The club Harvest Supper is coming up. See the event details on the website for more information. Thanks to Will porter and George Barber for collecting the Yo-Boy beer by boat. Please book your places before Thursday 18th September with Carol Collier on 07748 153634 or add your name to the list behind the bar.
MIDSUMMER’S DAY EVENT – TOLLESBURY SAILING CLUB 21st JUNE 2014 A fantastic day for the Sailing Club and village alike. A lovely sunny and warm day helped to make the day an unqualified success. Along with the great food and drinks, we had some good stalls keeping the old and young occupied, as well as great music with Force Four…
Over 50 people joined us on our day out to East Mersea Stone. There was an excellent mix of Yachts, Dinghies and support craft. After a brief wait in the morning for the wind to fill in it blew favourable enabling us all to get to the beach by mid-day. After a very pleasant few hours on the beach…
I am sure most of you will have heard of David Sadler who has sadly died at the age of 93 at his home in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. His name is synonymous with Sadler Yachts – boats which are plentiful around Tollesbury and the rest of east coast. In fact, it was his son who…
Another great night at the Sailing Club, with some superb Russian food prepared by Olga Spitters, ably supported by her assistants Kees Spitters, Chris Peet, Wendy Peet and Maureen Parsons. With around 16 different hot and cold dishes, Olga worked tirelessly to produce a memorable night of fine Russian cuisine, accompanied by seemingly endless shots of vodka! Thanks also…
Local Notice to Mariners No. 2/14 River Colne Flood Barrier Mitre Gate refurbishment works As part of the planned maintenance program by the Environment Agency, the protective coating on the mitre gates of the Colne Flood Barrier at Wivenhoe will undergo refurbishment. Much of the preliminary work will be carried out by contractors from a series of floating pontoons…
Harwich Haven Authority has spent three days plough dredging at Stone Point, followed by a survey. The Channel Buoys have been re-laid close to their original positions. The buoy positions are: No. 9 GREEN 51:53.235 N 001:15.543 E No. 11 GREEN 51:53.125 N 001:15.524 E No. 14 RED 51:53.272 N 001:15.505 E No. 16 RED 51:53.173 N 001:15.522 E…
East Coast Gaffers Tollesbury Rally 19-20 April 2014 Over the weekend TSC hosted the Smack Boat race that formed part of the East Coast Gaffers Tollesbury Rally. The small (12.5 ft) clinker gaff rigged dinghies started arriving late morning on Saturday and were unloaded at the Hard. There were also a couple winkle brigs and two Tollesbury members took…
With Easter coming soon, everyone will hopefully be getting on the water. let’s hope for some nice weather. In the meantime though, there have been some concerns that our new Commodore may be taking his role as our spiritual sailing leader a little too far … With thanks to Chris Parsons for the photo.
You may recently have read of the incredible exploits of Hilary Lister. Hilary is a quadriplegic and she sails an adapted Artemis 20 with a sip and puff system that uses three straws which enable her to control all the systems on board. Not content with sailing round Britain in 2009, she has now sailed across the Indian ocean…
UPDATE 30/09/2022 Hi everyone, we have decided that tomorrow’s…
Tollesbury Sailing Club 2021 Smacks and Classics Race,…
