Solway YC's online 2021 season launch and the Club's poignant connection to Uffa Fox and 'Coweslip'
The Regatta at Kippford in 1898 © Rev. Bill Holland collection Despite the ongoing Covid restrictions still preventing in-person gatherings, the Club went ahead with an online season-opener to coincide with what should have been "Craning-In" day, traditionally followed by the Fitting Out Party in the Clubhouse. Instead, Robert Dinwiddie, the Club Commodore and local historian, gave a great presentation of the Club's background, intertwined with the Kippford village's history from the mid nineteenth century. However, what no one could have predicted was how the very sad news of th...
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