Join us for the S&CA South Coast Summer Cruise, taking place over two weeks from Friday 19th July to Sunday 3rd August 2025.
While the main cruise period is fixed, we welcome participants to join for all or part of the journey, fitting in with your schedule.
THE PLAN
Many of our boats will embark from various points across the South Coast, with Portsmouth Harbour serving as a key departure hub for a significant part of our fleet. From the Solent, our general course will head west, exploring destinations such as:
- The charming harbours of Dartmouth and Salcombe
- The historic maritime city of Plymouth
- The Cornish coastline
For the more adventurous, the Isles of Scilly could be in the plan! For those fancying a cross-channel voyage, the Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney) might be on the cards– a popular route taken by some crews last year crossing the Channel from Salcombe.
How to Get Involved:
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Looking for a Berth? Connect with skippers and other crew members by posting on our Crew Match Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CNfh9eSvR/ You can also reach out to skippers within the community.
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Skippers & Boat Owners: If you're planning to skipper your own boat or have space for crew, please let us know your plans and connect with potential crew via the Facebook page.
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Interested in Chartering a Yacht? If you're considering chartering a yacht for the cruise, please contact our organisers at southcoast@gaysailing.org.uk to discuss options and coordination.
More detailed journey plans may be shared closer to the time based on registered interest.
Please check pilotage information.
Your host will be Luke Hutchings
Any questions, please email southcoast@gaysailing.org.uk
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GETTING HELP TO JOIN US
Crew seeking berths are initially advised to visit the club Facebook ‘Crew Match’ page. If you are unsuccessful or not in the Facebook group, you are welcome to contact the event host.
Land based participants are as always welcome to join, and may wish to take advantage of one of the local hotels or B&B's in the area.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
1. Register your attendance via the S&CA website by 14th July
2. Visit the Facebook CrewMatch page for all crewing opportunities
3. Upon approach, skippers will be required to contact the harbour / marina by VHF 77 for specific berthing instructions. (please state you are part of the S&CA / Sailing & Cruising Association Rally)
4. You can bring along friends, but remember to ‘add guest’ at the point of your registration. Guests can only be added at the time of registration. If you later want to add a guest and the event did not require payment please cancel your registration and re-register adding your guest. If your registration did require payment please contact the event host.
EVENT SAFETY AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
We are very much a social club, but participants must please be mindful of the inherent dangers of alcohol consumption and proximity to water. There have been incidents in past events of participants consuming excessive alcohol and falling from pontoons into the water. Each of these events could, but for luck, have resulted in tragic consequences. Please be mindful of your alcohol consumption on club events, and take particular care to ensure that you can get yourself safely back on board at the end of a social evening. We need to look after each other, so if you notice that another participant is showing effects of intoxication, please make other members of their crew aware, and ensure that they are not returning to the boats or pontoons alone.
Please also be aware of the additional risks when using dinghies / tenders, which has also resulted in event participants being unintentionally in the water.
Please use the links below for safety advice from the RYA and RNLI:
https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/safety
https://rnli.org/safety
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
The club will endeavour to provide full refunds for event charges when cancellations are made by you through the Website and made in good time. Normally, a week before the event is due to take place will be sufficient.
If the club has made third party bookings, paid deposits or made other commitments, it may be that only a partial refund or no refund is offered.
Where a refund is requested due to dissatisfaction with third party goods or services, a refund will only be offered if such refund is also made to the club by the third party.
