2016-17 Previous Events
2019
Jan 17 Dick Holness (East Coast Pilot) talk
Feb 16 Valentine's Dinner
Feb 21 Border Force talk
Mar 9 Retro Night
Mar 23/24 Downriver Shakedown
Mar 31 Mothers Day Lunch 2-4pm
Apr 6/7 Upriver Cruise
Apr 13 Fitting Out Supper 6 for 6.30pm
Apr 19-22 London Cruise (Easter)
May 4-6 Yalding or Swale (BH)
May 11 Stangate
May 11 Curry Night
May 25-27 Crouch Cruise (BH)
Jun 8/9 Round Island Cruise
Jun 15/16 Upriver Cruise
Jun 29/30 Admiral's Cruise
Jul 13/14 Stangate Cruise
Jul 27 Maidstone Boat Gathering
Jul 28 Stangate Cruise
Aug 3-26 Thames Holiday
Aug 24-26 Ramsgate Cruise (BH)
Sep 13-15 Regatta weekend
Sep 28/29 Upriver Cruise
Oct 5 Laying up
Oct 12/13 Upriver Cruise
Oct 26 Trafalgar Night
Nov 16/17 Commodore's Last Cruise
Dec 7 Children's Christmas Party
Dec 8 AGM, 10 am start
Dec 14 Adults' Christmas Party
Dec 31 New Year's Party
2018
February 11 2017 AGM at 10 am (previously postponed from December)
February 17 Official Opening of the New Bar - Meal and Entertainment (replaced Valentine's meal)
March 11 Mothers' Day meal at 2pm. Great occasion. Well done Helen and Mick
April 28 Fitting out supper and live band
May 12 Curry Night
May 19 pm Royal Wedding BBQ with TV coverage
2017
February 18 Valentine's meal
March 16 Cruising Association Talk on 'A Whistle stop Tour of Europe'
March 26 Mothers' day meal
April 8 Shakedown day cruise
April 14 - 17 Easter cruise to Allington & Maidstone
April 22 Fitting out supper. Well attended and thanks to all members who organised it.
April 29 - May 1 Cruise to Conyer Creek
May 6 Table Top Games Night * Commodore's Chess Challenge
May 13 & 14 Upriver cruise
May 20 'RETRO' Night: 60s & 70s vinyl records etc.
May 27 - 29 River Crouch Cruise
June 17 'River in Flames' (Dutch Invasion Anniversary)
June 24 Boat Handling Competition & Evening in the Club House
July 8 & 9 Admiral's cruise
August 26 - 28 Ramsgate Cruise - changed to Maidstone
September 8-10 Regatta Weekend & Quiz Night 8th at 8 p
September 23-24 Upriver Cruise
October 21 Trafalgar Night
October 28 Halloween Night
November 4 & 5 Allington Fireworks' Cruise
November 11 Laying up Dinner & Dance
December 2 & 3 End of season cruise - Chatham Dockyard
December 16 Adults' Christmas party
December 25 Christmas dinner
December 31 New Year's Eve party
Installation of more mud berth piles with many thanks to Derek Lucas and the team
Construction of 3rd dry dock with many thanks to John Downie, Roger Stevens and helpers
Installation of CCTV and Wifi and some new windows in the clubhouse
2016
February 13 Valentine's meal.
March 6 Mothers' day meal
March 19 Mini cruise, Nautical chatter in the evening
March 9-23 14 days for car park project; completed in 6!
March 25/28 Easter cruise
April 16 Fitting out supper
April 23 Maidstone cruise
April 30 Queenborough cruise
May 28 Island Yacht Club cancelled. Maidstone instead.
June 11 Bbq, chilli and games night
June 25 Quiz and curry night
July 2 BBQ lit at 6pm
July 9/10 Admirals cruise
September 3 Quiz night
September 4 Regatta
September 10 Essex Ray day cruise - cancelled
October 1 Laying up Dinner Dance
October 22 Trafalgar night
October 29 Halloween Night
November 19 End of season cruise
December 4 Xmas cruise
December 10 Children's Christmas party
December 11 AGM at 10 am
December 17 Adults' Christmas party. Tremendous numbers at this event
December 25 Christmas dinner
December 26 Boxing Day Cruise
December 31 New Year's Eve party
STROOD YACHT CLUB CAR PARK - PROJECT 2016
We used: 170 tons crushed concrete, 140 tons planings, 464 man (person!) hours over five days, 108 bacon or sausage rolls and gallons of tea, coffee and blackcurrant cordial,
and a big thank you. Richard Fridd, Allan Ellingworth, Bernard Davis, Bob Johnson,George Christou, John Downie, Ken Tovey, Colin Mathews, Peter Creswell, Trevor Zobel, Rick Foster, Richard Millward, Steve Tovey, Nick Aish, Nolly Harvey but the following deserve a special mention Kenny Garrett, Neil Martin, Ginger Bottomley, Allan Hogger, Cynthia Povey, Karin Harman, Barry Hickford, Mick Burton, Rob McCourt, Peter Spratt