Whitby Yacht Club
“I joined the club in 1966. We joined so we could
participate in yacht racing and also to chat with
likeminded people. I am the commodore, the
equivalent to a chairman of an ordinary club.
Technically, I’m responsible for everything that
goes on in the club, but I depend a lot on fellow
members of the committee.
We have put on quite a lot of social events.
They start in January with a Burns Night, then
the Spring Fling (in an outside restaurant, St
Georges Night, a 40s night, a games night, the
Regatta, a day at the races (Ripon), a Karaoke
night, the annual laying up dinner, a carol night
and a Christmas lunch. We have had cruising
boats cruising in Greece, northern France and
eventually the Netherlands, plus closer to home,
northern England.
We occasionally race away and have had two
visits to Scarborough, one to Sunderland for
an overnight race back to Whitby and will be
going up to Hartlepool in September. My plans
for the rest of the year are to continue racing,
participating in social events and sitting as
Commodore on the committee.”
Nigel Robinson, Commodore
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