Need a new sailing club..
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Topic: Need a new sailing club..
Posted By: CurlyBen
Subject: Need a new sailing club..
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 12:45pm
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Not sure if this is the right place to put it but here goes! I'm moving
to Sudbury in Suffolk in about a month's time and I need to find a new
sailing club. I've looked around a bit and there seem to be tons on the
Essex coast but as I can't visit them at the moment I can't really
decide! I'm only going to be there for a year so want to join asap. I'm
hoping to get into high performance boats (thinking of getting a 4000
or 800) and I race a lot already so it'd be nice to join a club which
caters for that kinda thing.. Any suggestions? Cheers Ben |
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 1:45pm
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tried the Y+Y index ? : http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/clubs/?s=33&Region=East%20Anglia&County=Suffolk&N=1&R=6&Cty=3 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/clubs/?s=33&Region=East %20Anglia&County=Suffolk&N=1&R=6&Cty=3 ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: CurlyBen
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 1:57pm
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Thanks, yeah I'd seen that, I was just wondering if anyone on the forum
was a member of any clubs over that way or could recommend any. Cheers |
Posted By: kasey3000
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 2:10pm
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Marconi SC might be ok if you want to sail in Essex.... good sailing area on the River Blackwater. If you're in Suffolk tho...have you thought of Southwold SC? The 4k fleet have an open there once a year..... Both prob same sorta distance from Sudbury.....but I know Southwold has high perfomance fleets....whereas Marconi I think is more conventional dinghies Kasey ------------- 49er 908 |
...i.e...we have a Kestrel open there..so that seems to be the sorta boat they race!
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 2:25pm
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Ben,
I think Marconi SC is mostly cats, but I may be wrong. Stone SC is the number one club for dinghys down there. Nice piece of water, and I know theres quite a few 800's, 4 tonners, and 49ers down there. It's the home of Loco Perro. Really friendly and they sell IPA in the bar  ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 2:29pm
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Dabchicks S.C
BlackWater S.C Tollesbury S.C Brightlingsea S.C Marconi S.C ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Or u could start your own club! hehe! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 6:05pm
hehe rock on dabchicks!!!!!!!!!  ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: CurlyBen
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 7:00pm
| Great, thanks guys, I'll check them out and tra and figure out which one to join. Not sure it's worth starting a club for a year though! |
Posted By: Nick Star class
Date Posted: 19 Sep 05 at 8:44pm
Do you want to do winter sailing ??? We do at Oulton (W&OBYC) Lowestoft but thats 65ish miles from Sudbury . But if Adnams and Stella  is cheap at Dabchicks i would go there !!!!!
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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 9:04am
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Hmm is papercourt anywhere near there? lots of topper opens there :D ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: CurlyBen
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 9:23am
You just want some kind of excuse to come and steal my boat don't you  Papercourt's near Guildford, which is over the other side of London from me!
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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 2:28pm
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Ohh sh** sorry. you got the excuse right tho yeah! ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: Sumo
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 2:50pm
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No, Papercourt is near Guildford in Surrey! |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 4:04pm
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Nick... Do you mean oulten water??? ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: Nick Star class
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 8:04pm
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Oulton is 1mile inland from Lowestoft , the most easterly part of Suffolk and the UK .