Psyche (No.8, ex 9) RNIYC, ex EYC

  • Belfast News-Letter, August 1928.
  • One of ‘Psyche’s’ last races as a yacht of the Enniskillen Yacht Club (EYC). Belfast News-Letter, August 1911.
  • Early RNIYC race. Psyche has called Cultra home for over 108 years. Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday 12 June 1912

‘Psyche’ was originally built with the second batch of yachts for the Enniskillen Yacht Club (EYC). She sailed with her sisters there from 1907 to 1911 before being sold to the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club (RNIYC). She arrived during her Enniskillen years with the last 4 boats, namely; herself, ‘Cygnet’, ‘Snipe’ and ‘Fay’. She was allocated sail No.9 and this was changed to No.8 at the RNIYC. The No.9 position was briefly filled at the EYC by ‘Fay’ (not to be confused with the RNIYC boat of the same name) in the 1920s after ‘Petrel’ had taken ‘Fay’s’ original No.12. ‘Psyche’ comes from the Greek goddess of the same name and her stories in the likes of ‘Cupid and Psyche‘ and ‘Metamorphoses.’ She has been based at Cultra for over 110 years, besides an absence in the 1970s.

DateOwners
1907Mr Charles F. Falls
1910Mr John A. Lemon
1912W. Jaffe & J.S. McCrory
1913Messrs Jaffe, Morton & Morton
1920W. Jaffe
1921Messrs Jaffe, Small & Small
1922E. Elwood & M. Forbes
1923S.D Jameson & B. Robb
1925S.D Jameson
1926S.D Jameson & W. Beck
1929W. Beck
1933A.H Glendinning & J. Hamilton
1935J. Hamilton
1936H. McColl
1938W.G. Carson & F.W.T Dolan
1946F.W.T Dolan & W. McCabe
1947W.G. Carson & F.W.T Dolan
1948Miss D. Boyd
1953Mrs T.G. Parsons nee’ Boyd
1959J.D. Currie
1963Messrs Currie, Hewitt & McKee
1964Messrs Currie, Jackson & Workman
1968A.T. Park
1969A.T. Park & C.A. Park
1973Sold out of Club
1983C.M. McDonald
1984Mr & Mrs B Gorman
1985Club Ownership
1987Mr & Mrs A. Hadfield
1990A. Hadfield & W. Mercer
1991Messrs Pollock, Black & McClenghan
1995J.H. Pollock & R. Black
1999J.H. Pollock & J.M. Pollock
2009R.E. Graham
2020Club Ownership