Paul Elvstrom

In this year of multiple celebrity deaths, it would be easy to miss that of one from the sailing world, that of Paul Elvstrom, who died on December 7th aged 88. Whilst today we may think of Ben Ainslie as the World’s best, Elvstrom’s record speaks for itself: four consecutive Olympic Golds and eleven World Championships including those in…

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Try this at home …

Happy Christmas to all club members. If you fancy a sing-along with family and friends this Christmas, why not try the TSC version of the 12 days of Christmas. This went down so well at the club Christmas party that they even demanded an encore – well the bar had been doing well that evening … So, here’s the words:…

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TSC in the Baltic

During the summer season 2016 three TSC boats were in the Baltic. Two (Hoppetosse and Airborne) had made their way during the 2015 season and over-wintered there and the third (Charmary) made their way there during the season starting from Amsterdam. The aim was for all three boats to take part in a TSC Rally heading up the east…

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Upcoming winter talks

The new year sees the start of winter events at the club with two talks. On January 14th Andy Beharrell will give a talk entitled “It’s sailing Jim, but not as we know it …”. This will look at the opportunities for anyone to sail and the boats and adaptations which enable this. He will also cover some of…

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