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TURKISH BOATSHOW IN ISTANBUL

Just for info  -  LSC Members might be interested in visiting the Istanbul Boat Show as it has become a major event  in February, about five times as big as Excel and a great place to buy boat bits or just browse, it has a great buzz to it!  Easyjet flights and others cheap from London with good reasonably priced hotels. The exhibition halls are next to the international airport and getting around is easy with brand new metro system. Great shopping too and would make a nice break in the winter months.

If anyone is interested please contact HPO Stuart Aikman (Fetiyhe) who can be of help with advice on bookings etc.

Ronhilda was rerigged for the third time in my ownership (time flies by ever faster) in the week before the FC and as always it takes far more time to reset things up than it did to take the mast out.  So it was not until Friday afternoon we were ready to bend on the mainsail and do a test hoist.  Unfortunately the sunshine of the morning had disappeared and the sail was put on in torrents of rain.  We then had 30/40 knots in Chichester Marina for 20mins which was an omen for the following day. All systems passed the static tests apart from having no main VHF arial and the backstay tensioner was found unserviceable.

HPO UPDATE

As January 2014 is fast approaching, we have a favourite Club event taking place during the Boat Show and as many people journey to London during this time, the annual Honorary Port Officer’s Dinner is to be held on Tuesday 7 JANUARY 2014 and it is hoped that many HPOs will be able to attend that evening.  Please remember this is a very popular evening so put the date in your diary.

Please note the following  couple of amendments to HPO DETAILS:

Jorn Ovesen,   East Coast of North Jutland,  is approaching 81 and wishes to resign his post.   He was appointed as HPO in 2008 and if there are any members who are  known to him personally, do get in touch.

A great day of sailing.

Once again, the "Frostbite" cruise was anything but.  Friday might have been wet and windy but Saturday was close to perfect. Winds between F2 and F4 from directions gradually working their way around from east to north-west; enough sunshine to break out the emergency supplies of sunblock and some great "fast cruising" (this is similar to racing, but with much less shouting and no protest committee). 

Thanks to the indefatigable Graham Broadway and everyone else who made it all possible.

Dinner at the RSrnYC was good, though there were a distressing number of people wearing ties. 

Sunday dawned grey and miserable and the rain started in earnest early in the afternoon, fortunately after Shearwater was safely tied up back home in Gosport.