Suhaili Falmouth Parade of Sail

We are approaching 50 years since Sir Robin Knox-Johnston departed Falmouth to be the first to complete a non-stop solo circumnavigation. The Falmouth Town Team and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club have organised an event to celebrate this anniversary.

Chichester Bar

Chichester Bar Beacon March 2018

Chichester Bar shows its teeth on the Morning of the March Fast Cruise.

 

HMS Belfast's 80th Birthday

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HMS Belfast, the great warship with an incredible history is turning 80 this weekend, March 17th to be exact, and this is definitely an event that is worth celebrating!

Marsden March 4th March 2018

Thank you, thank you for your generous contribution  Here we are at the start, Mike and Geoff two mates from college days about to start the Marsden March Sunday 4th of March 2018.    But first some history:  In 1963 I started my undergraduate course in chemistry and Mike was on the same course, we soon formed a small gang with others from different faculties so the early to mid sixties saw us doing all sorts of things from visits to Brands Hatch when you could get in free and unchecked on practice days, t

Donations to the Royal Marsden hospital because of the wonderful work keeping my first mate Caroline fit for duty such as the River Lot cruise and many other sailing adventures

Caribbean Rally

Grenada turned out to be a fantastic substitute for the rally  planned for the British Virgin Islands and cancelled because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.  The Caribbean Islands or the West Indies are a massive archipelago stretching from Miami to Venezuela. Columbus called these Islands Indies because he thought he had discovered Asia sailing east to west. The Windward Islands was a British colony from 1833 to 1960. Today there are four separate countries, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines & Grenada.

Winter in Sydney

In June I helped some friends sail their Cavalier 38 up the coast. We were expecting to get to Queenlsand but only got to Nelson Bay (about 80nm when the skipper fell off and broke two ribs. That ended that adventure. No pictures unfortunately.

Regular winter maintenance goes on aboard Tulip and there have been nice days of cool sunshine and some SW winds which make good sailing in Sydney Harbour.

The highlight of July was the Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Cruising Division Long Lunch last weekend. I attach a photo which will give you an idea of it. About 30 attendees which is a good number since many of the members have sailed north to cruise the Barrier Reef and Queenland coast.

 

 

Circumnavigation of Britain

David Clements and the crew of Bagheera of Whitby on 16th July completed a successful circumnavigation of Britain, from Dartmouth to Dartmouth anti-clockwise via the Caledonian Canal. LSC members Mike Gill, Nicola De Quincey, Barrie Martin, Don Walker, Sylvia Chesters and Martin Sandford all took part at various times. Attached is a picture of Bagheera in Peel Harbour on the Isle of Man. David will be giving a talk about the trip at the Club on 26th September.

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