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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Smacks and Classics race

The October 1st Smack and Classic Race was enjoyed by all. Numbers entering the Classic section were disappointing but TSC’s Rhumba, sailed by Clive Church and Ken Wash took line honours and the overall prize. Second was Droleen 2 sailed by Simon Lewington. The Smacks were led home by Robin Page, sailing Alberta, followed by Paul Winter Sailing Maria….

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GP Open 2016

A relatively small field of 5 local boats and 4 visitors competed for the TSC GP Open. Despite the poor forecast sailing conditions turned out to be pretty much perfect with a steady easterly. Racing was extremely close throughout. James Ward (Papercourt) took all three races, after a navigational error by Richard Ham in the first race. James and Richard…

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Inspiration to all Tollesbury Cadets

Previous Tollesbury Cadet Archie Willis (aged 21) is living his dream onboard the racing J-Class yacht ‘Ranger’. It was only a few years ago that Archie Willis was a cadet sailor messing around in the Blackwater in an Optimist and a Topaz and more recently crewing on the Tollesbury racing smack ‘Charlotte Ellen’ so it was really exciting to…

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Crouch Cup results

Crouch Cup Results With much better weather than was being predicted only a few days earlier seven Boats from TCC and TSC enjoyed a gentle race to Burnham. The final results were first ‘Speedwell’ with Paul and Sue Redhead. 2nd ‘Moonshine’, Paul Noyland and third ‘Amelia’, Tony and Mandy. Rank Boat Class HelmName CrewName NHC1 Elapsed Corrected Points 1…

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Duty calls …

The club racing and all the events won’t happen without people to manage all the racing. Each dinghy race needs people to be race officer and assistant and also crew for the rescue boats. So, for this season, to help the committee manage everything, the club has decided to use a site called DutyMan. This site will: organise the…

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