sea..
Published 11:41 on 3 Sep 2019
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A Busy Week of Sailing
What a busy time our Sailors have had, from sunday Sailing, Torquay Regatta, Monday Dinghy Pursuit race, Passage Race and now the Dartmouth Regatta over the coming weekend. Last Sunday's sailing turned into the "Perfect Drift" with Orchist having to start her engines to prevent shaking hands with a neighbouring boat! Mondays Dinghy racing was a Pursuit race, excellent turn out of 12 boats. Evie Semmens was the Race officer, and the race
Published 08:11 on 1 Sep 2019
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Paddleboarding at BYC
We have had a lot of interest this year from members wanting to get into Paddleboarding. We have created the following group: Brixham Paddle Boarders to help promote the sport at the club. Regular and ad-hoc sessions can be arranged through the group and is open to members and non-members. Storage for Paddleboards is now available in the Yacht Club compound. Any questions, please email paddleboarding@brixhamyachtclub.com
Published 15:06 on 23 Apr 2019
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Dinghy Taster Sessions
We had a great day on the bank holiday Saturday for the Dinghy Taster Sessions, the sun was shining all day and other than a complete lack of wind (and tide at one point) the day could not have gone better. Thanks to all involved in running the sessions and to those that attended, a real pleasure to meet you all :) If you would like to try a free taster session in one
Published 06:59 on 21 Apr 2019
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Club Dinghies Tested
Monday the 1st April. All your club dinghies were rigged and readied for the season. You can book them via this website. Sailing every Monday evening
Published 07:33 on 2 Apr 2019
