PYSC and PCC members converged on the Nailsea Masonic Centre on Saturday 6th March for a historic night – the first time the clubs have shared an event in nearly 70 years!
Thanking the PYSC team for inviting PCC to the event, Commodore Nick Duppa-Miller gave a short speech in which he outlined a number of things the club shared such as the joint use of the Newcombe Bouy (sometimes at the same time!) together with the use of VHF channel M1 on race day which always makes for an interesting start sequence.
After the 3 course dinner, and before the dancing started, came the PCC awards for non-racing prizes which were presented as follows:
| Services to the Club | Mark Lewis (awarded posthumously) |
| Furthest Cruise | Stuart Phipps, Segeta |
| Longest Single Handed Cruise | Jerry Dillon, Rosetta |
| Bristol Channel Cruising Cup | Margaret & Rodney Deacon, Tesalah |
| Best Newcomer | Bob Goulding |
| Best Log | Tim Pearson, Molia |
| Outstanding Seamanship | Crews of Assassin, Ctrl-J, Hero and Scrumpy-J for the passage to Cork and avoiding the bad weather! |
Congratulations to all the winners and if you missed out on the fun, next year’s event has already been booked for Saturday 7th February so mark your diaries!
Big thanks to the PYSC team for all the organization and also to Julia Filer on the PCC side.