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BLESSING OF SAFETY BOATS
The boats have been named Shirley
Tyler II and Audrey Petit II, in memory of two Ladies who made such wonderful contributions to the history of SYC. We invited Shirley Tyler’s great friend and co-founder of the Salcombe Cadets, Kath Stone, to name the boats. Sally Hosking’s kindly stepped in for her mother, Kath, and the bottles of bubbles were ceremoniously poured on the bows, thus creating another piece of SYC history. In July, Rev Daniel
French ( a Cadet parent and Salcombe Vicar) blessed the new boats at the end
of a Cadet Session. He commented that we are so fortunate to sail on this beautiful estuary and to have such fine Club Boats, and that we should take the time to be thankful and understand how we must take care of the boats. This is the message we teach our Cadets and hope that all club members embrace.