1947 – 1949
The Club was created as an association of friends in 1947.
The Inaugural Meeting was held at “The Quarry” Bourne End on Sunday 25th April 1948 with 16 members in attendance.
The first Executive meeting was also held on Sunday 25th April 1948 at The Quarry.
The first officers were Commodore C.C. Wallace Hon Secretary Mr G. Pearce Hon Treasurer Mr S.A. Tilley Committee: Mr A.W. Weatherall, Mrs Wallace and Mr L.A. Spreechley Executive Committee Miss E.A. Dalton, Mr A. Tavener, Auditors: Mrs Pearce, Mr Hore.
There were 17 members and 6 boats in 1948 of which a number were Snipes. Annual subscription was one guinea for Full members (Gentlemen), half a guinea for Ladies and five shillings for Cadets under 18.
Initially the Club used the premises of Townsend Brothers and in 1950 the Club were asked by Townsend to find alternative premises.
It was agreed with Mr Barnard of the Quarry that the Club should rent a portion of the tea hut at the Quarry for use as a dressing room for the sum of £12 per annum and to use the lawn surrounding the tea hut to store boats at a cost of £3 per boat per season.
The first AGM was held at The George Hotel in Uxbridge on Wednesday 30th March 1949.
A trophy was donated by Mr H.H. Streete for Handicap Racing and racing commenced on Easter Sunday 15th April 1949.
There was an invitation from the Merlin Class to participate in their 1949 championships at Cowes however it was felt that the location of the meeting and the petrol restriction would prevent members from entering.
Handicaps were allocated for the Merlin Class, National 12 & Firefly and the Snipe Class.
Boats were stored at Townsend Brothers.
1950
Early 1950 the Club rented a site from Mr Lillie at River Bungalow on Cookham Reach for a nominal annual rent of £10. There were 70 members and 20 boats.
Guy Pearce presented a trophy for the Merlin Class.
Snipes were stored at Turks boat yard.
The third Sunday of each month was Maintenance Sunday when work entailed in the maintenance of the Club was done.
1951
The first Merlin Rocket Open Meeting was held on 9th September 1951 and there were 12 entries. The winner was Mr Jack Holt, second was Mr Ken Mollart and third was Mr Beecher Moore.
Mr Rodger Hawkes was elected as a Cadet member on Sunday 1st August 1951.
Mr Gerald Burnham was elected a Cadet member on Sunday 5th August 1951 and was Treasurer in 1956 – 1960, Sailing Secretary 1962 – 1963, Rear Commodore 1964.
1952
Ted Clarke presented the Harbour Cup which was for novices. The trophy was raced over six handicap races with the best three results to count. The first winner was Gerry Burnham.
1953
Building bonds were introduced to assist with the cost of the original clubhouse.
Boats were initially launched by the side of the Ferry Hotel in Cookham and a right of way was rented from Mrs Lille across a small triangle of land at the end of Berries Road to the Club. This allowed boats to be unhitched at the end of Berries Road and man-handled across the triangle to the towpath and along to the Club grounds.
Facilities were provided by The Crown, where members got changed and then walked down to the boats and after sailing had to walk back and the Club used the Tea Hut.
Races were started from an open platform as there was no starter’s box.
Gerry Burnham again won the Harbour Cup which resulted in the rules being changed so that it could only be won once by a helm.
The Heron Class was introduced following a request from Ruislip Lido Sailing Club. They could only sail in the winter so they made an approach for a block membership in order that they could sail in the summer months.
1954
Club house construction starts in March.
The clubhouse was opened on the 5th June 1954.
1955
The Heron class was adopted at the AGM with a fleet of six boats with a maximum of 12 in the first year and they would have their own class race starting 15 minutes before the others. Their first Open Meeting was held on the 14th & 15th of May.
Division racing was introduced based on a system used by Ranelagh Sailing Club.
In 1955 there were 13 Herons and 12 Merlin Rockets.
The Heron Class presented a trophy to the Merlin Rocket Class which was to be competed for in the Division racing.
1956
Mr P. Flanagan was elected as a member on Monday the 13th August 1956 and was
Vice Commodore 1964.
There were 18 Merlins, 16 Herons, 3 12’ Nationals, a Rambler and an Albacore.
1957
The Enterprise was introduced into the Club in 1957 and the fleet comprised of 21 Merlins, 22 Herons and 6 Enterprises.
Maximum Merlin turnout was 17 and the maximum Heron turnout was 10.
It was agreed that the maximum number of boats in each class for the year would be 20 Herons, 20 Merlins and 20 Enterprises.
D.G. Bayley was elected as a Cadet member on Tuesday 30th April 1957.
1958
The Merlin Rocket Open Meeting was a Silver Tiller Event.
The first Enterprise Open Meeting took place on Saturday 24th May.
Initial discussion on the possibility of purchasing the field which the Club used took place on Tuesday 18th March.
In October the Club agreed a 7 year lease with Mr &Mrs Lillie the owners of River Bungalow with a rent of £30.
1959
Mr R.W.Deacon was elected as a member on 21st April 1959 however no boat berth was available. The Club’s membership was then closed with a waiting list established.
The membership was 164.
1960
There were 20 Merlins, 21 Enterprises and 20 Herons berthed at the Club with the average fleet racing of 24 with the maximum of 34.
There were 46 Starters at the Merlin Open Meeting.
1961
Mr & Mrs H.V. Blake were elected members on the 16th May 1961.
The fleet comprised of 61 boats with average turnout of 24 and a maximum of 37.
There were 55 starters at the Merlin Open Meeting.
1962
In January 1962 discussions took place in respect of the purchase of the land occupied by the Club and the purchase was successfully concluded at a cost of £1500.
The fleet comprised of 61 boats with the maximum turnouts being Merlin 18, Enterprises 16 and Herons 12.
The Merlin Open attracted 57 entries, the Enterprise 39 and Herons 28.
Mr J. Bridges was elected a member on the 26th June 1962.
1963
The OK Class was introduced.
A new river frontage was built by a contractor to replace the original one that was built by members.
1964
Mr R. Cartwright was elected as a member on the 2nd June 1964.
In 1964 the membership was 201 and in 1965 it was 226.
Pat Blake was 6th in the Merlin National Championships.
1965
Racing was started for members of the Club who were under 21.
Saturday afternoon racing was started in the form of a handicap pursuit race and there were 12 starters for the initial race.
The OK Open meeting attracted 42 entries and the Enterprise 30.
1966
The Club was connected to the electric supply. Up to then Calor gas had been used.
The Clubhouse is extended and partly financed members Building Bonds in units of £5 together with a grant of £1350 was received from the Ministry of Education and Science towards the cost of the new Clubhouse which was estimated to be between £2500 and £2700.
The entry for the Merlin Open was 51 boats, the OK open was 21 and it was won by Robert Berk of C.R.S.C.
The membership was 190.
The new clubhouse was opened on the 16th of July by Mr C.C. Wallace the Club’s first Commodore who also presented the Club with a trophy to be called the Founders Trophy.
Mr Roy Reuter and his wife were elected members on the 6th September 1966.
1967
The Club was licensed to sell intoxicating liquor.
Recommendation to purchase the Phillips plantation for a sum not exceeding £1250.The plantation was purchased in March.
There were 8 OK’s, 16 Herons, 25 Enterprises and 22 Merlins.
Membership was 270 including children.
The club hosted the Enterprise Thames Valley Championships.
Robert Berk was selected to represent the U.K. in the OK World Championships in Canada.
Discussions with Copas on purchase of land in exchange for the Phillips land which would form the car park and access to Berries Road instead of access being conditional on agreement from the owners of Riverholm.
1968
An Extraordinary General Meeting was held to consider exchanging the 2 acre plantation bought by the Club in March 1967 for £1250 for approximately half an acre of land behind the clubhouse, connecting the Club compound to the end of Berries Road. The exchange of land would involve no cash payment, except a £1 token payment but the Club would be liable for fencing, gates and legal expenses.
A letter was received from the Thames Conservancy regarding a complaint that had been received of congestion of the river at Cookham caused by sailing boats.
As many as 50 boats were racing on some afternoons.
Individual membership is 300 and there are 11 OK’s, 19 Herons, 29 Enterprises and 24 Merlins. There is a waiting list for members wishing to join in 1969.
The Enterprise Open Meeting had 9 entries on the Saturday for the Cookham Schooner Trophy and 26 entries on the Sunday of which 20 were from the Club.
The Merlin Open Meeting had 37 entrants.
Gerry Burnham was placed 1st overall at Bourne End Week and came 3rd in the Spade Oak Bowl.
1969
The following motion was passed at the AGM “All full members shall hold at least one Building Bond of £5 and can hold up to a maximum figure as the Executive Committee may decide from time to time according to the financial requirements of the Club. The Bonds will normally be redeemed when the member leaves the Club”.
The installation of the telephone was raised and 42 voted for with 17 against.
Negotiations were still ongoing with Copas as to the exchange of the Phillips plantation for a parcel of land which is now the car park and access to Berries Road.
There were 16 entries for the OK Open Meeting and it was won by a Cookham boat.
J. Thompson and A. Edgeson were nominated for the OK World Championships.
Three new trophies were presented from Mr and Mrs Birt, Nat Phillips and Mrs Glenny and Mrs Blake the latter to be known as the “Up and Coming” trophy and to be sailed for on Wednesday afternoons during school and college holidays.
The Merlins won the Top Mast Trophy with a team comprising of Gerry Burnham, Pat Blake and Bob Deacon.
43 Merlins attended the Open Meeting.
12 Merlins regularly attended Silver Tiller Events.
An 8 hour Marathon race was held on Saturday 28th June in celebration of the Club’s 21st Anniversary and was won by Gerry and Deidre Burnham.
Gerry and Deidre Burnham won the Spade Oak Bowl and were outright winners of Bourne End Week. They also won the Merlin Open Meeting at Aldenham S.C.
Graham Broadway won the Enterprise Open Meeting at Reading S.C.
Gerry and Deidre Burnham won the Merlin Class at Salcombe and there were around forty members and sixteen boats attending from the Club.
There were 84 berths comprising 27 Enterprises. 27 Merlins, 15 OK’s and 15 Herons.
21 boats entered the Heron Open Meeting.
19 boats entered the Enterprise Open Meeting.
1970
The land was finally acquired from Copas in exchange for the Phillips plantation.
The Club acquired a new telephone and rescue boat.
The trophy presented by Mr and Mrs Birt was allocated to the Marathon Race.
The trophy presented by Nat Phillps was competed for at the Autumn Bank Holiday and the first winner was Mr G. Burnham.
In the Heron Class Keith Bartley won the Marlow Trophy at the Southern Championships and also the Kingsmead Open meeting. David Bartley won the Southern Junior Championships and he also won all the Sunday events in the Heron Class plus the Coronation Trophy and the Up and Coming Trophy and it was the first time any helmsman had taken all the Class trophies in the same season.
There were 23 entrants for the Heron Open Meeting which was won by Roger Heeley.
Nigel Hodson won the Merlin Open which was attended by 42 boats.
17 boats entered the OK Open Meeting which was won by Alan Edgson who also won the OK Open Meeting at Egham Lake S.C.
There were 18 Herons, 29 Merlins, 10 OK’s and 27 Enterprises berthed at the Club.
Pat Blake won the Merlin Open at the Royal Norfolk Y.C. and was also first in his group at the Two of a Kind event at Porthcawl.
The winner of the Marathon race was from U.T.S.C.
There were 23 entries for the Heron Open meeting that was won by Roger Heeley.
Peter Flanagan is elected as an Honorary Life Member.
The outboard motor was stolen.
In view of the poor turnouts in some classes for Sunday morning racing a minimum of two boats allowed for a race.
1971
The Clubhouse extension was under construction which would provide a new bar and meeting room and was to cost £1450.
A meeting took place between the Flag Officers of the following Clubs, Cookham, Upper Thames, Minima ,Tamesis and Thames with the intention that members of these Clubs should all enjoy some form of social membership of each others Clubs.
Keith Bartley wins the Senior Southern Ares Heron Championships.
Cookham Merlins had six boats in the prizes at the Championships.
Chris McAllen wins the Merlin Open Meeting. 38 boats participated.
Pat Bake wins the Silver Tiller Series with Gerry Burnham 3rd.
Berth allocations were Herons 17 Enterprises 19 OK’s 9 and Merlins 28.
The Enterprise Fleet was suffering a bad patch with an average of one or two boats on Sunday mornings and 8 in the afternoons.
Guy Pearce won the Heron Open Meeting which was attended by 23 boats but was subsequently disqualified for not being a member of the Heron Association with Alan Edgeson being awarded the trophy.
1972
Clubhouse extension opened on the 19th March.
The Merlin Open Meeting had 46 entrants and was won by Bob Deacon.
Bob Deacon wins the Oxford Frostbite Series.
Pat Blake was 4th in the Merlin Championships.
David Bartley won the Winter Heron Series at Kingsmead.
The Mirror Class was adopted.
There was concern at the number of boats left unused during the year.
30 boats entered the Heron Open Meeting.
The Cookham Schooner Trophy was the prize for the winner of the Saturday race at the Enterprise Open Meeting.
1973
Dorothy Hartfied was welcomed as the first lady member of the Executive Committee since the Club was formed.
There were 226 members, 153 family units; of these units 55 do not own boats.
The Club celebrated its Silver Jubilee.
The Secretary would write to the following clubs to elect their flag officers as Honorary Members, Aldenham, Oxford, Kingsmead, Maidenhead and Ranelagh.
All members of the following Clubs would be Honorary Members under the terms of the agreement with U.T.S.C., Thames, Thamesis and Minima.
Princess Alexandra landed in a helicopter on the Club car park prior to opening Cookham House the adjacent nursing home on the 7th June.
The Marathon Race only had 11 entries and was won by Bob Deacon and Colin Humphrey.
David Bartley won the Heron Open Meeting. 42 boats entered. He also won the Heron Class in the Cadet week at Croydon Sailing Club and also the Open Meeting at Papercourt Sailing Club.
Pat Blake won the Merlin Open Meetings at Banbury, Bognor, Chase, Gratham Water, Littlehampton, Lowestoft and came second at the Merlin Championships
and in the Silver Tiller Series.
The Cookham B Merlin Team won the Aldenham Anchor Team Trophy.
There were 38 entries for the Merlin Open Meeting and 26 for the Enterprise Open Meeting.
First Winter Series was held and the winner was Gerry Burnham.
Gilly Henderson won the Minima Cup at the Merlin Championships.
Graham Broadway won the Spade Oak Bowl at U.T.S.C.
David Bartley won the Heron Open meeting at Ruislip.
Alan Edgeson won the OK Open meeting.
David Phillips was elected as a cadet member on the 15th May.
Clive Church was elected a member on the 29th November.
1974
There were 40 entries for the Merlin Open Meeting.
Roy Reuter wins the Aldenham OK Open Meeting and Cookham Merlins win the Aldenham Anchor Team Trophy.
The OK Open Meeting had 21 entries and was won by Clive Evison.
There were 26 entries for the Heron Open Meeting and it was won by David Bartley
who also won the Heron Class in the Cadet Week at Croydon S.C. and the Heron Open meeting at Papercourt S.C. He also crewed in the Endeavour Trophy representing the Heron Class.
Gerry Burnham won the Yves Plate at Bourne End Week.
The Enterprise Open Meeting had been a disaster with no visitors as it was not a Thames Valley Bowl event and there were four boats on the Saturday and nine on the Sunday.
Pat Blake comes third in the Merlin Championships, second in the Merlin Inland Championships and wins the Silver Series. He also won the Merlin Open Meetings at Banbury, Hollingworth and Whitstable Sailing Clubs.
Peter Flanagan won the Broxbourne Merlin Open Meeting.
Deidre Burnham won the National 12 Open Meeting at Henley S.C. and was second in the Ladies Championships.
Andrew Hyland won the Heron Open Meeting at Spinnaker S.C. and Cookham won the Southern Heron Team Trophy.
Roger Healy won the Kingsmead S.C. Heron Open Meeting.
Mr Copas had agreed to sell the 20 foot strip of land at the side of the Club grounds.
It was agreed that the car park could be used by officials connected to the Queen’s visit to Cookham on the 18th October.
1975
There were 47 Merlins, 28 Enterprises, 27 Herons and 14 OK’s in the fleets.
It was agreed that Mirrors could race on Sunday mornings and afternoons with the Herons with adults crewing.
Pat Blake and Michael Fowler sailed their Flying Dutchman at Weymouth Olympic Week.
Peter Flanagan is elected to the RYA Centreboard Committee as a Merlin Rocket representative.
It was agreed that we should, because of the present situation in the country, postpone acquiring any additional land and conserve our finances.
Bob Deacon wins the Shoreham Merlin Open.
Kevin Mc Allen wins the OK Open Meeting.
Clive Evison wins the OK class at Bourne End week.
There were 36 entries for the Merlin Open Meeting.
The Merlins win the Aldenham Canon and the O.K’s win the Canon Balls.
There were 34 entries for the Enterprise Open Meeting.
Gerry Burnham won the Merlin Class at Bourne End week and Deidre Burnham won the Ladies Race. Guy Pearce borrowed a Wayfarer and won the Class.
The Heron Open Meeting attracted 22 entries and was won by Derek Taylor.
1976
There were 141 members at the start of the season.
Pat Blake has an Olympic trial for the Flying Dutchman.
Deidre Burnham and Jilly Blake came 10th out of 26 in the Ladies 420 European Championships in Switzerland.
There were 48 entrants for the Merlin Open meeting.
Bob Deacon wins the Merlin River Thames Trophy.
Chris Mc Allen wins the Merlin Class at Bourne End week as well as the Spade Oak Bowl.
Gerry Burnham wins the Merlin Open Meeting at Hampton.
Mike Fowler wins the Merlin Open at Datchet and Pat Blake wins the Merlin Open at Gratham.
Cookham won the Marlow Ropes Trophy at the Merlin Championships for the best team performance.
There were 18 entrants for the Enterprise Open Meeting.
There were 25 boats in the Enterprise Fleet and 18 in the Heron Fleet.
The OK Open Meeting had 20 entrants.
Clive Evison came 4th overall at the OK Nationals together with the Zepher and Hugh Patton Trophies for selected races together with the Basil Crosley Memorial Trophy for the best placed competitor under 19 years. He also won the Handicap Class at Bourne End week and the Henley Open Meeting.
1977
Planning permission had been received for a new Starters Box.
Attendances at Club Open Meetings were Merlins 48, Enterprises 18, OK 8, and Heron 23 with Neville Borrill winning the Enterprise Open, Clive Evison the OK Open meetings.
Clive Evison was selected to go to the European OK Championships and wins the Fishers Green Open Meeting and the Aldenham Open Meeting.
Roy Reuter wins the OK Class at Salcombe Week and also wins the Upper Thames OK Open Meeting.
Pat Blake won the Flying Dutchman National Championship and came 3rd at the Weymouth Olympic Week. In addition he won the Merlin Inland Championship, the National Championship and the Silver Tiller Championship for the fourth time as well as the Aldenham, Shoreham and Whitstable Open Meetings.
Fleets comprised of the following: Merlin 48, OK 20, Enterprise 18, Heron 22.
The Heron Class won the Southern Area Team Trophy.
Gerry Burnham wins the Merlin River Thames Trophy.
The Merlins won the S.E Area Championships with a team comprising of Pat Blake, Bob Deacon and Mike Fowler.
There were 8 entrants for the OK Open Meeting and it was won by Clive Evison
Cookham won the Marlow Team Trophy at the Merlin Championships for the second year.
There were 23 entries for the Heron Open meeting.
1978
Raymond Glenny becomes the third trustee.
Attendances at Club Open Meetings Merlins 37 OK 19, Enterprises 17 Heron 14.
Pat Blake won the Flying Dutchman event at Weymouth and has been selected for the Olympic Training Squad and was second at the Merlin Championships and 3rd in the Silver Tiller series.
Mike Fowler was 3rd in the Merlin Inland Championships.
Alistair Mc Michael wins the OK Open Meeting at Queen Mary and is 2nd at the National Championships.
Clive Evison wins the OK Open Meeting at Halifax and comes 3rd in the OK National Championships.
CRSC won the Team Prize at the OK National Championships.
Geoff Woollen won the OK Open Meeting.
Alistair Mc Michael and Clive Evison were selected to go as the UK representatives at the World OK Championships in Holland. Alastair Mc Michael won two races and finished 15th with Clive Evison 34th.
Colin Humphrey wins the Merlin Open at Up River.
Pat Blake comes 2nd at the National Championships and wins the Merlin Opens at Cheddar, Upper Thames, Bognor and Aldenham.
Mike Fowler wins the Merlin Opens at Salcombe and Hamble.
Bob Deacon wins the Merlin Open at Whitstable.
At the Merlin S.E.Area Cookham A come first and Cookham B come second and won the team trophy (Marlow Ropes Trophy) at the Championships for the third year running.
David Phillips wins the Heron Open Meeting at Ruislip.
1979
Grant from the Sports Council of £2000 to renew and improve the frontage which was carried out by Aubrey Watson &Co.
The category of Associate member was introduced for past full members of long standing who are no longer active in club sailing or close relatives of present active members.
Bob Deacon becomes a Merlin Rocket Class measurer.
Jilly Blake came third in the Ladies Worlds in America. Pat Bake attended the pre Olympic Regatta at Tallin.
Pat Blake is selected for the Olympic squad.
Geoff Woollen Clive Evison and Alastair Mc Michael represented Great Britain in OK World Championships in Norway with Clive coming 3rd.
Geoff Woollen won the OK National Championships.
Duncan Matthew wins the OK Open Meetings at Henley and London Corinthian.
David Phillips wins the Heron Open Meeting at Ruislip, Kingsmead, Chipstead and Cookham and also the Southern Championships.
CRSC wins the Heron Southern Team Championships.
Mike Fowler wins the Merlin Opens at Littlehampton and Lowestoft and is 3rd at the Merlin Inland Championships. Harry Roome wins at Queen Mary and Poole Week.
Chris McAllen wins the River Thames Trophy race at Upper Thames.
The Merlins win the S.E. Area Team Trophy.
Cookham wins the Thames Water Authority Team Championship at Datchet and the Roy Drewett Memorial Trophy.
1980
H.V. Blake and P. Flanagan appointed as additional trustees.
Club was connected to main drainage.
Keith and Merle Jarrett of Riverholm invited to become Honorary Members.
Pat Blake wins Merlin Nationals in Bob Deacon’s Merlin.
Cookham Merlins win S.E.Area Team Championships.
Harry Roome wins the Merlin Opens at Cookham and Upper Thames and at Salcombe.
David Phillip wins the Heron Southern Area Championships as well as Open meetings at Ruislip and Chipstead.
Clive Evison wins the Heron Open Meeting and comes 3rd in the OK World Championships.
Duncan Matthew wins the OK Open Meeting and the OK Class at Salcombe Week.
Geoff Woollen wins the OK National Championships.
Jilly Blake has qualified for the 420 World Championships and came 5th.
The Enterprise Fleet comprises of 30 boats.
There was continuing incidents of damage to O.K’s in the dinghy park and it was the opinion of the police that this was being caused by a current Club member.
The Winter Series would comprise two separate events. An open event based on P.Y. numbers and a personal handicap series for which the Marathon Cup would be awarded.
1981
Alistair Mc Michael wins OK Nationals and Qualified for the OK World Championships.
Geoff Woollen wins OK National Inland championships and the Henley Open Meeting.
Tom Aston wins OK National Junior Championships.
The Club won the OK National Championship Team Prize and the Thames Valley Area Team Prize.
OK Open Meeting won by Duncan Matthew with 21 participants as well as Upper Thames, Salcombe Week and the T.V.A. Area Championships with Cookham winning the Team prize.
David Phillips wins the OK Class at Bourne End Week.
Geoff Woollen qualifies for the OK World Championships and wins the Henley Open Meeting.
Heron Open Meeting won by David Phillips who also won The Heron National Championships and the Kingsmead Open Meeting.
Merlin Open Meeting won by Bob Deacon with 34 participants.
Joe Coulson wins the Up River Merlin Open Meeting.
Club Fleet 40 Enterprises 30 Merlins 25 Herons 15 OK’s 3 Solos.
42 Enterprises attended the Open Meeting.
Withies –Gerry Burnham, when Commodore found that the Club had legal rights to cut down the Withies though it was actually the responsibility of the TWA to keep them cut.
1982
Alistair Mc Michael wins the OK Open, the OK European Championships and the OK Class at Kiel Week as well as the Cookham Open Meeting at which there were 18 entrants.
Pat Blake wins the Merlin Championships and the Inland Championships.
Clive Evison wins the Heron National Championships.
The six Solos race with the OK’s.
The TWA advised that the Withies were the responsibility of the National Trust.
CRSC win the Thames Water Trophy at Datchet as well as the Merlin Team Trophy, the OK Team Trophy and the Heron Team Trophy.
The Club’s fleets were Enterprise 36 Merlin 28 Heron 18 and OK 15.
There were 16 entrants for the Merlin Open Meeting and 16 for the Enterprise Open Meeting.
1983
Alistair Mc Michael wins the OK Open as well as the Open Meetings at Torbay and Hamble.
Pat Blake comes 5th at the Merlin Championships.
Geoff Woolen wins the OK Open Meeting at Island Barn.
David Phillips wins the Heron Open Meeting and the Heron National Championships and the Cookham Herons won the Team Trophy.
Duncan Matthew wins the OK Class at Salcombe Week as well as the Open Meetings at Fishers Green and Desborough Sailing Clubs.
The Enterprise Class consisted of 30 boats.
1984
Alastair Mc Michael goes to Los Angeles with the Olympic Squad.
Solos were adopted as a Class.
Roger Pratt wins the Merlin Open Meeting at Minima.
David Phillips wins the Cookham, Chipstead and the Kingsmead OK Open Meetings, the OK Class at Salcombe Week and also the Heron National Championships, the Southern Area Championships and the Open Meeting.
Adrian Wood wins the Enterprise Open Meeting at Oxford.
Clive Evison wins both the Cookham and Upper Thames Merlin Open meetings.
Trees along the bank were lopped.
Mirrors were adopted as a Class.
A Special General Meeting was convened to review the building and financing of the clubhouse frontage renovation and other extensions. The Windsor and Maidenhead Council had authorised a grant of £2500 and the Sports Council had authorised a grant of £1000 and an interest free loan of £1000, repayable over 5 years towards the cost of extending the changing room and store extension. The cost of the work in aluminium was estimated to be £25,000 and in timber at £13,500 so timber was agreed.
1985
The new clubhouse frontage was installed and the changing rooms were extended and the bar was repositioned.
The Mirror Class was adopted on the basis that they will sail with the Heron Class.
The first Open Day was held.
David Phillips wins the Heron Open Meeting and the Heron Southern Championships as well as the OK Open Meeting and also Salcombe Week.
Jonathan and James Dyas win the Heron Junior Championships.
Dick Batt comes 2nd in the Merlin Inland Championships.
The Solo fleet comprised 9 or 10 boats and Dick Batt won the Open Meeting.
1986
David Phillips won the Heron National Championships and also the OK Class at Salcombe week and the OK Open Meetings at Cookham and Chipstead.
Jon and James Dyas won the Heron Junior Championships and the Southern Championships as well as Salcombe Week.
Adrian Wood won the Enterprise Open Meeting.
Pat and Jilly Blake won the Merlin Open Meeting.
The Solo fleet had 10 boats.
Two Mirrors were taken from the Club compound and found at Cookham Lock.
1987
The rescue boat and Sue Maguire’s Merlin were lost over Cookham weir on Sunday 29th May.
David Phillips wins the Heron National Championships for the fifth consecutive year and the Cookham OK Open Meeting as well as the OK Thames Valley Travellers Trophy and the OK class at Salcombe Week.
John and James Dyas won the Heron Southern Championships, the Heron Junior Championships and the Cookham Open Meeting.
The Club celebrated its 40th Anniversary on the 27th June.
1988
New OD Box.
David Phillips and John Dyas have been invited to represent the Heron Class at the Draycote Invitation Pursuit Race.
John and James Dyas win the Heron National, Southern and Junior Championships.
Dick Batt presents and wins the Solo Open Meeting Trophy.
Cookham Regatta revived.
1989
David Phillips wins the Enterprise Open Meeting.
James Dyas wins the Heron Junior Championships.
Dick Batt wins the Merlin National Championships and comes 6th at the Inland Championships.
The Club hosts the Merlin top Mast Championships.
The Heron Open Meeting was also the class Southern Area Championships.
Fee payable with subscription to cover annual maintenance costs which would be repayable if the member attended a working party.
1990
A number of items were stolen including the outboard motor.
Dick Batt wins Thames Pursuit Race.
Heron Class and Mirror Class to race together.
Will Rainey comes 5th at the Merlin National Championships.
1991
Heron Class Open Meeting – 12 entrants of which 8 were visitors and 4 from Cookham.
Will Rainey comes 5th at the Merlin Inland Championships.
1992
The Withies were trimmed.
The Bridge Club start using the Clubhouse from the 1st June.
The Handicap Class had their first race on the 12th July.
John Weatherall presents the trophy for the Winter series in memory of his father who died during the year.
Marsh Meadow Committee formed.
Dick Batt wins the Merlin Open and comes 2nd in the Silver Tiller series.
Will Rainey comes 3rd in the Merlin Inland Championships.
David Phillips the Heron Open.
An Enterprise is purchased as a Club boat.
The Solo Open Meeting had 20 entrants of whom 18 were visitors.
Last year that the Solos and OK’s had class status due to lack of support.
Vintage National 12 Open meeting held.
1993
The Handicap Class is established.
Division Trophy series discontinued.
David Phillips and Jonathan Dyas win the Enterprise Class at Salcombe Week.
Pat Blake comes 5th at the Merlin Inland Championships.
Will Rainey comes 3rd in the Silver Tiller series.
Saturday Social Sailing was started.
The Lightning makes its first appearance at Cookham.
Derek Ardron donates his Solo to the Club for use by members.
Gordon Daniel Trophy purchased and to be awarded to the cadet member who has done most for the Club in an all round way during the year.
1994
Clive Evison wins the Heron Open.
Kitchen refitted.
Bob Deacon wins at Bourne End Week with Jeremy Deacon second.
Dick Batt comes 4th in the Merlin Inland Championships and 3rd in the Silver Tiller series.
Will Rainey comes 6th in the Merlin Inland Championships.
The garage is erected.
Dick Batt is appointed Chairman of the RYA Technical Committee and to the IYRU Keelboat Committee.
Enterprise Open meeting – 11 boats entered with Cookham boats coming 9, 10 and 11.
1995
Withies trimmed.
Bill Sully’s Enterprise and a Topper were acquired as a club boats.
Clive Evison wins the Heron Open.
Pat Blake won the French Nationals, came 2nd in the UK Nationals 1st in the Class in the Round the Island Race and 2nd in Cowes Week in the X99 Class.
Dick Batt comes 4th in the Merlin Inland Championships and 3rd in the Silver Tiller series.
Will Rainey comes 6th at the Merlin National Championships 5th at the Merlin Inland Championships and 2nd in the Silver Tiller Series.
Heron Class racing suspended due to lack of support.
1996
There was a poor turnout for Club racing.
Clive Evison wins the Heron National Championships.
Cookham boats came first and second in the Heron Open Meeting.
Pat Blake won the French and UK Nationals in the X99 Class.
Only five boats entered the Enterprise Open Meeting.
Copas waive rights to repurchase car park were CRSC to close in return for 35% of the proceeds of sale of CRSC land and a price of £2500 for additional 80feet of land but no additional frontage.
The Weathreall Bowl appeared to have been misplaced, probably stolen during a break into the bar. The club will replace the Trophy.
At the Merlin Open Meeting only one race sailed by 18 boats out of 22 entered.
Heron Class races in the Handicap Class.
Another Topper was purchased. The Club Solo was sold.
1997
The Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Will Rainey wins the Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller Series and is also 3rd at the National Championships and 2nd at the Inland Championships.
A team consisting of Will Rainey, Dick Batt and Simon Blake win the Club Trophy at Salcombe Week.
Pat Blake wins the X99 National Championships and is 8th in the World Championships in Holland.
Clive Evison wins the Heron National Championships and also the Heron Open Meeting.
Gerry and Dorothy Burnham were appointed Honorary Life Members.
1998
The Heron Class was suspended.
There were 13 entrants for the Merlin Open which was won by Pat Blake with Martin Evans second.
The Heron Open Meeting was won by Clive Evison with father Ron coming second.
Will Rainey wins the Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller Series and is also 3rd at the National Championships and 2nd at the Inland Championships.
Pat Blake won the X99 class at Cowes week and the Round the Island race for the Class
The Palmers won the Handicap Class at Bourne end Week.
The clubhouse was re- plumbed with new radiator heating.
1999
Enterprise Fleet comprised of 20 boats.
There were 22 entrants for the Merlin Open Meeting with 9 from the Cookham.
The Heron Open Meeting had 9 participants.
Luke Daniel won a trophy at the OK Junior National Championships.
Pat Blake is 5th at the Merlin National Championships.
2000
The mower and the outboard motor were stolen at the beginning of the year.
Club Bar refurbished.
New land purchased from Copas on Friday 12th May.
Club grounds flooded twice which resulted in the Laying – up Supper being postponed.
The Club took part in the Cookham Millennium Pageant.
2001
The Merlin Open was won by Pat Blake. There were 24 entrants of which 10 were from Cookham.
Membership was140.
Copas trims trees along the bank.
Only 3 boats attended the Heron Open and there will be no further Opens unless there is a Heron Class.
In the Merlin Championships Anna Blake won the Minima Trophy for the first lady helm and the Team Trophy was won by Pat Blake, Simon Blake and Will Rainey who also came 3rd overall.
In the Round the Island Race the ISC handicap Class J was won by Keith Bater and Bob Deacon.
Motion to be put to the AGM to end Enterprise class racing which was agreed as only 9 boats owned by members.
2002
Enterprise Class merged into the Handicap Fleet.
Work started in June on the Flood Relief Project. The contractor cut through the electric cable on the first day.
CRSC members won the Team trophy at the Merlin National Championships.
Will Rainey came 2nd at the Merlin National Championships 4th at the Merlin Inland Championships and 3rd in the Silver Tiller series.
Pat Blake wins the Merlin Vintage Class.
Simon Blake comes 5th at the Merlin National Championships and 6th at the Merlin Inland Championships.
Club website successfully launched by Graham and Nigel Webb.
Potted history of CRSC included in the Cookham time capsule.
2003
Sailing Committee was merged into the Executive Committee.
Simon Blake wins the Merlin Inland Championships.
Pat Blake wins the Merlin Vintage Class and comes 2nd in the Silver Tiller Series.
2004
Simon Blake wins the Merlin Vintage Class.
2005
Merlin Open had 27 entrants.
Lightning 368 league started.
New Club sign and logo.
New front gates and fencing.
2006
Taylor family donate their Heron to the Club.
Enterprise league started.
Dena Pearce donates a trophy in memory of her father which is to be raced for on the Saturday of the Merlin Open.
New sit-on mower purchased.
New double doors fitted to the front of the Clubhouse.
A Lightning and a Solo had been purchased for the use of members and Keith Panter had offered his old Enterprise to the Club which meant the Club now had the following boats for use by members 3 Enterprises, 1 Heron, 1Lightning, 1 Solo and 3 Toppers.
Merlin Open abandoned due to lack of wind and rescheduled for November.
Withes trimmed.
2007
Lightning 368 adopted as a Club Class.
60th Anniversary celebrated on the 30th June.
Merlin Open attracted 27 boats.
17 boats took part in the first Lightning Open Meeting of which 13 were from Cookham. The new Derek Bayley Trophy was won by Alex Jones.
Second Club Lightning purchased.
New OD box and platform completed.
Pat Blake and Will Rainey win the Merlin Topmast Trophy.
Pat Blake wins the River Championships.