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HSSC Awards 2010

Presentation of the awards caused a few surprises (mainly for the recipients), and it is doubtful that anyone would have disapproved of the selection made. All the recipients were truly deserving and it is quite clear that the award of the Cups each year, whilst it may be thought by some to be of little [...]

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Round the Island Race Saturday 19th June 2010

Round the Island 2010
This year’s Round the Island was an early start affair – it is all about getting to the Needles before the tide turns.  So, this year there were two boats with involvement of HSSC members – Steve Moss with Louise, Steve’s son Joseph and nephew Ian and Ian’s friend Katrina on “Yamma”; [...]

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Commodore’s welcome 2009/2010

 
Letter from your New Commodore
Dear Friends,
I think it is right that we should give a hearty thanks and congratulations to all of those who organised the AGM and the laying up supper on Sunday the 8th November.
I know that you were able to entice a substantial number of members who have not been along to [...]

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HSSC celebrates 20 years on the High (Chai) Seas!!

Britain’s only Sailing Club of Jewish Affinity and Friendship cruised through its AGM and  20th Anniversary Laying Up Dinner  in great style last week with an attendance of 90 past and present members, including 3 of the original founders and a 4- week old baby! .
 

 
 
 

 
Coinciding with the end of her term as Commodore, Sandy [...]

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Shemesh finally arrives in Israel

Shemesh means Sunshine in Hebrew, and when Frank and Carole arrived finally in Israel some 5 years and 3 months after they left Chatham in 2004, that's exactly what they found… loads and loads of it.

Having started out the Odyssey in July 2004, Frank and Carole  sailed over 7,000 miles and stopped in  tens and [...]

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A Croatian Sailing Ode!

Read Stanley's verses describing the HSSC September flotilla to the Southern Adriatic…..

Twelve sailors from the HSSC,
On the 6th September, sailed from Dubrovnik
All were experienced folk of the sea,
But none were prepared for the Adriatic

 
All twelve sailors, trusty and true,
Anchored first night in a bay seemed so calm,
But the wind that night it [...]

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HSSC Med flotilla from Dubrovnik September 2009

CROATIA 2009 Twelve sailors, trusty and true from the High Seas Sailing Club set out from the Marina in Dubrovnik to     experience the Adriatic and the friendly natives.  For the first 48 hours the winds blew virtually unceasingly and when they did in fact stop for a couple of hours, we thought that was that. [...]

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Wiley’s Nautical Almanac Online

Check out this website to download a free copy that can be updated regularly from the internet.  All the local Tidal, Port,  Navigational, and Pilotage information that you would expect to find in a UK Almanac, plus live, updated weather reports while you are on line. Check it out and click here http://www.wileynautical.com/view/0/almanac.html Give it [...]

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Where do you think you are?

The 2009 inaugural Michael Doctors Memorial Lecture
featuring
Tom Cunliffe

The day of the first Michael Doctors lecture was drawing close and the participation numbers were looking really good.
It was clear that the renowned mariner Cunliffe was proving exactly the exciting attraction that the club had hoped for. Current and past members alike together with friends and family [...]

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Sail setting Workshop

January 20th 2009
Withdrawal symptoms were clearly getting to members of the High Seas as more than 15 eager beavers got together at Bernays Hall, Stanmore for a workshop session on the much sought-after art of correctly manoeuvring your canvas in order to progress in a forwardly direction with appropriate momentum according to the prevailing airflow [...]

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