The Cambridge University Cruising Club (CUCrC) is an early university sailing club founded on 20 May 1893 - some 9 years after the formation of the Oxford University Yacht Club in 1884. A good short history of the CUCrC is available on the club's website. Members' successes in and contribution to sailing are detailed in the Oxford & Cambridge Sailing Society and

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articles on this site. In addition, member

George Cockshott George CockshottMuch of the material in this article comes from personal communications with Ernest Rowe who married Jane Margaret Cockshott, the grand daughter of George Cockshott via his second son Mason Cockshott. Jane is also the family histo ...

designed the 'International'

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, which is still raced competitively. Geoffrey Taylor (later Sir Geoffrey) invented the CQR anchor.

Stewart Morris Stewart Morris, OBE, (25 May 1909 – 24 February 1991) was a British sailor, born in Bromley, Kent. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and won a gold medal in the Swallow class with David Bond. Stewart was educated at Cha ...

founded the Oxford & Cambridge Sailing Society in 1934, and the Society was instrumental in promoting team racing in the UK and internationally.

Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservation movement, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and Sportsperson, sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Fal ...

(later Sir Peter) added to his sailing successes by becoming a champion of wildfowl preservation and painting – and also found time to be President of the IYRU (now

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) for 1955–69. Air Commodore Charles Nance (some biographical details are available on the web) played a role in the investigation of rotor ships in the 1980s (see the publication 'Windship Technology'). Ian Walker led the winning team in the 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race amongst other successes, and now heads yachting development at the UK

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. The CUCrC remains a major force in UK team racing, winning the British Universities team racing
British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) website championships 3 times in 2014-16 and finishing runner-up 3 times in 2017–19.

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{{reflist Yachting associations Sport at the University of Cambridge