Any volunteers for crewing at the forthcoming Gul event at Salcombe? Comfortable boat. Safe driver.
Patrick Hamilton
3502
Hi folks
We are very much looking forward to the N12 Gul open at Salcombe. We have set up a meal for £16.50 pp, 2 courses , coffee and mints for 7 p.m. on Saturday. Child sized portions will have a reduced price and there will be a veggie option. Pasties on the beach are available for £2.50 each but must be pre-ordered by Wed 27th ( is this pasty gate???) with a phone call or e mail to Jools in the bar. On the bank holiday Monday after racing there are complimentary cheesy chips in the bar before the big drive home. The recent Merlin silver tiller had some lovely estuary sailing on the Saturday with sunshine.
I'll keep my eye out for a crew for you Patrick but also if any visitors have a spare that is very useful as our lot are now at uni.
See you on the water Para Docs
Entry fee paid, crew appointed, & campsite selected . . . N3244 should appear beneath N3271 on the entry list soon. (Builder Arnot Dobson well represented!)
Chris & Ben
HI On the look out for crews amongst the local cadets and ladies that launch but meanwhile any keen visitors please get in touch with Patrick.
We will do a bit of pasty and ice cream testing this weekend and report back
Para docs
Hi Helen
Thanks for looking out for crews. Rosie White has volunteered to sail with me so sorted now. Look forward to seeing you in sunny Salcombe.
cheers
Patrick
House booked and boat entered. Now just need the sun to show up and one of the boys to agree to sail rather than play rounders with aunty.
Hi Looking forward to seeing you in Salcombe. Evie Booth one of our cadets ( keen Terra helm) is really keen to crew over the weekend. Patrick now has a crew so before I let Evie know that he is sorted does any one else need a crew? Mike H often puts in a request .
See you in sunny Salcombe.
Para docs
Patrick is now not able to come for family reasons so I need a helm or someone who is willing to crew for me in a paper dart.
Hi Rosie
It looks like I am not going to have a crew for salcombe If you would like to crew for me that would great
Your Mum has my phone number
Alan
3302
All clear(ish) from medical profession yesterday so looking forward to being back on the water next weekend :-)
Remember to order pasties by Wednesday for Sunday lunch on the beach. Good to hear you are fit to sail Neal , look forward to the sail . Lovely in the harbour on Saturday hardly any moored boats so lots of room for 12s to play.
Reg rew may have a boat to lend .
See you on the water
Paradocs
For those not sailing there is lots going on in Plymouth with the start of the transat race, fireworks, air displays, music etc. and lots of yachts!
see you soon
Hi all
I have just heard from Jools that the deadline for booking supper on Saturday evening is today and so far she has only had reservations from 4 people. Probably worth dropping her a line. Her email is Jools@salcombeyc.org.uk
See you all at the weekend
Mandy x
Lovely to catch up with lots of people in Salcombe and it looked like a great event with the full range of Spring weather conditions!
Here are some pics i took: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14419007@N07/albums/72157667711151091 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/14419007@N07/albums/72157667711151091)
Great photos Sophie!
The report is now up on the Y&Y website:
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/189187/Gul-National-12-Series-at-Salcombe
Don't forget the date of the Salcombe Autumn Open Meeting has changed to 8th-9th October. Salcombe are planning to some champs style races out at sea which was great last year so don't miss it!
Chris
N3526
The Y&Y report (and the earlier one for the RHYC event) are an excellent demonstration of one of the virtues of the Twelve: family involvement. All the leading boats were husband & wife or parent and child combinations. How many other high performance dinghies can boast that?
There is one disadvantage in teaching your children to sail. The period from when they can usefully handle a jib sheet until they leave school (and usually home) is quite short. At one time Margaret and I each had a dinghy, mine a Twelve and hers a Graduate and our two boys crewed for us. Then the older boy went to university, the younger took over the Grad (and became junior champion) and Margaret started crewing the Twelve. When the older boy returned to this area he was married, had his own yacht and I get given a list each spring of the races where he expects me to be one of his crew!
Thank you everybody who came along and made it such a great weekend. Well done Tom and team for your win. Of course the sun came out as you drove home through Loddiswell, but at least the Saturday gave us a taste of Salcombe in the sun. I have given SYC some feedback regarding streamlining the entry forms and meal booking but do feel welcome to contact them direct. Look forward to seeing you all again soon. We hope to go a bit faster now Rosie W has tweaked and tune our boat... watch out she did the same for Reg too.