Spring Rally 2012 - June 6th - 10th

Spring Rally 2012 - June 6th - 10th

Our 5 day rally this year takes us back to beautiful St Peter Port in Guernsey where our rally dinner is booked at the Old Government House Hotel on the Friday night. Boats will be crossing the channel from ports from Chichester to Plymouth and we'll try to pay a visit to France and/or Alderney too!

Please come and join us, whatever your level of experience.

Cost is £160 & £30 dinner

An application from can be downloaded here.

Hot Hot Hot 2012 to Turkey - 4 boats now chartered

We now have 4 boats chartered and enough crew to fill the places available. If there is sufficient interest we would look at chartering a 5th boat so, if you would like to add your name to the waiting list, please contact Judy Lambourne rc.cruising@hoeoca.org.uk.

Hot Hot Hot 2012 dates announced!

Monday 17th - 24th September to Bodrum, Turkey.

See the Forthcoming Cruising Events section for an application form.

Proposed dates for Sunsail Race Series 2012

Sunsail have released their dates for the 2012 Solent Racing Series:

Round 1 - March 17th & 18th
Round 2 - March 31st & April 1st
Round 3 - April 14th & 15th
Round 4 - July 14th & 15th
Round 5 - August 25th & 26th
Round 6 - September 22nd & 23rd
Round 7 - October 6th & 7th
Round 8 - October 20th & 21st

Book these (provisional) dates in your diaries for 2012!  Dates Bold & Italics are the proposed weekends - so far.  Keep watching this site for details on forthcoming events.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

On a relaxed and bright New Years day, I read an article about Ellen MacArthur.A delightful personal insight. As the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is our current charity, I thought it ideal for an update. So please see the links below

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8986485/Ellen-MacArthur-I-saved-up-my-dinner-money-for-my-first-boat.html

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/ 

Wishing a happy and healthy New Year to all our readers