Admiral Major Bc Windeler

Admiral House Flag:

Admiral                        1960 - 1961,

Commodore                1959 - 1960,

Commodore                1956 - 1959,

Vice Commodore        1954 - 1956,

Cyril came to Cowes as a small boy when his father was the Royal Victoria Yacht Club secretary in Ryde.  He joined the family wool broking firm of Windeler and Co.  In 1931 as a member Cyril Windeler proposed a race around the Isle of Wight and presented the Club with a trophy the famous Gold Roman Challenge Bowl.  It was not until the outbreak of World War II in 1939 that Major Windeler finally won his trophy, sailing his 7-ton auxiliary cutter Kaliste designed by Jack Giles.  This trophy is still raced for in the Club's world-famous Round the Island Race to this day.