Aldeburgh YC open 10th & 11th July

[Tim Gatti]

Excellent news Jonathan - that will make three ribbies on the water.
I look forward to seeing you all there for a great summer weekend

 Tim

[chalky]

Jonathan
 
The beer is from Southwold and there will be enough water in the middle of the river to wash your sails. There is also plenty of silty mud  at the edges, so no need to bring some from Brightlingsea
JC

[JonathanReubin]

 
Ooooh, goody, Adnams.
Today I ate my lunch sitting in the sun on a bench overlooking the beach outside B'sea clubhouse so with a minute or two to spare I chucked a couple of buckets of muddy seawater into 443 and hope she will take up a bit. It trickled out all over the shot.  I will do the same after sailing tomorrow night and hope for the best.  We had rain earlier today but i am afraid this unseasonal warm sunny weather is due to return to this the driest part of the country.  It bodes well for a warm breezy saturday and a warm calm Sunday. Aldeburgh visitors should remember their sun cream, hats and bathing suits.  Kite flying from the beach could be interesting on saturday.
J

[Roly Mo]

Setting off from York tomorrow am.  Can already smell the sea and Adnams (better than epoxy).  Just going to finnish fixing the centreboard, pack up the 12, pack up Ellie's Tera, collect the van and try to get some proper work done.
RM

[chalky]

The scaffolders have returned and cleared the garage doors - I can now get Bobtail out for the weekend.

[Roly Mo]

B's crew (not Ellie I hasten to add!) has asked if collars and ties are needed for Sat night - please tell me they aren't!
Mrs RM

[Antony (Guest)]

They aren't, and if they are then i will sit outside with team RM.  There will be a bunch of RS sailors around so we will probably be the smart table.
Antony
 

[Roly Mo]

Better find some clean shorts. Jobs nearly done!!
RM

[JonathanReubin]

And here's me just finished pressing dinner suit trousers and dress shirt.  I shall not bother buffing up the cuff links with brasso.
Earlier I had a lovely evening sail at Brightlingsea.  Incoming tide, very warm, all sorts of seabirds calling and sat on our liitle beach watching the sunset drinking a glass of, yes you guessed it, Adnams.
 
East Coast Magic!

[JonathanReubin]

443 appears tio have taken up so I will only bring one bucket and one bailer!

[Jerry G]

Thanks to everyone at Aldeburgh for a great weekend's racing.  Thanks also for the lone of bouyancy aids when we forgot ours today! 
Jerry G
N3500

[Roly Mo]

What an absolutely brilliant weekend.  It will go on our list of 'must go to' venues.  Have never gone so fast in my old boat, and loved seeing Tim's pics yesterday afternoon.  Just waiting for Mrs C to upload hers.
Thanks to everyone who helped organise and to all the competitors for making it such fun.

RM
PS  Special thanks to John C for the sticky stuff needed when my reckless crew decided to pull the thwart out!

[JonathanReubin]

Terrific weekend and a big thank you to all concerned. And to those who came from far afield this was a typical sailing weekend on the East Coast! I have just looked ta my sunrise snaps again whilst listening to Brittens Sea Interludes and you can see where the inspiration came from. 
 
I look forward to seeing you all down this way next year.

[Chadders]

Wow what a fantastic weekend, well done and thanks to all concerned, definately on the must do list for next year, well worth the trip down from Yorkshire.  Thanks to John for organising such a great crew for me and to Lesley for putting up with me and keeping me from crashing into various moored boats etc.  Thanks for the tour of the boat yard too John, dangerous though looking around a boat yard with Tim Gatti
Returned home initially in convoy with Tim Gatti yesterday via the boat building college in Lowestoft (very interesting) and looked at Tim's new Starfish in Sherringham (nice rowlocks)!  I also did a slight detour after leaving Sherringham via Nottingham to reunite Christine Marshall with the purse she left at Aldeburgh, a total round trip of 680 miles, good job I could refuel with Christine's credit card!
Thanks again for a great weekends sailing and socialising we will be back next year if you will have us.  Howard C (aka Chadders)

[Roly Mo]

Also big thanks to Christine for supper on Sunday
RM