Rosie Hinge
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For Sale: Items Donated to the Club
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.
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Well Done for a Successful Work Party!
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
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Jelly & Ice-creams for the Dinghy Sailors
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
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Late Season Weekend Party on the River Yealm
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
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Last Friday Evening Dinghy Training
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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Another Successful Dinghy Sailing Camp at Cotehele!
This years Dinghy Sailing Camp at Cotehele from 17-19th August was a huge success with two nights away proving to be very popular. Day One – sail to Calstock for lunch and back down to camp at Cotehele for an evening BBQ. Day Two – sail up to Morwelham Quay for a special order of
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Mid-Summer BBQ at Cellar Bay
The weather was kind to us on Saturday 26th June when a convoy of club members sailed over to Cellar Bay at the mouth of the River Yealm for our annual Mid-Summer BBQ on the beach. It was the height of Springs, so some of us had to choose our anchoring places rather carefully to
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Dinghy Sailors Upriver Quest for Ice-Cream!
Last Saturday, 5 of the larger club dinghies set off with the tide and a reasonable wind at about 10am to navigate the twists and turns of the River Tamar on a voyage to Calstock. The trip was a great success and several young sailors and their parents joined the group, along with some older
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Seagrass Protection – Jennycliff Bay Voluntary No-Anchor Zone
Queens Harbour Master Plymouth has published a Notice to Mariners 034/21. This states that a project to regrow seagrass has commenced in the vicinity of Jennycliff Bay in Plymouth Sound. Additional information can be found at https://oceanconservationtrust.org/project/remedies-project/ To protect the beds whilst they are establishing, mariners are requested not to anchor, lay marks or pots
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Problem Jet-skis on the Tamar (again)
These photos were taken by our Social Secretary, Steve Hipsey from his yacht at Weir Quay yesterday. Steve and a number of others in the Tamar Safety WhatsApp group observed 3 jet-skis travelling along the river at speeds far in excess of the 10 knots allowed, swerving in and out of the moorings and endangering