I am pleased to be able to announce that Royal Northumberland Yacht Club has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for our ‘HY Tyne-Lightvessel LV 50 preservation’ project,. For more information on the application, or how to become involved in this exciting project, please see more details […]
Carl Vincent
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For Immediate Release Preservation of Light Vessel LV 50 I am pleased to be able to announce that Royal Northumberland Yacht Club has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for our ‘HY Tyne-Lightvessel LV 50 preservation’ project. The project aims to carry out essential work including the […]
The Club Ship remains closed to members until Wednesday at the earliest. We are having all the carpets cleaned on Tuesday following a long rewiring exercise. There remains a small number of 2nd fix electrical issues to be completed Monday & Tuesday but we will be open from Wednesday. Thanks […]
18th — 21st April Tyne and Coquet The first event after the fitting out supper is a cruise, earmarked for the Easter weekend. The proposal is to do a split-centre cruise between the Tyne and Coquet Yacht Club, starting with a shake down sail to the Tyne on Good Friday […]
Final Series Standings Yacht Wed A1 Wed A2 Wed A3 Wed A4 Wed A5 Wed A6 Wed A7 Wed A8 Wed A9 Total Discard Final Position Pintail 1 1 2 6 2 0 4 3 3 22 10 12 1 Spurreli 16 16 16 1 1 0 2 2 12 […]
House Yacht Tyne will be closed for 1 more week as the Electrical Contractor is still not finished. We expected the work to take up to 4 weeks but he is finding that the original cables were put in through steel bulkheads and then the whole over-clad when originally done. […]
A message from Ian Rowan, Manager at Sunderland Marina: Sunderland Marina is currently undergoing works to install a new section of pontoons and renew most of its fore & aft moorings. Due to movement of boats while the work is undertaken; we will not have the space to accommodate visitors. […]
Port of Blyth are starting dredging operations on 28th March for approximately 5 days. For full details, see the Notice to Mariners 2014-02 (PDF file).
The Port of Blyth has kindly donated a redundant cherry picker to the Club. Although old it is in excellent condition and will now allow us to service masts in the yard, the travel hoist and shed roofs much more easily. For the moment it is out of bounds until […]
The speed of change in IT is exponential; so it is a good time to discuss how it relates to our sailing. The dangers of overreliance, balanced against the amazing increases in safety and confidence provided by some of this new software. For the Final talk of the 2013/2014 winter […]