Following on from the successful 2021 Day Sailors' and Junior Parents' work mornings, the last of this year's three planned work parties will be on Saturday 25 September, starting at 10 am.

On the grounds that you might like to meet other members with similar sailing interests, we aim each working party at a different section of the Club membership. Day Sailors turned out in April thiis year and Junior families in July. We suggest that Dinghy Racers join us on the 25th - but any member is welcome to join any work party or even all three! Many hands make light work.

An energetic fleet of 38 children took part in the inaugural Starcross YC Junior Regatta, held on the River Exe over four days from 14-17 August and open to entrants from River Exe clubs. The format of the event was 2-3 short races each day, with the fleets divided into a very competitive Gold fleet and a coached Silver fleet. In between racing a full timetable of beach games, camp-overs and discos took place, leaving lots of exhausted but smiling children at the end of four days.

Saturday 31 July saw a total of 44 boats, including 29 visitors from as far away as Lymington and Fowey, participate in a day of open Solo and Laser racing in challenging variable-wind conditions. The day marked not only a further return to Open Meeting normality after Covid lockdowns, but also the first SYC Solo Open since the very early 1980s, celebrating the strong revival of this racing class in recent years. 

More punctual than a GWR train, Derek Hathaway at the helm of Thalmia crossed the SYC finishing line just at his published ETA of 17:30 on 25 July, at the finish of his anti-clockwise solo circumnavigation of Britain in support of Rainbow Living, a learning disabilities charity. He was noisily greeted by a reception party of family, friends and Rainbow Living volunteers gathered on the sea wall in front of the clubhouse.

The 2021 SYC Merlin Rocket Open Meeting on 19-20 June drew a strong field of competitors from both the South West and as far away as the Solent, Sussex and North London, a welcome first Open Event for us in the return to normality after a year of lockdowns and club closures.

Congratulations to Jane Hill, SYC Junior Chairperson, on being selected to receive an RYA Community Award – Outstanding Contribution in recognition of her exceptional voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing.

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is an organisation representing the interests of recreational boaters of all kinds. It offers various services and benefits to members and advice and guidance to affiliated clubs. SYC is an accredited RYA Training Centre. The RYA is keen to recognise the contribution made by individuals to waterborne recreational activities.

All members of the SYC General Committee offer their warmest congratulations and best wishes to Jane on her receipt of this award.

SYC always welcomes new members and you don’t necessarily need to already have - or even buy - your own boat.

For more experienced sailors, the club maintains a small, varied fleet of dinghies that can be hired by members at very reasonable rates.