Peter Nicholson (original water colours by the author) Terry Taylor on ‘La Sympatia’, and myself on ‘Aquila’ sailed single handed, in ‘tandem’, to Holland in June ’97, and we decided we would do a similar cruise in 1998. Terry has to take his holiday to fit in with his work, […]
Ray McGinty
327 posts
North Sea Race The big event on the RNYC calendar this year was the race to Mandal on the Southernmost tip of Norway during the first week in August. There was an excellent turn out of 14 yachts, and the larger ones caught a fast weather window with stiff westerlies giving […]
Julie Elliott Inspired by an article in the July Yachting Monthly, we decided to spend our summer holiday this year cruising the Chesapeake Bay on America’s east coast. We’ve had ExtroBitionist for 5 years now and enjoy cruising the Northumbrian coast. However each time we’ve attempted to head north for a sailing holiday […]
Joint Venture – Norway 1997 Brian Lowrie A quick North Sea Race time of just over two days to Mandal left us plenty of time to demolish the duty free, explore the town and relax in the sunshine. However we only had one week, and we were anxious to explore […]
Dick Bailey I wracked my small brain to invent an arresting title for this account of the 1996 ARC race in Kibito – I failed, but at least I found one, courtesy of Steve Green, to make your toes curl! Kibito (don’t ask what the name means – there isn’t […]
Fiona Mathieson The written version of this Log was a Regional winner of the RYA Sail Cruising Committee’s Log Competition in 1997. No sooner had last year’s cruise finished and the salt spray dried on our decks than we’d began to plan this years cruise to Norway. We first heard […]
Peter Nicholson (original watercolours by the author) During the long winter of 1996-97 Terry Taylor and I attended the Shore-based Ocean Yachtmaster Course at South Shields Marine Technical College, working together on the homework. In the same winter, the first of my retirement, I enjoyed a trip from Holland with […]