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Tales to fill our sails

Cruise extracts and reports from NewsBuoy, club announcements, and the odd tale of a rescue, a bonfire or a forgotten memory. Catch up on what the fleet's been up to here.

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What's going on in the Club

Stay up to date with everything S&CA - member stories, event highlights, and life on the water. Our news captures the spirit of sailing: the learning, the laughter, and the friendships that keep our sails full. Written by and for our community.

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July 2026
News

Gay Games 2026

Sixteen teams from across the globe gathered in Valencia in June 2026 to compete in the sailing regatta at the 12th Gay Games. Five of those teams had S&CA members aboard, and three of them came home with medals: silver, bronze and fourth place.

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April 2026
Members Story

As Time Goes By...

Ian shares how he and Mark have adapted Shameless, their Bavaria 37, for easier sailing in their 70s: guardrail gates, an autopilot named George, a folding prop, powered winches, and a hard-won third reef in the main.

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September 2025
Club Event

The Late Summer Charter in Croatia

Twenty S&CA members join a five-boat club charter around Croatia's Dalmatian coast, sailing from Šibenik to Trogir, Brač and Maslinica, with UNESCO old towns, seafood dinners, an engine scare, and plenty of Adriatic swimming along the way.

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September 2025
Members Story

The West Country Rally

After abandoning a rough attempt to reach the Isles of Scilly in 2024, Colin W and Colin J return in 2025 aboard their Hanse 400 CoCo for an 800NM West Country cruise, a Pan-Pan rescue, and six days exploring the islands at last.

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July 2025
Club Event

An Alternative Poole Party

When gales scupper the club's Bank Holiday rally to Poole, Shameless and Sea Otter regroup at Cowes instead for a cracking sail, an evening at The Union Inn, and - as a later postscript reveals - a forgotten walk to Osborne House.

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July 2025
Members Story

An ‘Odyssey’ in South Brittany

Aboard their Gulfstar 50 ketch Odyssey, the author and Jose sail a two-week, 750-mile cruise from Poole to South Brittany, taking in Roscoff, L'Aber Wrac'h, the River Vilaine, Concarneau, Houat and the beautiful Glénan Islands.

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July 2025
Members Story

Summer Cruise to the Channel Islands

S&CA's long summer cruise to the Channel Islands: forestay dramas, a dawn crossing via Alderney Race, e-bikes, phosphorescence, and a week between Alderney, Guernsey and Sark.

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May 2025
Club Event

Narrowboat Charter on the Llangollen Canal

Four club members hire the narrowboat Great Escape for a week on the Llangollen Canal - crossing the vertigo-inducing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, exploring the restored Montgomery Canal, and covering 80 miles and 20 locks along the way.

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April 2025
Club Event

East Coast Easter Rally to Burnham

A five-boat Easter rally to Burnham dwindles to a single yacht, Solace, as the forecast worsens - but a fast goosewinged sail up the River Crouch and a good dinner at the Swallowtail make for a memorable early-season East Coast weekend.

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November 2024
Club Event

The Laying Up Supper

This year's Laying Up Supper swapped Champagne Charlie's for The Good Hotel: a converted former prison ship at Royal Victoria Dock, with prosecco, shared platters, and profits going to good causes around the world.

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September 2024
Club Event

Yarmouth Rally

Fifteen boats, an out-of-season barbecue, a bit of local history and one particularly proud bowsprit – proof an October rally to Yarmouth needn’t be a disaster after all.

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