Deben Yacht Club

Deben Yacht Club (‘DYC’) is a membership-based sailing club and a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (‘CIO’) registered with the Charities Commission (registration no. 1183054). The purpose (‘object’) of the club is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Woodbridge and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sailing, including: providing learning and teaching in the skills of sailing in dinghies and yachts; providing learning and teaching in paddling skills (still under review by the Charity Commission); providing training for instructors and members including in safety practices and the use of safety power boats. DYC is affiliated to both the RYA and Paddle UK. The club is managed by a committee of Trustees (the ‘Committee’) who are elected/appointed by the members at the AGM each year. Following the AGM in November 2025, the current Trustees are: John Adams, Frances Alexander, Charmaine Biggle, Al Bloomfield, Jane Bradburn, John Davis, Robi Fox, David Hayhow, Richard Hughes, Ian Kekwick, David Kemp, Simon Morris, John Prevett, Jill Wickson, Chris Woodard. As a registered charity, our trustees are listed on the Charities Commission website but this takes a while to be updated and so is slightly out of date.