Squibs

Squib Fleet at Lowestoft

The Squib (see here: https://squibs.co.uk/features) is a an ideal, small (under 20ft in length), racing yacht for the Lowestoft area. It is raced by a crew of two, often with a female crew, at both Oulton Broad (a big Squib fleet during the winter months) and at sea from RN&SYC during the summer.

The Squib is an RYA recognised National Class, and the boats are raced all around the UK and Ireland, with a full set of Open Meetings and National Championships organised by the Class Association.

Here in Lowestoft, we have a Fleet Captain (Richard Sullivan: richardsullivan533@icloud.com), a Fleet Secretary (Chris Jordan: Chrisj@jordanchris.co.uk) and a 4 or 5 person Committee helping to organise the local Squib fleet racing at both RN&SYC and W&OBYC. (Richard with Sue crewing is chasing Chris with Gillian crewing in the picture above!). Communication across the fleet is done through email, WhatsApp and Facebook – Please contact Chris to link into the communication flow.

Squib Racing in 2023: Squib Racing 2023

Squib Racing in 2024: Squib Racing in 2024 

Competitive used squibs can be found for between £4000 and £8000, complete with good sails and a trailer. We usually dry sail them at Lowestoft which means the boats are kept dry and safe in the boat park on trailers and they are craned in ready for racing – a simple process which takes about five minutes for each boat. We sail at Lowestoft on Saturday afternoons from May to October and then get the best of both worlds by taking the boats to Oulton Broad for the winter.

If anyone is interested in joining us please let us know and we’ll take you for a sail!

Sailing and racing at Oulton Broad: Please see: https://wobyc.com/

Squibs across the UK: https://squibs.co.uk/>

 

During 2023, Bryan and Jenny Riley from RN&SYC
finished 3rd overall at the Squib Inland National Championships: