Celebrating 50 Years

The Club is celebrating its Golden Anniversary in 2017 and a number of special activities are planned – not least the launching of our new logo and corporate identity. 50 years ago when the Chew Valley had only recently been flooded the colours of green and gold had been relevant but now the Club has an established reputation as one of the leading professional sailing organisations in the South West the shiny new blues of our new logo seem much more appropriate. Indeed, the club has gone from strength to strength over the years and, if you look in detail at the graphic you will see that the boat is now sailing on the ‘crest of a wave’. Many thanks to Alex Timms and his award winning consultancy Timms Creative for masterminding the new look and for overseeing a number of related items including this new website, an exciting range of branded clothing and the new burgee that you will see flying from the Clubhouse mast. A roll out of all our other branded items is planned to take place over the forthcoming months.

We have a number of anniversary events planned for the year including a talk on the history of the Club in early Spring; a Family Regatta weekend with barbecue and a Beatles band; a new Anniversary Cup together with a ‘Sail Past’; a revamped Visitors Day and an extra special Prize Giving in November.

There will also be a number of prizes and anniversary draws to look forward to and even our very own brand of CVLSC Beer – a real Chew Brew for everyone to celebrate!

Save these dates:

Wed 01-Feb-17

Aiming For Tokyo Winter Wednesday Social Event 1st February with Chew’s Ellie Curmpsty Podium Potential sailor. The Cumpsty [...]

Wed 22-Mar-17

The Story of CVLSC Past, Present & Future - Wed. 22-Ma-17 @ 7.30pm The Story of Chew Valley Lake Sailing [...]

Wed 21-Jun-17

Summer Solstice Summer Solstice Come and enjoy the Club on the longest day of our 50th Anniversary [...]

Sat 01-Jul-17

Family Regatta followed by 50th Anniversary Party Family Regattta (all welcome) Family-regatta-programme-2017 09.30 - Duty Team Briefing & general preparations for the [...]

50th Anniversary Party & Beatles Tribute Band 50th Anniversary Party - ticket holders only Tickets (in advance only) for THE summer event [...]

Sun 02-Jul-17

Club Racing Regatta 

Sun 03-Sep-17

Mercury Macklin & Melvin Watts, Golden Anniversary Trophy Parade of Sail Postponed to Sun 17-Sep-17 Mercury Macklin Melvin Watts Age Group Trophies race 10:30 [...]

Sun 17-Sep-17

Parade of Sail 50th Anniversary Grand Parade of Sail Postponed from Sun 03-Sep-17 The Grand Parade of Sail [...]

Sun 22-Oct-17

Visitor’s Day, Top Club and RNLI Trophies Visitor’s Day / Top Club (Registration link will appear here when available)   Equipment Committee [...]

Sat 11-Nov-17

50th Anniversary Dinner and Prize Giving An evening to celebrate! We are delighted to announce our special guest: Iain Percy, double [...]

Thu 01-Feb-18

An Evening with Ian Walker MBE An Evening with Ian Walker MBE / Thursday 1st February 7:00pm As the Grand Finale [...]

Look Out For:

Special Anniversary Beer

Our stylish new range of exclusive CVLSC clothing – wool sweater, beanie and cap now available from the bar.