BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter July 2014

Contacts:Kath Liddiard (Commodore)01443 227928

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Jane Jenkyn (Treasurer) 01275 880318

Future Trips

Alan Howells will skipper a week’s cross-Channel cruise from Plymouth in August, around the late Bank Holiday weekend, Friday August 22 – Friday 29th. Due to a cancellation there is now one place available on this trip at a cost of £195.50. The first leg will be to St Malo where Jeff Woolmer will join the crew, then possibly to Guernsey. Will anyone who would like to take this place please contact Jock

1.2After last year’s successful training weekends Alan Howells will skipper another sail training trip on the weekend of October 11 – 12, probably from Plymouth. This is fully booked and details will be confirmed at the August meeting. A first payment of £50 is now needed.

1.4Jeff Birkin’s power training trip, planned for September 19 – 21 is now doubtful, due to problems with the Solent-based boat we had hoped to use. We will look at alternatives and will consider it at the August meeting.

1.5Gordon Ogden and Chris Watts will skipper both PYC yachts ‘Spellbinder’ and ‘Quartette’ for a midweek sail on Monday November 17th – Wednesday 19th. There are two or three places available – please let us know if you are interested.

News and Notices

Free books available

Peter Ashdown is moving house and sent this message offering free sailing books to members. “We have agreed a sale for our house and In anticipation we have been sorting out and have a number of books which we would like to go to a good home. List attached, please have a look and if you see anything you would like.” Peter has now moved, and some of the books have been asked for. Jock now has the remainder as listed below, and will bring any which you ask for to our meeting, so please contact Jock if you would like any on this list.

Day Skipper course set

Various small books

Shell guide to yacht navigation

John Coote RN

Cruising Association Handbook 7th Edition

Complete set of Aubrey/Maturin novels (20)

Patrick O’Brien

Close to the wind

Pete Goss

Proving Ground

G.Bruce Knecht

Ebb tide

Bob Woodman

Tuning your dinghy

Lawrie Smith

The China Voyage

Tim Severin

The Sindbad Voyage

Tim Severin

Surveying small craft

Ian Nicholson

The Ian Nicholson Omnibus

Survive the savage sea

Dougal Robertson

My Lively Lady

Sir Alec Rose

Down the wind

Jack Coote

This is fast cruising

Peter Johnson

Taking on the world

Ellen MacArthur

The Time Life book of boating

Hobie Cat Sailing

The boat owners maintenance book

Geoffrey O’Connell

Practical Sailing

Wendy Fitzpatrick

The complete sailing handbook

Roland Denk

Maiden

Tracy Edwards

Blue water countdown

Geoff Pack

Yachting in the northern mediterranean

Dinghy sailing

Sailing

Robin Knox-Johnston

3.Recent Trips

At the July meeting there were reports from Jeff Birkin and Alan Howells covering the period June 13 – July 3, all on the Bavaria 350 ‘Shropshire Lady II’.

a) weekend June 13 – 15 (training trip for Round the Island)

b) Round the Island race weekend June 19 – 22

c) Cruise Hamble to Falmouth June 22 - 26

d) Helford – l’Aber Wrac’h race June 27 – 28

e) Cruise l’Aber Wrac’h to Hamble June 29 – July 3.

Here are these reports:

Trip on Shropshire Lady, skippered by Jeff Birkin

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Trip on boat, skippered by Jeff Birkin

Trip on re provisioning, skippered by Jeff Birkin

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Trip on Bavaria 350, skippered by Alan Howells

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Trip on cruise, skippered by Jeff Birkin

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