Winter Party and Prize Giving plus December events at Plas Heli

80 members and guests gathered at Plas Heli for our winter party and prize giving, which replaced our traditional Christmas Ball this year. Although a less formal affair, we enjoyed some excellent tapas by El Chiringuito of Pwllheli, and roast pork and salads by Y Dyn Cig of LLanrug. Cheesecake and cheeses followed, with diners enjoying the sounds of great blues and jazz played by the Kirk Ward trio.

Prize giving followed, with our worthy winners of 2021 receiving their trophies, with two special awards his year, the first to Robin Evans and Brian Metcalf for their work running the PSC bridge, and the final award of the evening , a lifetime contribution award presented to Richard Tudor marking his incredible voluntary work over the years at the club, and for his ongoing contribution to the world of sailing, and encouragement to those youngsters starting their sailing journey.

Afterwards dancing until late to the excellent Jac Dobson a'r band .

Sir Chay Blyth's message to Richard Tudor, read out on the night he was awarded the lifetime contribution award.

“Richard was skipper of British Steel 2 in the British Steel Challenge Round the World Yacht Race. He was one of only 12 skippers to be chosen from over 200 applicants all of whom had the same necessary Yacht Master qualifications to apply.

He was an inspirational leader, deeply respected and loved by his crew. They suffered one of the ultimate misfortunes in a Yacht race of losing their mast in the Southern Ocean at a point virtually the furthest from land of anywhere on the planet. In adversity the true mettle of people comes out. When the rigging needed cutting from the yacht it was Richard who went over the side with bolt cutters to free the debris from the yacht. Richard had the technical expertise to know what had to be done. He got the yacht and all his Crew back safely from the depths of the Southern Ocean safely to the Chatham Islands and then on to Wellington.

He never asked his crew to do anything that he wasn’t prepared to do, and hence the lasting respect that all his crew still have for him. They were highly competitive but also had great fun on the way, a tribute to the personality of their skipper who had the sailing talent to win the first leg of the Race, from Southampton to Rio.

A truly remarkable and outstanding sailor.”

Sir Chay Blyth

partyrichard

Richard and Falmai awarded mementos of the evening by Commodore Gerallt Williams

partymojito

Team Mojito winning a a number of trophies for their success in both CHPSC and ISORA races this year

Avril Banks - Quattro receiving a cruising merit trophy

Members and Guests at the Winter Party

Winter Series

Winter racing continues this weekend, to complete both the winter series and 2021 programme. The forecast looks encouraging, and lets hope champagne conditions return, such as those in the photographs below of winter series weekend 1, when a big fleet turned out for a great day on the water

Plas Heli Bar - Interim service.

We hope to publish some limited opening hours for the bar soon, which will most likely be early Friday and Saturday evenings, and potentially some dates around Christmas and the New Year. This limited service will be run by volunteers and managed collaboratively by the Flag Officers of CHPSC and Director's of Plas Heli. Once this is finalised, we will publish the information on the website .

Details: Last Updated: 10 December 2021; Hits: 568