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Elizabethan Owners Association Events 2008
This year's gathering was at Lymington.
Alistair Inglis (E23 Elissa) organised
the11th South Coast Raleigh
Royal Lymington Yacht Club,
Lymington, Hampshire
July 4th - 6th July
The Event was excellent as always.
Alistair had arranged a fishing competition on Saturday morning,
but despite all our efforts no one caught a single
fish, after which we took advantage of the Lymington market. In the
afternoon Liz Scrace ( nee Webster) joined us and took us on a tour of the old
Peter Webster Limited works and gave the members a sense of the the time when
our boats were made. We enjoyed the company of old friends ( and a few drinks)
before we made our way to the Royal Lymington Yacht Club for dinner. As it was
regatta week we had a steel band entertainment before we sat down to dinner. On
Sunday we awoke to strong winds gusting to 49 Knots. We retired to the Lymington
Town Sailing Club and some decided to await a lessening of wind strength, others
went home by train.
Photo Gallery to follow when I have members photos.
Previous Years Events Gallery
Ian Stockdale organised the South Coast
Raleigh in 2007
10th year Anniversary South Coast Raleigh
2007
Hornet Sailing Club, Gosport,
June 29th – July1st
Write-up and photos of the event
I have just got back from the South Coast Raleigh at Gosport soaked to the skin,
but with many excellent memories of an otherwise splendid event. The weather had
been a real problem with local wind speeds being 7, gusting to 8, and horrible
sea states, and so many decided to make the journey to the event by car. However
notable exceptions being Peter Lewis and his crew taking 12 hours to beat the 40
odd miles from Shoreham to Portsmouth into a SW force 7 in his E31 Tabbard and
Richard Way who single-handed his E33 Owaissa the 57 miles from Weymouth.
Richard had such large seas that he had to keep gibing to maintain the
prevailing waves on his stern quarter. Alistair Inglis (E23 Elissa) and a number
of others made their
way up from Poole. However I, like a few others, only had a couple of miles to
come from within the Solent so do not warrant mention.
Enough of the rain and horror stories. The actual event was really great fun
with an opportunity to meet old friends and enjoy a few drinks whilst everyone
made up ever more extravagant stories of the sea. The Friday evening supper was
the usual fish and chips and everyone could be found space to eat in cockpits,
albeit under tarpaulins. Saturday gave us the opportunity see around the Hornet
Sailing Club facilities including a very reasonable priced restaurant and bar. Some of
the younger girls took the opportunity of the close proximity of Gunwharf Quay
to do some clothes shopping whilst those of us with a historical bent enjoyed
the pleasures of the Gosport Submarine Museum. The Hornet Harbour Master runs a
second hand chandlery and it became quite busy with EOA customers. One purchased
a pair of trigger release spinnaker shackles for 10% of their normal purchase
price saving him some £180. We took him off to the bar to celebrate.
The formal evening meal was held in the Hornet Clubs private entertainment suite
where we all enjoyed a superb meal and impromptu entertainment. During the
coffee we had some after dinner speakers which concluded in the announcement
that Ian and Jenny were stepping down as officers of the association as they had
sold their Elizabethan. David White (E29 Evadne) has offered to be the titular
head (Nominally Commodore but mostly membership and subscriptions); David’s
first duty was to offer Ian and Jenny Honorary Life Membership of the
association. Cad Cust (E30 Snowbird) has agreed to be secretary and webmaster.
Other members were to organise events. Alistair Inglis (E23 Elissa) has
volunteered to organise the 2008 South Coast Raleigh somewhere up Southampton
way.
On Sunday the weather continued to be extremely unpleasant and only a few hardy
souls made their way home under sail. The majority made their way home by train
to return the following weekend but one or two settled in the warmth of the
Hornet bar to await another days forecast.
Many thanks to Ian for organising and Tim
Austin (E23 Ealhswith) our host at the Hornet Club.
Cad Cust
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for
Picture Gallery
Planned regional event Jim Titmarsh "RedRag" the East Coast Raleigh,
18th to 20th May 2007
First Elizabethan Parade of Sail on the River Crouch
Phone 07887 581383
"Dee" De Mengel
the West Wales Raleigh,
Phone 01437 891365
The 2005 South Coast Raleigh was at Poole and
proved really good fun including kite flying, excellent fare chez Jenny and
Ian's, standing rigging advice from Kemp Sails and David Harding from Practical
Boat Owner and of course "The Elizabethan Worlds". Details in the News section.
If you hold your cursor over these images you can read some explanation.
The 2005 Cruise to France
We crossed in force 6 at times 7, the flotilla lost one
dodger and had one badly damaged spray hood but we flew across from Poole to
Cherbourg averaging 6.2knots. In two weeks we visited 4 ports Cherbourg, Barflleur, St Vaast and Carentan. Our return journey was mostly by motor but we
had a great sail as we approached the English Coast.
South Coast Raleigh 2004 at Yarmouth and East Coast Rally
2004 on the Bradwell were blustery but huge fun.
South Coast Raleigh 2003 at Weymouth and East Coast Rally
2003 at Shotley were a great success.
Some images from the "The Elizabethan" newsletter
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