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Boxing day at Setley Pond
Don't expect to arrive at Setley Pond on a Boxing Day and try out that Ready-to-Run Perkasa MTB that Father Christmas brought "for the children"! Each year the pond is crowded with participants in the Royal Lymington Yacht Club Boxing Day races for the Setley Cup and Seahorse Trophy. There are so many people that all the car parks are full and cars are parked all along the nearby road. The only recent exception was 2010 when Setley Pond was frozen over!
Most yachts are home made, often from plastic bottles and the like and it's a free sailing event - radio control is definitely not allowed! The person launching the yacht "must" be under 16 years old. Separate races in both directions across the pond are held for mono-hulls and multi-hulls. A row boat is on hand to collect the wrecks! Here are some photo albums showing the action in recent years...
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Boxing Day 2012
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The Annual Boxing Day free sailing regatta organised by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. The event is open to "home made" boats without radio control, with the "Helm" for each boat aged under 16. You can read about the event on the Yachts and Yachting web site.
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Boxing Day 2011
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The 2011 staging of the races for the Setley Cup organised by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, a traditional event held each boxing day.
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Boxing Day 2009
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The Boxing Day event at Setley Pond organised by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club for about the last 50 years! Build your pond yacht and race it... but this year the entries were getting more technical!
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Boxing Day 2008
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The annual Boxing Day event organised by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Home made yachts (all "pond yachts" without radio control) compete in a series of races. The 2008 Boxing Day was sunny but cold with an easterly wind.
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Boxing Day 2007
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Boxing Day 2007 - the Lymington Yacht Club Regatta at Setley Pond on a sunny day!
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Boxing Day 2005
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The Lymington Yacht Club Boxing Day Regatta 2005 - a rather grey rainy day at the pond!
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