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Any crew or boat-owner interested in joining this event please contact Phil Sugarman.
Contact Victor
Club Charter Holiday in Greece
Saturday 2nd to Saturday 9th October 2010
Saronic Islands south of Athens
Cost £375 each for yacht charter
Flights to Athens are £105 at present
for more information of the area-
Contact Victor Newton
Michael Doctors 1941 to 2008
Michael Doctors first started sailing dinghies in his late teens and bought his first yacht, the Leisure 23 ‘Avocet’ in his mid thirties. Since then he and Annie owned 2 further yachts which Michael skippered and sailed to numerous ports and destinations in the UK and France. It was largely his (and Annie’s) enthusiastic embracing of the idea of a sailing club of Jewish affinity that led to the existence of the High Seas Sailing Club. Read the rest…
Challenges at sea come in all shapes and sizes and true to form the High Seas Sailing Club cruise of the Ijsselmeer in May this year aboard the 104 foot (plus bowsprit) Dutch Barge Alida presented at least two such major challenges, the first of which was doing the ship’s 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, which our intrepid crew vowed to finish before the end of the cruise. Read the rest…
Spinnaker Training weekend with Southern Sailing School 6-8th May 2005
All the talking was over and at last the weekend arrived and a bunch of brave souls from the HSSC headed south to go kite flying.
We arrived in Southampton Friday evening amid brilliant sunshine with all eagerly anticipating a weekend sufficiently windy in which we could learn how to fly the beautiful coloured balloons we know as spinnakers. Read the rest…
18-22 March 2005
One boat, one weekend, fifteen crew (mainly novices), loads and loads of food and various libations, and Jac’s birthday. Sun, sea and …………….?… FOG Read the rest…
This year, the club’s had just a single entry in the ‘around the island’ race, but hey what a team. The crew aboard Ariam, a 34 foot Maxi were
Skipper- Gilad
Navigator and Barman – Phil
Helm – Sam
Entertainments Officer – Sandy
Head Chef – Jackie
Cabin Boy 2nd Class – Richard Read the rest…
EXTRACTS FROM THE PURSERS LOG VOYAGE OF THE DAFT, THE DEMENTED AND THOSE WHO HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO.
Arrival 9th May 2004 We arrive in a burst of enthusiasm, expecting sunshine and smiles. The rain was most unfortunate so in an effort to bolster spirits, we retired to the most convenient taverna on the marina. Read the rest…
