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 Following Steve White's visit to the club for the cruiser class dinner, he offered members the chance to experience the thrill and the hardship of sailing an Open 60.
Five keen boys and one keen girl met at The Boat That Rocked early one Saturday morning recently to take on the Open 60 and pop over to Cherbourg.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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ANOTHER THREE MEN IN A BOAT |
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The Boat: Holly : Hallberg Rassy 26ft circa 1979 The Crew: Mick Keen ‘Skipper’ or ‘Skip’ (Where’s my crew), Tony Heathershaw‘Navigator’or‘Nav’ (Where the hell are we), Roger Greet – ‘Bosun’ or ‘Bos’ (Where’s my Teddy), Ted E Bear – ‘Teddy’ or ‘Ted’ (Where’s my Quells)
Suburbs of Weymouth Cussing and swearing in darkened bedrooms as the crew drag themselves from their pits and stuff last minute items into already bulging bags..........rush to cars, drive through darkened streets to Weymouth Town... 
Weymouth Harbour Crew attired in nautical gear and with a jaunty swagger, launch dinghy......board ship, going up the side like pirates...(or something like that..)
To read the continuing story of Holly's trip download this file
Another Three Men in a Boat
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 October 2009
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Impressions of Normandy – Snow Goose Summer Cruise 2009 |
 For our last couple of cruises we have started with a long sail and then idled our way home. Normandy was to be our cruising ground this year and Neville Featherstone recommends Dieppe, so that’s where we planned to start. In the event an initial deviation into Fécamp was required because of head winds. If you think our stone pier is an anglers’ sanctuary, try Dieppe; despite being well out into the middle of the entrance, a weight with hooks whistled round Michael’s head and tangled on the backstay, a nice welcome indeed. The visitors’ pontoon is as far from loos as it gets, it took 50 minutes (yes five – zero) to buy two train tickets and the marina clerk, sitting with a copier next to her chair, flatly refused to make one photocopy of a passport (left over legal matters to sort). Apart from that, Dieppe is ok; the castle museum well worth a visit for the ivory ship models alone and there was much else including charming paintings.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Report from Steve Fraser in Brittany |
Class Captain's Cruising News - Sunday 2nd August
Arrived in the sunshine at l'Aber Wrac'h yesterday evening after two days from Guernsey, with a stop overnight on a buoy at Perros Guirec. A rough but sunny crossing last Friday saw me in Cherbourg, and it's been a bit uphill since then, though the passage to Guernsey via Alderney was quite pleasant. A long sail/motor to Perros was followed on Saturday by a beat in what started out as murky drizzle and became a brisk 4 NW on the veer, which carried me quickly down the coast, though the effect of a faint but noticeable flood meant that I had to tack out to sea again at Ile Vierge, which luckily didn't affect the bread dough!
A very low tidal coefficient (36%) helps a lot on this coast..
The wind was forecast to stay in overnight, but by the time I got here it was quite feeble. so I decided to spend an idyllic evening in one of my favourite Breton harbours, cooking the bread and making supper after a stroll ashore, and the first glass in Brittany this year in this excellent bar with great music and free internet!
This afternoon I'm going on to Camaret, where I might be lucky enough to see the arrival of Pascal Bidegorry in the rade de Brest, back from his and Franck Cammas' record_breaking attempt on the Atlantic.
More as we have it...
Steve Fraser
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