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FOUL PLAY NOT to BUY JANET TAKES a DIVE Top Tips on Yacht Charter New Diesel SACRE BLEU! Dilemma Andy Struthers Endures French Berthing CARESSA Clinches It! The Channel Sailing Club Magazine WINTER 2014 TO BUY OR FOUL PLAY NOT TO BUY JANET TAKES A DIVE top tips on yacht charter New diesel SACRE BLEU! dilemma Andy Struthers endures French berthing CARESSA clinches it! Over the top WW1 fun and games on the Icicle www.channelsailingclub.org WAVELENGTH WAVELENGTH Wavelength The Channel Sailing EDITOR’S NOTE Club magazine A WORD FROM THE COMMODORE Welcome to the winter 2014 edition of Wavelength. EDITOR Anyone struggling to find a berth on a sunny summer day Simon Worthington in the Solent will be amused by Andy Struthers’ tale of pontoon bashing in Brittany. And if you’re thinking of hiring ART DIRECTOR Marion Tempest a boat for a trip to France, then we have an essential guide to yacht charter. There is a busy diary of club sailing events PLEASE SEND ANY LETTERS AND “As the sun sets” in 2015 too, so there’s no excuse to not get on the water. PICTURES TO And now’s the time to give your sailing kit a makeover, so [email protected] read John Futcher’s top tips. Wishing everyone a Merry s it really a year since the last AGM, dependent, taking to the water. It’s a splendid CLUB NIGHT Xmas and a Happy New Year. Simon where has the time gone? It’s been organisation and well worth your support. Channel Sailing Club meets every so busy; your committee has been The club has sent them £300, a result of 50% Wednesday at The Old Freemen’s CHANNEL SAILING CLUB Clubhouse, City of London Isuperb at picking up the previous of our various raffles profits. I hope we can at COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2014 Freemen’s School, Ashtead Park, administration’s work and, as so many least match that figure in 2015. Epsom, Surrey KT21 1ET. Doors of them have not served on any form of I know those who attended the Icicle open at 8pm. Prospective committee before, it’s quite amazing how rally with its World War 1 theme enjoyed members welcome. they’ve coped. The stalwarts like treasurer themselves, I know I did. It really finished the THE CLUB SENDS OUT EMAILS Phil Martin and company secretary Peter year off in grand style. Congratulations to on a regular basis to remind Denning have been as diligent as ever but the the crew of Shibumi which, in the opinion of members of upcoming events. newcomers have matched them. the commodore (oh that’s me!) deservedly Don’t forget that if your personal My thanks go to all but particularly to Clive won the prize for the best show, even if it was information changes you can go Commodore Vice- Company Treasurer into your personal account on Hall for his handling of the move to the new the only show and even if I was the butt of Trevor Barker commodore Secretary Phil Martin the website and update it online. clubhouse; Teresa Hemingway, who knew it. May I thank everyone for the good spirit Clive Hall Peter Denning Check out the club’s website for nothing about our IT set up when she took on shown and sorry, but I can’t remember who news and information about events the challenge but is now an old hand; Frank provided the best rum ration! Well done. - www.channelsailingclub.org Gibson who has seamlessly taken over Jane I really hope that the club has a good PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN Shott’s role of membership secretary and 2015 with an increased membership, with AT CLUB EVENTS Janet Sainsbury who has had a difficult year at least as many activities ashore and on the may be used in Wavelength or on sorting out our racing programme. water and bigger turn-outs on Wednesday the club’s website. If you do not Then there are Debbie Wiffen, Steve Cole, evenings. Two events to look out for are the want to appear in published pho- IT and web Training Wavelength Training tographs please inform the club David Surman, Jeremy John and John White club dinner-dance in the 19th Hole at the committee committee editor principal committee and the person taking not to mention Simon Worthington who, RAC Club on Saturday, 18th April, and a very member member Simon committee the photograph if possible. along with his wife Marion, really take the special buffet in the Cholmondeley Room and Teresa David Surman Worthington member biscuit for the production of the new-look Terrace at the House of Lords on Wednesday, Hemingway Steve Cole THANKS to the RYA for permission to use Wavelength. On behalf of all club members, 24th June. material from their handbooks my thanks go to you all. Good sailing and season’s greetings THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS Your generosity is appreciated of contributors are not necessarily I have often been asked about the those of Channel Sailing Club. Accordingly Channel Sailing Club commodore’s charity the Gwennili Trust, disclaim any responsibility for such which this year alone has organised over Racing Special events Bosun Cruising views and opinions. administrator committee John White administrator 100 seaborne events with more than 500 Janet Sainsbury member Jeremy John people of all ages and with varying degrees Debbie Wiffen of disability including 130 wheelchair Trevor Barker WAVELENGTH SAILING EVENTS 2015 Provisional dates for races/rallies in 2015 PAINTINGS BY ALISON STRUTHERS BY PAINTINGS MARCH 21/22: Frostbite rally APRIL 3-6: Easter cruise the complete opposite of Yar- While Andy APRIL 18-19: Long race mouth. I love Yarmouth – it is improved his APRIL 25-26: SOUTH BRITTANY my favourite Solent harbour Experience weekend - but it is not French. French, his wife WHY AND WHEN TO GO? In Port Tudy the capitan Alison took time out MAY 2-4: Milk O Punch Sunday rally to Alderney of the capitanerie is an im- to paint the scene f you read the very Andy Struthers recounts a summer sailing posing man who prowls his MAY 16-17: Two handed race good pilot book for trip to the south of France harbour walls with handheld MAY 30 - JUNE 6: this area – West France VHF and a Gauloise clamped Spring cruise Cruising Companion ble angle, but won’t give up. to his lips providing instruc- months and never saw a har- I JUNE 20-21: by Neville Featherstone – On his third attempt disaster tion to his dories below. bour full sign, always finding Wooden Spoon race one thing becomes very strikes. He ends up broadside But what intrigued us was a home and often a friendly clear – it’s going to be busy across the bow of gaff rigger the long periods when nei- Ricard. JUNE 27: during the French annual 1, entangling his rigging ther capitan nor dories were We sailed back at the start Round the Island race holiday season. In particular comprehensively with the there at all – lunch, aperitif of September and reached JULY 4-5: Sprint races to enter the area from Brest raised bow sprit, threatening time, just had enough? Yarmouth at about 1800. The JULY 11-19: Bastille Day cruise to the Loire including the in comes a weighty gaff rig- to rip it off. If this sounds a bit Jeremy harbour full sign was already AUGUST 1-3: nightmare that is Benodet, ger with a huge bow sprit. He I learned many new Clarkson then it is the exact up and we were lucky to get Lymington race and rally les Glenan, Belle Ile and the has to back in and it’s tight. French words in the next opposite. I enjoyed every an outside buoy. If Yarmouth Morbihan is verging on mad- He turns but not enough and few minutes and my French minute of it and watched in was French or you went back AUGUST 15-22: ness. No chance of a berth about 15 of us pull and push insult phrasebook (always awe as the harbour at Port 20 years then you would Plymouth fireworks cruise and full of enraged French- and round he comes. Many worth carrying) was hugely Tudy filled to capacity during get far more boats in the SEPTEMBER 5-6: Joint rally men seeking the last buoy. “mercies” and “un Ricard extended. So in response the afternoon. The avant harbour. with Sutton Mariners With superb planning we pour vous ce soir?” follow. to pilot book concerns my harbour had fore and aft The French have retained SEPTEMBER 12-13: managed to be in this area view became – don’t worry buoys and by evening it was the joie to vivre which is Passage race & rally this summer right in the Pardon my French because you will get into that nearly possible to walk across what sailing should be all SEPTEMBER 26-27: middle of this period and In comes another gaff rigger tiny space eventually and for the harbour by jumping from about and I fear we are in Foxhunt rally experienced the French way – smaller and with husband sure someone has cocked up boat to boat. Being French no danger of losing. We will OCTOBER 17-18: of berthing. and wife crew. There is one worse than you earlier. one had thought to rig lines return to the land of Ricard Navigators’ race & rally Picture the scene. We have empty berth next to gaff or fenders as they arrived and Gauloise next summer – amazingly – got a berth in rigger 1 and he is a French Not very Yarmouth! because as we discovered you and look forward without OCTOBER 31- NOVEMBER 1: the small fishing harbour of sailor so he will back it in What I particularly enjoyed get them out after you come any trepidation to joining the Pursuit race & rally Port Tudy on the Ile de Groix.
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