Yearly Archives: 2009

HSSC Regatta Rally 2009

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 there. Celestra, Glissando and Ulysses we missed having you with us this year.

5 minutes to go, [...]

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Space Race Fastnet 2009

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.

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Canal du Midi April 30th- 4th May 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 be so different?

Being the eternal optimist [...]

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Matzah Sail 10-13 April 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 [...]

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Travel insurance alert for yachts travelling to the Channel Islands

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 [...]

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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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