Royal Air Force Yacht Club

The Club is fortunate in having a well endowed trophy cabinet, some items having an historic heritage. There are some well known names engraved on these trophies and we hope the current winners will go on to become memorable in their turn.

Our Club embraces the spirit of friendly competition, recognising our members' sailing skills with trophies for both cruising and racing. Non-boat owners are not left out as some trophies can be won by any member!

Our trophies are awarded for results in the locally popular Solent events as well as Club regattas and cruising competitions. So we are looking for the best RAF result in events such as the Warsash Spring Series, Round the Island, Bursledon Regatta and the Hamble River Winter Series as well as the Battle of Britain Regatta, cruising logs & photos and one or two more unusual competitions.

Some of this requires a certain amount of cooperation from members. The only sure way we know that you have participated in an event, particularly Round the Island, is that you have let us know of your entry. There's only so much that can be done by comparison of the Club members' data with published results & that's only as good as the data we hold - so if you change your boat please, please let the office know! Both race entries and boat changes can also be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it which is monitored by the sailing committee.

By the way - if you think you never go racing, what do you do when faced with a passage where you would like to arrive well before closing time (without using the engine ) ? The skills used here are much the same as those practised by racing sailors - without all that shouting, obviously...

We regret that those trophies marked with an asterisk may not be removed from the club. Other trophies, on signature of an undertaking to return the trophy by August 31^st & indemnify the club in case of loss, may be taken home by members to grace their own mantelpiece!