Category: Sailing

2016 Spring Cruise

Sailing, Sailing Events

May 28th – Conwy to Lynas

d80cdd1f-8d50-4146-9462-421b8c74f742Split Decision, Myfanwy, Deva, Tessa and Pisces departed from Conwy early afternoon in sunshine and sailed straight into a very heavy shower.  By the time we had reached Lynas it was back in to sunshine and Myfanwy, Deva, Tessa and Pisces settled down for the night at anchor in light North Easterly winds.  I have never been in to the bay myself and it was a pleasant surprise to find how sheltered it was although there seemed to be a bit of a swell at times, possibly as the tide turned.  Tessa was well photographed as the sun set behind her before we all turned in for the night.

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BJ Clark Trophy

Sailing

Five Boats took part in the BJ Clark Trophy race on the 21st of May – Comrades, Myfanwy, Penny Diamond, Seren y Mor and White Water. In a brisk westerly breeze the course was set as Abbey Buoy to Fairway back to Long Outfall and finish at Abbey Buoy.

Seren y Mor quickly took the lead and never looked back to finish the course in an impressive 58 minutes 25 seconds on corrected time and is the winner of the BJ Clark trophy.  16 minutes behind was Penny Diamond and a further 4 mins behind was Myfanwy followed by a brave showing by Mike Gell sailing single handed on Whitewater.  Comrades retired on the upwind leg but Bob’s new mast which was a tree not so long ago stood up to the test of some strong gusts and must give Bob confidence for its future.

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Caernarfon Cruise

Sailing

The second event of the year was the Shakedown Cruise, over the May Day Bank Holiday.  Thanks to all the hardy sailors – Myfanwy, Pisces, Split Decision, Night Song, Mahalo, Sunya and Amanzi – for joining in with the annual attempt to go round Anglesey. Yet again the weather beat us as it was far too windy to cross the Caernarfon Bar on Sunday morning so we elected to sail to Caernarfon and back to Conwy instead, stopping at Dylans and Fu’s for refreshments as we went.

As it turned out both Saturday and Sunday were excellent sails and on Sunday we managed to sail all the way from Caernarfon back to Conwy under head-sail.  See below for a compilation video of the weekend.

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ActiveCaptain and eBoatCards

News, Sailing, Social, Website

3e0d6ed7-c26a-4f74-b228-2da14e507df6ActiveCaptain is a worldwide cruising guide that anyone can contribute to – it includes anchorages, harbours and marinas as well as hazards, all reported by users and continually updated.  Users add reviews and comments so you can see where you might like to visit (or avoid).

eBoatCards is a social network for boaters – you join as a boat, not a person, and it includes private messaging, public posting, blogs and groups. The two systems are connected so you only need a single login for both.  If you and your friends run the ActiveCaptain Locations app on your phone, it will plot all your positions so you can see where they are.

NWCC now has a group, so come and join in.

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Puffin Island Cruise Saturday 26th March

Sailing

After a postponement on Easter Saturday, 6 boats braved the blustery conditions on Easter Monday for a thrash around the Bay, according to sailing captain, Steve Gorst, conditions were a gentle force 8 on the Cemaes scale! The wind direction precluded a sail around Puffin Island, so no seal pictures this year. However, see below for a good video of Bob from Comrades helming Myfanwy that Steve took which gives some idea of the conditions.

The Fitting Out party took place on the Saturday evening in the Clubhouse with an Italian themed supper of lasagne and Italian trifle well laced with Amaretto. 12 members enjoyed the supper with many more joining for the music night organised by Mike Harrison. Seemingly bangers and mash would be a more popular choice for supper in the future – noted by the chefs 🙂

The next sailing event is the Shakedown Cruise on May Bank holiday weekend. The details of the event are on the website under sailing events.

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RYA Yachtmaster Course Success

Sailing, Training

Five candidates successfully achieved the RYA Yachtmaster qualification at the course recently run as part of the Clubs winter training programme. The course was taught by Tony Mead.

The successful candidates were:

Steve Wade – NWCC member

Stuart Hartley – NWCC member

James Nicholls – NWCC member

Scott Hughes – Conwy Harbour Office
Peter Allison – Conwy Harbour Office

Congratulations to Steve, Stuart, James, Scott and Peter on passing the course and thanks to Tony once again for the expert tuition.

The photo shows the successful candidates with their certificates presented by NWCC President Terry Worthington.

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New North Deep Buoy Positions

News, Notices to Mariners, Sailing, Sailing Directions

We have had the following email form the Harbour Master regarding the new position of the buoys for the North Deeps new route.

We have now moved the North Deep marks to the co-ordinates listed below to mark the new channel. We have also rigged two ‘race marks’ with yellow beach marker buoys:

NDI 53 18′.370 N 03 50′.920 W
NDM 53 18′.662 N 03 51′.659 W
NDO 53 18′.864 N 03 52′.208 W

Race marks

53 19′.180 N 03 55′.845 W
53 18′.626 N 03 53′.012 W

We will issue a local notice to mariners.

I would be grateful for any feedback on the positioning of the marks.

Many thanks
Matt

This is not official yet and should be used with caution as the North Deep was used. Initial feedback indicates that there is more water in this channel than the old North Deep. If you could feedback any of your own comments to me I will summarise them as a club and pass them on to the harbour master.

Steve (NWCC Sailing Captain)

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Trafalgar Sailing 25/10/14

Sailing, Sailing Events

Don’t forget the Trafalgar sailing event is coming up in a couple of weeks.

This year we are thinking of a new format to encourage active engagement of the enemy.  Any ideas on how to implement this are welcome.

If you want to take part in this event please use the usual methods ie sign up on the website send me an email or put your name on the list in the club.

Steve Gorst fighting for the French

Steve Gorst fighting for the French

This event has been won by the French for several years now so if you have a British boat come forward, your country needs you!

Update 15/10/14

The following boats have put their names forward

Ruby – French
Viva – French
Harlequin – British
Myfanwy – French
Nightsong – British
Joie de Vivre – French
Lindos – British
Anyway – British
Promises – British
Pinch of Thyme – British

Now we need more Frenchies!!!

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Gwennol’s Cruise, 2014

Members Articles, Sailing, Sailing Directions

Our boat, Gwennol, is a 23 year old, 31 foot Jeaneau Sun Odyssey, with Yanmar 2GM20 engine. The fuel capacity is 10gall, plus a 5 gall jerry can, say 70 litres in all.

The crew, with main responsibilities were Pat Tyson-Jones (sails and chef), Pete Bland (electronic navigation), Gwyn Jones (engine, and general worrying). Three is the ideal crew for  this boat- four would cause too much congestion on a long trip

On this trip, unless conditions were ideal, we preferred to maintain at least 5 kts » Read more

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