Adverse weather conditions on Saturday prevented sailors from participating in their sail past to kick off the 2026-2027 season at Princess Royal Sailing Club.
The cold, wintry unseasonal day for October had a small but enthusiastic crowd partaking in the traditional champagne and strawberry before the club commodore began proceedings.
During his address Stephen Brown mentioned the fact that he is one of two siblings to have been commodore at PRSC.
His brother Geoff had been club commodore on two occasions.
Colin Bairstow was then introduced and spoke of his family connections with the club, which was interesting and informative before officially opening the new season.
Commodore Brown also mentioned the refurbished Caravelle yacht, which was donated to the club by the Albany Maritime Foundation to be used for junior sail training.
The Foundation worked during 2026 painting and rigging the French designed 3m boat ready for use.
It is similar to the well-known Mirror design.
The AMF will also maintain the Caravelle from time-to-time.
Serious sailing begins this Saturday with yachts in three divisions to compete.
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