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Topic: clubs
Posted By: oz man
Subject: clubs
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 4:38pm
i have had enough of the gwsc thread, how about the best club you have been to with your cat(not includding your own club) i will give you two to start off ballyholme in northern ireland and pagham on the south coast, the two frendliest clubs i have ever been to. (they did cancell club racing while we were there)
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Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 6:25pm
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Stokes Bay and Dalgety (only because I can't put GWSC Only joking they are both great clubs ------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: redhotchilicat
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 6:51pm
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Ballyholme gets a nod from me I would be more succinct however I was only there for just over a week and can remember very little!!! Another fantastic club that the Red Insurance SNECCA circuit travelled to this year was Tarbert Loch Fyne sailing club, The changing rooms were not the most luxurious in the world but the sailing waters and friendly helpful members make this a joy not to be missed I haven't even gone into the stunning scenery or night life here....go do it for yourself. ------------- go on you know it makes sense |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 8:22pm
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Because I cannot say Grafham, Marconi. Do a great job for the ECPR ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 10:46pm
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Tresaith. Practically the G spot of Welsh Cat Sailing after Mumbles.
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Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 10:48pm
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Mumbles gets my vote based on the F16 Nations Cup this year - not that it's easy to remember that much of it!!
------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 7:34am
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Got to vote for Oz man's.
Minnis Bay rocks, Pagham is great and I too enjoyed Ballyholme. Really prefer the smaller almost family clubs. Hate the bigger instititions. |
Posted By: TornadoSi
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 8:29am
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Minnis Bay and Brightlingsea .... oops cant say that belong to both. Loved Pagham and Tresaith .. they so much want you to be there !!! |
Posted By: Canvey Pirate
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 10:32am
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I would like to say my home club, Island Yacht Club just to get it Notice. However, away from home its got to be the Following Minnis Bay, Stone and Pagham even though it has a pig of a beach
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Posted By: SX Girl
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 11:06am
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The all round weekend open event of the year for me has to be Huge boat yard with electric hook up for the vans My own personal shower block 5 yards from the van The club house and bar 20 yards away, complete with bouncy castle outside for the kiddies Complimentary bottle of wine with dinner Sensible start times due to the tide being out allowing good hangover recovery time. And to top it all off, a barbecue in the boat yard with cheeseburgers while you packed your boat away on Sunday. And of course all the friendly crew who put us up for the weekend PS Ballyholme, Stone and Pagham all great too |
Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 12:44pm
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Ballyholme- go at your peril , you will never want to leave , Dores Inn - Loch Ness ,
by the sounds of it Minnis, mumbles, stone and Turner Island worth a trip
needless to say GWSC will be revisted , ------------- |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 1:26pm
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Hope all Hurricane sailors will come back to Ballyholme next summer if the Class Association can make up its mind about European Champs. If you don't sail Hurricanes - beg, steal or borrow and come over. It is the cat sailors themselves that define the event as much as the club. At the 2003 H59 Europeans we took £3000 one night across the bar. At last year's Laser Irish Nationals the figure was £300 for about the same number of competitors. Of course, it's not all about the beer. ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: Major Iyeswater
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 1:29pm
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Ballyholme gets my vote 6 metre diving 10 metres from the van, Nitrox compressor on site plus club dive boats – Heaven. Guinness and Murphy’s on tap – Heaven. Sailing waters were darn great as well – Heaven. Members = most excellent crowd – Heaven. ET’s singing – Sure nowhere can have it all? 2nd Canvey = Not far off on all but the diving would be crap – 1 metre deep with 1mm vis! |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 1:31pm
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My mistake - it is all about the beer. Best club I have been to recently is Swords, just north of Dublin. The sailing area is the smallest that cats could reasonable sail in, it's only 4 ft deep and the committee boat is the strangest looking vessel afloat. But the sailing was great and the social awesome. Many thanks to all a SSBC! ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: SX501
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 5:04pm
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One of the best clubs for pure crack and racing has to be ballyholme. A close second would have to blesso. As for the committee boat in swords we all have crosses to bare. Some say we should sink it but then it would be still in the way in only four foot of water.
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Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 8:35pm
Thanks Biddy, You were always a great Blesso supporter.
------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |
Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 8:19am
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Dermot. Great Rugby result for Ospreylia last night roll on Saturday.
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Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 1:01pm
------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 1:07pm
(sorry about the above - hit wrong key) Ah, but Biddy, we can't put on a Friday night "cabaret" like you and Eddie! No offence intended re the committee boat or sailing area. Donnie McKay 06 was awesome! (and the "2 eejits" still haven't rerigged their boat since it came back up north.) ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 7:45pm
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You've got a great buzz going over there. That's some "Roadside Artwork" on the M4. Wife is the real Rugby fan, but I am being dragged to Donnybrook on Saturday to watch Leinster do some "Dragon" slaying  ------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |
Posted By: nigelh
Date Posted: 03 Nov 06 at 4:31am
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My vote is for Royal Varuna Yacht Club in Pattaya - don't be put off by the name as it's a dinghy club with big Hobie and Nacra fleets So good that the staff rig up and launch for you; then meet you on the beach when you come in, minimising transit time to the bar and their great Thai food.  Hosting the Hobie Asian Championships in Jan 2008 for anyone interested in a winter break... I've already booked. |
Posted By: Hurricaned
Date Posted: 09 Nov 06 at 10:18am
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Best Club visited so far has to be Blessington, water bloody freezing tho, visited but havent sailed at ballyholme, looked a blast tho ------------- Pull the blue rope, NO NOT THAT BLUE ROPE THE OTHER F*****G BLUE ROPE! |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 3:55pm
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Did you just come to the Northerns for the beer Mark? I know it's cheaper up here but respect! Have you got the polish out yet? Blue ropes on a blue boat not confusing at all then. ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: SX501
Date Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 4:26pm
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Now dave be nice to poor mark he has just bought an sx kit that seven in swords now. But mark has been Known to come to events and just drink and forget to take the boat off the trailer
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Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 5:16pm
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Mark was so laid back at Blesso that we had trouble getting his boat back on the trailer and getting him out of there We have our last Club race on Sunday - Come on Biddy - Organise the Christmas P*** Up. You know the saying from that film "Build it and they will come". I promise, We will. (In town though - Not on the dreaded "North Side"  )------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |
Posted By: SX501
Date Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 6:38pm
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Its is going to be a dart crawl( as in the train and not the boat) It will start in the southside around four and finish in the lovely tranquill spot of malahide and if some people are afraid of travelling back across the northside well then we will organise a place for them to stay (My House). There will be a min of five stops and no more then 10.If you are up for it let me now. |
Posted By: Hurricaned
Date Posted: 15 Nov 06 at 12:13pm
No sign of polish yet Dave, but rest assured, one day :) Beer was criminally inexpensive :) Spent so little on a round up there that I guilted myself into several ;) ------------- Pull the blue rope, NO NOT THAT BLUE ROPE THE OTHER F*****G BLUE ROPE! |
Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 15 Nov 06 at 1:38pm
 ------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |