|
First port of call - Part 2 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Written by Jerry Tremain
|
|
Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:47 |
|
Last week, we saw how Jerry Tremain started to plan his passage from Southampton to the South of France. This week we hear about the start... Jerry writes:
THE DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE
 Cushla in refitThe preceding days in March proved to be quite worrisome. Having gotten most of the gear, mostly second-hand from Ebay, there was the matter of a lift which was planned for two weekends in the middle of the month at Saxon Wharf. As it turned out, the lift was delayed due to the launch of Superyacht Hetairos taking longer than expected. I now only had the one weekend to do all the painting and gearbox servicing and with no spare leave to call on I was in fear of not getting it all done in time for a test sail and the departure.
Fortuitously, Cushla's hull was in a very good shape despite having been immersed for the last two years without break. There was very little weed; just some barnacles on the waterline and over the props. The base antifouling was sound and would only need a scrub and top coat. That said, catamarans have two hulls and it is always frustrating to look over your shoulder and notice that 'the other' hull needs doing as well!
|
|
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 January 2012 08:10 |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Sailers
|
|
Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:08 |
 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Sailing EventIf you're looking for something special to do to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee or just fancy doing something a bit different this year then why not sign up for the RYA's Passage to Portland event.
The RYA will be celebrating the Queens Diamond Jubilee and the forthcoming London 2012 sailing events over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend (2-5 June), with a whole host of activities and events.
The weekend's celebrations centre around a British Street Party themed event at Portland Castle following a TV screening of the Thames Jubilee Pageant earlier in the day.
This unique event provides participants with an exclusive opportunity to tour the Olympic and Paralympic sailing venue ahead of the Games, a behind-the-scenes look at the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta and hear all about the British Sailing Teams' preparations for London 2012.
|
|
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:16 |
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by Glenn Smallcombe
|
|
Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:09 |
 Skipper Glenn SmallcombeThis week we start following Quantum Sailing's Fastnet Race 2013 campaign – their 'soup to nuts' account of what's involved in preparing for and participating in one of the world's most challenging offshore races. Glenn Smallcombe writes:
Jan 2012: First thoughts – From random idea to race entry
The idea of a Quantum Sailing entry in the Fastnet Race was planted some time ago but I think that it really started to take hold last August. This was when a couple of us were out on Quantum Leap, sailing just off Cowes, watching the start of the 2011 race.
There was a real buzz around. This had been evident in the marina, as we'd watched crews preparing their boats, and then saying their goodbyes to loved ones. On the water, close to the start line, you could almost feel the excitement. Small cruisers to massive racing machines, professional and amateur crews alike, all were readying themselves for the off, on one of sailing's great adventures.
We followed the fleet down the western Solent, and felt a real sense of disappointment when it was time for us to turn for home, watching the race boats quickly disappearing off into the distance.
|
|
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:21 |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Cathy Brown to Edit Cruising Association Magazine |
|
|
|
|
Written by Richard Thomas
|
|
Friday, 27 January 2012 00:45 |
 Cathy Brown at the Chart TableWe are delighted to report that Cathy Brown, one of our most influential members, has been appointed editor of the Cruising Association's Cruising magazine, following the retirement of Fred Barter from the post.
The Cruising Association writes: "Cathy, who is a member of the CA, is a journalist who has worked on daily newspapers, monthly magazines, and more recently websites. She also has sailed for many years with husband Richard. She believes her combination of journalistic skills, sailing experience and appreciation of the aims and work of the CA make her ideally qualified to meet the challenge of editing Cruising. The March issue will be her first."
We offer our congratulations to Cathy and Richard. |
|
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 00:52 |
|
Entries open for 2012 Round the Island Race |
|
|
|
|
Written by Richard Thomas
|
|
Saturday, 21 January 2012 09:52 |
|
 Ben AinslieThe Island Sailing Club (ISC) is delighted to confirm that the first entry registered by the Race Entries team at 12.04am for this year's J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race is Inseyandra, a Bavaria 46, owned and skippered by Martin Thomas from Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.
Martin is a Yachtmaster Instructor and Principal of Solent Sail Ltd, an RYA sailing school, and he will be racing on 30th June with an amateur crew of ten on board.
In what has become an annual tradition at the ISC, Lea Bennett, Club Secretary, telephoned Martin Thomas this morning to congratulate him on being the first entry and also revealed to him that he had in fact just pipped the triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie CBE to the post with his Race entry which was filed just two minutes later!
Martin Thomas said: "I am extremely happy and very proud to be the first entry in but also feel incredibly privileged to be racing against an Olympic champion in surely one of the only yacht races where this is actually possible!"
|
|
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 January 2012 10:02 |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 48 |
Reeds Nautical Almanac is the indispensable trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters, and provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the whole of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, Northern Morocco and the Azores. Buy your copy here
Sail Trimming. Learn the basic principles, and how to get the best from your sails, in our Seamanship articles. 
The SafaSail Hard Hat looks just like a sailing cap, but will help protect you if you get a bang to the head. See our review here 
e-Borders proposals are just one more strand in an increasingly alienated society.
Plastimo XM is recalling a batch of XM liferafts that showed the potential for developing micro leaks. 
Learning Astro this year? 
