Weir Quay Sailing Club
Affiliated to the Royal Yachting Association
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Weir Quay Sailing Club was formed on the 15th May 1966 when eighteen prospective members attended the inaugural meeting which was convened at Weir Quay and the Club's constitution was modelled accordingly to the R.Y.A. recommendations, but with local variations. From this inauspicious beginning, the Club organised itself and gained in strength. In 1967, twelve moorings were purchased for letting to members with cruising boats, so encouraging this side of the Club, and a social committee came into being. Dinghy racing began and the Club was recognised as such by the Royal Yachting Association. The Mirror dinghy was chosen as the Class racing boat although nowadays racing is mainly to handicap.
Club members organised themselves into working-parties and renovated Cleave hard, which served the lime kiln adjacent to Cleave Farm at Weir Quay, so that dinghies could be launched and recovered from small wheeled trailers. The Hard had been in existence for many years but was infrequently used by the public up to 1967 because of the poor state of the surface. A notice board was placed at the top by the local Authority.
In 1975 the Club work parties were engaged on constructing a natural stone facing to the river wall along the outer dinghy park. This work was arduous and hampered by the tidal waters of the Tamar also a barn-cum-cowshed and yard had been leased for a 30-year period for boat parking and equipment storage, with a view to turning it in to a Clubroom with dinghy park. This transformation began in 1976 with the help of a grant from the sports Council and a loan from the National Playing Fields Association which enabled toilets and changing facilities to be installed.
Club members organised themselves into working-
In 1975 the Club work parties were engaged on constructing a natural stone facing to the river wall along the outer dinghy park. This work was arduous and hampered by the tidal waters of the Tamar also a barn-
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