BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter May 2010

Contacts:Gordon Ogden (Commodore)01275 462473

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Jane Jenkyn (Treasurer) 01275 880318

We welcome new members Naomi Gillingham and Sarah Williamson.

Future Trips

1.1 Alan Howells will skipper a long weekend over the late May Bank Holiday from Plymouth, on May 27 – 31.This is fully booked and paid, and joining information has been sent to all crew.

1.2Round the Island Race, June 19th. The Sunsail package of a Sunfast 37 for 3 days, including berths in Cowes, fuel and race entry, plus an extra day for practice starting at 1200 on Thursday June 17th, has been booked, and is fully paid. Jeff Birkin will be arranging a meeting in June for all the crew. Sunsail’s information will be sent to all crew at the end of May.

1.3Alan Howells will skipper in the Helford – l’Aber Wrac’h race (confirmed as June 25 – 27). A boat with racing insurance has been chartered from Cornish Cruising at Falmouth. The total charter period will be from Wednesday June 23rd to Wednesday 30th and it will cost £1350 for the week, including insurance. We now have a full crew. One balance payment of £155 is still outstanding. Crew information will be sent at the end of May.

1.4Gordon Ogden and Chris Watts will skipper two boats for a midweek boat-handling trip on June 20 – 23 in the Solent. This is fully booked and will cost £133 per person. Two boats have been booked from Hamble Point Charters. Gordon and Chris have emailed suggested crews, and further information will be sent by the end of May. All deposits have been paid, and the balance of £83 per person will be due by June 1st.

1.6Bill Thomas will skipper a weekend from Plymouth on August 13 - 15. This is fully booked, and will cost £105 per person. One deposit of £50 is still outstanding.

1.7At the May meeting a charter was arranged for the weekend of August 20 – 23, skippered by Alan Howells, from Plymouth. This will cost £105 per person, and those who booked are asked to send a deposit of £50 to the Treasurer, Mrs J R Jenkyn, Edgecliff, 12 Marine Parade, Bristol, BS21 7QS.

1.8Several members have suggested a charter in the eastern Mediterranean in September. Phil Steele may be available to skipper, and this will be followed up. A similar charter with Phil as skipper will be arranged for next year; this is potentially fully booked.

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2.1Date of June meeting.

Sabrina will be closed from June 6th for most of the month for rewiring and installing a new bar area. Our June meeting would have been on Monday 14th. The only date available to us in June is Thursday June 3rd. Rather than have no meeting at all in June, it has been decided that the June meeting will be on Thursday June 3rd, on board Sabrina at the usual time.

2.2Please note that the Secretary will be away for most of June (including the next meeting on the 3rd). Trip reports should be emailed to him as usual, for a newsletter which will be produced early in July. Crew information for all June sailing will be sent out by the end of May.

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 in the next newsletter following receipt.

At the May meeting there was just one report by Bernard Smyth on a weekend charter from Hamble Point, skippered by Jeff Birkin, as follows.

Trip on Dumbledore, skippered by Jeff Birkin

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