THE first away meeting of their Centenary year saw a team from Lyme Regis Sailing Club at Castle Cove on Sunday, in a competition between the hosts, Sutton Bingham SC and Lyme. In this more limited replacement for the former Lyme Bay Challenge, the three clubs each host a leg.
The top three results from each club team count in the overall results.
LYME Regis sailor Jim Turner's bid to win the America's Cup has come to an end, after his team American Magic suffered losses in the qualifying Prada Cup semi-finals.
American Magic was was eliminated from the Prada Cup in New Zealand this weekend, following a loss in the fourth race of the series against the Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of Italy.
By Philip Evans
31st Jan 2021 | Sailing
LYME Regis sailor Jim Turner is currently among the American Magic crew competing for the America's Cup.
American Magic is currently competing in races for the 2021 Prada Cup – the winner of which will go on to sail against the defender 'Te Rehutai', sailed by Emirates Team New Zealand on behalf of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, for the 36th America's Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy.
"LOOKING forward to the next hundred years, while we celebrate the past" was the message from the commodore of Lyme Regis Sailing Club on the anniversary of its first meeting, held on January 8 1921 at Belmont, Pound Street, then the home of Dr Cooper.
Founder members included Juby Wiscombe, great-uncle of the present commodore, Rob Wiscombe.
LAST week's high winds meant Lyme Regis Sailing Club's youth group could not go out to sea, so they took part in a theory lesson on dry land instead.
Instructors Jim Thomas and Simon Law talking the young sailors through rigging, points of sailing, the five essentials, tacking and gybing on shore and they then practised the basic knots which all sailors use.
Keen sailors from Lyme Regis can be seen out in the bay again after months on dry land during the coronavirus lockdown.
A reduced racing programme has been scheduled to fit with the tides to minimise launching and recovery time for dinghies and facilitate participation by cruisers.
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