BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter July 2008

Contacts:Gordon Ogden (Commodore)01275 462473

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Jane Jenkyn (Treasurer) 01275 880318

Marion Brown (Social Secretary)0117 952 0434

We were pleased to see Bob Buchanan at the meeting, looking well after his heart bypass operation last month.

Future Trips

1.1We were unable to muster a full crew for Phil Steele’s proposed weekend charter on August 2/3rd. With the short notice this had to be finalised at the July meeting and has therefore had to be cancelled.

1.2Malcolm Price will skipper a weekend charter from Plymouth on August 15 – 17th. This is fully booked, and full payment received from all going.

1.3Phil Steele hopes to skipper a week’s charter from Falmouth starting on Saturday August 30th. This will be a coastal cruise, not cross-Channel, and could visit the Scilly Isles if the weather is settled. For this to go ahead, we need one or two more crew. We will need to book this soon, so will anyone who would like to go on this trip please let me (Jock) know as soon as possible.

1.4Several members asked for a weekend charter on September 26/28th, and this will be skippered by Phil Steele from Plymouth. Two of those who originally hoped to go have cancelled so there are two places still available – please contact me (Jock) if you would like to go on this trip. We need to confirm a full crew at the meeting on August 11th.

1.5Phil Steele will skipper another weekend charter, this time in the Solent, on October 24 – 26th. There are two places still available for this trip.

1.6Sail in Thailand next winter? Kate Hubert is planning to organise a trip to Thailand/Malaysia between next December and February. Several members have expressed an interest in this, As it won’t be the cheapest of trips an early booking would help drive the price down. The charter would be 10/14 days either based from Phuket, or a one way charter between Phuket and Langkawi in Malaysia, on one of a range of yachts or cats from 31-50ft. It will be hot 30-32C, with clear skies, light winds and calm seas. It will be a leisurely cruise through the dozens of islands, many uninhabited, with coral reefs and gorgeous beaches. Kate spent over 4 years living aboard in the area, and knows all the best spots and secluded anchorages. We would be able to eat spicy Thai food and fresh seafood ashore at local restaurants, bars and resorts around half the time, and self-catering aboard the rest of the time. Please contact Kate to find out more, email hubertkate@yahoo.com or call on 01275 333706.

2.Announcements

BSA Website. Thanks to hard work by Andy Hiles, the revamped website is now up and running. As well as club information there are links to many other useful sites, a library page with our newsletters, and a gallery of pictures of our sailing. Andy would like more of these pictures – at present we have mainly just one weekend in the Solent on Spellbinder. Either let Andy have some photos on CD, or log on to the website – www.bristolsailing.org.uk – and follow the link to the webmaster to upload your photos.

3.Recent Trips

A summary of all trips reported at meetings is given here, or a full report, if available. Members reporting at a meeting are reminded that a full version of the report should be provided, either written or emailed. If this isn’t available, then only a short summary will be given in the newsletter. Full reports will be included with the next newsletter following receipt.

At the July meeting Jock reported on ten days sailing in Brittany, Sonia Russé described a week’s flotilla holiday in Croatia, and Steve Freestone reported a week’s charter in the Saronic Gulf. John Robinson described some sailing on Tim Sandford’s yacht, and then gave an account of a most unusual delivery trip he made – from Oban to Dublin – and then unexpectedly back to Oban instead of onward to Portland. All these reports follow:

Trip on Le Trek, skippered by

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Trip on Paradise’, skippered by

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Trip on , skippered by Steve Freestone.

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Trip on Dehelerious, skippered by

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Trip on Lochmarin, skippered by

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