Spirit of the Sea, Weymouth and Portland’s Maritime Festival, took place from 5^th to 13^th July, with the Henri-Lloyd Regatta forming part of the last four days.  Low-key at first, due to the terrible weather, it built up to quite a spectacle by the last weekend.  Those of you that visited the club will have seen the throngs of people enjoying the Seafood Festival on our side of the harbour, the music in Hope Square and the MarinEx trade exhibition on Customs House Quay.  Some other highlights were the colourful Moving Tides children’s procession on Saturday, the music on the beach from local bands each evening and the Thunder Cats Boat Ballet in Newton’s Cove. The idea is to hold Spirit each year and next year’s event should be even bigger and better. 

Put the date in your diary, 9 to 12 July 2009, with the regatta again taking place over the last four days.

http://www.spiritofthesea.org.uk 

Peter Hopford