CLYC’s 2026 Summer in Review
CLYC has been busy both on and off the water through the summer of 2026, and you can read all about what the club and our members have been up to within our write up of the season – 2026 Sailing Season
Category: News
2026 Solent Cruise by Keith Gabriel
Tuesday 16th June dawned gloriously sunny with a nice south-westerly F4-5 breeze, perfect for a brisk short sail to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, where the fleet assembled. I had anchored in Newtown Creek on Monday night, having sailed from Eastbourne on Sunday. I was joined there by another of the cruise yachts, ‘Little Morten’, so […]
Across the Trade Winds – The story of a sail from Tahiti to Australia (well nearly!) by Andrew Berisford
Fact, Tahiti is a long way from anywhere; it took us all a long time to get there as you need to go via NZ or Australia or, as we did, via Los Angeles. Our yacht, Gow Tow 3, was a 44ft Delher that had seen better days. The boat arrived with the leaving crew […]
Thalia at the Richard Mille Cup – by Jim Miller
The “small” gaff cutter Thalia has over the last 10 days taken major scalps in the Richard Mille Cup, a series of 8 races sailed on the Clyde out of Largs. Overall, with an entirely Corinthian ladies and gentlemen scratch crew, she beat both of the great >100’ Fife gaff cutters Moonbeam and Moonbeam IV […]
A day aboard HMS Daring
A group of members had the good fortune to attend an Affiliates Day on board HMS Daring at Portsmouth Naval Dock on 18th June. This was organised by the ship as a way of fostering links with the many organisations who have an Affiliate relationship with her, including CLYC. We found ourselves on board of […]
An Adventure to South America!
In September 2025, my partner Doug and I left the UK on our 35 foot Trident Challenger. Our goal was to cross the Atlantic, but the first hurdle (and biggest) was to leave the UK! Below is quite a black and white overview of the practicalities of the trip, covering preparation, route planning, navigation etc. […]
Greetings to our new Admiral!
We were very pleased that, following on from Commodore Tony Morrow CVO RN’s esteemed 5 year period as Admiral of CLYC, Professor Michael Mainelli agreed to join our ranks as the new Admiral of CLYC. Michael is a scientist and economist promoting societal advance through better finance and technology. Originally a research scientist in […]
City Livery Yacht Club supports the City Livery Sailing Challenge
On the weekend of the 19/20 September we had the inaugural City Livery Sailing Challenge, held at Sea View Yacht Club in the Sea View Mermaids. Organised by George Bastin of the Ironmongers, CLYC supported the event and we were glad to see several of our members taking part. There were 12 Liveries taking part […]
Solent Cruise 2025 as reported by Immediate Past Commodore Gp Capt Peter Bingham
Five boats took part in this year’s Solent extravaganza – 4 boats from CLYC (a mix of sailing and motor) and for the first time we had a boat join the cruise from our affiliated club, the Royal London Yacht Club. Fifteen of us altogether plus sea dog Yossie. We were fortunate to enjoy sunny […]
Little Dunkirk Ships Return to Dunkirk
As you may know, the Little Dunkirk Ships completed their Return to Dunkirk last week with a flotilla of 66 boats heading out from Ramsgate, escorted by boats from the Royal Navy and the RNLI. There were also several spectator boats out to watch the spectacular departure. The trip usually takes place every 5 years, […]