Yearly Archives: 2008

Sailing in Victoria from Simeon

 

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 apartment so I can see the weather when I wake up. I’m near two marinas so I can be on a boat [...]

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Orbituary: Michael Doctors

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 [...]

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Congratulations to Rear Commodore Phil

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 Seas [...]

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