Rosie Hinge
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A Successful Cody SC Dinghy Camp at Weir Quay
For the past week, Weir Quay Sailing Club has been hosting Cody Sailing Club’s dinghy camp on the Clarke’s paddock at Weir Quay. Their campers have been using the newly completed showers and toilets at the Hub Club and have taken part in a Friday evening dinghy sailing session with our club plus a sail
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Weir Quay Jubilee Youth Sailing Event
Weir Quay Sailing Club organised a programme of 3 day-sails for groups of local young people on the classic Tamar Barge “Lynher” during the Platinum Jubilee holiday. The plan was for Bere Alston Scouts to sail on Thursday 2nd June, Bere Alston Cubs and Brownies on the Friday and the club’s own young people on
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Dinghy Sailors’ Trip to Drake’s Island
On Friday 3rd June, our dinghy sailors joined the boats from Cody Sailing Club for a cruise in company to Plymouth Sound. The weather was amazing all day and although we had a few calm spots, all the boats reached the beach on the north side of Drake’s Island, where they stopped for lunch. The
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Another Successful Friday Evening Dinghy Training
Last Friday there was a very good turnout of dinghy sailors for training with 16 of the 18 club dinghies out on the water! It is lovely to see so many new sailors gaining confidence on the water as they learn to sail.
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News From Johanna Lucretia
Monday’s sail from Plymouth to Falmouth was a lively first day with an ESE wind gusting F6 and a 2m swell. This resulted in plentiful fish-feeding by the majority of the crew. A calm anchorage soon restored spirits and stomachs! Time ashore in Falmouth was much enjoyed. Next morning there was a gentle motor to
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Our Young Sailors are on Johanna Lucretia This Week!
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.
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We’re Back on the Water!
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
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Special Mooring Barge Duty Last Weekend
Last Saturday the club’s mooring barge was put to work on some novel tasks. They upgraded two members’ moorings by fitting brand new orange Hippo buoys made from solid foam with a top ring. They wrangled a very large tree away from Andy Anderson’s mooring. The tree had become wrapped round the mooring and showed
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Our First Winter Talk – 50°S to 50°N or Falklands to Blighty!
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
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Our Late 2021 Award Winners!
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 –