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Sails Flying at the Dinghy De-Rig
After a hasty change of date to the Saturday for a much better weather forecast, the Dinghy sailors gathered at the Hub Club yesterday to put the club dinghies and their gear to bed for Winter. This involved drying out and then folding the sails, before taking them to the Mezzanine Floor for Winter storage.
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Boat Storage and Workshop Facilities at South Hooe
Sailing Club members may be interested in the range of boat storage, workshops, studios and other storage facilities available for hire at South Hooe on the Bere Peninsular – next to the River Tamar. These include: Single storey Storage / Work Spaces Indoor Storage / Workshop Spaces with power and light Large Open-fronted Barn for individual
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End of Season Jelly & Ice-creams Party
Last Friday, the dinghy sailors held their Jelly & Ice-creams Party at Bere Ferrers Church Hall to mark the end of their Friday evening dinghy training season. The first item of the evening was Steve Kirby’s traditional quiz with its usual mix of age-old jokes 🙂 Then it was time to tuck-in to the wonderful
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Last Dinghy Session of the Season
Yesterday was the final evening of dinghy sailing for the year and to celebrate this, the sailors came in fancy dress! The evening was run by this character, as Steve seemed to be missing.. The weather was fine but the daylight hours are closing in and the sailors had to rig their dinghies quickly, as
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Pickle gets her Annual Refit
Yesterday – 25th September – the club’s moorings maintenance barge “Pickle” was grounded on the slipway at Weir Quay to undergo her annual maintenance refit. We were so lucky with the weather as a team of volunteers set to work on her as the receding tide left her high and dry. Club member Richard Kelsey
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Horizons Plymouth – Charity Gala
Members might be interested in providing support to the sailing charity, Horizons Plymouth by attending their Charity Gala on November 1st. These are some of Horizons’ aims:
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Our Fabulous Cotehele Camp – 2025
Our dinghy sail and camp at Cotehele, also known this year as “Never believe the weather forecast” Weeks of baking hot weather and the promise of more of the same – plus wind – sounded almost too good to be true for the dinghy sailors 2-night camp upriver at Cotehele. And that did indeed prove
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Tamar Bridge Race on 20th July
First rule of sailing – ignore the weather forecast! Despite the backdrop of the initial forecast of thunderstorms predicted, 8 boats competed in the annual Tamar Bridge Race in aid of the RNLI and set sail in ideal conditions for an entertaining race full of drama and mishaps, with only 8 seconds separating the first
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Our Regatta on Sunday 22nd June
There was a touch of midsummer madness at Weir Quay when sailing club members gathered for the Annual Regatta! Before the two big events – the Trans-Tamar model boat race and the dinghy race – Commodore, Rob Kirby put on his Taskmaster hat to set a series of fiendish challenges for the members. His helpers,
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Dinghy Summer Race No 2
Sunday 6th July saw the 2nd dinghy race of the Summer Series take place. 5 boats partook of the blustery force 4 / 5 northerly winds, providing entertainment throughout both races with races inside races as well! Will Higgs with his two daughters as crew, sailing an Enterprise made an excellent start to Race 1, followed by