Vintage Model Yacht Group at Setley

Eric Shaw, SRCMYC President during the 1990s, was also a member of Poole Radio Yacht Club and of the Vintage Model Yacht Group who sail classic model yachts on, among other locations, the Round Pond in Kensigton Gardens, London. The VMYG still visit Poole once a year to compete for the Eric Shaw Memorial Trophy. Eric (right in photo) is pictured in 1994 with Mark Steele during the first Fiji Trophy race at Setley Pond.

In the early 1990s the Scale Section of the SRCMYC visited Poole each year to coincide with the annual VMYG meeting there. Eric Shaw first invited the VMYG to visit Setley in August 1993, the report (right) is from a VMYG publication. An annual visit to Setley by the VMYG continues to this day although in recent years the number of members attending has been few.

As noted in the original report, Setley Pond is not a good location for free sailing (i.e. not radio controlled) yachts since many parts of the pond edge are hard to reach without a good pair of waders! Nowadays the major free sailing event at Setley is the Boxing Day Regatta organised by the Lymington Yacht Club who bring a small rowing boat to rescue stray yachts!

Photos from recent visits of the Vintage Model Yacht Group to Setley Pond
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