Brixham Yacht Club Official Brochure 2015

OFFICI AL BROCHUR E 2015

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Welcome To Brixham Yacht Club History Of Brixham Yacht Club Clubhouse Information Bar And Restaurant Opening Times And Staff Flag Officers, Officers & Committees House Committee Sailing Committee House Events

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Racing Information Cruising Information Shoreside Facilities - Visiting Yachtsmen & Championships Recent Championships Brixham Regatta Junior Sailing Contact And Location

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Welcome to brixham yacht Club Firstly let me say how pleased I am that you have picked this brochure up and welcome to Brixham Yacht Club. Our club is a vibrant place to be with numerous sailing and socialevents throughout the year.

Let’s start with sailing and a typical year. Crane in for the larger boats is usually early April; from then on there are races most Thursday nights and Sunday mornings, with occasional Regattas.

In 2012, our 75th anniversary year, we are host to eight visiting championships and are always willing to discuss hosting further championships. In August we are part of Torbay Week when the Bay becomes full of boats, which is a wonderful sight.

We also have a cruising section that organises sailing cruises to various destinations on the south coast.

There is also a very active Junior Sailing Club based here that meets on Monday and Tuesday evenings. The fully-qualified instructors introduce

youngsters to the joys of sailing via the RYA-approved training schemes.

Our social side is also very active. The bar is open every midday of the week and every evening except Sunday, serving food and drinks everyday during the year.

We hold a number of special dining evenings during the year including St George’s Night and of course Trafalgar Night, due to Napoleon’s visit here. These evenings are always well attended.

The members of staff are always helpful and eager to please and welcome everyone who comes through our doors.

I hope that this snapshot of our club will encourage you to visit either to sail or just for a drink so that you can enjoy the superb facilities and views from our clubhouse.

Adrian Morrall, Commodore

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07 History of Brixham Yacht Club July 1937 Brixham Yacht Club was formed.

6th June 1938 Opening of the new premises of Brixham Yacht Club.

9th June 1939 The clubhouse as it is now, was purchased on this date; the building was previously a sail loft.

2nd August 1948 Opening ceremony of the XIVth Olympiad Yachting Events held in Torbay.

11th October 1952 Seaward car park gifted to the Club by Thomas Wilton CBE. 30th July 1964 Lower car park conveyed to the Club.

1994 Brixham Yacht Club hosted the Tasar World Championships.

2003 “Round Alone� world yacht race hosted by the Club.

2010 Club grounds extended as part of new Brixham fish market.

2011 Formal trust deed prepared and signed. All property was put in the name of three trustees for the benefit of the Club.

2012 Club celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Clubhouse Information The upper part of the clubhouse contains the main bar and separate restaurant known as the “Jubilee” room. This provides a most welcoming venue for socialising, full width windows facing the waterside, and arguably the best views in Torbay.

Our chefs provide excellent lunches and evening meals throughout the week (except Sunday evenings), whilst the bar always stocks real ale and a comprehensive selection of competitively priced wines and spirits. Tables can be booked either within the main bar or the Jubilee room. The latter provides private dining if you prefer for up to 40 people, and is often booked for functions ranging from weddings to birthday parties.

The main bar can seat up to 100, which is often the case on Club dining evenings, of which there are on average two a month throughout the year. The social aspects of the Club are highly regarded, with ladies’

weekday lunches, quizzes, charity poker nights, talks and tasting evenings going on throughout both summer and winter.

We are fortunate in having on-site car parking in three separate areas.

Having such local car parking is very unusual in crowded Brixham, and proves very popular, especially on race nights.

One of the smaller compounds can be completely covered over, and is the popular venue for summer barbecues since it is right by the water and landing steps meaning you can get food and drink without climbing the steps up to the clubhouse! The large compound can take the biggest marquee, which can be erected for large events, including Torbay Week and Michelmores Regatta. Here we can cater for up to 400 guests with food and music after a day’s hard sailing.

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Bar and Restaur ant Opening Times and Staff The bar is open every lunchtime, Monday-Sunday, usually from noon-

The restaurant is open most evenings from 7pm to 8.45pm, although it is

2.30pm. Most mornings the clubhouse is open for coffee from 10am. The

best to ring and book or to check the website for availability and opening

restaurant is open every lunchtime from noon-1.45pm.

hours.

The bar is open in the evening Monday-Saturday, usually 5pm to 11pm in the summer and 6pm to 11pm in the winter.

Bar Manager: Taniya Payne

Bar Senior: Jon Mayne

Bosun: Nigel Crang

Head Chef: Dennis Thomas

Chef: Paul Casey

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Flag Officers, Officers & Committees

Commodore: Adrian Morrall Adrian was born in Staffordshire and has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Aston University. He has worked for British Leyland and Admiral: Ralph Bowles

TVR Sports cars amongst other companies and is currently a driving

Ralph joined BYC in 1974. He was Rear Commodore House, then

instructor. He has sailed GP14 and Enterprises and attempted sand

Commodore from 1987-1990 and again from 1998-2001 when he was

yachting! Adrian and his wife Pru moved to Brixham in 2004, joined the

then appointed Admiral, a post he still holds. He has sailed in several club

yacht club and Adrian became a committee member in 2009.

events and regattas and has acted as Beach Master and Race Officer.

Ralph is committed to seeing the club prosper and to see we aspire as ‘the best in the West’. Before retiring Ralph ran a successful printing business in Brixham.

Hon Secretary: Chris Rogers Chris is a recently retired Retail Manager who has spent the last 25 years running an out of town 25,000-sq ft department store employing 45 people. Prior to that he worked as an engineer with Clarks Shoes. He married into the boatbuilding industry and was the UK and European Vice Commodore: Mark Hobbs

Sales Manager for Honnor Marine who built the Drascombe range of

Mark is a marine engineer, now semi-retired. He has worked and travelled

boats. He has been a South Devon Magistrate for 22 years and was

widely in Africa and Europe, ran his own charter business with wife Jackie

Chairman of Betting, Gaming and Licensing. With his wife Nicky he has

in the Balearics and returned to the UK 28 years ago, joined the club and

been a club member for many years and they own and sail a Drascombe

worked in the marine industry until recently. At the Club, he is responsible

Lugger. Before moving to Brixham 33 years ago he was Sailing Secretary of

for boat and equipment maintenance.

the Minehead Sailing Club and regularly raced an 18ft National and a 420.

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Rear Commodore House: Gill Franklin Gill has lived in Brixham for over 35 years, being a club member for the

Hon Membership Secretary: Jackie Hobbs

last 12 and on the House Committee for six years. Gill is a Soroptimist

Jackie has lived in Brixham for 28 years having moved from Gibraltar.

and also volunteers for Brixham Lifeboat Guild and the National Trust.

With her husband Mark they chartered their own 71’ ketch out of Palma

She retired from a long career at Brixham College, teaching food-related

in the summer around the Balearics and lived on the boat in Gibraltar

subjects three years ago and feels that she has more time to devote to

during the winter. Their daughter Shelley was on the boat from the

the club and, so far, is enjoying the role of Rear Commodore House!

age of three weeks until she was aged six. Jackie has twice sailed nonstop from Gibraltar to the UK. She has been a member of the House Committee for four years and looks after the ‘At Homes’, hospitality and now Customer Service.

Honorary Treasurer: Richard Spreckley Richard came into contact with BYC as an entrant in the BrixhamSantander race. He enjoyed both Brixham and the club so much that he moved to the town in 2001 and worked as a delivery skipper for over

Rear Commodore Sailing: Laura Eydmann Fudge

seven years, clocking up over 50,000 miles. He owns a Sonata one design

Laura has been involved in the club since 2003, when she returned from

racing yacht. His last ‘proper’ job (his words) was as Finance Director of

her Atlantic crossing. She worked as a barmaid, then became a member,

Sedgemoor District Council from 1991-2000. He has been a yacht club

before joining the committee. She is passionate about encouraging

member since 2001.

younger people to get involved with sailing.

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HOUSE COMMITTEE

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Alec Slater

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House Secretary: Chris Dawes

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Geoff Ogborne

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Peter Child .

Steve Cole Mansfield

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Tim Boulton

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Jean Lee

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house events During the year we try to put on a programme of social events and

At Christmas time you can join us for special Christmas Sunday lunches or

provide something that will appeal to all our members. These include

you can book your group for a party night. We also have a big Christmas

Dining Evenings, when we celebrate such events as Burns Night, Trafalgar

draw on the Saturday before Christmas and a Chocolate draw just before

Day, St Patrick’s Day, St George’s Day, Valentine’s Day and Beaujolais

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Night. These events usually include not only a good meal but appropriate music as well. On New Year’s Eve we hold a themed party and we have

All of our events will be advertised in the club and on our website, but

the Club Annual Dinner in March. There are also regatta parties and

you can always find out from our bar staff. It is always advisable to book

other dinners. In July 2012, the club held its special 75th Anniversary

in advance for any event and this can be done via the bar.

Dinner.

The bar and restaurant are open every lunchtime and evening except Monthly social events include quiz evenings, ladies lunch club and curry

Sunday night and again it is advisable to book, especially if you want a

evenings. During the winter months, while our sailors are off the water,

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there are cruising suppers and sailing talks. So that we can try and attract everyone, we even put on occasional games evenings and poker nights.

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R acing Information The Club runs racing for IRC, PY & Sonata yachts every Thursday evening,

Sailors new to racing are encouraged, with Members being available to

from April to September, and also on most Sunday mornings. Coastal

assist. We have crew lists on the sailing notice board where people can

racing is also provided, ranging from racing around the bay to races along

sign up to find either a boat to sail on, or crew members.

the coastline and weekends away. Some of these have included weekends to Salcombe, races to the River Exe and the Skerries. The whole season’s

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R acing Information continued We have a wide range of different yachts taking part from novices and

In addition, Brixham Yacht Club is a member of the South Devon

beginners to experienced competitive racers. This provides us with

Combined Yacht Clubs, an association that enables racing sailors to take

interesting and varied racing, and consistently when boats from our fleet

part in races run by several Clubs in South Devon.

go to other events, we do well in our different fleets.

These races include a week away - “Offshore Week”, where the fleet Visitors are welcome to take part in Club races and a visitors’ entry form

race from Torbay to the Channel Islands and to various ports in France.

is available. Full NOR & SI are available on our website.

We are also part of Torbay Week - A Torbay sailing Regatta held every August.

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Cruising Information Brixham Yacht Club have a very successful cruising section within the club

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which is aimed at the inexperienced and the more experienced alike and

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people of all ages, young and not so young and all the ones in between.

We have an active social life with meals at our destination and continue

Cruising is for people with their own boat, be it sail or motor, big or small

with cruising suppers during the winter months.

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When the cold winter months are upon us we continue our social

started in 2008 to over 100 people all with the same interest. Our cruising

activities with our monthly cruising suppers from October through to

is also very social, with sundowners before our evening meal when we

March. Our first supper incorporates a Photo Competition with prizes in

are on the water during the summer months. Endeavours are also made

three categories. We also present the Bernard Mead Cup to the person

to book the moorings and the evening meal at cruise destinations.

who has achieved the most during their cruising. Then we have a talk from our Commodore. For the rest of our cruising suppers we invite a guest speaker and to date we have had some varied and very interesting people.

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Shoreside Facilities - Visiting Yachtsmen & Championships Our waterfront facilities have recently been completely renewed and

Boat storage is available in one of three separate compounds, and includes

rebuilt, since the original dinghy slip and launch landing steps had to be

secure undercover storage for tender engines and oars. Fees are payable

removed to make way for the new Brixham Fish Quay redevelopment

depending on type of boat and length of stay. Visitors are welcome to

facilities.

moor either on our two 50ft visitor pontoons (afloat at all times), or against a BYC-dedicated stretch of the new fish quay harbour wall (tidal

A brand new slip, landing steps and substantial section of the new quay

with ladders). The cost in 2012 and 2013 is 60p per foot per night (with

wall have been completed for our sole use, replacing those facilities which

a fourth night free), payable to the Bosun or in the Bar. Maximum boat

were lost when the old slip was filled in. In addition, since changes were

length is 40ft and no reservations can be made.

required to realign the public rights of way along the South West coast path, our boat storage compound has altered boundaries, with a resulting increase in storage space, for which we are most grateful when it comes to running external events.

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continued

In the near future we intend to extend this facility to four pontoons to

At weekends and on Thursday evenings during the sailing season we

cater for the ever-increasing demand for visitors’ moorings in this part of

operate a water taxi service via our well-known diesel launch “Shuttle”.

the harbour.

Contact is best made on VHF channel 37 for this free service. This service is not available during Championships.

It is only a very short row to the steps. In addition we have a private dinghy slip-way and set of access steps right down to low water springs

We often pick up visitors from the marina to land them at our club steps

level. Larger towed boats can be launched on the immediately adjacent

for a visit to the main clubhouse. Water is available via hose from our

public slip-way administered by the Brixham harbourmaster and his staff.

dinghy compound, whilst diesel fuel is available just down the fairway

Once ashore, showers and changing rooms are available to visiting sailors.

at the marina fuel pontoon. Battery charging can be performed by arrangement with the Bosun.

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The clubhouse facilities include ladies and gent’s showers, toilets and

For yachts, there are mooring and berthing facilities in the Harbour. We

changing facilities, all of which are now very smartly retiled as a result of

provide full racing support with experienced officials, including Committee

club volunteers getting their hands dirty and helping out. These, together

Boats, Race Officers and management teams, Mark Layers, Results,

with the club office and stores, are all located in the lower section of the

Protest Committee and Beachmasters. Event catering arrangements are

building, which can be accessed direct from the water front via the rear

also available as required.

steps from one of the club’s three storage compounds.

In addition to the usual temporary membership for visiting sailors, the Torbay is a wonderful location for visiting events for yachts and dinghies.

Club has a reciprocal agreement with the Royal Southern Yacht Club.

Brixham Yacht Club is able to host World, National, Regional and Open events, with full racing and social facilities. There is protected space for up to 60 dinghies on trailers, with capability for a further 100 on Harbour land. Slipway launching is readily available.

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Recent Championships Brixham Yacht Club has played host to many dinghy championships and

as many opens for classes such as the Larks and Solos. in 2015 we are

open weekends. In the past few years alone we have had the Miracles,

hosting the GP14’s, Contenders, Wayfarers, Hornets and Kestrels, as well

Enterprises and the Larks all holding their national championships here

as re-launching our Brixham Regatta.

with us.

Off the water we provide entertainment every night in the bar, including We have a dedicated team of volunteers and Race Officers who

hot meals for the sailors, and live music, DJs, games and fancy dress. Our

endeavour to give the sailors the best week of sailing they can, and

facilities mean that it is easy for us to provide entertainment, food and

teamed with the fantastic sailing conditions that the bay is famous for,

drink every night of the championships.

BYC offers a fantastic venue for championships.

We have several interested fleets and clubs for the next few years, but We have recently hosted the Sonata Southerns and Nationals, the

still have some spaces left, so if you are interested, please contact the club

Mirror Nationals and Europeans, our own Heritage Regatta, Tall Ships

for more information.

Challenger Yachts Race, and Hornets, Bytes and OK Nationals, as well

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Brixham Regatta There will be lots of social events in the club over the weekend, with the

This year (2015) we will be running our local Brixham Regatta over the

club being open all day over the weekend. We are hoping this weekend

weekend of 21st - 23rd August. We will have our traditional pursuit race

will be a great weekend for everyone, whether you sail or just would like

on the Friday evening, followed by 2 days of sailing for local and visiting

to watch! Finally, we have the Passage Race from Brixham to Dartmouth

keelboats, and dinghies. We are hoping to involve other local sporting

ready for Dartmouth Regatta on the Wednesday. Come along and

clubs, especially water based clubs over the weekend.

support the club!

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Junior Sailing Brixham Junior Sailing Club was incorporated in 2003 with the aim of

Basic training takes place on Tuesday evenings from the main BYC

providing a financially independent organisation to specialise in dinghy

compound, with additional racing and safety boat cover provided on

sail training for young people in the age range 11 to 18. The training is to

Monday evenings also. Club boats are also made available to local school

RYA-accredited standards and with RYA approved instructors. A minimal

groups on a regular basis.

club subscription is charged each season to cover basic certification costs.

Every year a fun RNLI charity race is held where juniors are invited to The club has its own fleet of boats comprising Wayfarers, Picos, Toppers

helm the larger club racing yachts together with their regular adult crews,

and one very modern RS Feva. Beginners always go out in the large stable

providing an opportunity for the juniors to skipper a yacht and “ boss the

Wayfarers with an adult instructor, 2nd and 3rd years are encouraged to

adults around�.

skipper themselves and take part in light-hearted races.

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Contact and Location For further information please do not hesitate to contact the club direct:

Finding the club

Brixham Yacht Club

1. Take the A3022 (New Road) into Brixham.

Overgang

2. Turn left at Bolton Cross traffic lights into Middle Street.

Brixham

3. Carry on this road with the quay on the right and up onto Overgang.

Devon

The Yacht Club is on the right with car parks.

TQ5 8AR

4. Follow this road 100 metres up the hill and take the first right on the bend and down the hill to the main dinghy and public car parks.

Telephone: 01803 853332 E-mail: Honorary Secretary: hon-sec@brixhamyachtclub.com Brixham Yacht Club invites you to hold your Championship with us.

Please contact the Sailing Secretary: sailing@brixhamyachtclub.com

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Pedro’s Specialist Yacht Refinishers Ltd

• Yacht Maintenance • • Accident Repair Specialist • Unit 3, Dartside Quay, Galmpton, Nr Brixham, Devon TQ5 0EH

Telephone: 01803 845 475 enquiries@pedrosyachtrefinishing.co.uk www.pedrosyachtrefinishing.co.uk GELCARE

CENTRE

YA C H T C O AT I N G S

10%

DISCOUNT

Off all work carried out between January & July 2015 Upon production of this voucher.

More than three decades in quality care

For more information on our beautiful care homes, their Locations and Services www.devoncaregroup.co.uk

01626 360 370

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