What a treat it was listening to Michael Macnamara’s talk last night (20th Feb). How to get the best (or unintentionally the worst) out of your boat and especially the sails was the theme. As a Sailmaker ,multiple National champion and Chief Racing coach to the International Cadet class his experience and knowledge is peerless. I do remember him…
To help with cruise and other planning for this year, the 2016 tide tables are now available on the website as usual. They are under About Tollesbury SC > Club information > Tide tables from the menus above or simply follow the link below: 2016 tide tables Make sure you know your tides …
The club’s new RIB is currently being built on the south coast. Below are some pictures of the progress so far. The club has also purchased a Whaly boat to help support the other safety boats:
The draft programme for this year has been prepared by the various fleet captains and discussed by the committee. There will almost certainly be further changes, but we thought it might be helpful for people to see the draft to help with planning for the season. Follow the link below to have a look at the Excel file. 2016_draft_programme…
Though the planned Frostbite race was postponed after Christmas, George Rogers nevertheless managed a post-Christmas sail and using a stand-up paddleboard app tracked the sail across to Mersea. The track images are shown below. George commented: “Armed with a an App being developed for building up a database of route and useful information for SUPs we hoisted the kite…
First substitute If the Race Officer can’t identity all of the boats On the Course Side of the starting line before the gun, they can issue a general recall. The signal is the First substitute. Return to starting area and prepare for a new start. It is called the first substitute as it is one of a series of…
Flag of the Week – Week 4 If a boat is On the Course Side of the starting line before the gun, the Race Officer will raise Flag X accompanied by a sound signal. It is up to you to know if you are one of the offending boats. A boat that believes it was OCS must return fully…
Congratulations to Richard Ham on winning the GP14 SE Traveller’s Trophy. In the first four traveller events, he was placed first overall, meaning that he went to the final event at Frensham with an unassailable lead. He sailed with Steve Browne.
Photos from the smacks and classics race are now available on the website: Smacks and Classics – 2015 We had a good turnout of 12 Smacks and a slightly disappointing 7 yachts. Light winds meant that the course was shortened. Smack results were: Line honours: Maria (Paul Winter) 2nd: Lizzie Annie (Malcom Fawkes) 3rd: Alberta (Robin Page) 4th: Kate (Richard…
It was a quiet day for the Kings Head Cup which is an annual race between Tollesbury Cruising Club and ourselves. Traditionally its a race round Osea Island but because the it wasn’t a very high tide we set a course just up to the Marconi Port Hand Buoy. Eight boats started and it was very much a drift across the…
UPDATE 30/09/2022 Hi everyone, we have decided that tomorrow’s…
Tollesbury Sailing Club 2021 Smacks and Classics Race,…
