Photo competition 2025

 

Here are the entries for the 2025 photo competition .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Reflections      Caroline Hutchinson 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2  Seabow     Val Glen 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

3 Evening Sun     Mike Forbes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Race Start    Stewart Toy 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Cowes Week Sailing       Roy D’Silva 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Is it a boat or a boatymacboatplane?     Séamus Lalor  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Game On          Freda Forbes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

8 Early Summer Lunga        Dugald Glen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 Things are looking up           Trevor Watson 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

10  Yes we went round this stack in the Faroes     Marie McDougall 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 Surreal Dolphin       Graham Gillies 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

12 Sunset Anchored at Skye Bridge      Robert Rodger 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

13 Anyone bring the gin??      Norena McAdam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 Rounding the windward mark      Ross Carter 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYC NEWSLETTER November 2025

Message from the Secretary Graham Gillies

Our Pint and a Curry night in October was well attended again with 13 drouthy souls in attendance all of whom made it to the Horseshoe bar. The Bombay Blues buffet with its assortment of spicy dishes didn’t disappoint and much chat ensued of the season’s cruising and plans for the winter.

The Serpent Annual Dinner and Prizegiving is on Saturday 6th December 7 for 7.30pm at the familiar and colourful Glasgow Art Club in Bath Street. The after-dinner speaker this year will be the Rev David Brice who will be joining us from Belfast. He and his wife Esse are fellow sailors and enthusiastic Serpent members. The cost of the evening will be £70 pp, to include a Prosecco Reception and choice of 3 course meal followed by tea or coffee.

Please see attached Menu and application form for the dinner. As usual, we require to have pre-orders for menu choices. The Chef will tailor dishes to any stated diet requirements.
Orders must be received by 1st December.

Photo Competition It's time for this year’s Photo Competition. The trophy for the winner is a fine watercolour painting by the late John Turner to enjoy for a year and an enlarged print of your Photo which will be displayed at the Dinner. All competition entries will be posted on the Serpent website and you, the club members, will once again be the judges. This has proved to be popular and enjoyable distraction providing some colour and interest to the website, so please do send in your contribution.

The Competition rules are, that a member submitting a photo must have taken it themselves within the past year. One photo per member. The theme is suitably broad, ‘A boating or marine scene’. You must be happy to have your photo posted on the Serpent website.

Please email your photo, in the highest resolution possible together with a title to Graham at gwagillies@gmail.com The closing date is not far away on Tuesday 11th November so don’t delay. 

 

 

2024 Photo Competition Winner ‘Late summer dawn Crinan’ - Dugald Glen

 

Diary of Events for 2025 /26

 

The Annual Dinner & Prize-giving on

Saturday 6th December Glasgow Art Club, Bath St.

 

Dundee Winter Meeting 15th -16th January 2026
We are holding a winter meeting in Dundee comprising a tour of HMS Unicorn, Scotland’s Oldest Ship, followed by an evening meal in the Jute Restaurant.

The following morning, we will tour Discovery Point and the RRS Discovery, Captain Scott’s Ship.

 

Our 2026 Serpent AGM will be on the evening of 24^th February 2026 at the

Royal Gourock Yacht Club.

 

 

Arran Backdrop at day’s end GG