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The Great Atlantic Challenge Paul Newham Last November I took part in the annual ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) rally, accompanying my cousin, Jonathan Paull, on his Island packet 440 yacht Seraphina of Chichester. The primary intention was to raise funds for a mothers’ . . . → Read More: The Great Atlantic Challenge (Pre-)Chanukah Sail 2015
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Annual General Meeting 8 November 2015 The Alpine Restaurant 135 High Road, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, WD23 1JA AGM – 17h45 for 18h00 Reception – 18h45 to 19h30 Dinner – 19h30 Price £35, non-members £40 Name:……………………………………………………………………………………… Number . . . → Read More: Annual General Meeting and Laying up Dinner. The cross Channel sail that was programmed for the weekend starting 7 August became a one-way starter for a private sail to the Channel Islands. Why? Because sailing in the Channel Islands was a good opportunity to sail in unfamiliar foreign waters after the Brittany charter fell through and logic suggested don’t do two . . . → Read More: THREE MEN IN A BOAT – Channel Islands Aug 2015 Regatta 2015 This year’s regatta took place on the weekend of 10 to 12 July and drew a field of just three participating yachts, two charters – Safeena Saree (Gib’sea 414), Bagadeus (Bavaria 34) and one club boat – Solace (Bavaria 32). Complements comprised respectively Robert and Gill Woodbridge plus Robert’s Day Skipper instructor, Adrian, . . . → Read More: Annual Regatta and Dinner. July 10th-12th 2015
The first of what, hopefully, will evolve into a regular series of weekday sails , took place over 24-26th June. It was . . . → Read More: EAST COAST SAIL by Paul Newham, 24-26th June 2015 Towards the end of 2014 and long before the club’s 2015 programme had been drafted Victor organised a sail in the Clyde estuary for the end of May / beginning of June, which the guide books suggest is the best time of year if one is not to be pestered by midges. The event was . . . → Read More: Sail in the Clyde, May / June 2015 First sail of the 2015 season Robert and Victor took Solace for a shake-down sail earlier than shown on the programme because of our commitments. We departed Chichester on Tuesday 24 March for Bembridge, returning to Chichester on Thursday 26 via Gosport. Well, it was more of a motor-sail and motor for the first . . . → Read More: First Sail of the Season 24 – 26 March 2015 A lecture evening was held at Bernays Hall on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 comprising a PowerPoint presentation on marine radar by Paul Newham, followed after tea by a short talk on the Automatic Identification System (AIS) given by Phil Sugarman. An audience of 16 members were present. The radar presentation was based on the RYA . . . → Read More: Report on Radar and AIS Evening First Aid – 1 February 2015 Phil organised a RYA First Aid course, which although aimed at boating, is equally relevant to everyday situations. Once again our instructor was Jenny who also sails yachts. Even though you may have been on a course way back in the dim distant past, these courses are very useful . . . → Read More: 1st Aid Course 01 February 2015 |
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This year’s club sail for Chanukah actually took place on 6 December, erev-Chanukah, with storm Desmond doing its best to thwart the intrepid sailors from participating in their enjoyment. The Met Office report covering 18h00 Saturday to 18h00 Sunday forecast south westerly 
