Cruising and Rally Events
Cruising Programme 2012
Welcome to the New
Season.
This is my fourth year as Cruising Secretary. Trying to vary the rally
programme is a constant challenge as there are only a certain number of
places that can be visited in a weekend. Last year we were fortunate
that a couple of Bank Holidays were close together allowing us to
arrange a trip to LONDON, which was well supported not only on the
water, but also with members attending the shore activities by
travelling up to London.
This year we will commence the programme at the beginning of May with a
trip to Tollesbury and Brightlingsea, an easy shakedown sail that is
usually well supported. The usual Whitsun weekend has been put back a
week to coincided with the Queen’s Jubilee. With there being an extra
days Bank Holiday added on, this allows us a four day cruise, some may
wish to extend this into the next weekend, this would then give you nine
days. The club cruise will consist of Saturday and Sunday in Ipswich,
Monday in Suffolk Yacht harbour, with either a return home on Tuesday or
an extended cruise maybe into the Deben.
Our next rally will be to Burnham and like last year it will include the
Spitway Plate Race on the return leg, although this proved popular last
year it is not compulsory to race. Our next club sailing event will be
the Commodores Cruise which will begin on the 11th August and will
finish with a rally in Ramsgate on the weekend of 25-27th August. You do
not have to be part of the cruise to attend the rally; you can simply
join the others in Ramsgate. Our usual end of the season rally to
Heybridge will be on the 15-16th September. This year we are extending
the cruising activities of the club and we will be holding a final
cruise at Tollesbury, which will be a Halloween cruise on the 27-28th
October, so do not take your boats out of commission too early this
season. Come a join us for so scary fun at Tollesbury.
Hope you all have a great season.
Regards Chris and Sheila.
APRIL FOOL.
Report of the Cruising secretary to the AGM on the 2011 season
This season started with
a Club cruise to London that was planed to last eleven days. However due
to poor weather at the end of the cruise most boats opted for a later
departure with the last of us leaving some two weeks after arrival.
Whilst in London various events were organised which saw over 50,
members, friends and families attending the different activities. My
thanks go out to all those who participated and especially those who
helped to organise the events and act as host boats.
Our first official Rally of the season did not fair so well with the
weather. We were due to spend the Whitsun weekend in the Deben but with
gale force winds forecast this unfortunately had to be abandoned. When I
phoned up the harbour manager he told me that no one would be entering
or leaving the Deben that weekend and was expecting my phone call. We
along with four other club boats then opted for the usual plan B and
headed to Brightlingsea for the weekend.
Our next Rally was to Burnham a destination that the club has not used
for several Years. We planned this Rally to incorporate the return leg
with the Spitway Plate Trophy to try to encourage more members to
participate in racing. Out of 11 boats that attended the rally 8 boats
started the race. With this success we plan to continue with this event
next season. The next Rally was a new venue for the club, which saw 8
boats taking a trip to Wivenhoe and despite its drying pontoons a
favourable time was had by all with requests to stage a rally here
again.
Our last Rally out of the River was to Titchmarsh despite an
unfavourable forecast of a F8 some boats ventured up the Wallet in
variable conditions. We had a turn out of 22 for the meal at Walton and
Frinton Yacht club. I was grateful to those who had booked a meal but
did not sail up, still made the effort to drive up. Marina berths are
easier to cancel than meals. Our final rally as usual was to Heybridge
that is always a popular destination. We had 14 boats lock in and
approximately 50 people turned up for the BBQ and games. We welcomed
back Tony and Sue on Escapade to the club rally scene there first for a
few years.
Thanks- Chris Dyer Tel:
01920 438403
2011 season reports
TITCHMARCH Rally
BQYC members relax and enjoyed dinner at the Walton
and Frinton Yacht Club on Saturday Evening. Following dinner and
offering our appreciation to the club Commodore and Stewards for their
excellent hospitality plans were made for a walk to Walton for a
traditional day at the seaside the following morning. Fortunately taxis
had been arranged to return to the boats on Saturday night. -see the
Gallery page for more photos
Cruising
in the Ionian 2010, why after all these years did Gerry and Joan
decide to give it a try??
sailing greece.pdf
Read the latest exploits Tony and Linda Comber along with a teenage crew during their recent trip to the south coast - >>>more
Detail of the May bank holiday 2010 rally to Brightlingsea can be read here , just open the link >>>more
Chris Dyer - Cruising Secretary tel 01920 438403
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