Year Book
While you have been enjoying your sailing, or just dreaming about the sea, you have hopefully taken a few photos and jotted down a few words about your experiences for inclusion in the Club Yearbook.
Author: Austin Goudge
Lobster Pot Petition
The Cruising Association has re-launched its petition to get the government to improve the way fishing gear is marked at sea. The previous petition was cancelled earlier in the year because of the general election.
If you agree that fishing gear should be better marked, click here to add your name. Note that if you signed it last time around you need to re-sign this new petition as the previous names were not carried forward.
NWCC Currently 2nd in the World on Bart’s Bash!
NWCC is currently in equal 2nd place in the world for participants in the Bart’s Bash league table!
Let’s keep us up there – Sign up by clicking here.
August Pursuit Race
As the river festival racing was cancelled this year, we organised an impromptu race on Quay Day.
6 Boats took part in the race: Firecrest, Calva, Wednesday’s Child, Anastasia, Free Will and Pinch of Thyme. The course was C1-C2 start line followed by Puffin to Port and back to C1-C2.
The first boat Firecrest set off at 13:25 and the last boat Pinch of Thyme set off at 13:37 with the task of catching Firecrest before 15:25 » Read more
Summer Fair Quay Day
We had a successful day with the Tombola stall on the Quay and made £86 which was not as much as last year, but it all adds to the pot!! It was good fun and worth the effort.
Quite a number of Club Members helped in various ways, from those donating Tombola prizes, to sticking the numbers to each prize, to the Commodore and a couple of “elves” erecting the Gazebo and moving the equipment to and from the Quay. A good team effort.
Three stalwarts of the day were the Vice Commodore, Carrie Thompson and Brenda Wilkes who managed the stall, all of the day with good humour.
Good day, good result and very worthwhile.
Many thanks to everyone who helped.
Alan Courtney, Commodore
Isle of Man Single Handed
I went to Port St Mary over the weekend single handed and even though I had a great trip it was beyond my endurance levels so I suffered a bit.
I left Port Penrhyn at 0730 on Saturday and total time to Port St Mary was 13.5hrs. I raised the sails off Gallows Point, Beaumaris, and had a great days’ sailing up to 11 miles off IOM. » Read more
Tombola Prizes Needed!
We urgently need prizes for the tombola stand on the Conwy River Festival Quay Day. The club would appreciate any unwanted gifts including children’s toys.
If you would like to donate anything please drop it off in the clubhouse on or before Saturday 19th.
The Big One Weekend
The plan was to have a pursuit race in the bay followed by a BBQ on the Pontoon. The race was also open to non members but the cup could only be won by a member. Just to complicate matters the first test of the British Lions was being held that morning so the British Legion kindly opened up for us and served us some excellent breakfasts. It’s a shame the match didn’t go the way we hoped but the Lions did score at least one excellent try.
NWCC is now RYA Affiliated
The NWCC is now affiliated with the RYA.
But what does this mean for you? Affiliation gives the Club access to a range of services and benefits: » Read more
Spring Cruise 2017
Our 2017 Spring Cruise took place over the week of 27th May to 2nd June, including the bank holiday Monday. Five boats took part:
- Free Will
- Happy Daze
- Mahalo
- Pisces
- Tessa
Read on for the full story… » Read more