Obituaries
Mike Spurgin: 24 September 1926 – 17 January 2023
Mike Spurgin joined the MYC in 1962 and sailed a series of cruisers; Blue Glass (Spurn), Galloping Ghost (Listang), Galloping Knight (Westerly GK24) and Gordian Knot (Westerly GK29). He achieved considerable success in club events, not only due to him being the author...
Brian Corbett 9th January 1941 – 29th June 2022
We are very sad to announce that, Brian Corbett has died surrounded by his Family after a long illness that caught up with him very quickly in the last few weeks. Brian was a very active member at MYC, since 1992, as well as chairman of the MSBA and associated with a...
Martyn Begbey 1948 – 2021
Martyn, a good friend of mine and the Squib fleet died of a heart attack while riding his bike on Friday 5th February Martyn was the first born to David and Peggy, in Beckenham General Hospital and was followed by Jane, Josephine & Peter and he enjoyed a happy...
Roger Bishop 10th October 1938 – 25th December 2020
The Family would like to thank all those members that remembered Roger by donating to The Lullaby Trust, £1,282.50 was raised in his memory. Roger was born on 10th October 1938 in Longley Road Rochester to parents Loui and Mark Bishop. In January 1954 Roger joined the...
Rob Ballantyne – 1944 – 2019
Rob was involved in sailing from an early age. His father had owned a Thames Barge which was requisitioned in the war and which did not survive. His early experience with Medway Yacht Club was sailing Firefly dinghies. There was a fleet of thirty, one of which...
Roger Dawe (12/10/1941 – 10/10/2020)
A 48 year apprenticeship with Roger and Royalist. My first sighting of Royalist was when she was hidden in one of our barns in 1972 when apparently she was still suffering from some financial maladies inherited from her previous owners. As a young boy still at primary...
John Basley (26/03/1934 – 16/12/2019)
JOHN EDWARD BASLEY (26/03/1934 - 16/12/2019) John Edward Basley, my dear friend and fellow member of the Medway Yacht Club and the Association of Yachting Historians, died peacefully on Monday, 16th December 2019, after a short illness. John had been a valued member...