About The Parker & Seal Sailing Association

 

• The Background to the PSSA

• New Member 'Welcome' Brochures

• Committee Members

• Trailer/Sailer Rep

• Membership Application and Constitution

• Newsletter and Members Handbook

• Manuals

• Area Representatives and Web Pages

• The Silver Jubilee Booklet

• Regalia

• PSSA Trophies

 

The Background To The Parker & Seal Sailing Association

The Seal Sailing Association was formed in 1972 with the objective of promoting full satisfaction, interest and enjoyment in the ownership and sailing of Seal Class Cruisers. In 1986 the Association was extended to include Parker class yachts, the successors to the Seal yachts.

Membership is now in excess of 300 and is open to all present and past Parker and Seal owners, their families and regular crews.

Members' interests are co-ordinated and administered by a National Committee with an area officer from each active Seal sailing area co-opted onto the Committee. A Members' Handbook is published annually each April. It contains a register of members, their yachts and mooring area, a diary of events for the year and a list of officers, together with other Association information.

The principle organ of communication is the Association's Newsletter which is produced four times a year. It contains news, both from the Association and the manufactured as well as contributions received from members covering their sailing experiences, hints and tips for improving yachts, in addition to details of the regular rallies, cruises in company and other popular events, both ashore and afloat.

Over the years the Association has, thanks not only to the class Builder, Parker Lift Keel Yachts and previously John Baker, but also to the owners, amassed a considerable technical library. This has enabled the Association to produce not only technical handbooks for the older classes but also to provide general assistance to new Seal owners as required.

In 2007, due to the increase in members owning Parker yachts, the name of the Association was changed to the Parker & Seal Sailing Association.

If you own a Seal or Parker boat and not a member of the PSSA, but would like to know more about it then please contact one of the Committee members.

Silver Jubilee Booklet

This booklet was produced in 1998 by Denis Fastnedge the then President , covering the first 25 years of the Seal Sailing Association.

HTML version

PDF version

There is now (on the 35th anniversary) available a follow-on booklet titled '35th Anniversary Booklet' -
see Regalia for price

Click here for contents pages

Brochures

Click here to download Welcome Brochures (PDF)

1. Issue 1

2. Issue 2

Commitee Members and Supernumeraries

Committee Members

Trailer/Sailer Rep

Presented by Denis Fastnedge

Presented by the Seal Sailing Association

Presented by Parker Lift Keel Yachts Ltd

Presented by the Seal Sailing Association

Presented by Devonshire Group Plc

Presented by the Seal Sailing Association

Membership of the PSSA is open to owners of Seal and Parker yachts. Owners of such craft wishing to join the Association should contact Geoff Harwood, the Membership Secretary. Any owners wishing to join may also download the membership form ( PDF) and send this with the appropriate fees to Geoff, whose address appears on the form.

Membership brings four Newsletters and one Members Handbook each year.

For a copy of the Constitution Click Here

Members also have the opportunity to purchase handbooks on the various boats of the Seal Class and items of regalia.

There are currently three manuals available. Each one contains details from the original manual provided by the builder plus many articles written by the members of the PSSA. Each book costs £8 at the time of posting this article (1/9/2000).

Click on each class to see a list of the articles contained in the book in additional to the builders information.

1. Seal 22

2. Seal28/850

3. Super Seal-Parker 26/27

4. Parker 21

Handbooks 

Full Regalia Price List 

 *  If you would like your shirts or fleeces posted please add £ 2.00 per polo shirt or rugby shirt and £2.50 per sweat shirt or fleece.

Please make cheques payable to “Parker & Seal S.A.”

 Please send orders to: or post to Di Drew, 4 Palmers Orchard, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, BH16 6HG

In order to cover the UK where 'Seals abound', a number of members of the PSSA act as area representatives to organise local events, present local members views to the national Committee and act as a local contact for current and prospective members of the Seal Sailing Association.

The following people are the Area Officers of the PSSA:

Norfolk and the Wash area : John Dinwiddy +44 (0)1485518136 -

Solent area : Peter Lowry +44 (0) 1489786342 -

Poole area : Keith McCarthy +44(0) +44 (0) 1202 740564 -

South West area : Kate Hattersley +44(0) 1392 875979 -

Ireland: Stephen Lowry +353 (0)41 9827315

Scotland: Chris Brown  +44 (0)1770 820226 -

• National Events
• Solent
• Ireland
• Poole
• Cornwall
• Eastern Area
• Scotland