Concorde

Steady and dependable, Concorde has carried club crews across the Solent and far beyond for two decades, and she is still going strong.

She is an easy boat to sail and a favourite for a first offshore passage. Roller-furling headsail, lazy-jacks on the main and an electric windlass mean a small crew can handle her without drama, which matters when half the crew met each other on the pontoon that morning.

Cabins & crew

Three double cabins plus two berths in the saloon, sleeping up to eight, with a maximum crew of eight on passage, although we normally limit this to five sleeping aboard and six aboard for day trips. Coded to MCA standards, with a Raymarine chart plotter integrated with GPS, radar, DSC VHF, and depth, log and wind instruments.

Sailing her

Concorde is the boat many members learn on, and the one plenty of them come back to. Her 62 square metres of working sail are enough to make her lively in a Solent breeze without ever feeling like hard work, and she sits comfortably at anchor in Osborne Bay or Newtown Creek at the end of the day.