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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
CLYC ran its 56th Annual Inter-Livery Regatta on the 16-18th May in Cowes, and we had a record number of boats competing – 23 in the main fleet and 3 in the Sonars. Within the fleets we had 15 different Livery Companies represented, all vying for the trophies. The weekend started off with a wonderful […]
