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MIDSUMMER CLASSIC


Midsummer Classic Regatta 2014


some of the south Coast’s most attractive yachts to the Dart. The Classics Summer Regatta will be based at the Royal Dart Yacht Club from 21st-22nd June, as Kit Noble, himself a proud owner of a Classic yacht, writes. “Following the success of the


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two day 2013 Dartmouth Classics, part of the Classic Channel Regatta, Mike Moody, ex-Commodore and formerly Chairman of Dartmouth Royal Regatta is leading the Midsummer Classics on behalf of the RDYC. This year, it is being run in conjunction with The British Classic Yacht Club who are holding their Midsummer Regatta in Dartmouth and is open to all Classic Yachts. It is intended this will become an annual event - with the Classic Channel Regatta, under the chairmanship of Bruce Thorogood, running the Dartmouth Classics one year and the RDYC running the regatta on alternate years.


It is hoped that BCYC will bring at least ten boats from the solent and east Coast to race alongside some twenty West Country Boats.


he longest day of the year will see the start of a new race that promises to bring


The BCYC boats will date from the 1920s to the more modern classics from the 70s. Two of the outstanding local boats are more than 100 years old, Trasnagh, which celebrated her centenary in 2013 and Ripple owned by long-term RDYC member Peter Lucas which has reached the great age of 112 (Ripple, that is, not Peter). Other more “modern” local boats who have shown an interest include, Springtime a traditional wood Bermudan yawl launched in 1961; Lulotte a swan 55; Mat Ali launched in 1936 which was built in Malaysia from a Chengal tree; and Zircon built by Camper & Nicholson in 1960. One notable entry is Bristol 1, a


Yachting World Diamond built in 1960 to a Jack Holt design. she spent some years anchored to the bed of the Dart by strings of mussels! she has been lovingly restored over the last two years by myself and Peter Boote. We have spent many months in Pete’s draughty barn replacing ribs, decking, fitting a new keel - in fact a complete rebuild much to the irritation of our long-suffering wives Penny and Maggie! These are just a few of the boats


whose owners have shown an interest in the event. Nearer the time the full list will be show on the RDYC website. If you would like to join in with the racing and own an old(-ish) yacht the following will define whether you can call yourself (or perhaps I should say your boat) a Classic:


- Designed before 1969 - Designed between 1969 and the end of 1976 – for this period, only accepted classic designs by the BCYC are eligible.


- Designed after 1976 as a near replica or in the style of a pre- 1969 boat and has not been inappropriately modified. If you think your boat is a


Classic, it probably is. If in doubt, please ask the organisers. Full criteria and entry forms can be found on the RDYC website. If you


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