BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter June 2017

Contacts:Kath Liddiard (Commodore)01443 227928

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Becky Goddard (Treasurer) 01749 346818

At the June meeting we welcomed guest and prospective new member Richard Thomas.

Future Trips

1.1Gordon Ogden and Chris Watts are skippering two boats from Hamble Point for a midweek sail on July 10 – 14. This is fully booked and paid, and crew information has been sent.

1.2Alan Howells is skippering a week’s charter from Plymouth on July 13th – 20th on the Delphia 40 ‘Ventis Secundis’ This is now fully booked with all payments made.

1.3Another 3-boat charter from Plymouth Sailing School has been booked for the weekend of September 29th – October 1st. There are 4 places still available for this, so please let us know if you are interested.

1.4Alan Howells’ proposed autumn charter in NW Spain has become a December charter in Tenerife, and a Lagoon 380 catamaran has now been chartered from Santa Cruz. This will be on December 2nd – 9th. In order to secure the boat Ian Collins has made the booking at a cost of £2315 (deposit of £695 paid by Ian). It is fully booked, and will those going please contact Ian for payment details. The balance payments will be due mid-September.

2.Recent Trips

At the June meeting we had a double act by Ian Collins and Don Hirst to report the 9-day charter from Hamble to Honfleur, Caen and St Vaast. This followed the pattern set by, possibly, the Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, or even Laurel and Hardy – take your pick. An attempt at an edited version follows.

After this Kath gave a brief account of what should have been a week’s flotilla cruise with Rhian on the French Mediterranean coast, in the area of Le Lavandou, Cavalieres and the Iles d’Hyeres, (Porquerolles and Port-Clos). Unfortunately, an island anchorage became untenable when the Mistral blew up, and after a stormy return to a mainland marina they remained stormbound for a few days.

Trip on eVent, skippered by Ian Collins

‘eVent’ approaching Pegasus Bridge

‘eVent’ at St-Vaast-la-Hougue

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News from ‘White Ibis’

After 3 months of silence this email has been received from Bill Barnes

Overdue update on our trip...

Trip on White Ibis, skippered by Bill

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