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The AGM and Laying Up dinner this year crept up on us silently and suddenly I realised that it has been two years since my appointment as your commodore. I also reflected that much has changed since I joined the club, not only in my life but also for many members and for many reasons. . . . → Read More: AGM 2008 and Laying Up Dinner Crewman Of The Year Nigel Reese Crewwoman Of The Year Diana Abramova Yachtsperson Of The Year Gill Woodbridge Round The Island Cup Philip Sugarmanand Nanae Gendre Skipper Of The Year Adair Butchins Cruising Cup Bryan Sheinman Commodore’s Trophy Maureen Gorb Most Promising Newcomer Martin Sargeant . . . → Read More: Annual Awards 2008 The background: (From the Telegraph..) LIFEBOAT crews fear being scuppered by crippling new charges for using their radios from Ofcom, the communications regulator. The RNLI could see the price of using its VHF emergency frequencies rise to £250,000 under plans to charge the full commercial rate. . . . → Read More: RNLI and new Ofcom charges Fishy Business! From a very early age my dad quite regularly used to take me out on fishing trips off the South Coast. I can vividly remember my excitement heightened by the earthy pungent aroma of the clinker built fishing boats; they smelt like a sort of farmyard of the sea, a heady odour from . . . → Read More: Its a Fishy Business—
Greetings from Victoria, Vancouver Island. I’ve been asked to explain what sailing I’ve been doing since moving to this Canadian Pacific Island. Well, I’m the in the ideal location. I have a Waterfront . . . → Read More: Sailing in Victoria from Simeon 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 . . . → Read More: Orbituary: Michael Doctors Heartiest congratulations must go to our very own Phil Sugarman for successfully obtaining his RYA National Cruising Instructor’s ticket recently. More especially at a time when gale force winds were being recorded around the country and Phil was under significant pressure from all sides! This is a seriously high level qualification and the High . . . → Read More: Congratulations to Rear Commodore Phil Suddenly Alone – explained by Frank Yantin, 10 December 2007 Imagine the scene; you are sailing mid-week down the Solent beyond the Needles and on towards Poole. There is very little other shipping around. You are the novice sailor placed on the helm by the only other person on board, your experienced skipper, who has . . . → Read More: Suddenly Alone At the Morley College, London. Details from Robert Falk. 26th June 2007 rosail41@msn.com Dear all at HSSC I hope that you are well. As you know I have just got back from Canada. I am enjoying spending time with my family and friends in this short while I am home. Also I am training in the gym. I start a gruelling journey to Portugal . . . → Read More: Rosie Chapman’s Olympic Quest..Progress June |
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