Saturday 26th April 2025 10:00-16:00 – Newhaven Harbour
As Edinburgh marks 900 years as a royal burgh, Seafaring Spirit brings the community together to celebrate Newhaven’s rich maritime heritage. Hosted by Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club, this free festival promises to be great fun for all the family! Come down, join the celebration, and be part of Newhaven’s seafaring story!
Ahoy Corinthians – the RFYC are hosting a Marine Radio Course on the 6th of April from 9.30 -16.00 in the RFYC Club House and they’ve extended their invitation to members of the Corinthians.
Remember – a Short-Range Certificate is the minimum qualification required by law to control the operation of VHF and VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC) equipment on any British flagged vessel voluntarily fitted with a radio. This includes both fixed and handheld equipment using International channels. Please contact Hannah at RFYC if you are interested.
We were extremely sad to learn of the recent death of Neville Fenwick, our Commodore from 1995-1998
Grid Iron, the Scottish Theatre company paid him this tribute:
Neville was a brilliant carpenter and set builder and worked on many Grid Iron shows.
He took even our most unusual requests in his stride, from being asked to sink fence posts along a half-mile stretch of pathway in Alloway to constructing a gigantic spider (a homage to Louise Bourgeois’ Maman) in Dundee’s Verdant Works. While those requests would often be met with a quizzical, ‘are you sure?’ look, he always delivered with his signature skill and panache.
A gentle, talented, interesting and interested man, he was one of a kind, and will be missed.
We’ve made a new video about the safe use of the Work Tower in the yard and it can be found here
Warning: it was a very windy day!
This is the premier inter-club event between FCYC and RFYC. In 2024 it will take the form of a pursuit race. The more boats we have on the startline the more points we will earn, regardless of placings. Please contact Tom Louth on the main FCYC gmail address to register your interest.
Because of the tragic and untimely death of a very popular member of the club at the beginning of the second day’s racing that it was decided to abandon all racing for that day. The series results are therefore based on the first day’s results alone.
Our condolences go out to his loved ones and wish them a speedy recovery from their grief at this time. He will be sadly missed at the club
| Race: | Fast 1 | Start Time: | 13:30:00 | |||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Hardslog | Paul Morgan | GBR7349 | 858 | 14:44:09 | 01:14:09 | 1:26:25 | 1 | 1 |
| The Black Prince | Terry Kirchin | GBR2187 | 809 | 14:43:05 | 01:13:05 | 1:30:20 | 2 | 2 |
| Race: | Fast 2 | Start Time: | 15:30:00 | |||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Hardslog | Paul Morgan | GBR7349 | 858 | 16:42:12 | 01:12:12 | 1:24:09 | 1 | 1 |
| The Black Prince | Terry Kirchin | GBR22187 | 809 | 16:44:50 | 01:14:50 | 1:32:30 | 2 | 2 |
| Series: | Fast Yachts | Number of Races | 2 | Discards | 0 | |
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | F1 | F2 | Total Points | Series Position |
| Hardslog | Paul Morgan | GBR7349 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| The Black Prince | Terry Kirchin | GBR2187 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Race: | Slow 1 | Start Time: | 13:40:00 | |||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Magic Flute | Mark Bradshaw | 805 | 1092 | 15:02:33 | 01:22:33 | 1:15:36 | 1 | 1 |
| Willpower | Will Davies | 832 | 1089 | 15:09:24 | 01:29:24 | 1:22:06 | 2 | 2 |
| Dry Run | Fiona Drennan | 842 | 1111 | 15:14:12 | 01:34:12 | 1:24:47 | 3 | 3 |
| Hera | Michael Tasker | 158 | 1114 | 15:15:04 | 01:35:04 | 1:25:20 | 4 | 4 |
| Race: | Slow 2 | Start Time: | 15:40:00 | |||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Willpower | Will Davies | 832 | 1089 | 16:25:24 | 00:45:24 | 0:41:41 | 1 | 1 |
| Magic Flute | Mark Bradshaw | 805 | 1092 | 16:25:32 | 00:45:32 | 0:41:42 | 2 | 2 |
| Dry Run | Fiona Drennan | 842 | 1111 | 16:26:39 | 00:46:39 | 0:41:59 | 3 | 3 |
| Hera | Michael Tasker | 158 | 1114 | 16:28:45 | 00:48:45 | 0:43:46 | 4 | 4 |
| Series: | Slow Yachts | Number of Races | 2 | Discards | 0 | |
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | S1 | S2 | Total Points | Series Position |
| Willpower | Will Davies | 832 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Magic Flute | Mark Bradshaw | 805 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Dry Run | Fiona Drennan | 842 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Hera | Michael Tasker | 158 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Race | Sports 1 | Start Time: | 13:35:00 | |||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Hariboat | Dermot Gorman | SWE595 | 976 | 14:50:14 | 01:15:14 | 1:17:05 | 1 | 1 |
| Kismet | Catherine Ogden | GBR508 | 987 | 14:51:17 | 01:16:17 | 1:17:17 | 2 | 2 |
| Jetstream | Justin Venton | 7102 | 927 | 14:49:02 | 01:14:02 | 1:19:52 | 3 | 3 |
| Turbulence | David Kitchen | GBR7081 | 927 | 14:50:31 | 01:15:31 | 1:21:28 | 4 | 4 |
| Wizz Too | Henry Boyd | GBR343 | 987 | 14:55:37 | 01:20:37 | 1:21:41 | 5 | 5 |
| Varrich | Rob Cowie | GBR27 | 1020 | 15:00:25 | 01:25:25 | 1:23:45 | 6 | 6 |
| Herring | Karl Ruuskanen | K14 | 988 | DNF | 8 | |||
| Race: | Sports 2 | Start Time: 15:35:00 | ||||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points |
| Kismet | Catherine Ogden | GBR508 | 987 | 16:57:56 | 01:22:56 | 1:24:02 | 1 | 1 |
| Wizz Too | Henry Boyd | GBR343 | 987 | 16:58:54 | 01:23:54 | 1:25:00 | 2 | 2 |
| Hariboat | Dermot Gorman | SWE595 | 976 | 16:58:43 | 01:23:43 | 1:25:47 | 3 | 3 |
| Turbulence | David Kitchen | GBR7081 | 927 | 16:57:01 | 01:22:01 | 1:28:29 | 4 | 4 |
| Jetstream | Justin Venton | 7102 | 927 | 16:57:53 | 01:22:53 | 1:29:25 | 5 | 5 |
| Varrich | Rob Cowie | GBR27 | 1020 | 17:07:51 | 01:32:51 | 1:31:02 | 6 | 6 |
| Herring | Karl Ruuskanen | K14 | 988 | DNF | 8 | |||
| Series: | Sports Boats | Number of Races | 2 | Discards | 0 | |
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | SB1 | SB2 | Total Points | Series Position |
| Kismet | Catherine Ogden | GBR508 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hariboat | Dermot Gorman | SWE595 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Wizz Too | Henry Boyd | GBR343 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Jetstream | Justin Venton | 7102 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Turbulence | David Kitchen | GBR7081 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Varrich | Rob Cowie | GBR27 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Herring | Karl Ruuskanen | K14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 7 |
| Race: | Cruiser 1 | Start Time: | 13:00:00 | ||||||
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | H’cap | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Corrected Time | Position | Points | |
| Sulumar | Dennis Watson | 1129 | 1147 | 16:40:16 | 03:40:16 | 3:12:02 | 1 | 1 | |
| Swirley | David Banks | GN286 | 1079 | 16:29:17 | 03:29:17 | 3:13:58 | 2 | 2 | |
| Aurora | Philip Leith | FR 62 | 1052 | 16:32:35 | 03:32:35 | 3:22:05 | 3 | 3 | |
| Sea Horse | Dougal Burnett | 1017 | 1189 | 17:16:10 | 04:16:10 | 3:35:27 | 4 | 4 | |
| Damaris | Daniel Forrester | 1001 | 1197 | DNF | 6 | ||||
| Series: | Cruisers | Number of Races: | 1 | Discards | 0 |
| Boat Name | Skipper | Sail Number | C1 | Total Points | Series Position |
| Sulumar | Dennis Watson | 1129 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Swirley | David Banks | GN286 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Aurora | Philip Leith | FR 62 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sea Horse | Dougal Burnett | 1017 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Damaris | Daniel Forrester | 1001 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
