The rain failed to stop the crowds turning out and the party atmosphere went on all day. Sadly, ‘Sport England‘, our main sponsors for the build, were unable to attend. Essex County Council gave us £20,000 and Sue Lissemore, one of their councillors, did us the honour of cutting the tape with the help of a couple of our…
Former Paralympic sailing star Hannah Stodel has crossed the finish line of the Sevenstar RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race in Cowes 11 days 10 hours and 7 minutes after starting the race on board Class 40 Region Normandie. Among her crew was ex-TSC cadet – Will Rogers (long with Tim Atkins and Quentin Bes-Green). Many of Will’s family…
It was good to see some Tollesbury boats competing over at Mersea this week, and also to see our RIB Stag 2 out on loan for the week. The racing had everything from a cancelled first day due to too much wind, to waiting around for over two hours in the river for the slightest puff to allow racing…
The 5th May saw the annual OGA vs TSC race. As usual we tried to make this a two day event but as usual we failed. OGA numbers were down with many regulars having other commitments. Those who did come had other things they had to do on the Sunday. But we had the largest TSC turnout we can…
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A disappointing turnout of only six boats, as the winds stayed kind. The rain also held off until the race had finished. ‘Rhumba’ sailed a great race as usual, finishing within a minute of the much longer Bavaria and taking the race on corrected time. ‘Rhumba’ sailed so fast, they even had sufficient water to get back into the…
ROUND 5 GP14 LONDON AND SE TRAVELLERS SERIES VICTOR TROPHY 25 GPs sailed at the Welsh Harp reservoir on Saturday. The light and shifty conditions were not straightforward but Richard Ham (TSC )and Stevie (Leigh ) sailed brilliantly to finish second, although several times in the lead it was very difficult to consolidate any advantage and they could not…
On Saturday 12th June 16 GP 14 sailing dinghies gathered at Tollesbury Sailing Club for the fourth round of the London and SE travellers’ series. After tea and bacon rolls to fortify the visitors, many of whom had endured the M25 etc, the boats launched from the public hard. Conditions were near perfect with a 17 mph wind forecast,…
We welcomed 15 OGA entrants to the club over this weekend and all had a great day on the water with a good breeze. TSC’s Richard Ham and Nick Lynn won the ‘Hotshots class sailing against Dirty Girty, a ketch with carbon fibre masts and laminate spritsails and ‘Fyre’ a stunning gaff rigged 505 dinghy with carbon spars. The…
As we headed into 2016, work continued to complete the jig. Stringers were added for the chines and gunwhales and the whole jig was screwed to the floor and trued up. Then I measured the whole thing again and was still happy that the dimensions were ‘OK’. Did I mention in chapter 1 that ‘CNC’ means ‘Computer Numerical Control?….
UPDATE 30/09/2022 Hi everyone, we have decided that tomorrow’s…
Tollesbury Sailing Club 2021 Smacks and Classics Race,…
