Newsletter - Suffolk Yacht Harbour

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Harbour Light is published by:
Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington
Ipswich Suffolk IP10 0LN
No 15 Autumn 2008
Tel: 01473 659465/659240
Fax: 01473 659632
Email: [email protected]
Edited and produced
by Martin Treadway:
[email protected]
www.martintreadway.co.uk
The friendliest, most welcoming, independent yacht marina on the East Coa st
WELCOME!
from Jonathan Dyke and Mike Spear, Directors.
Harbour Light No15 is packed with news and features
from Suffolk Yacht Harbour and our fantastic group of
affliliated companies who make this yacht harbour so
uniquely different from any other.
No15
SHELLEY ROBINSON
chandlery assistant
1960s John Illingworth classic
gets the full SYH treatment
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helley is the smiling
face of the chandlery at
Suffolk Yacht Harbour and
continues to love the job
she talked her way into four
years ago.
Which wasn’t difficult.
With many years sailing
under her belt on the
luxury charter yacht circuit
around the Caribbean, USA
and Mediterranean - not
to mention nine Atlantic
crossings - she ticked all the
boxes!
Shelley grew up around
boats, even learning to walk
Racing Navaho
on the ample decks of her
father’s 1924 built, 46ft
Channel Yawl, Klang II.
This wonderful old yawl
was originally used as
an English Channel pilot
boat, ferrying passengers
beween Plymouth and
the Channel Islands. In
recent years Klang has
enjoyed a gentler life on
the American eastern
seaboard.
Dragon’s Den
Nowadays, Shelley
gets her sailing fixes at
the sharp end of Rick
Gillingham’s successful
Dragon Navaho, based at
Aldeburgh Y C.
This Petticrow built
boat is pretty quick and
results have been as
high as runners-up at the
Dragon Nationals.
Shelley has a son
Jake, 19, who lives in
Bournemouth. .
“What’s the nicest
thing about working at
Suffolk Yacht Harbour”
she was asked?
“The lovely people I
work with” she replied.
John Robinson’s vintage
gaff yawl, Klang II.
T
his excellent
example of a
John
Illingworth
designed, long keel,
36-foot bermudan sloop
belongs to Mr Graham
Peck who usually keeps
her berthed on elsewhere
on the east coast.
Her hull, unusually,
for a boat of this period,
is constructed of cold
moulded mahogany on
oak frames. The yard has
replaced large areas of
the main cockpit
bulkhead and also
carried out repairs to the
seating, teak decking and
cockpit coaming.
The deck superstructure, cabin sides,
toerails and bulwark
cappings are all getting
seven coats of traditional
varnish from Mick
McCarthy (above) who
has also refurbished and
varnished the instrument
console and transom
capping rail.
20% OFF!
The chandlery has negotiated some
amazing discounts from LEWMAR.
We have 20% off major items such
as Bow Thrusters & Winches ! !
These Discounts are only
available before january 2009
- especially if you require
fitting - for which we need you
to book in as early as possible.
Classic fleet breaks the 60 barrier
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or yet another year, the
remarkable Classic
Regatta, staged at Suffolk
Yacht Harbour , increased its
numbers over the previous
year. For the first time the
event attracted over 60
wooden, classic yachts.
Once again, the Kim
Holman designed, 25ft
Stellas were out in strength
with no less than eleven of
these ever-popular
cruiser-racers on the
startline. Whatever the
weather, these little classics
revelled in the conditions,
proving as competitive in
Saturday’s fresh breeze as
they were slippery in the
light conditions on the
Sunday. Congratulations to
Tom Taylor Jones and
‘Estrella’ for taking 1st overall.
The rest of the fleet
was as varied as it was
spectacular with the two
majectic 8 metres perhaps
taking the most breath
away.
The highly competitive
West Solent One Designs
were again, well represented
while the 45ft cutter “Croix
des Gardes” certainly caught
the eye.
The Saturday night
partying was also a great
success in the stylish new
Harbour Room.
Full racing results are
available on the website:
www.syharbour.co.uk
Next year’s Regatta will
be held on 13/14 June 2009.
Details from the SYH office.
Class 1 starters reaching out
of Harwich Harbour.
Continued on Back Page
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Staff Profile
‘Chamois’
Mr Stainless
it really is.
Beryl joins the Magic circle
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Beryl Chalmers
o it was that, one
day, a few weeks
ago this nice lady
brought in her very tidy
Gibsea 312 Chipper in
need of a new Harken
furling gear.
Nice little job.
We got chatting and
discovered that Beryl
keeps her boat on a
mooring in the Walton
Channel - having bought
it in Greece three years
earlier, sailed it with
friends to the South of
France and then put her
on a lorry to Essex !
It then transpired that
she had spent 6 years in
her 20s co-building a
48’ ferro ketch in a
Backwaters mud-berth.
Beryl also has a solid
background in publishing
and journalism as well as
working for a London
flotilla company with 150
yachts in Greece.
Now she’s working for
Rig Magic on Tuesdays
and Thursdays, and has
been thrown in at the
deep end organising our
new website.
‘IRIS MAY’ - CLASSIC MOTOR SAILER
Peter Duck GTi
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e have a client with a classic Peter Duck class
ketch - similar to the two examples at the
top of the page. A classic design from
Laurent Giles of which about 40 were built, mostly by
Porter & Haylett of Great Yarmouth.
The Peter Duck design is well known for its
passage-making qualities and easy single-handed
management. But . . . they are heavy and SLOW! So we
did away with the two stumpy sticks and designed a
tall masthead sloop rig with a short bowsprit to
increase the foretriangle by nearly 100%. Now the old
girl has some ‘oomph’ (while remaining as safe as
houses) and the owner is thrilled to bits!
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e are currently
engaged in a
complete rig refit for
Josephine- a 51’ Andre
Hoek designed
aluminium cutter.
This very beautiful
yacht has recently
returned from the Arctic
Circle and Norway and
our brief is a complete rig
overhaul including new
standing rigging, carbon
spinnaker pole, revised
handling systems, boom
respray - plus a Code 0
(free flying headsail)
system and upgraded
deck gear.
This before setting sail
for new adventures!
A
nother complete rig
refurbishment for
Houdalinqua, a Sigma 41
with which we are well
‘Josephine’ beamreaching under
all plain sail
We recently made this attractive boarding
ladder for the motor sailer ‘Lewarne’ .
The treads were made in the SYH workshop.
‘Iris May’ looking good
for her 60 years. As
well as all the new Mr
Stainless metalwork,
she has been re-rigged
and re-decked.
Newly powered up
Peter Duck heading
into some ‘woolly’
weather.
Josephine & Houdalinqua
Boarding Ladder
acquainted, having
re-rigged her in the past
prior to long distance
travels.
Her owners are
planning a trip to Brazil,
South Africa and far flung
destinations along the
way. Her route will take
them away from easy
repair and replacement
facilities and we are proud
to have been entrusted
with working on their
travelling home.
A little off the ‘beaten track’ for us - compared
to our ‘bread and butter,’ grp fishing boats and
speed boats. But we very much enjoyed working
on this lovely old lady.
Built in 1947 by Feltham Bros at Kings Boatyard
from mahogany on oak frames, she displaces six
and a half tons and is powered by a BMC 4-litre
Commodore diesel.
We have replaced the stanchions, guard-rails,
pulpit and pushpit. Owner Paul Field commented
that Mark and Tim had done a great job.”
AQUAFISH 23
The Aquafish 23 is a spacious, 23’ x 8’ fishing/dive boat with deep, safe gunwales. There’s
plenty of deck space for six to fish in comfort.
Ruggedly built in GRP, there’s a lockable wheelhouse forward with full standing headroom.
Power is supplied by outboard engines from
75hp to 175 hp.
These strong little fishing boats are built
locally and brought here for the addition of our
pulpits, guardrails and radar arches.
OFFSHORE 2000
We are about to fit out several of these very
successful, 30 ft, fishing/dive/charter boats.
They are very tough, displace 3-tonnes and can
accommodate inboard engines up to 450hp.
This is good business as they will carry a lot
of stainless steel with extensive, stretched pulpits,
long guardrails surrounding the huge cockpits and
- usually - radar arches as well.
The boats are being moulded at Wadebridge in
Cornwall and are then shipped up country for final
fitting out.
Aquafish 23 being prepared
for her metalwork
HALBERG RASSY
IN A RUSH
The owner of this
Halberg Rassy yacht
had been quoted eight
weeks to produce and
fit a custom stainless
stemhead fitting for this
‘high holding’ power,
self-launching, CQR
anchor.
We did it in two.
All-new website
on the way
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Rig Magic Suffolk Yacht Harbour Ipswich Suffolk
IP10 0LN Tel: 01473 655089 Fax: 01473 655091
email: [email protected] www.rigmagic.co.uk
hen customers
see shots like this,
it’s all too easy to see the
sailmaker’s life as one
spent hopping daily from
one superyacht to the
next. Or reclining with
one’s naked back on warm
Mediterranean varnish,
keeping a weather eye on
the immaculate leech of
a very expensive double
taffeta mainsail.
Yeah right.
How about hours –
days even – spent wrestling
a 21’ Mini-Transat racer
around the North Sea in
35 knots of wind, trying
to keep the boat under
control and hypothermia
at bay!
It is as they say,
experience that counts!
SmartSail Technology
Back to the Spirit 76.
This yacht is flying the
latest ‘Fusion M’ Double
Taffeta sails.
Unlike other high
performance cruising sails
which use pre-made
composite panels
assembled in a tri-radial
configuration, Fusion M
cruising sails are
engineered as full size
membranes with custom
fiber mapping tailored to
Life at the
sharp end . . .
. . . some poor
soul’s got to do it!
John Parker at the
sharp end of a new
Spirit 76 - adding his
special ‘touch and feel’
to the headsail.
the sail’s design purpose
and expected usage.
A dense fibre matrix
(in the case of the Spirit 76
Vectran) can be sandwiched between rugged
woven polyester taffetas,
creating a ‘smart structure’
that integrates and shares
loadings evenly throughout the whole sail.
Fusion Smartsails are
easier to trim, (less adjustment is needed to preserve
optimum shaping), and
more durable over the
long haul.
Fusion M sails are
engineered like no other.
Fusion Smartsails put
you in control, minimizing heel, and maximizing
upwind performance.
Like all Quantum cruising sails, they are built to
take on the most ambitious
sailing plans. Every construction detail is executed
to the highest possible
standards to insure ultimate
offshore reliability.
Containterised, climate
controlled sail storage
Improving our bespoke
canvas work
e now have - and are ready to launch to the world the ultimate sail storage solution.
We’ve invested in a full size 40’ x 8’ x 8’ container, with
on-board climate control - maintaining an even 15ºC,
with a steady, even flow of air throughout.
It’s fitted out for efficient storage of rolled and bagged
sails, so that however long your sails have been in the
container, we can always get to them straight away.
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ur very skilled canvas worker – David Shutt
– has recently completed an intensive
upholstery course at Bury St. Edmunds with a
speciality towards the finer points of cushion
design and production. David plays a full role in
our canvas department and his work includes the
highly skilled job of leather covering of steering
wheels, rigging screws, blocks and hardware.
CUSTOM STAIRS
It’s been another
busy 6 months up at
the farm with a lot of
staircases and . . .
BALUSTRADES to do
like this one for the
new entrance to the
Chandlery (see p.7)
Keep a weather
eye open for
our exciting new
website which will
be going live in
November. Packed
with features and
special offers, it’s
not to be missed.
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Over the winter months, leaving your sails bent on and covered
(even with one of our quality boom covers!) is detrimental to
your sails’ health and possibly your pocket! There is no excuse
to neglect your sails this winter, even neatly flaked mainsails
(covered or otherwise) and carefully furled headsails will
deteriorate dramatically when the weather turns harsh.
Getting your sails ashore, professionally valeted and stored will
not only improve their performance but will ensure that they
will last longer and defer replacement costs.
David’s machining skills are usually associated with sailcoats,
dodgers, sprayhoods and cockpit covers. Now he has acquired
the skill to produce marine upholstery - from basic rectangular
cockpit cushions to complicated, compound curves .
There will be maximum capacity over the winter period so why
not pop in for a quotation.
S W I S S R O P E T E C H N O LO G Y
Haven’t tried it yet? - It’s high time you did!
Mr Stainless Suffolk Yacht Harbour
Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 659295 Fax: 01473 659336
[email protected] www.mrstainless.co.uk
So if you need something in stainless on a
deadline - give us a try.
We like a challenge !
Quantum Sail Design Group Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Ipswich Suffolk IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 659878 Fax: 01473 659197 [email protected] www.quantumsailsgbr.com
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EAST
Furuno adds a
new dimension
to 3D display
East Anglian Sailing Trust
EAST’S primary aim is to enable people with
disabilities to enjoy the freedom and excitement of sailing
The new Harbour Room
provided a great venue
for lectures as well as a
great Dinner & Dance.
Jeanneau Rally
visitors’ yachts. Much bonding and networking
took place and obviously many new ‘Jeanneau’
friendships were forged.
The new Harbour Room really came into its
The Jeanneau Rally - or ‘owners weekend’
own as a base for presentations, a dance and a
we announced in the last issue of Harbour
supper on the Saturday evening.
Light took place over the weekend of July
A race was organised by HPYC on the
12-13th - and what a weekend it turned out
to be! A simply astounding 25 boats turned Sunday and attracted a number of nervous
up - ranging from the diminutive Sun 2000 to crews sailing competitively for the first time.
There was a general consensus to repeat the
the enormous Sun Odyssey 49DS.
The RNLI sportingly put in an appearance event next year - which has already been
agreed will be based at Neptune Marina.
and carried out SeaChecks on the safety of
NavNet 3D
Tim Reinman, (red sweater) MD of Bob Spalding Marine with EAST members after the handover of our new RIB.
Our activities include:
n Keelboat sailing from SYH in our five Squibs, two evenings a week from April to September
n A training programme towards RYA qualifications
n Yacht cruising weekends and a cruising week (mainly for the visually impaired)
n Keelboat Racing.
YACHT CRUISING
EAST’s VI (visually impaired) sailing wing has had
a busy year again in ‘08. It started with a successful
weekend in May, with a total of 10 yachts sailing with 6
Visually Impaired sailors, including two very welcome
new skippers. The weekend started with a social get
together in the Harbour Room at SYH. There was a
good sailing breeze on Saturday morning, and a
number of the boats rafted up in the Stour for lunch.
The evening was spent at Ipswich Marina hosted by the
Yacht Club there.
The summer cruise was again blighted by bad
weather, so the original plan of a cruise to Holland did
not come about. However, in good EAST style people
made the best of it and had a varied cruise including
visits to Heybridge Basin, Brightlingsea, Ramsholt,
Shotley and the Royal Harwich. Eight boats took part,
with seven Visually Impaired sailors, including two who
were attending for the first time.
The second introductory cruise took place over
the weekend 20/21 Sept, with eleven boats and 13 VI’s,
including nine newcomers, which was a record.
We started with a Cheese and Wine party on
Friday evening, followed by supper at the Lightship.
The level of interest from Visually Impaired sailors,
sighted helpers and skippers continues to be very
heartening, although we are, of course, always keen to
welcome more newcomers in any of these categories.
Carol Bloyce, our current secretary, is retiring for a
well earned rest. The success of the VI cruising is
primarily due to all the hard work she has put into
Keelboat secretary: Colin Williamson
01473 785600 [email protected]
Cruising secretary: Weiland Raatz
01473 327556 or 07908 423237
[email protected]
organising it over many years.
We cannot thank her enough. Our new
secretary, Weiland Raatz, will be pleased to receive
any enquiries about the yacht cruising.
KEELBOAT LEISURE SAILING
Another season has drawn to a close with our
traditional fish and chip supper. Although the
weather was not a huge improvement on 2007, we
sailed 77% of the available evenings. Our Taster Day
in May introduced several new members who are now
sailing regularly with us. Congratulations go to four
of our volunteers who passed an RYA Keelboat
Instructor’s course, bringing our number of Instructors
to 7. During August we took delivery of a new Ribtec
585 support boat (see picture) in readiness for 2009.
This boat is very well equipped and will support both
our leisure sailing and racing for years to come.
The leisure fleet of 5 squibs had been enhanced
by the addition of 2 Sonars (originally acquired for the
Vision 2012 project). They have provided a new
experience for our sailors and more flexibility in crew
allocation.
We are always looking for more disabled sailors
and helpers. If you are interested in sailing with us or
know someone who might be interested, please
contact the Keelboat Secretary, Colin Williamson.
KEELBOAT RACING
The Squib racing has got off to a good start, we
had 3 Squibs competing in the HPYC Squib fleet and
despite the fact that we had no facility to fly
spinnakers we have enjoyed the racing so far. The
good news is that we now have the go-ahead to
equip 3 of our 5 Squibs with spinnakers and fly-away
poles (which are easier to handle) so from now on we
shall see just how good we are at sailing. If you know
someone that is disabled and interested in sailing or
racing, pass them our details, they will be made
welcome. For more information please contact the
Racing Secretary, Terry Morley.
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avNet 3D is a groundbreaking nav
system that introduces new concepts
for a user interface that makes navigating your vessel easier than ever before:
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fi-50 series
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New Furuno NavNet 3D withstandard 8” Standard Display costs £2,030 ex vat. UK Cartography
(Raster or Vector) £280. Photopack £150.
Very classy, all-new Sun Odyssey 30i.
Jester Challenge update New Initiative
R&J Marine Electronics
Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington
Ipswich IP10 0LN Tel: 01473 659737
Fax: : 01473 659877
email: [email protected]
October 23-26 at Suffolk Yacht Harbour.
Followers of Duncan Lougee’s progress in his
preparation for the Jester Challenge singlehanded
TransAt in 2010, will be pleased to hear that he
completed the 2008 ‘shakedown’ race from Plymouth
to the Azores in great style - and without any serious
problems to report. His Rustler 31 gave him a very
relaxing passage - apart from a brief electrical fire and he finished 7th out of 39. His outward passage
from Plymouth took just under 13 days and he
postively flew back to Levington in 15. He’s giving a
talk about the voyage in the Lightship
on 22 November. Not to be missed!
• Bright backlit displays with wide viewing angle
• Auto-backlit display minimises power consumption
• NWEA2000 interface with ‘Plug & Play’ networking
• Ideal for mast or bulkhead mounting
Web site: http://www.e-a-s-t.org.uk
• Prices start at £320 ex vat per display.
• White face ‘F1’ style gauges give maximum contrast
Our Brokerage performance has also been
standing up well - particularly with overseas sales
which now represent 30% of our total.
This is a direct effect of having a detailed
website that links directly to 22 other websites
throughout Europe and has generated strong
sales in France, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Ireland
and Denmark.
In fact in 2008, our brokerage performance is
currently nearly 20% up on 2007.
Please give a warm welcome to our new
Service Engineer, Clive Hinton who joins us
from Marconi and has a strong background in
marine electronics. He will be supporting John
Mead in the workshop and in the field.
he completely revised Furuno FI-50 series
are no longer built by Silva Instruments but are now fully assembled inhouse.
• Easy installation with hole-saw flush mount
The top-selling Sun
Odyssey 45DS.
The C&C team are frantically busy
commissioning and delivering new boats that
have been sold over the last 12 months.
In spite of the difficult climate, sales have
held up strongly, we believe because of
Jeanneau’s very clever mix of price and quality
across the range which our competitors find
difficult to match. At the top end, we have had
great success with the breathtaking Sun
Odyssey 45DS - and are now very fortunate to
have had only the third brand new Sun Odyssey
30i out of the mould on show at Southampton.
Julie’s Jottings
Racing secretary: Terry Morley:
01473 236065 [email protected]
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Brokerage & New Sales
NavNet 3D redefines the user interface of onboard navigation system
New cutting-edge technology ‘TimeZero’
True 3D environment for a more instinctive chart
High-resolution satellite photography can be fused with raster
New Ultra High Definition (UHD) FURUNO Digital Filter (FDF) Fish Finder
‘RotoKey’ puts a whole new spin on
user-friendly operation.
Over 100 used yachts & motorboats on Show.
Clarke & Carter and
Neptune Marina have
formed an alliance for the
promotion of yacht and
motorboat sales at Neptune
Marina at the burgeoning
Ipswich Waterfront.
Clarke & Carter are
delighted to be in partnership with Neptune Marina
for our brokerage services.
“This will give us a high profile
in the top quality location of
Neptune Marina in the centre
of Ipswich” said Steve Carter,
Director of C& C , “and, with
our offices at Levington and
Burnham, will mean that we
have the largest and most
active coverage on the East
Coast for brokerage.
Clarke & Carter Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN Tel: 01473 659681
Fax: 01473 659758 [email protected]
www.clarkeandcarter.co.uk
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Meet the Team:
Tim Reinman
Tim owns Bob Spalding Marine and is dedicated to
providing an outstanding service.
He offers expert advice on all the products that Bob
Spalding Marine sells.
Phil Gallagher
Phil is in charge of the customer service department
which includes after sales information, meaning
that you can receive excellent service after your
purchase or service as well as before and
during the process.
£399
(Normally £439)
Includes 10 hour service
and 5-year WARRANTY !!
YAMAHA F4
4-STROKE
SPECIAL SYH PRICE:
£579
(Normally £619)
Alex is a fully trained
engineer on Yamaha and
Mercury outboard - and
other leading brands.
Includes 10 hour
service and 5-year
WARRANTY !!
Alex Cole
David Heavens
A new face at Bob
Spalding , David is a fully
trained engineer who
has worked in the trade
for over 20 years on a
large variety of engines.
David Farthing
David looks after the
accounts for Bob
Spalding Marine.
INFLATABLE PACKAGES:
Ribeye 230 tender slatted floor
with Yamaha F2.5 AMHS Normal
RRP £983 Our price £945
Ribeye 250 Tender slatted floor
with Yamaha F2.5 AMHS Normal
RRP £1033 Our Price £995
RIBEYE 250
David Farthing
The River Orwell’s ONLY
park and ride facility!
Let us store your boat in our secure
compound, let us launch you, let us
re-fuel your boat, all you have to do
is turn up and we do the rest.
No more trailing you boat home!
Call for details -Limited spaces.
LOYALTY CARD
Call 01473 659674 for details of:
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ALL FUTURE PURCHASES
ENGINE SERVICING.
When was your engine last serviced?
We provide servicing for all makes of
outboard engine. Regular servicing is
important for your enjoyment and safety.
We also carry out inboard servicing on new
vessels supplied by us via our dealer franchise.
All our service work is extensively tested
on the River Orwell whether it is a rebuild or a
basic service. Warranty work can be performed
on Yamaha, Mariner and Mercury outboards.
Our workshop is equipped with state-ofthe-art diagnostic equipment for all leading
makes of outboard.
We also store small outboards free of
charge, over winter, after winterisation.
2009 Fastnet booking up fast
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astnet 2009 already has many bookings and is
on track to have three identical Jeanneau 36i
Performance yachts competing in the race which
takes place in August next year. After periods of
Race Training and completing the North Sea Race
and the East Coast Race together with ISAF course,
East Anglian Sea School teams should prove to be
a crew with varying degrees of expertise to possibly
match our record set in 1999 of ‘1st in Class’.
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he 2008 Children’s Dinghy Sailing Season
was conducted over a 6-week period during
the summer school holidays. The four different
stages of the RYA training courses were run over
five morning or afternoon sessions each week and
was deemed a great success, as each week was
over subscribed.
In addition we ran Seamanship Skills, Spinnaker Skills, Day Sailing and Start Racing for those
children wishing to progress further.
Two, 2-day childrens’ dinghy sailing courses
have been inserted into our programme during
the school half term in late October as a result of
the additional demand and we still have a few
places available.
Early morning
visitor to the
Laser PICO
pontoon
W
e have purchased three new Wayfarers
which have proved to be a great success
in that they are light, durable, easy to use and
have self-draining cockpits. Both students and
instructors have enjoyed using them.
Next year, more RS Fevas are going to be
added to the fleet to give versatility to our
training requirements, enabling us to train the
more experienced sailors in Dinghy Sailing.
The floating pontoon moored in the river was
taken full advantage of by our dinghy sailors while
receiving the Seal of Approval by an early weekend visitor! (see pic below left).
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owerboat Level 2 courses have far exceeded
expectations in 2008 with more courses than
ever being taken up this year.
The 2-day course is full-on – partly based in the
classroom but mostly water-based.
Students can expect to leave the course with
a sound knowledge base on which to build their
powerboat skills for the future.
We will be adding
more boats to the
very popular
RS FEVA fleet
in 2009.
The entrance to the
chandlery has been
altered to be fully
wheelchair-friendly
as well as encouraging passers-by to
take a look inside.
The main entrance to the SYH Chandlery now has full wheelchair access
via an attractive hardwood ramp built in situ. The handrail has been
custom made by Mr Stainless with wire ‘rigging’ from Rig Magic.
The front of the building has been re-rendered and painted with new
powder coated aluminium windows.
Completing the bright new look are new, high-spec main entrance doors
- also in powder-coated aluminium.
The hardstanding
space available at
the Yacht Harbour
is not limitless! If
every berthholder
wanted to bring
their boat ashore
at the same time there would not be
enough room.
The sooner
you give us your
preferred dates,
the likelier we
are to be able
to comply.
Please book your lift-out as soon as possible.
We service all makes - all sizes
Bob Spalding Marine & Leisure Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 659674 e: [email protected] www.bobspaldingmarine.com
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We’ve been giving the chandlery a fresh lick of paint
along with other major improvements.
YAMAHA 2.5hp 4-STROKE
SPECIAL SYH PRICE:
Alex Cole
David Heavens
Bright new look
Strata 6 enjoying some
brisk conditions off the
Irish coast during Cork
Week 2008.
Our aim is to offer
you exceptional
products, advice,
support and prices.
East Anglian Sea School Suffolk Yacht Harbour
Fax: 01473 659994 [email protected]
Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN Tel: 01473 659992
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A Wright & Sons
‘Family Fourteen’
heading up Alresford
Creek in 1975
Eric Wright in 1970
Rhapsody
in
Blue
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ver the last few
months, we have had
all our onsite plant and
machinery stripped, de-rusted,
prepared and painted - in a
very attractive ‘corporate’ blue.
New decals complete the
refurb.
Eric Wright dies at 92
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ne of the four founding members of the
Suffolk Yacht Harbour board of directors
- Eric Wright - has died in Canada at the
age of 92.
Eric was perhaps best known for the range
of clinker built dinghies his company, Wright &
Sons of Ipswich, built throughout the ‘fifties,
‘sixties and ‘seventies.
The range, which were classically built of
solid mahogany on oak frames, included the
‘Twinkle 10,’ Twinkle 12’ and Family Fourteen.
In spite of their traditional build, they were
surprisingly light and handy.
Mike Spear remembers his dogged
determination to keep progress on track in the
early days of construction.
He remained a director until his death.
Interesting
Hobby
Myfanwy
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Above: ‘Hobby’ at work
ferrying Pilots around
Harwich Harbour and to an
from the Sunk Light Vessel.
The Harwich Haven
Authority’s Pilot boat
No 3 ‘HOBBY’ is in the
workshop for a respray
and cosmetic repairs.
Her high visibility
orange cabin is being
changed to white on
this occasion.
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yfanwy is a classic Rossiter Pintail 27-footer,
belonging to the Classic Sailing Club at
Pinmill.
She is having a brand new hollow mast built in
Douglas fir by Collars of Oxford - to be rigged here by
the Rig Magic team.
Meanwhile we are replacing the toerails, bullseyes
and cleats alongside the fitting of a new pulpit,
pushpit and stanchions by Mr Stainless.
Another successful SYH team effort!
The Classic Sailing Club exists to preserve a
collection of wooden classic sailing yachts which
represent the work of the best designers of last
century. However they are not a museum and have no
public funding so aim to achieve this by allowing
members to sail their yachts. Membership costs £50.
Thereafter members buy points which they exchange
throughout the year for days aboard any of the Club’s
fleet of classic yachts.
www.classicsailingclub.com