Nigel Howe

I’m so sad to hear this news. Nigel was so welcoming to new members, and always happy to stop and chat. Many of our Family members will have been welcomed and shown round the Club by him, whether pre-arranged or completely spontaneously.
My thoughts are with his family at this time.

Helen.

How very sad. Nigel seemed in very good form when I bumped into him at the club last month. He was always the absolute epitome of good manners and charm, something that can never be learned or faked. We were very lucky to have him at SYC in a role that could have been designed for him.

Very sad to hear this news, Nigel will be badly missed.  A true gentleman and a fantastic ambassador for the club, always happy to chat to sailors and shore crew alike.  Condolences to the family.

Fair winds and smooth seas

Dave and Kate Lee

Like so many of us, I will miss Nigel greatly. He mentored my transition from lasers to Darts, and took me cruising downriver. On one occasion we rounded Dawlish Warren to see huge breakers crashing over Pole Sands. I had my teenage daughter with me (Nigel was single-handing) and had promised her breakfast at the Harbour View. But Nigel sailed straight into the waves, so we followed - girl on wire - flying between the crests. Once out west beyond the sands into the deeper water we tacked and I thought to head into the café. But Nigel bore away to surf back in …. we followed of course …. The most thrilling (and probably dangerous) catamaran sailing of my life. Forever grateful! 

Like many, I have sent my condolences to Caroline and the family earlier.

I must write to say that when I arrived at SYC some 16 years ago, Nigel seemed to be always out on his Dart 18, often taking someone new to Dart sailing as crew. I came from an inland sailing-puddle and my 11ft dinghy wasn’t quite up to the Exe tides! Before long Nigel introduced me to the Darting way of life, and another long-standing member was selling his Dart…
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One day, I arrived down at the club, to find a fresh burgee affixed to my catamaran (what a gentleman Nigel was!), it will be treasured even more now.

RIP Nigel.