The Royal Dee Yacht Club was founded in
1815 as the Dee Yacht Club and is the
second oldest yacht club in the UK. On
November 1st 1847 the Club was accorded
Royal Patronage to become The Royal Dee
YC.
The Royal Dee has been involved with the organisation of many sailing events in the Irish Sea, often in collaboration with such organisations as ISORA and RORC.
2015 saw the 200th anniversary celebrations spread across the year and included a formal dinner at Eaton Park, Cheshire and a more casual cocktail party at Cadnant Gardens on Anglesey during the Menai Strait Regattas.
We also support the Volvo Dun Laoghaire
regattas, the Menai Strait regattas and
the Welsh IRC championship. More
recently we have launched our Sailing
trust that is supporting young sailors
in the North West of England, North
Wales and Ireland. Click the Sailing
Trust link above for more information.
The latest beneficiary of the Royal Dee Sailing trust, receiving help and support, is Laura Hampton (pictured left). Within the Clubs aim to get young people into Offshore sailing, we are helping her in her quest to race around the Globe aboard "UNICEF", one of the entrants in the Clipper Round the World Race.
Laura will be periodically sending us snippets from her adventure as her journey around the globe continues.
Follow
the links above to more information
about the trust and to read more about
Lauras' adventure.
Laura Hampton and skipper Dan Body aboard the Clipper Round the World race yacht 'UNICEF' deploying one of the eight drifter buoys during Race 5.
These buoys are designed to provide data such as ocean temperature, currents and air pressure to aid forecasting and other research.
For
the full story, please
follow this link.