Sailing Networks News

Crosby Scout and Guide Marina Club is still open for business!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:22:00 GMT

Despite the delay in moving the Club back into the rebuilt Crosby Water Centre, and our limited temporary accommodation, the Club is still opening on Sundays at 1pm. The Club is a Scout and Guide Club but is open to all. We would be very pleased to have any young people aged over 10 years and who live in Sefton to join us.
We have been operating at Crosby Marina for 30 years but had to move out into temporary portakabins so that the old building could be demolished and a new one built. Legal wrangling between Sefton Council and the proposed new operator Greenbank has delayed our reinstallation into the new premises but we hope to be there very soon.

We have a variety of Dinghies and Kayaks. Training to certificated RYA and BCU standards is free for members. We are an official RYA Training Centre. Please view our website at www.crosbymarinaclub.org.uk for details.

Swan 45s prepare for the Copa del Rey

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:03:00 GMT

In a few short weeks time, teams from Italy, Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan will gather in Palma for one of the favorite events of Swan 45 Owners. The last regatta before the Rolex Swan 45 Worlds (29 August – 4 September) the competition will be intense in this one design fleet.

Standup paddleboarding... Is it really a watersport?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:00 GMT

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Well if this picture is anything to go by Jennifer Aniston certainly thinks so! In this month’s watersports podcast, we talk to Simon Davies about this new up and coming sport and hear Simon’s predictions that we will all start to see this newcomer to the watersport stable all over the beaches this summer.

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Leisure watersports special offers in July

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:00 GMT

Great news, we can offer 1/3rd off the cost of the following programmes. This special offer is valid for bookings made after the 3rd July 2009 and is subject to availability. We need at least 3 people on each of these programmes to ensure they will run, which is why we are offering these great deals. ( so why not bring a friend)

-Keelboat Weekend Non res from 18th July to 19th July normally £205pp… now just <span style=“font-weight: bold;”>£136pp</span>

-Windsurf start Kids from 20th – 24th July Normally £360pp… now just<span style=“font-weight: bold;”> £240pp</span>

-Windsurf start adults from 20th – 24th July Normally £420pp… now just<span style=“font-weight: bold;”> £280pp</span>

-RYA Start Dinghy Sailing for adults 20th – 24th July. Normally £420pp… now just <span style=“font-weight: bold;”>£280pp</span>

-Kitesurf Taster weekend ( for over 14’s) 25th – 26th July Normally £235…. now just <span style=“font-weight: bold;”>£156PP</span>

-Adult Dinghy Improver 27th – 31st July. Normally £420… now just <span style=“font-weight: bold;”>£280pp</span>

The above offers cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions. If you would like to book yourself or any of your friends or family onto any of the above, please call Bethany Silcox on <span style=“font-weight: bold;”>01983 203046</span> and ask for the UKSA blog special offer!<div class=“blogger-post-footer”></div>

The Last Sprint

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:23:00 GMT

From a four hour motor to the start line in Stockholm to a fighting finish with Tele-Black in Russia, Leg 10 was short but packed with action<div class=“blogger-post-footer”></div>

Marine Stomatex Atom Bags now 40% OFF only at Speedway Marine.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:00 GMT

Marine Stomatex Atom Bags now 40% OFF only at www.SpeedwayMarine.com

We have a range of shapes and sizes in different colours too! Great for the beach or on board your boat.

http://www.speedwaymarine.com/AtomBags.html

Thanks From

All at Speedway Marine Ltd

'Etchells, capturing the spirit' is a wonderful book about the people, the place and the competition of the Etchells Australian Winter Championship

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Through Peter Duncan’s stunning photographs of this icon event and Tracey Johnstone’s words, four years of Etchells racing from the winters and World Championship in 2004 through to the 2008 winters, is captured in this limited edition coffee-table style book.

Etchells sailor and America’s Cup winning skipper John Bertrand AM in introducing the book typifies the spirit of the Etchells class and the Mooloolaba winter’s event.

‘The Etchells class offers the toughest one-design racing in the country, bar none. The best of the best compete in this class. Any higher and you enter the realms of the fully professional scene; the Olympics or the America’s Cup.

’I love all aspects of the Etchells. The camaraderie, the closeness of competition, the cut and thrust of high level tactics. One mistake and you’re a goner, it doesn’t get any better than that!

‘I’ve competed in the Mid-Winters since the early 90s and I enjoy coming back each year to Mooloolaba. The venue is unique; world-class. Racing conditions on the bay and on the ocean are second to none. Organisation of the regatta is world-class.

’The on-shore facilities in terms of restaurants and apartment accommodation is really a superb environment to hold a regatta. All of that combines to make the Mid-Winter championship a must attend regatta for the Etchells.

‘The Etchells class goes from strength to strength. The class and racing has never been stronger. The winning formula appears to be strict one-design rules and excellent organisation.

’The introduction of young people into the class through the new four-man teams has been a wonderful stimulus to the class and the racing with new ideas and new thinking. Combined with the comradeship amongst Australia’s finest yachtsmen and you have what now is really a unique event.

‘I forgot the weather! Beautiful one day. Superb the next.’

Etchells, capturing the spirit has recorded the highs and lows of each of the last four winter Etchells events, the winners, the fighters, the competitors, the volunteers and the magic of racing off Mooloolaba in warm winter breezes.

This is a book that can sit proudly on any sailor’s bookshelf to be enjoyed for years to come.

The full-colour photo book is now available for $50 and can be purchased by contacting Peter Duncan peter(at)questphoto.net or through Boat Books Australia.

An Official Launch in Fakenham!

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:56:02 GMT