The dates for Improvers for the month of July are:
2nd Jul- Boat handling skills including (weather permitting) the sails and hull to steer the boat. HWS (5m) @ 11:19 9th July- Seamanship skills – manoeuvring, Coming along side, MOB, Picking a mooring, Leeshore. LWN (1m) @ 10:22 16th July -NO IMPROVERS – CLUB Memorial Weekend (OPEN). Come and Race both on Saturday and Sunday the 17th (Ask if you want Support or advice) See web page for details. 23rd July- Boat handling and Seamanship theme continued. LWN (0.7) @ 09:25. 30th July- General skills and supervised free sailing. HWS (4.7m) @ 09:56 Sessions will start at 0930 there will some short theory sessions included but typically we will have a ready to sail target time of 1000 (launch time is tide dependant). Volunteers always wanted to run or support these sessions, if you feel you can help please contact Laurie Dengate.
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Six sailors were at the sailing club early on the 28th July intending to cruise to Margate, have lunch and return on the tide. Puffin's main engine wasn't firing correctly so after an on-the-water test that ended up with Tony S. and Dave H. rowing the short way back, a second Wayfarer was rigged to join the Cornish Crabber.
Tony revised the Margate plan to avoid being stuck in the bay, and the boats headed off on a good beat to Minnis Bay. Minnis was reached in good time and we settled in for a healthy lunch (burgers all round) and, for some, a warm ale at the beach side cafe. We then waited for the tide to finish going out and had come in enough so that the boats were back in ankle-deep water. The reach back was fast and exciting; the Cornish Crabber with Martin H. and Tony aboard apparently recorded a top speed of more than six knots, and the Wayfarers were even faster. All was going well until John O. did a relatively-gentle tack near the slipway and managed to thwack his head nicely with the boat. He was just about OK but eventually had relinquish the helm to Clare D. because of the blood dripping in his eyes. The winch easily pulled up all the boats and we gave everything, John included, a good wash down. A cancellation means there is one space available on a RYA powerboat level 2 course starting Saturday 2nd July. The second day of the course is the 23rd July. It could also suit someone who has PB2 but has had no practice and wants a brush up. All training courses are open to members and non-members.
Email the training team hbsc.training@gmail.com if you want to know more or would like to sign up. Challenge Trophy and Ladies Race Sunday 26th June 2016 All the boats favoured the pin end of the start line and all the boats got away cleanly. The Contender 401 went ahead of the fleet and was the first boat to reach the windward mark. Having got away from the fleet the Contender was not subject to loads of shouting of Starboard, there was a collision between two yellow Lasers which ended up with both capsizing but they soon righted themselves and carried on sailing. Though the Contender sailed a lone course in the lead, the boat in second place was Laser 200875 and not far behind were the Laser 2000 2621 and Laser 4.7 3630 and Laser 2000 2041. The two Laser 2000's were vying with each other for second and third place. Amongst the Lasers, the fleet was quite well spread out, Laser 200875 who held second place was being caught up by the Laser 2000, 2041 and then Laser 2000, 2621. As the lead Laser and Laser 2000 were sailing up to SP1, the Laser rounded the mark first, then the Laser 2000, the Laser 2000 raised it 's spinnaker and began to pull away for the Laser 200875, in fourth place was the other Laser 2000, 2621 who also raised its spinnaker and started to pursue the boats in second and third place. Having pulled away from the Laser 200875, the Laser 2000 was soon to find that the Laser had caught up and they were neck and neck but now it was the Laser that pulled away, however, the lead was not a big lead over the Laser 2000. In the lead, the Contender managed to extend its lead over the rest of the fleet and had begun lapping some of the boats. As there were two races to be held over the afternoon, the Race Officer took the decision to shorten the Race. The first two boats to finish were Laser 200875 and Laser 2000, 2041, followed by a flurry of Lasers and after that the Contender 401. There were some retirements from the race. The start sequence for Race Two of the afternoon began and the fleet began massing for the start, once again the Contender began to pull away from the fleet, however, at the first mark SP1, it was between the Contender and the Laser 2000, 2041 as to who would round the mark first, it was Contender, then in second place was Laser 161766, then Laser 4.7 3630 and then Laser 2000, 2041. Rounding SP3 together are the Laser 2000,2041 and Laser 161766 then Laser 200875, after this Laser 2000, 2621, then the Laser 4.7 3630 With an increase in the breeze, there were a number of capsizes within the fleet, the Race Officer again shortened the race. Whilst the Contender was to finish the Race in Pole Position once again, at the end of the day, the results are worked out on the individual handicaps of the boats. Challenge Trophy 1st Laser 4.7 3630 Samuel Dyer 2nd Contender 401 Steve Owen 3rd Laser 2000, 2041 Brian and Maria Golton Ladies Race 1st Laser 2000 2621 Magdalena Gawecka and Laurie Dengate Race report by Liz Smith Saturday the 25th July saw many sailors on the water.
A party of twelve went there and back on a shorter-than-planned cruise due to the lack of wind at Hampton and then inclement weather (hail, rain, thunder & lightening). Nonetheless the wind eventually picked up and the sail back was great fun. Thanks to Tony S. for organising. Ian M. has posted some great photographs on the Herne Bay Sailing Club - Members' Forum facebook group. The shore was busy with two groups of sailors taking RYA level 1 and 2 with Richard de L. and Doug W., and a large group of improvers were talked through a demonstration of the sail controls on double- and single-handed boats by Laurie D. and Harvey B. Eventually everyone got on the water and put what they had learned into practice. The newly-improved winch made it easy to get all the heavier boats and the safety boats back onto shore. Ladies, Gentlemen and cadets of the Sailing Club
If you would be able to volunteer a duty for 16th July, 2016, it would be very much appreciated. We need people to man the Galley, Shore Party, etc. If you go to the Duty Man Page, you will see the areas that need filling Thanks Liz The Les Golding Memorial 10K takes place at Herne Bay Sailing Club on Sunday 10th July. The children's race starts at 9.30am with the adult start at 10am.
To enter go to hernebay10k.co.uk/ Directions to HBSC and a downloadable map may be found here. Alternatively follow the brown road signs from the A299 marked with a boat and HBSC. The galley will be open from 7.30am selling tea, coffee, water, bacon or egg sandwiches and a variety of snacks. Herne Bay Sailing Club welcomed over 100 competitors, members of the race team and supporters to Cup 2 of the UK Windsurfing Association's circuit on the 11th and 12th June 2016.
The weather on the Saturday was not good for any type of sailing, but Sunday made up for it. It was brilliant to see 20 of our dinghies racing with a backdrop of 65 windsurfers across four fleets. A huge thank you to everyone who spent an hour (and for some much, much more) helping out at the weekend and for those who did all the preparation beforehand. We have had some great feedback and hope to welcome the UKWA back in the future. To see some of the on-the-water action, the UKWA photographs are here: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNcYoN45wPSJhDTAXmLCD7oqtCpCJKj2Shd55DVZf3vUX-6lgxhjYv_T3UPP-i20Q?key=dWlHSWFvamRoN2JidlJXNWUyNmt4aWZfN20yZlFR It's always much nicer to to have some jolly input to the web site from the sailing committee.
Firstly a thank you to the stalwarts who dragged themselves out of bed to get the tide to repair the slipway, good job and thank you. Each year this does happen and we did have a fairly big storm, so nothing too out of the ordinary. Now we have had the OK to purchase some more race marker buoys, very good news. Those who were sailing over the weekend would have noticed the new thin upright yellow pillar buoy. The feedback was very encouraging from sailors and safety crew alike. Sailors, we can see the buoys and distinguish them from the eight knot buoys and the safety boats and crew they can put four into a boat and they will still be below the gunnel height. The new buoys have their own weight bag built in so no need to carry large heavy chains only the anchors. You will have to take a couple of seconds to make sure the built in weight bag fills with water but that is about it to set them. We still need to have the safety boats setting marks at LEAST 45 mins before the racing starts, us sailors won't get on the water until the safety boat is out, so it is an important part of an important duty. Don't forget when working the safety boat you need to be well dressed as it is a lot colder than sailing, so please dress appropriately and be prepared to get wet to help a fellow sailor in need. Seeing such a large fleet of boats on the water this Sunday was great and even more fun sailing in it, (even if I jumped the gun a minute early and had to go back). Lasers seem to be the boat of choice this year. Plus seeing more lady sailorettes is great and much nicer than staring at the back of a middle aged gorilla. One last thing to add and this is for Laser sailors and kayak paddlers. Most of us know, but the access door to our kit is being left open. We are trying a system to make this easier to avoid. We have two locks for the sliding door, one is the normal key and is used when nobody is sailing or kayaking. The second one is a combination padlock and is to be used when sailing is on the go. Please whoever gets there first takes the key padlock off and puts the combination one on. The reason behind this is to keep the door shut and locked, but it will still give us easy access with security. So always slide shut and lock even if there are people about, if in doubt shut and lock. The last person to pack away is to swap the locks over and put the key back into the key box, but if this does get forgotten at least the door is locked shut. So the season going well. Halsail results should be up and running soon so the continued results will be on the web site for all to see. What a phenomenal weekend with the windsurfers and a huge thank you to those who helped out. However more or less time put in, every little helps, I'm sure there will be a bigger report on the weekend coming. Fair winds James and the Sailing Committee This year Club week is 25th -29th July. As usual the first three days 25th - 27th July will be focused on the cadets. The provisional plan for the week is below. As always places are limited so if you are planning to attend please reply promptly.
The priority-booking period for cadets and family relatives will end on Monday June 20th. Cadets will have priority, but all forms must be back by 20h June with a £15 entry. Following the priority-booking period, any remaining places will be offered on a first-come-first -served basis to all comers at a charge of £50, which will cover the cost of the event and give them membership for the remainder of the year. The cut off date is 4th July. Full details are included in the booking form which can be downloaded from the club websites Useful Links page, http://www.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/useful-links.html. Finally if we are to be successful we will need help from members beyond the parents of children participating. We are looking for boats, safety boat crew, shore crew, galley and a host of other roles. If you can help please email hbsc.cadets@gmail.com. Lets keep our fingers crossed for great weather Ben & Jo. Monday 25th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders to be given T-shirts 10.00 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.15 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Afternoon activity - Water Olympics. 15.30 Put boats away and play on the inflatables 18.00 Fish and Chip supper 18.30 onwards - Evening leisure sailing for adults Tuesday 26th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Cruise down to Ruculver/amusements beach for ice-cream 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 18.00 Pizza supper (you must order your pizza at lunch time from Simone) 18.30 - onwards - Evening team racing for adults & experienced cadets Wednesday 27th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Coke race & battleships (you will require water pistols to attack the instructors and team leaders) 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 17.00 Prize giving /chubby bunnies and BBQ. Thursday 28th July – Adult members and their families – Cadet activities not taking place This day is for adult club members and their families and there are NOT any cadets activities organised. Club Cruise for a picnic ready to leave at 10.00 be at club by 09.00 We will use large boats, which the children can book a ride with. Club boats can be booked at hbsc.boathire@gmail.com Friday 29th July – General sailing – Cadet activities not taking place General sailing, adults to organise amongst themselves. |
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