Vintage and Classics Exhibition at RLymYC
Book your FREE tickets now for our Vintage and Classics Exhibition on Saturday 7th May. This open Club event will enable visitors and members to enjoy a unique display of vintage cars, classic boats from dinghies to yachts and classic bikes - including an original wooden Firefly on sale for charity.
A unique display to celebrate our centenary!
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All are welcome at our Vintage andClassics Exhibition, a fabulous celebration of the Club's centenary with a look at how boating and transport has evolved over the past one hundred years.
You’ll find a fascinating display of vintage vehicles including cars, motorbikes and bicycles alongside beautiful classic yachts and dinghies owned by members and friends - and dating back to the early days of the Club.
Refreshments will be available to purchase at the Club, including tea and coffee and vintage goodies to eat.
An exhibition of boating over 100 years
Our unique showcase will include classic vessels on the pontoon and vintage dinghies next to the Club, many of which were designed and built locally in Lymington, such as a West One Design yacht that was one of five produced by Berthon to establish a Class at the Yacht Club.
Included in the display is an original wooden Firefly which was owned by a member of the Club whose widow gave it to a young member to restore as part of his Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. The dinghy will be for sale and all proceeds will be given to the charity Médecins Sans Frontières.
The Club was founded by Scow racers and visitors will have the opportunity to see a fantastic line up of prams including the famous 11-foot pram, the Lymington River Scow, designed and built by local boatbuilder Dan Bran.
Berthon will be presenting their original folding Lifeboat, a design pioneered in 1854 by the Reverend E. L. Berthon that would eventually help to normalise ships carrying adequate safety boats.
Also at the exhibition, learn more about Wednesday Junior Sailing, the RYA OnBoard Centre that has been at the heart of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club for 37 years. Find out more about this brilliant initiative that teaches sailing and seamanship skills to local young people who would otherwise not have the opportunity.
An impressive display of vintage cars and bikes
A number of vintage cars and bikes will be on display ranging from 1901 steam cars to a 1969 E-Type Jaguar. Car enthusiasts will be delighted with the exhibition of privately owned vehicles which will include a Bentley, a Morgan, a Frazer Nash, an Austin Seven, a Triumph and much more!
All are welcome to this open event enabling both members and visitors to take a good look at some vintage classics - book your FREE tickets now and tell your friends and families!
