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Welcome to the website of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, home of one-design sailing on the East Coast. Founded in 1872 on the Thames at Erith, the Club moved to Burnham in 1892, and opened its first branch here in 1898. The award -winning designed Clubhouse was opened in 1931, when ‘Tiny’ Mitchell was its first commodore.
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The Endeavour Championships 2008
11th &12th October 2008
Thirty fleets were invited, thirty boats turned up and thirty boats were on the start line for the Endeavour Championship, the most prestigious race in the dinghy sailing world, to find the 'Champion of Champions'. Held at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, senior Race Officer Kim Allen obviously had both the regatta and the weather under his control from the start, as the fleet set out in sunshine and a steady breeze.
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Burnham Carnival
Saturday 27th September 2008
With the Burnham Carvival celebrating its centenary year, RCYC tok a full part by entering a float. The theme was, obviously, going to be nautical and a crafty team of artists took over the terrace area behind the clubhouse a couple of weeks beforehand. The Otters got busy with the paint brushes and a production line of sea creatures started to appear with at least some of the
paint on the creatures!
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Heritage Open days
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September
The Clubhouse opened its doors to visitors for a guided tour as part of the Heritage Open Day scheme.This was the first occasion that RCYC has taken part in the scheme and everyone involved was delighted with the results.
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RCYC sweeps the board!
29th August - 5th September 2008
Dragon Gold Cup - Cascais, Portugal
With First, Second and Third places taken by three British boats, the event was described on the official website as being "absoluto dominio britanico". However, not only were those places held by British boats, they all hailed from the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club! Danish Blue, helmed by Paul Hoj Jensen, Jerboa, helmed by Gavia Wilkinson-Cox (RCYC Cowes) and Quicksilver III, helmed by Robert Campbell, also carried off the Nations Cup.
Andrew (Noddy) Norden sent this report.
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'Champagne Sailing' at the Gold Cup
29th August to 5th September 2008
This exciting event with a historical result for the Corinthian has inspired some fascinating journalism. You may have read Noddy's report but you should now read this one from Jonathan Hill, giving a slightly different perspective. "Cascais is noted for 'champagne sailing', sunny with plenty of warm wind - shorts, polo and oilies......"
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707 Phantom Trophy 2008
26th & 27th July 2008
The Hunter 707 Fleet had geared themselves up for the prestigious Phantom Trophy this year to be sailed over the last three weekends in July. The intention of racing to Stone was unfortunately cancelled at short notice due to poor weather; however we persevered with a rejigged format of a long distance race on the second Saturday.
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GMTV Weather reporting....
Thursday 24th July 2008
Members who check the early weather forecasts on GMTV were surprised to discover the Outside Broadcast unit relaying the weather news from the end of the Corinthian pontoon. The GMTV weather girl, Andrea McLean, perched on Papa Romeo, forecast that the 24th July was likely to be the hottest day of the summer so far.
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Roger and Mingming return to Plymouth
15th July 2008
Mingming and I arrived back at Plymouth on Thursday 10th July after a 16 day passage from Praia da Vitoria. Winds were F6+ for about 11 out of the 16 days, but were favourable, hence the relatively fast time.
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Playing with Submarines
July 2008
Last year Anne and Arthur Heasley on Star Swan were boarded by armed customs men as they arrived in Falmouth from the Azores. This year they approached along the coast from the east but still met armed defences.
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New Boats for Old!
Friday 13th June 2008
As an RCYC overseas member and Squib sailor for the last 15 years it seemed only right to fly back to Burnham to take part in the Squib 40th Anniversary Regatta in June.
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Squib Re-union
Thursday 12th June 2008
Tracking down former Squib sailors was never going to be an easy task and many Squib sailors of more than thirty years ago proved untraceable. Nevertheless, come the Thursday night of the Squib Fortieth Regatta, 98 'old friends' were reunited - in many cases a little greyer, fatter and balder but so pleased to meet up again! Bob Cole was the Guest of Honour as he was years ago at the Squib 21st birthday party.
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Mingming arrives!
Sunday 22nd June 2008
Roger Taylor and Mingming arrrived 1064BST 21st June in harbour at Praia da Vitoria. Both Roger and his boat are fine....
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The RNLI visit RCYC
Saturday 17th May 2008
The local lifeboat Atlantic 75 'Brandy Hole' and crew visited RCYC and stayed alongside the pontoon for a courtesy visit, offering Club members and visitors a 'Sea Safety Day' experience.
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The Squib Gold Cup
3rd- 5th May 2008
The Squib Gold Cup, the most prestigious annual regatta for the fleet, saw the return of the trophy to Burnham after a four year absence. The eight windward/leeward race series over the three day event drew a strong contingent of 18 entrants which included visitors from the east coast and new boats from the local fleet.
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707 Eastern Area Championships
3rd - 5th May 2008
Eleven 707s contested the East Coast Championships hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club on the early May bank holiday weekend. Racing was professionally managed by Edwin Buckley and his team in the River Crouch in perfect sunny conditions for the three days which made a great weekend of sailing.
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Mirror Eastern Area Championships
19th & 20th April 2008
The weather could have been kinder for the middle of April. On the Friday the north-easterly wind was so strong that, once the tide started to ebb, the waters of the Crouch were too rough for dinghy sailing. Fortunately the wind abated somewhat on the Friday night and made it possible to complete five races over the weekend, thanks to the determination of the Race Officer and the perseverance of the competitors.
The outcome of the event was not certain until the last race which always makes for exciting competition. The winner was David Conlon, crewed by Mitchell Bond, both from Brighlingsea YC; the conditions were just right for David and he was quick to spot the possibility of a port hand start in the final race which made all the difference. His account follows on the 'Read more' tab.
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Dragon Easter Trophy 2008
21st - 24th March 2008
While away on holiday a month ago, soaking up the sun, I commented to a South African that we hardly ever see snow in the SE of England and, so far this year, have not even seen a flake. I should have kept quiet; what a sting in the tail winter had for us!
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Dick Durham talks to the Cruiser Fleet
Sunday 20th January 2008
The Cruiser Fleet Sunday Lunches and talks just keep on getting better and better: Sunday the 20th of January saw Dick Durham amuse, entertain and educate over 50 members and guests with his well illustrated talk.
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RCYC make their mark on the Carmella Cup
12th &13th January 2008
With little team racing experience, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club began the Carmella Cup by beating the Team Racing World Champion and his team from West Kirby. With modest gusto, the eight-strong team went on to win the silver league after an intense weekend of racing.
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