PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE (was 23rd March)
"Team GBR - Behind the scenes in the run-up to the Olympics"
To start the new season, we have arranged for a guest speaker to visit CYC, in fact he is an ex-CYC member who has made a successful career being an RYA Elite Sailing Coach. We welcome back to CYC, Harvey Hillary, who has coached the 29 youth squad, the 49 Olympic development squad, and is currently coaching the new womens skiff squad for the 2016 games.
Harvey will be giving a presentation and talk with questions and answers afterwards.
Please come and join us for supper at the Club from 7.00pm (bar and hatch menu available as usual) and then in the Upper Deck at 8.00pm for Harvey’s talk. So make a note in the diary 7.00pm onwards for food and drinks followed at 8.00pm in the Upper Deck. A raffle is also to be held during the evening.
Event poster can be found HERE
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With a high pressure in charge over the South of England, it was always going to be a day for chasing the light wind zephyrs.
Sunday dawned over Chichester YC with sub zero temperatures. However a light 5-6 knot breeze came in from the west at 10.30am and then died at 11.30am. Meanwhile ice braking from the CYC Rear Commodore Dinghies Chris Hodge helming the committee boat ‘CYClone’ was called for to get it released from the 30mm thick ice covering the Marina.
Photograph reproduced with the kind permission and © Copyright Gina Simpson.
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The RYA Club of the Year Award celebrates clubs which excel at promoting sailing, encouraging people on to the water and in making their activities varied and accessible to their local community.
Five clubs will be selected to receive awards and an overall winner will be announced at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show in March.
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With westerly gales sweeping most of UK on Saturday (21st January 2012), the prospect of racing in the second Snowflake race at Chichester YC must have been in doubt for most of the crews on Saturday night. However, the forecast proved correct, and with a reduction in wind speed, a westerly 15 knot breeze greeted the 55 competitors.
A well prepared Race Office of the day, Derek Jackman laid a course to give competitors the best use of the water and a good first beat, with a committee boat start line north of the Chichester lake area.
First away was the fast fleet from the slightly favoured port end of the line, beating to CYC1. First to CYC 1 mark was the Scorpion of Steve and Sarah Cockerill, closely followed by the RS400 1226 of Jason Kirk and the Merlin Rocket of Martin Jones. The pursuing fleet of Merlins, RS400 and Finns enjoying the gusty conditions down the fast reaches.
John Tremett from Itchenor.S.C. – Finn 642 enjoying yesterdays conditions at Chichester YC. (4th on corrected time - Race 2)
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Mild temperatures and light winds for start of Snowflake Series.
With high pressure to the south west of the UK, & after the gales of the previous week, a light 4-5 knot breeze from the West South West direction greeted the 65 competitors for the first day of the Chichester YC Snowflake winter series supported by Rooster Sailing and Hawk Marine Products.
An early start of 10.00hrs and a high water just before 11.00hrs the racer officer for the day Martin Orton laid a figure of eight course with the usual committee boat start from the middle of Chichester Lake.
The fast fleet of 18 boats got away cleanly from the slightly port biased line, with the Jason Kirk for Chichester YC in his RS400 leading the fleet to the windward mark, closely followed by the two Finns of John Tremlett from Itchenor SC and Mark Harper for the home club.
Steve and Sarah Cockerill in their Scorpion from Hill Head SC, however made good steady progress in the constant 5 knot breeze and with just over an hour of racing, they and had moved up to second place on the water. On corrected time the RS400 had held onto first place, with the Scorpion second, followed by the two Finns.
SCORPION 2023 Steve Cockerill & Sarah Cockerill
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