Dinghy development: South coast Sailing, advice please

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South coast Sailing, advice please

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Topic: South coast Sailing, advice please

Posted By: ajbaldwin
Subject: South coast Sailing, advice please
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 11:26am

Greetings All

I am doing 5 days of big boat sailing out of Portsmouth on the Solent and around the Isle of Wight in September

I don't venture down to the South Coast that often as its a long way from Yorkshire Dales, so I have never done any dinghy sailing in that area.

I have 3 days on the South Coast after my course so I wanted to do some dinghy sailing, so where should I go?

What are the must see spots for someone who has never sailed in the area before? (I like the thought of the national sailing centre at Weymouth etc??)

A couple of things to consider is that I am not planning on towing my Vareo down so will have to hire a single hander (probably a laser) locally. But I will have my own car.

Probably going to be one of the weekend days plus two in the week

All advice greatly appreciated

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Yorkshire Dales SC
Vareo 505

Replies:

Posted By: ajbaldwin
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 8:53pm

OK so done a bit of googling and I can hire a laser from the Andrew Simpson sailing centre in Portland.

What about in the Portsmouth area? Does anyone know of a place in Hayling, Poole, Chichester or any other sailing area??

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Yorkshire Dales SC
Vareo 505

Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 9:38pm

Can't help with the others, but try Rockley for Poole..

http://www.rockley.org/watersports" rel="nofollow - Here

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Posted By: piglet
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 10:27pm

Does HISC do boat hire?
Chichester harbour is a must for visiting foreigners from north of the M27.

Posted By: ajbaldwin
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 10:43pm

Thanks bootscooter

Piglet any recommendations for a place that will hire single handers?

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Yorkshire Dales SC
Vareo 505

Posted By: piglet
Date Posted: 20 Jul 15 at 10:59pm

Not sure HISC will hire to non members but might be worth a call:
http://www.hisc.co.uk/the-club/club-information/boat-hire/

Can't you throw a Laser on top of the car?