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An excerpt of an oral history recording with Michael Smailes, in which he describes one of his favourite aspects of attending Redoubt Sailing Club - teaching. (Transcript attached.)

A SPORT extra (Kent Messenger) feature on Redoubt Sailing Club, detailing all the club had to offer in its 21st year (18 March, 1988). 'Its concrete prefab clubhouse may lack the lustre of the marinas', it states. 'But countless youngsters and adults…

A Kentish Express newspaper article, published on 24 August, 2006, which reports on the presentation to Michael Smailes of a RYA Community Award for a Lifetime Commitment to the sport of sailing, in 2006. Also featured is a photograph of Michael…

A photo of Tony Smith teaching a group of budding young sailors at an 'Optimist Course' at Redoubt Sailing Club in the early 1970s.

A photo of sailors at Redoubt Sailing Club during a 'Training Week' in 1981. Redoubt became a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) recognised teaching establishment in 1978.

A photographic portrait of Michael and Marion Smailes at their home in Folkestone, Kent, in August 2019.

An oral history interview with Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)

Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)

Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Michael Smailes

Michael Smailes sailing at Nickolls Quarry in west Hythe, soon after the opening of Redoubt Sailing Club, in 1968