11 of WQSC’s young dinghy sailors and their leader, Sue Coomber boarded the Island Trust’s tall ship “Johanna Lucretia” yesterday at Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina.
They will be spending the week on a sailing trip along the coast and we will be watching their progress as they go. This is where they were this morning.
We hope to receive more photos, so look out for the next Posts!
The club’s Friday night dinghy training season started last week. There was a good turnout as plenty of previous sailors from last year as well as around 8 or so new joiners took part.
It was a lively evening on the water with occasionally gusty conditions resulting in a few capsizes keeping the support boats busy and several young sailors were whizzed off the water early due to the cold but all went well and the evening was greatly enjoyed by all both on and off the water.
The hot chocolate at the end of the evening went down particularly well!
Last Saturday the club’s mooring barge was put to work on some novel tasks.
Luckily the weather was fine and a successful conclusion to the work was much appreciated by all those involved.
John and Sue Chadwick will be giving our first Winter Talk on Monday 14th February at Bere Alston Bowling Club starting at 7:30pm. Bar open from 7:00pm. Entry fee £2.
This is the return leg of the voyage, begun in 2016 from the Tamar, that took John and Sue and Dandelion down to Spain and Portugal, through the Atlantic islands and on to Brazil and ultimately into the Beagle Channel at the very bottom of South America and the stormy waters of Tierra del Fuego.
This leg will take us from Stanley back up to Brazil, French Guyana, Suriname and on to the Caribbean, the Turks and Caicos, Cuba and the Azores before making finally landfall off the Lizard in 2019.
We shall hear about the usual cocktail of: bad weather, awkward authorities and gear breakages with one or two startling encounters with local fauna!
Please Note that as a fundraiser for our Junior Sailors’ Tall Ships voyage we will be selling snacks and cakes before and after the talk. So please bring your spare change to support this life changing voyage. £3 a plate of snacks + 50p a cake. There will also be raffle tickets for sale.
Come along and join us if you can!
These awards have just been presented, following their engraving.
Commodore’s Cup (awarded at the discretion of the Commodore) – Katherine Duncan
Varley Trophy (Awarded by the committee for behind-the-scenes contribution) – Steve Kirby
Cruising Cup – (Awarded by the committee for a cruise of note) – Andy, Jane and Thomas Morton
Cruiser Narrative Award – (For the best adult Bulletin entry) – Martin Hunter
A number of useful items have been donated to the club and the proceeds will go to club funds. If you are interested in any of these, please visit the For Sale & Wanted page on the website.
A number of jobs were successfully completed at the Hub Club by the Work Party volunteers on Sunday 10th October.
The weather was perfect as many people turned out to help with the trimming, strimming, painting, weeding, table mending and general maintenance of the Hub Club site.
The club dinghies were also de-rigged ready for the Winter.
It was great to see so many people helping out – and a big thankyou to all!
On Friday 1st October, the dinghy sailors held their traditional End-Of-Season “Jelly & Ice-creams Party” at Bere Ferrers Village Hall.
The evening started off with a quiz with some edible prizes that were very popular amongst the younger members. This was followed by a meal with pasties and then the jelly and ice-creams (other deserts were available!).
There was much laughter and frivolity for all ages and the event was capped off by the awarding of prizes as follows:
Best junior sailor: Ben
Best over 18: Leo
Most improved junior: Ralph
Best attendance: Ben
It’s been a great year for the Dinghy Sailors with many new members joining their Friday evening training sessions and taking part in the sailing events up and down river.
On Saturday 25th September, a dozen cruisers from the club made their way to the upper pontoon on the River Yealm for a last get-together before the end of the season.
The weather was kind to us and we had a very sociable time on each other’s boats before a group went ashore for a fine meal in the Dolphin Pub at Newton Ferrers.
It was a great way to round off the season and we had a lovely sail home the next day with mostly fine weather and fair winds.
Friday 24th September was our final evening this year for dinghy training, as the nights are getting darker.
There was not a lot of wind but that was made up for by the enthusiasm of all the young sailors. They had lots of fun swimming and messing about on the water!
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