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Skippers and Crew, what we do
The Skippers and Crew service for Club members aims to help skippers find crew and crew find skippers to sail with. When you're at the Club, find one of the team to help you get sailing (if you're crew) or to get your boat off the pontoon (if you're a skipper).

LSC joins race on the Thames
The Little Ship Club is joining the Erith, Greenwich and Thurrock Yacht Clubs to promote the Thames Frostbite Race which will take place on the 23rd and 24th February 2013. The race takes pla

Charles Stock, East Coast sailor
It is with regret that we learned of the death on 19 September 2012 of Charles Stock, a notable East Coast sailor who gave a talk at the Club some years ago.
Networking in Lymington
Club members were invited to sail in to Lymington to join the Lloyds Yacht Club for a barbeque on the first weekend in September.
Buoys Ahoy!
In early September we thought we had witnessed the Commodore having some sort of a nervous breakdown, or was he trying to get rid of some old fenders, or divest himself of some scurvy crew member?

Member Sailing Survey - have your say in the sailing programme!
It's that time of year again where we start looking at the sailling programme for next year (fingers crossed the weather will be better, could it be worse?).

Club now open at normal times
The Club Bar and restaurant is now open again at the normal times, including during the Paralympics.

Club Member escorts the Flame
Club Member Chris Nicholson escorted the Olympic flame down the Thames on Friday.
Chris, who is a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers' described his day:

The J Class come to the Solent
Members and friends enjoyed four days of iconic and nostalgic sailing scenes in the Solent this week beginning on the 17th July.
The J Class yachts were in town.


Weather could not stop Corinthians' play
Heathrow Airport at 5.30 in the morning is not the place most people would contemplate when launching in to a sailng experience but there we were at T5 waiting for Bill to float through the exit an

Honorary member to be Olympic Torch bearer!
Honorary Little Ship Club member Lauren Harris has been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Bournemouth on 13 July.
Solent Jubilee Cruise 2012 handbook issued
We are down to the fine details of the planning for our bi-annual cruise with our Corinthian cousins.

Show your support for our local lifeboat station - RNLI City fundraising concert Wednesday, 10 October 2012 at 19.00
On Wednesday, 10 October, the RNLI City of London branch is holding a special fundraising concert, featuring world-famous trumpet player and raconteur Crispian Steele-Perkins and the City

Music Evening: the story of the Motley Crew
The Motley Crew entertaining you on June 19th is really quite unique, and an act not to be missed.

Promote the Club!
Everywhere you go… always take the Little Ship Club with you.
The sailing season has started and many of you have been out and about already.

Sail to Calais Rally on HMS Puncher
Lieutenant George Storton, commanding officer of HMS Puncher, has issued an exciting invitation for up to five club members to sail on HMS Puncher from Dover to Calais to join Norman's Calais rally

Navigation award launched by LSC
The Little Ship Club has created a new navigation trophy, the 'Norman Hummerstone Trophy', to be awarded each year to a skipper who has completed a passage of at least 2,500 miles using predominantly traditional navigational techniques, in the opinion of the awarding panel.

Successful students at training dinner
The Club welcomed a young attendee at the end of training dinner in the form of Caroline Laker's baby (pictured) who helped her receive her certificate from RYA training manager Richard Falk.
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