British sailing’s golden girl, Helena Lucas MBE, has added her support to the Door to Shore charity campaign, which aims to build some of the best facilities in the UK for disabled sailors – right here at Sussex Yacht Club
The campaign aims to raise £538,000 which will enable us, in partnership with the charity Sussex Sailability, to create a fully accessible centre of sailing excellence for those with disabilities.
Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful Olympic sailor of all time, has thrown his support behind Sussex Sailability’s charity fundraising campaign to build some of the very best facilities for sailors with disabilities in the UK – right here at Sussex Yacht Club.
The ‘Door to Shore’ campaign aims to raise £538,000 which will allow the Yacht Club, in partnership with Sussex Sailability, to create a fully accessible centre of sailing excellence in Shoreham.
With thanks to SYC club member David Parry, you are welcome to click the link below to see the construction undertaken at a speed never before seen by a British workforce.
This will be updated with new footage every month until we have a film of the whole construction in due course.
The final figure raised from our first charity raft race was a brilliant £3,111 profit. Our grateful thanks to all our sponsors, donors of gifts and prizes and of course our resilient rafters who made the day such fun.
Next year's race will be on Sunday 23rd August and we will be looking for helpers, volunteers and of course sponsors and course entrants once again.
More details will be issued in the New Year, but please note the date in your diaries!
Please find below a link to a government consultation document regarding the ruling of the European Court of Justice. If you use red diesel the proposed changes are going to require changes to be made.
The document lays out the background and proposed government response.
From 1 July 2019
About a month ago, wooden posts appeared along Riverside Road adjacent to our moorings. Upon enquiring of the Port why they were there, we were advised that the Port had contracted with a car parking enforcement company, GXS, to patrol, monitor and enforce car parking in all areas of Port controlled roads and car parks including Riverside Road and Lady Bee Marina car park.
1 August 2019
At the Board meeting in June it was decided that after a year of planning it is now time for the Bar and Restaurant to fully utilise the electronic till system in order that members receive the discounted prices to which you are entitled; this will come into effect Thursday 1August 2019.
You will need to have either a fob or new chipped membership card that can be scanned. If you do not have either a fob or new chipped membership card please contact the office who will be happy to help. These cannot be sent out in the post and therefore require that you either collect it from the office or from behind the bar with prior arrangement.
On Monday 13 May we began work on our new clubhouse and amenities with a helping hand from the Leader of Adur District Council.
Our new HQ will mean that Shoreham will become the home of one of the UK’s best disabled sailing facilities, whilst enabling the building of flood defences to protect the town.
We have been carefully undertaking some essential saltmarsh conservation before work begins on our new clubhouse, and have transplanted a section of the plants by hand to an area safely away from any risk of damage during the construction process.
We are pleased to announce that W Stirland, based in Chichester, has been engaged as the contractor to undertake the construction of our new £4.2 million clubhouse and facilities.
Work has begun on site and will be completed by June 2020. Our existing clubhouse, which has been our home since 1950, will then be demolished to enable the building of planned flood defences by Adur and Worthing District Council.
An inspirational eighty-four year old sailor is encouraging Sussex families to get out on the water together.
David Skinner has been an active member of Sussex Yacht Club since 1971 and was the club’s Commodore in 1994. For the last 40 years he’s been sharing his passion for sailing with those who are new to the sport by taking them out on his own boat to show them the ropes.
We are offering free community space
The Yacht Club is opening its doors to offer its clubhouse facilities to local community groups for free, since we are keen to help not-for-profit groups that are in need of a space to meet.
Changes to the rule governing the allocation of Southwick moorings
The land on which our Southwick west pontoon is built is leased from the port and this lease expires in 2019. In addition, the physical structure of the jetty is now at the end of its design life. Rebuilding this jetty in the same location is not an option as it’s location conflicts with the ports own development plans for the Lady Bee marina. Accordingly a new layout for our Southwick moorings has been designed. Various configurations are under consideration but none provide the same number of berths at Southwick that we currently enjoy.
Lendy Cowes Week
Chartered from Sailability, the Sonar 'Josh' is being raced at Lendy Cowes Week this year with Charlie Laurence-Fuller on the helm. Our team of under 25 year olds is racing at this world class regatta for the first time as a team and the following links lead to some picture sources and an article on the regatta website.
Photo credit: Paul Wyeth.
SYC member Kevin Gilroy has been writing a regular blog about his adventures with Dark Star and you can read all about how he is progressing around our shores using the links below:
Shoreham to the Channel Islands ››
Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney ››
Alderney, Studland Bay, Isle of Wight, Shoreham by Sea ››
