Taking part
The Club organizes events to promote sailing and engineering for a range of sailing skills and aspirations. The centre of activity is around the Solent and members’ boats range from trailer sailors to ocean-going yachts.
Sailing has been an important sphere of Club activities for the past 40 years and has led to many friendships as well as providing much enjoyment to members, families and friends.
Any member of the Institution is most welcome to join our rallies.
Events include day sails, nautical quests, rallies and dinners, largely arranged around the Solent area.
The Civil Engineers’ Club in association with The Little Britain Challenge Cup are pleased to announce the award of a new trophy to the highest placed civil engineering boat that is owned, skippered or crewed by a Civil Engineer (member of ICE), including students in the Little Britain regatta. The Little Britain Challenge Cup is an annual regatta for the construction and property industry held every year in September. This will be administered by CEC and further details about entry can be obtained from David Hardcastle (davidjhardcastle@gmail.com).
The trophy is called the Sir John Coode Trophy in honour of the famous Civil Engineer who specialised in Harbour Works. His achievements include Portland Harbour (UK), plus Colombo Harbour (Sri Lanka), Cape Town and Victoria Dock, Melbourne. He also designed the first lighthouse made of reinforced concrete at La Corbiere, Jersey.
Unfortunately the Sir John Coode trophy attracted no entrants for the Little Britain Challenge Cup and so was not awarded. This is surprising as there are usually a number of civil engineering boats competing in this regatta.
The Telford Cup in the summer is awarded to the highest placed Civil Engineering boat competing in the Round Island Race ( Isle of Wight) competing in IRC classes. There were 5 entrants for this cup and the winner was Lulu Wallis on ‘Expressly Forbidden.‘
There were no entries for the Smeaton Trophy which is awarded for non-IRC entrants to the RIR.
The Sir John Coode Trophy
Chris Jones won the Elvera Trophy again in 2023 for the fifth year running for his most interesting log of the year. It tells how he and his wife sold their former boat “White Knight” and bought the “Boston Belle” and their journeys around the UK. Click on the link below to read it:
For his winning log of the previous year, click on the link below:
For his winning log of the previous year, click on the link below:
Further, for his winning log of the previous year, click on the link below:
Here is a photo of Chris holding the Elvera Cup:
Trophies
There are four trophies.
The Smeaton Trophy and the Telford Goblet are for members and staff of the ICE who enter or skipper a yacht competing in the Round the Island Race.
The Smeaton Trophy is awarded by the Club to the yacht, which has the lowest quotient determined by dividing the boats finishing position in its class or sub-class by the number of starters in that class or sub-class. The Telford Goblet is awarded by the Island Sailing Club to the highest placed yacht in the IRC class.
The Elvera Cup is awarded for the most interesting log of a cruise in the current year by a member of the Club.
The Sir John Coode Trophy is awarded in honour of the famous Civil Engineer of that name who specialised in Harbour Works.
Further information
If you need any further information on any matter, but particularly on crewing opportunities, how to enter for trophies or the programme generally, please contact David Hardcastle.
David Hardcastle
email: davidjhardcastle@gmail.com
Sailing programme for 2024
July: Round the Island Race for the Telford and Smeaton Trophies.
September: Little Britain Challenge for the Sir John Coode Trophy.
December 31st: Closing date for the Elvera Trophy for the most entertaining log of a cruise in 2024.