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OFFICIAL BROCHURE 2015

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Contents

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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

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.

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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 Restaurant Opening Times and Staff

The bar is open every lunchtime, Monday-Sunday, usually from noon-

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

restaurant is open every lunchtime from noon-1.45pm.

The bar is open in the evening Monday-Saturday, usually 5pm to 11pm in

the summer and 6pm to 11pm in the winter.

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

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

hours.

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

Admiral: Ralph Bowles

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

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

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

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.

Commodore: Adrian Morrall

Adrian was born in Staffordshire and has a Mechanical Engineering

degree from Aston University. He has worked for British Leyland and

TVR Sports cars amongst other companies and is currently a driving

instructor. He has sailed GP14 and Enterprises and attempted sand

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

yacht club and Adrian became a committee member in 2009.

Vice Commodore: Mark Hobbs

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

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

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

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

for boat and equipment maintenance.

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

Sales Manager for Honnor Marine who built the Drascombe range of

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

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

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

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

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

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Flag Officers, Officers & Committees continued

Rear Commodore House: Gill Franklin

Gill has lived in Brixham for over 35 years, being a club member for the

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

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

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

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

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

Rear Commodore Sailing: Laura Eydmann Fudge

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

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

before joining the committee. She is passionate about encouraging

younger people to get involved with sailing.

Honorary Treasurer: Richard Spreckley

Richard came into contact with BYC as an entrant in the Brixham-

Santander 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

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

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

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

member since 2001.

Hon Membership Secretary: Jackie Hobbs

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

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

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

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

age of three weeks until she was aged six. Jackie has twice sailed non-

stop 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.

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HOUSE COM-MITTEE

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HOUSE COMMITTEE

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Geoff Ogborne

.Tim Boulton

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Jean Lee

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Alec Slater

.Peter Child

.House Secretary: Chris Dawes

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Steve Cole Mansfield

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sailing Committee

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Sailing Secretary: David Faithful

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Vicki Sheen

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Tim Corbett

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Co-opted: Sean Semmens

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Gareth Fudge

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house events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dinner.

Monthly social events include quiz evenings, ladies lunch club and curry

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

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.

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

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

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

Easter!

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

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

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

The bar and restaurant are open every lunchtime and evening except

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

table in the window to enjoy our spectacular view.

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Racing Information

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

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

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

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

programme is listed on the Club website: www.brixhamyachtclub.com

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

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

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

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Racing Information continued

We have a wide range of different yachts taking part from novices and

beginners to experienced competitive racers. This provides us with

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

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

Visitors are welcome to take part in Club races and a visitors’ entry form

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

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

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

part in races run by several Clubs in South Devon.

These races include a week away - “Offshore Week”, where the fleet

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

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

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

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

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

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We have some wonderful sailing around Brixham and beyond and you

can sail in company knowing that help is at hand when ever you need it.

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

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Cruising Information continued

Our cruising section has grown from just a handful of people when we

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

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

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

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

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

activities with our monthly cruising suppers from October through to

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

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

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

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Shoreside Facilities - Visiting Yachtsmen & Championships

Our waterfront facilities have recently been completely renewed and

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

removed to make way for the new Brixham Fish Quay redevelopment

facilities.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Shoreside Facilities - Visiting Yachtsmen & Championships continued

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

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

the harbour.

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

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

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

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

At weekends and on Thursday evenings during the sailing season we

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

Contact is best made on VHF channel 37 for this free service. This service

is not available during Championships.

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

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

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

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

arrangement with the Bosun.

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Shoreside Facilities - Visiting Yachtsmen & Championships continued

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

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

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

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

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

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

Torbay is a wonderful location for visiting events for yachts and dinghies.

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.

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

provide full racing support with experienced officials, including Committee

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

Protest Committee and Beachmasters. Event catering arrangements are

also available as required.

In addition to the usual temporary membership for visiting sailors, the

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

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Recent Championships

Brixham Yacht Club has played host to many dinghy championships and

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

Enterprises and the Larks all holding their national championships here

with us.

We have a dedicated team of volunteers and Race Officers who

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

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

BYC offers a fantastic venue for championships.

We have recently hosted the Sonata Southerns and Nationals, the

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

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

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

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

as re-launching our Brixham Regatta.

Off the water we provide entertainment every night in the bar, including

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

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

drink every night of the championships.

We have several interested fleets and clubs for the next few years, but

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

for more information.

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Brixham Regatta

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

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

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

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

ready for Dartmouth Regatta on the Wednesday. Come along and

support the club!

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

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

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

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

clubs, especially water based clubs over the weekend.

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Junior Sailing

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

providing a financially independent organisation to specialise in dinghy

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

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

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

The club has its own fleet of boats comprising Wayfarers, Picos, Toppers

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

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

skipper themselves and take part in light-hearted races.

Basic training takes place on Tuesday evenings from the main BYC

compound, with additional racing and safety boat cover provided on

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

groups on a regular basis.

Every year a fun RNLI charity race is held where juniors are invited to

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

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

adults around”.

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Contact and Location

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

Brixham Yacht Club

Overgang

Brixham

Devon

TQ5 8AR

Telephone: 01803 853332

E-mail: Honorary Secretary: [email protected]

Brixham Yacht Club invites you to hold your Championship with us.

Please contact the Sailing Secretary: [email protected]

Finding the club

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

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

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

The Yacht Club is on the right with car parks.

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.

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