On Saturday 19th May between 11am and 3pm Herne Bay Sailing Club will be open to the public. We will be offering taster sails and powerboat rides and the bar, galley and BBQ will be open to our visitors.
If you or your family are interested in learning to sail, come and have a go. We'll also show you around the clubhouse and let you know about the social, sailing and cadet activities at the club. We are a family-friendly club and welcome sailors, kayakers and social members of all ages. For more information go to the Push the Boat Out page.
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You may have seen the Heron sculpture that recently landed on the Herne Bay pier. It is a scale model of a large sculpture that will sit on Neptune's Arm and be the flagship piece of a planned sculpture trail between Herne Bay and Reculver Towers. As part of the engineering and design processes, some materials are being tested on our boat shed.
To find out more about Kinetic Coast and the Heron click here or watch a short video here. We are compiling a list of championships and open events hosted by Herne Bay Sailing Club. Can you add to this list? 1957 National Firefly single-handed championships 1958 National Firefly single-handed championships 1960 Firefly National Championships 1965 National Firefly championships 1967 National Albacore championships. 1968 Fireball Open 1969 Fireball Open 1971 Hornet Worlds 11-17 September 1972 Albacore National Championships 1973 OK National Championships 1974 Mirror Southern Areas 1975 Hornet National Championships 1977 OK National Championships 1977 Albacore & Hornets Open Meeting 1979 Firefly National Championships 1981/2 Round table regatta 198? Fireball 1982 Albacore National Championships 1985 Albacore World and National Championships (held over a fortnight) 1987 ish National Championships 1989 Lark Class National Championship 5-11 August 1989 Albacores 1993 Fireball Open 1999 Pacer Nationls 2001 Pacer Nationals 2001 Round Three of the popular European North Sea Cup Series of windsurfing 9-10 June 2001 Finn Nationals 29 August 2001 OK Nationals 2002 National Albacore Class National Championship 3-5 August 2002 International OK Dinghy Eastern Championship 3-4 August 2002 Man of Kent 22 September (and at least two others) 2002 Pacer Nationals 10 September 2003 Pacer Nationals 2004 Catamaran Open Festival 19-20 June 2004 Hobie 16 TT 19-20 June 2005 Laser 2000 Millenium Series and Asymmetric Dinghy Open 2-3 July 2006 ISO Open 24-25 June 2007 Boss, Spice, Buzz and Iso National Championship 25-27 August 2008 RS Vision Open 17 May 2009 RS All Comers Regatta for RS Visions, RS Teras, RS Qbas and RS Fevas 20-21 June 2009 Hornet Nationals 5-6 September 2009 Europe Nationals 5-6 September 2010 UK Laser Association Laser 4.7 Ladder 9-10 October 2010 Hornet Final Fling 9-10 October 2011 Hornet Open 2-3 July 2015 UK Windsurfing Association National Championships Round 3 4-5 July 2015 National 12 Burton Week 22-25 August 2016 UK Windsurfing Association Cup 2 11-12 June 2016 Hornet Europeans & UK National Championship 6-9 August 2017 UK Windsurfing Association Cup 4 15-16 July 2017 OK Dinghy National Championship 21-24 September There's a full report in Yachts and Yachting on the OK National Championships at HBSC by Karen Robertson with photographs by Champion Marine Photography.
This is a great event to celebrate the lives of some of our members as well as raising money for the charity Bloodwise. For this event to thrive we need volunteers to help it run successfully and it would be great if people could help out for this good cause if possible.
For Saturday and Sunday (it's ok to sign up for only one day) we need: • Experienced Race Officer/s • Tower assistant/s • Safety Boat Lead and Crew • On shore Team • Galley - Helpers • Bar (especially from mid afternoon Saturday - Saturday evening) • Saturday Evening BBQ - Helpers/Cookers Even if you can only do a short stint in the galley or bar it will all help to contribute to a great weekend in memory of some of our members. If you can help in anyway at all could you please either use Dutyman, get in contact with us via the clubs email account, hernebaysailingclub@btconnect.com, or use the form on the bar store room door at the club. Thank you The Memorial Committee This year the Memorial Weekend is being held in September, so now seems the right time to ask all the Chefs and Cooks if they could rustle up a batch of Scones for the event. Cream Teas were a great favourite of Paul's.
For our newer members of the Sailing Club, we run the Memorial Weekend to commemorate the lives of our members. In particular in memory of Jim Newbery – a former Commodore, Colin Sproxton, a stalwart of the Sailing Club and a young man Paul Smith who sadly lost his battle with Leukaemia in 2013 at the age of 25. This year we have another name to add to our list – that of Mike Saunders who is sorely missed. We run this event to raise money for Bloodwise which is a charity that works tirelessly to find a cure for Blood Cancers of which there are great many. We run a Raffle and if you would be able to provide a Raffle Prize it would be greatly appreciated. PTBO 2017 at HBSC was a great success with 38 visitors out for a sail and powerboat ride, more who stayed shore-side supporting and a fantastic turn out of members and friends who made the day work so well on and off the water. Thank you to everyone who took part and to those who did the necessary before and afterwards.
It was a great day with lots of activity. The Saturday Sailing improvers group were on and (most of them) in the water during the morning because of the somewhat challenging gusts. Dai eventually got us doing the planned activity of race starts and working out line bias, after some reefing and pulling everything tighter made falling in less likely. Some 20 cadets and their families arrived at lunchtime to join in with PTBO and all got out on the water. The King's School had their 420's out too. Everyone enjoyed the conditions, which had calmed a little after lunch, but had the extra complication of a ripping tide taking the unwary to Reculver. The only casualty of the day was the distance mark pole, which took a hit in the morning and then another in the afternoon. The smiles of all those coming off the water pretty much summed up the day. Quotes from the day: "loved it", "wet" and "holiday atmosphere." We hope to welcome some of the visitors again, at Cadets, as members or on one of our training courses. |
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