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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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 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. . . . → Read More: Travel insurance alert for yachts travelling to the Channel Islands 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 . . . → Read More: Where do you think you are? 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 . . . → Read More: Sail setting Workshop 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 The AGM and Laying Up dinner this year crept up on us silently and suddenly I realised that it has been two years since my appointment as your commodore. I also reflected that much has changed since I joined the club, not only in my life but also for many members and for many reasons. . . . → Read More: AGM 2008 and Laying Up Dinner Crewman Of The Year Nigel Reese Crewwoman Of The Year Diana Abramova Yachtsperson Of The Year Gill Woodbridge Round The Island Cup Philip Sugarmanand Nanae Gendre Skipper Of The Year Adair Butchins Cruising Cup Bryan Sheinman Commodore’s Trophy Maureen Gorb Most Promising Newcomer Martin Sargeant . . . → Read More: Annual Awards 2008 The background: (From the Telegraph..) LIFEBOAT crews fear being scuppered by crippling new charges for using their radios from Ofcom, the communications regulator. The RNLI could see the price of using its VHF emergency frequencies rise to £250,000 under plans to charge the full commercial rate. . . . → Read More: RNLI and new Ofcom charges |
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