Sea View Yacht Club
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The Sea View Yacht Club is in the village of Seaview
, on the Isle of Wight
, on the north-east coast of the island. The Sea View Yacht Club
was founded in 1893 and its stated aim is 'to encourage amateur sailing and boat racing'.
The Club is well known for two designs of boat: the Mermaid, which is a keel boat and the Sea View One-Design (SVOD), also known as the Seaview Dinghy.
The Seaview Dinghies are the largest local one-design fleet on the South Coast of England.
Seaview, Isle of Wight
Seaview is a small Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent.The village is popular with tourists and is only a 15-minute drive from the town of Ryde, where most tourists reach the island by ferry or hovercraft...
, on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, on the north-east coast of the island. The Sea View Yacht Club
Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...
was founded in 1893 and its stated aim is 'to encourage amateur sailing and boat racing'.
The Club is well known for two designs of boat: the Mermaid, which is a keel boat and the Sea View One-Design (SVOD), also known as the Seaview Dinghy.
The Mermaids
The Mermaids are a fleet of 13 identical keelboats, owned by the Club. They are moored off Seaview from April through to October. There is an ISAF grade 3 Match race held annually in April to get the Season going. The first fleet of boats were built in 1907. The current fleet, of GRP boats, were built around the Millennium. There is always a packed programme of races for both Charterers and Club Members throughout the April to October period.Sea View One-Design
There are two hundred of these classic design, clinker built, dinghies based in the village of Seaview. The boats continue to be hand-built in the village, by the family firm of V.A. Warren & Son. The Sea View One Design class was founded in 1931. The 75th Anniversary was celebrated with a fleet race on the 18th August, this was followed in the afternoon by a sailpast of 198 boats from the class.The Seaview Dinghies are the largest local one-design fleet on the South Coast of England.