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Beginning on Friday the 27th May, we arrived at Hamble Point mid-to late afternoon, the sun was shining, the weather calm and for non-readers of the weather report in full optimism that the weekend was going to be warm, sunny with a reasonable wind of between force 3 and force 4. Sitting in the ketch [...]

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So spring had almost arrived the clocks hadn’t quite changed but the days were definitely getting longer and thoughts of getting on the briny were starting to awaken in the hearts of the fair weather sailing fraternity. We salute those weather beaten hardened sailors amongst club members whose knarled knuckles never let go of the [...]

Nanae & Phil were delighted to cross the Fastnet Race finishing line after Just over 123 hours and 695 miles of sailing.  You can read about their race in more detail on the Space Race website. 

Welcome back  Steve and Yamma, after twice crossing the Atlantic, cruising the Caribbean, the Eastern Seaboard, and much much more, we are so happy to have Steve Moss back safe and sound.

To see more pictures of  Steve, Louise and Yamma when they met up with HSSC members, click here.

A huge “well-done” and many congratulations to Phil and Nanae who aboard Space Race,  completed the Fastnet course today, (Friday 14th August 2009) in a corrected time of  5 days 09 hrs 54 minutes and 41 seconds. They were placed 49th out of 81 in class IRC 2, and in the sub class IRC 2A, [...]

I am certain all our members and friends would like to join me in  wishing two of our eminent sailors all the very best of British and Swiss luck as they prepare to take part in the challenging Rolex Fastnet race which will start from the famous Royal Yacht Squadron in front of West Cowes [...]

Some HSSC members will be aware that I have been taking part in this year’s Royal Ocean Racing Club programme to culminate in the 2009 Fastnet Race. I am Co-Skippering the campaign and you can read more about the team, the boat and our race reports at Space Race Fastnet 2009.

From: Richard Brown, RYA Southern Region Secretary
From 1st April 2009, all Brits going to the Channel Islands will need to have their own health cover.

If you are planning a trip to the Channel Islands make sure you pack some travel insurance, because a change to the healthcare rules applying to UK visitors means you could [...]