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End of season dinner and AGM

Join us for a sociable end of season dinner and short AGM at Christchurch Sailing Club . . . . . .… read more
2026 Solent Gaffers’ Cross-Channel Cruise

In the first of what we hope will be an annual event, a group of Solent Gaffers escaped the confines… read more
Annual Race 2026 Photos

Event details and race results can be accessed on the main event page. Not only did Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club… read more
Annual Race & Rally 2026 Report

Race results and event photographs can be accessed from the main event page. A dozen boats assembled at a busy… read more
Newsletter – July 2026

Welcome to the July Solent Gaffers newsletter. We hope everyone is getting plenty of time on the water and making… read more
More sunshine at British Classic Week

Ivy Green is back from her second year at British Classic Week, at Cowes, with racing organised by RYS. Looking… read more
Round The Island Race – A Great Day Out!

Long-time Solent gaffers Mike and Dan Shaw are just back from claiming another class win in the iconic Round The… read more
A sociable weekend at the Folly

Mark Hickman of Tarifa reports on a sociable weekend up the River Medina: With the highlight of the weekend yet… read more
Gaffers in the sunshine – Yarmouth Regatta

This account is from Peter Moore of Moore’s Claws, one of a substantial contingent of Cornish Crabbers that joined our… read more
Spring Cruise Report

This account is from Ricks Meppelder, one of several who sailed from the Netherlands to join us at our Yarmouth… read more
Folly Inn Rally

Please join us for our rally at the Folly Inn in July. See the rally page for details. . .… read more
Photographs from Yarmouth 2026

Galleries of photos from Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta 2026: Main gallery The photographs in this gallery were taken by the event… read more