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. . . . → Read More: HSSC Med flotilla from Dubrovnik September 2009
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Saturday 4 July Osborne Bay on a beautiful sunny day with a light SSW wind. The 2009 rally contenders were cruising the start line. Ariam, Blue Lady, Sea Dream of Hamble, Spirit of Fairfax and Wylde Oyster were all . . . → Read More: HSSC Regatta Rally 2009 From Trèbes to Homps and back..via Carcassonne!!!
The weather forecasts were variable as the time for departure, courtesy of RyanAir, grew nearer. Would it be very wet, grey, cold and miserable, or the much better option and not the BBC choice… fine, warm and sunny.. how can all the forecasts . . . → Read More: Canal du Midi April 30th- 4th May 2009 This was the first big sail of the season, the last sail having been a shake-down of our skills two weeks previously with Robert skippering Dragonfly Too, an X-332, in East Cowes with Victor and Diana Bader Clynes as crew. Nice boat, shame about the lack of power under engine. Sometimes one finds interesting passages . . . → Read More: Matzah Sail 10-13 April 2009 The highest Spring tide for 4 months made the timing a little tricky and it wasn’t helped by early morning fog that barely revealed the Isle of Wight from Calshot. But the Skipper and crew of Camena had been up before the chilly dawn to travel down, some on motorbike, from London. Nothing . . . → Read More: Mission Accomplished
In summary, a great cruise of about 100 miles total starting in Falmouth in Cornwall, stopping off at Helford River, Fowey, and Mevagissey, in glorious suntan lotion weather throughout – we did not hit anything, nothing hit us, we did not murder each other on the boat, . . . → Read More: Summer Cruise – Falmouth and surroundings – 20 to 28 September 2008
It has to be said, that the HSSC has had little recent luck in matching clement beautiful and sunny sailing weather with the dates of our proposed club sails. Moreover we have had to cancel, curtail, or severely alter passage plans of every event from last . . . → Read More: Bembridge rediscovered!!!! The Canal du Midi runs for 240km from the River Garonne at Toulouse via Carcassonne to the Mediterranean at Agde. It was the brainchild of Pierre-Paul Riquet, a minor noble and tax collector, who succeeded in convincing Louis XIV (and more importantly, his first minister, Colbert) of the merits of linking the . . . → Read More: Canal du Midi Trip- May 2008- by Robert Falk
Following a conversation in the Hendon Hall Hotel one evening, Graham Colover offered his boat, a 34 ft Jeanneau named Chai of Burnham, for a sailing trip over the second bank holiday in May. Graham lent Robert full size charts to plan the route for this intended trip which was to Oostende. . . . → Read More: Burnham to Ramsgate.. almost via Ostende!
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 |
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