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If you're peckish or in need of refreshment (not after a Little Ship Club dinner of course), look out for the latest twist on the ice cream van. The rumour was that their tune was We are Sailing, but it sounds more like the hornpipe.....

Pelican Racing, who hosted succcessful and exciting Laser SB3 days for the club last year, are introducing sailing training sessions for children of 7 to 11 years old, in their fleet of Laser Bugs. The sessions of 1, 2 or 5 days are aimed at children who want to get started in dinghy sailing during the school holidays.

On August 14 this year I hope to take part in the Fastnet Race on board Juno, Charles Whittam's X34 yacht. We still have a number of qualifying miles to complete before the entry is accepted but if we do compete I will use the Fastnet Race to raise some money in aid of Diabetes UK.

 In 2008 we hosted members of The Corinthians on the West Country cruise.

On 6th June 2011, Fidelio of London completed her global circumnavigation, in 13 years 44 days, for a total of 47,792 nautical miles. Fidelio is a Najad 371, built in 1987. Her crew was Anne & Ian Gatenby, ably assisted by a Hydrovane which steered her virtually all the way. We did not cruise in company, but were in daily short wave radio contact with other cruisers, exchanging weather and other information.

This year the ISC have apps for all the main phone platforms allowing boats entered in the RTIR to be tracked on the RTIR boat tracker (Try entering 6X). We are encouraging all the club boats to set up tracking so that members can follow the excitement in real time. It was dead easy to set up.

ISC tried this last year but have introduced a raft of new features this year based on last year's learning. In particular more than one device can be set up for each boat allowing better power management across a number of devices and for varied network coverage around the Wight.

The fleet enjoyed their first night settling in to a fast reach under white sails as the northerly breeze built to 20 knots and two meter waves there was enough spray coming aboard to keep the watch keepers awake in the small hours. LSC member Sandy Guest on Slippery K is currently in 30th place. But with a tcf of 0.934 he's probably in the top twenty on corrected time.

Jubilee Sailing Trust - Changing Lives since 1978

"Tenacious - a name which represents a great act of generosity, a slice of history and a call to action." (Tony Hicklin - JST Trustee)

The inspiring story of the Jubilee Sailing Trust is told below courtesy of Tony Bushby and Daily Star Sunday.

With the appearance on the streets of YM July the mag has released the full crash test video of a 360 roll in a test cruiser. This video shows the devastation that can result from a roll and also offers (in an alternative roll), the means of securing a number of items so as to reduce the devastation. Essential viewing as is the accompanying article in the mag...