Rosie Hinge
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Mooring Barge – winter work complete
Our mooring barge was taken to the Hub Club boat park this year to have its winter refurbishment tasks carried out. John King very kindly welded us up a new steering console. A new foredeck was fitted. The barge’s new name “Pickle” being applied to her cleaned hull. Throughout it all, Matthew Newton’s faithful hound,
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Our Dinghy Award Winners 2023
The dinghy awards were presented at last week’s end-of-season jelly & Ice-creams party and these are the well-deserved winners! Jess and Rosie – Regatta Winners Ellie – Tamar Bridge Award with Richard as helm Ellie and Bridie – Best Attendance Belle – Most Improved Youth Katie – Best Overall Youth And Ellen Woodhouse was our
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Mick Johnson has some useful sailing gear for sale
If you are on the lookout for some useful sailing gear, then head to the For Sale & Wanted page on the club’s website to see the items that Mick Johnson is selling – Suzuki outboard, inflatable dinghy, lifejackets and survival bag.
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Last Friday Evening Dinghy Sail
Friday evening 29th September marked the final club dinghy sailing session of the year. The nights are drawing in and it’s now time to stop our dinghy sessions for 2023. It’s been a great year and our dinghy sailors have grown in number with plenty more beginners learning to sail with us. However, there will
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End of Season Sail to the Yealm
Last weekend 16-17 September, six of our cruisers and one guest yacht, a Moody 42 named “Seize The Day” made their way to the upper pontoon on the Yealm River for the club’s End of Season Cruise. The weather was really rather wet so, instead of setting off for our customary meal ashore, this time
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Mooring Barge Ashore for her Autumn Refit
The club’s mooring maintenance barge has come ashore and been transported to the Hub Club boat park to have her own annual maintenance carried out. For the first time, she was brought ashore and washed down at Weir Quay Boatyard. She was then carefully driven along the shore road at Weir Quay, taking up quite
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What an Evening for the Dinghy Sailors!
Last Friday, 1st September, there was such an incredible sunset on the river as the club dinghies were being towed back to the slipway in the last of the evening light. These photos were taken by Jack Hendry who had posted them on the Bere Alston and Peninsula General Info Facebook page. Jack has kindly
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A Great Day Out at The Sound
Yesterday, the club’s Dinghy Sailors were invited aboard our Cruisers to enjoy a trip to Plymouth Sound and anchor at Cawsand for lunch together. The weather was sunny and the calm conditions allowed us to raft up and have a very sociable time. Most of us even braved the waters for a refreshing swim! This
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Tony Walne is giving away his Family 14 Dinghy
Tony Walne would like to give away his sailing dinghy to any club member for a donation to club funds of £20. It’s a Family 14 dinghy, a bit like a GP14. 14 feet long, fibreglass and gaff rigged. It rows well and has a bracket for an outboard. Tony reports that it sails well and he
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Sparta 22 For Sale
Murray Sherrell is selling his 4 berth fin keel sailing yacht Draught = 1.2 metres Dolphin 2 stroke petrol engine driving a two blade propeller Two jib sails, one main sail Sea toilet Optimus two ring cooker Outboard motor bracket mounted on transom The boat has not been in the water for at least 10