December 2015

Commodore
Ian Booker’s
Introduction
The NEWSLETTER
December 2015
Yateley Offshore Sailing Club
During November the Club saw one of the most well attended speaker’s
nights of the year with 45 members present. I refer here to the very
entertaining and informative presentation given by YOSC members Lyn
and Graham Deavin relating to their experiences motor sailing the rivers
and canals of Brittany. It certainly whets the appetite to venture beyond
St. Malo. Once again many thanks to Lyn and Graham for a very
enjoyable evening.
November also provided the conclusion of the formal Club season
culminating with the AGM. As reported the Club are in a good financial
position with members numbers remaining reasonably constant. It was
confirmed that yacht attendees on the Club’s 2015 rallies was slightly up
on the previous year with an average of 7 yachts per rally taking part. The
longer cruises had not, however, been so well attended. The good news is
that the 2016 cruise to the West Country, based on early interest, indicates
a very satisfactory provisional entry list. It would seem that we are likely
to have at least 5 yachts attending. Hopefully the early interest can be
confirmed with perhaps others also putting their names down. As Chris
Wright has reported the intended ports of call could include Brixham,
Dartmouth and Plymouth. If the weather is kind it may also be possible to
visit Falmouth.
As we approach the coming months with all the normal routine yacht
maintenance chores to carry out I would remind members of the “free”
use equipment that Dave Dray manages on behalf on the Club. It is for
EDITOR's Note: Our Newsletter Editor, Alan Bew is taking a well earned rest
from his editorial duties whilst he and Julie enjoy an ocean cruise for three weeks
visiting warmer climes including the Azores which he should reach a bit quicker
than Chris Wright did during the AZAB. I shall be filling in for him for this issue
but Please Note that as usual, there will not be a Newsletter for January 2016 so
a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers.
John Weale (Acting Editor)
www.yosc.org.uk for this Newsletter in colour, from our webmaster, John Weale
Meetings: 1st Mondays at 8pm, all other Mondays flexible c. 8pm, at Sandhurst Social Club, Wellington Road.
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your use. By the same token I would reiterate the comment made at the AGM that all reasonable
member proposals for the purchase of any further maintenance items would be considered by the
committee. A list of current Club items can be found within the Club web pages
Turning to member’s proposals Brian Pickles made an extremely good suggestion that the Club
consider giving an award for the best yachting related photograph taken during the year. The ideal
being to encourage members to take photographs of other YOSC rally yachts, hopefully under full
sail. This matter will shortly be discussed with the committee to move things on.
For coming entertainment the Club have arranged the annual Christmas party for 7th December.
This year we have a magician on hand during the evening. Allun Proom has kindly offered to
prepare some mulled wine and we of course have the traditional nibbles available. All of this is free
to Club members. Very much look forward to a good attendance on 7th.
As you may be aware the Club will be updating their brochure to cover the 2016 season and it is
intended that copies will be issued to all members. Initial brochures should be available for
collection at the Christmas party.
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to our latest new Member, Andrew Smith.
In accordance with tradition there will not be a Club newsletter for January 2016. As a consequence
please note that the first speaker’s evening for 2016 will be on Monday 4th January. This will be
presented by YOSC Sailing Secretary Chris Wright who will tell us all about his 2015 summer sail
to the Azores and back. Very much look forward the presentation.
In the interim best Christmas wishes and happy sailing next year.
Ian Booker, Commodore
Changes of members’ personal addresses, emails, telephone numbers, boat details.
Please be sure to keep the Membership Secretary, Ian Skinner, aware of all changes as
they occur so that we do not lose contact with you.
Crewing List
(Please inform the Sailing Secretary, Chris Wright, and the Editor if you
would like your name added to this list and say if you do not want your phone number to appear).
Sailing Secretary: [email protected]
Crew:
Peter Mayley
Charles Weager
Alex Phipps
Allan Cowan
Sara Smith
Ian Whyteside
David Dray
Martin Croombs
01344 778580
01252 665368
01189 735107
07708 403424
07903 834733
01276 514359
07904 969774
Maggie Vickery
John Weale
Michael Dray
Michael Soul
Alan Jones
Brian Pickles
Allun Proom
Bob Crocker
Pam Ward
07910 034698
Allun Proom
also
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07929 668261
01252 873067
01276 514359
01252 620586
07903 652504
07771 662363
01276 64897
07940 918973
01252 404180
07885 797226
The next social events:
Mon 7 Dec
Christmas Party
At 8pm on Monday the 7th December 2015 at SSC
The YOSC Christmas Party
Entertainment will be provided during the evening by Magic Circle Member,
Michael King who will baffle us with his brand of close-up magic.
Plus : raffle prizes, mulled wine and a buffet.
The Party is free to Full Members and Family Members.
Country Members and Guests of Single Members are invited to purchase a limited
number of tickets priced at £5 and are available from Social Secretary (Joan Evans).
Monday 4 January 2016
Chris Wright - The Azores and back
Just nipping down to the boat
Just nipping down to the boat takes on a whole new meaning when she is berthed in Greece. So how
do we do it? What is the best way for us? Over the years we have tried all methods, air, car and
public transport and all have advantages and disadvantages. Our boat, Oyster Magic, is at present in
Oreoi ( Or-ray) which is a village on the north coast of Evvia, Greece’s largest island.(the long thin
one east of Athens)
By air.
We book well ahead and use scheduled flights from Heathrow, either British Airways or Aegean
Airlines to Athens. A return with BA if booked well in advance is around £160 including 23kg
baggage. We get an early flight, around seven so we have the full day for travelling and don’t need
a stopover. Our local taxi guy charges £45 for a Heathrow run.
Once in Athens there are two choices, long distance bus which requires a local airport bus to
the long distance bus terminal, or hire car. Getting across Athens to the long distance bus station is
5euro and the bus then costs around 25 euro to Oreoi, however the last bus leaves at two so its touch
and go whether you can catch it!
So I use Car n Motion who have a local office near the yard and hire the smallest car they
have. They meet you at the airport and take you to the car and then pick up the car next day from
the yard. The cost is 65 euro. Petrol is about 12 euro and island ferry is 19 euro.
So the cost of nipping down to the boat is around £275 for the two of us one way.
Advantages: Quick, cheap.
Disadvantages: Limited baggage, don’t like flying.
By car.
We have some restrictions for this journey. Firstly our car is getting on a bit and the headlights are
pretty crap, so we avoid night driving. Secondly it’s a 3 litre petrol engine which guzzles up fuel if
we are driving too fast so we stick to 60 to 70 on the motorways. Thirdly I do the driving so it’s
one driver only which makes it a long day if doing more than eight hours driving. Finally the car is
invariably loaded up with boat stuff and travelling stuff so she is heavily laden. We have done the
journey in three days but have now settled on five days, we make it a bit of an extra holiday and
more time to enjoy the journey.
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Day 1. We leave around six and get the ferry from Dover to Calais or Dunkirk whichever has the
cheapest deal going at the time. We drive then for a few hours and stop over in the area of Reims.
338 miles for the day to our stop over.
We have stopped at this place before, just two rooms under the main house and a lovely
landlady. Evening meal we have to drive to the next village but we do get breakfast before
departing. This year we had some lovely stewed rhubarb which was picked earlier in the day
followed by the normal French breakfast of coffee and croissants.
Day 2. We avoid the French toll roads as they are so expensive and use the Routes Nationale where
possible. Easy drive of 225 miles to the Alsace region and our next stopover. German influence in
this area as the evening meal was large portions and three types of cooked pork with sauerkraut.
Day 3. Early start as a long drive through Switzerland to our stopover in Italy, 322 miles, south east
of Milan. Swiss motorway tax is a shocker at 50euros with some Swiss francs change. We knew
when we got into Italy as the Italian driving is something else! First motorway stop and our first
Italian coffee, I love it. Arrived at our “Agriturismo” stop by six, lovely farm in the vineyards. First
class evening meal and lovely breakfast, Italian food is the best!!
Day 4 Easy day today, only 210 miles to go so
economy running on the autostrada.
Another great “Agriturismo” with fantastic food. Up
in the vineyards again.
Day 5. Easy hop of 70 miles to the 13:00 hrs ferry
from Ancona to Igoumenitsa. Treated ourselves to a
twin outside cabin and evening meal in the posh
restaurant.
Day 6. Off the ferry by 08:30. 230 miles to the Evvia
ferry, most of it on new motorways through fantastic
scenery.
View from our Agriturismo Window
There are tolls on some of the motorways but they are not very expensive. In some places the tolls
were not in operation and other places they were still being built. Caught the 13:30 ferry across to
Evvia and arrived in the yard by 14:30, not exactly fighting fit from the journey but feeling fine.
Costs. Channel crossing £44
Fuel 305 euro
Swiss toll 50 euro
Italian tolls 37 euro
Greek tolls 11 euro
Ancona ferry 370 euro
Evvia ferry 19 euro
1st B&B 68euro
2nd B&B 45 euro
1st Agriturismo 80 euro
2nd Agritourismo 65 euro
Our Old Merc
About 1330 miles - Cost £810 (food not included as you have to eat wherever you are)
Advantages: Can take two hundred kilos of goods No rush. No fixed timetable. See and stay in
some lovely places.
Disadvantages: Cost but offset somewhat by the amount of goods you can take.
By public transport.
This journey was from Kavala to home, not exactly the same journey but near enough.
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Day 1. Overnight ferry from Kavala to Piraeus down through the islands departing at 14:00hrs and
arriving in Piraeus 09:00hrs. Lovely ferry with a great evening meal in the restaurant. Ferry called
at Limnos, Lesbos, Chios and then to Piraeus.
Day 2 Off the ferry by 09:00hrs and a taxi to the bus station. Bus to Patras which took 3 hours
followed by a taxi to the ferry port. The ferry departed at 14:00hrs.
Day 3 Ferry docked in Ancona around 10 and we
walked to the railway station. Booked a 1st class seat to
Milan on the regional train and got to Milan around
five. Taxi to our hotel for the overnight stop. Our luck
was in as the hotel was really good and a great trattoria
was just over the road. Breakfast was generous and all
organic, enjoyed a pleasant chat with the hotel manager
who told of all the woes with the Italian economy! 1st
class again departed about 10 for Paris on the inter city
express. What a fantastic run through the Alps. Arrived
in Paris by six for another overnight stop. Pretty crap
hotel but can’t win them all.
Through the Alps
Day 4 09:00hrs bus from Paris to Victoria via the tunnel, five hour journey. Tube then train to
Farnborough and a final taxi home. Exhausted!!
Cost Ferry Kavala to Piraeus 135euro
Ferry Patras to Ancona 362 euro
Bus Patras to Piraeus 36 euro
Train Ancona to Milan 150euro
Train Milan to Paris 330 euro
Bus Paris to Victoria 110 euro
Hotel Milan 89 euro
Hotel Paris 153 euro
Train to Farnbourgh 28 euro
Numerous taxi’s 88 euro
Cost £1100
Notes: We used 1st class rail in Italy as it is only a small extra cost over second class.
We used the bus from Paris as the Eurostar costs a fortune if not booked early.
We came this way as I had always fancied a long distance train epic, it was
good, fantastic scenery but been there now, done it, never again!!! Totally
knackered by the time we got home!!!
Advantages: No flying. Good for sightseeing.
Disadvantages: Cost and stuck with timetables. Limited luggage. Very tiring journey.
Other observations:
French food standard has dropped dramatically over the last 20 years whilst price haves increased.
Italy can be expensive but the agriturismos are great value, spotless and have lovely food. The
further south you go the cheaper it is.
Italian drivers are a nightmare!
French tolls are really high. Recently came through the Fréjus tunnel and it was 44 euro.
French drivers are pushy!
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International ferries to/from Greece are costly whilst lots of the domestic ferries are subsidised and
low cost.
Garmin GPS coverage was a joke in rural Greece and dismal in rural Italy.
The word “Queuing” appears not to exist in either the French or Italian dictionary!
Dai & Val Bransby (Oyster Magic)
Annual General Meeting - 2nd November 2015
The Minutes of the AGM are available from the Members Section of the YOSC Website:
www.yosc.org.uk Click on the Members Pages link under the Members Section button.
YOSC Committee 2016
Front Row: Joan Evans (Social Secretary), Ian Whyteside (Hon. Treasurer), Ian Booker (Commodore),
Alan Bew (Newsletter Editor)
Back Row: Steve Vincent, Chris Wright (Sailing Secretary), John Weale (Hon. Sec/Webmaster)
Missing from photo - Ian Skinner (Membership Secretary), Jill Mayhew (Assistant Social Secretary),
David Dray (Librarian)
Contact details for Committee Members as shown in the Members Section
Presentation by Alan Bew for Best Newsletter Article
Presentation by Ian Booker of Commodore's Cup
to Terry Paynter
to John Weale
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Our Gulet Cruise in Turkey
Have you ever had a wonderful holiday and then repeated it 25 years later?
Well John (Dai) and I did just that this year – we saw it advertised in the Mail as a Turkey Gulet
Cruise and 2nd week in a hotel. Looking back 25 years when we arrived at the Gulet it was
beautiful, brand new timber boat with thick blue carpet in all cabins and lovely en suite.
This time we arrive in Bodrum and were taken by taxi to the harbour office where we were met by
the agent – we sat at a table on the street and chatted for at least half an hour and then along came a
taxi and we were ushered in by the taxi driver who then drove for three quarters of an hour at a
great rate of knots arriving at a creek – we were met by the cabin boy who took our bags and said
‘come come’. So we followed him down this little jetty in the pitch dark because it was midnight
by now, and I saw this rather lovely gulet and said ‘our boat’ – the cabin boy said ‘no this is yours’
pointing at a dinghy. We got in the dinghy and were rowed to our gulet which was rather a
rundown looking thing. We climbed up the rickety old step ladder to be met by the Skipper who
took us to our cabin and said breakfast at 8pm. We were rather tired so crawled into this rough old
bunk with dirty old carpet on the floor and an en suite which needed a good clean to say the least.
7pm and up we got to rifle through our bags for some clean gear. Arrived on deck to see a long
table seating 12 of the passengers, we made up the 14 which was the party. Forgot to say the boat
had gone the day before we arrived hence the taxi to the creek.
Lovely crowd of people, 8 Dutch, 2 Danish, 2 Belgium and 2 English (us). We introduced
ourselves and hoped that all of them would be able to speak English – of course they did – much to
our shame we didn’t speak their language! Anyway they were great fun and of course on board
were Skipper, Chef and Cabin Boy. The Chef’s galley was so small and dark I don’t know how he
managed to give us such lovely food and was the height of good manners – same with the Cabin
Boy he was a delight. Skipper said he owned the boat but we wondered if he did because it was
shabby, and compared to other gulets we would meet each evening in the bays, it was poor.
However we wanted to have a happy holiday and we all ignored the tat – at the end we all had a bar
bill only to find that a bottle of white plonk and red plonk was charged at £11 per bottle so having
drunk quite a lot we were cleared out of Turkish lira and of course he added a good tip for them all
– I do hope the chef and boy got their share because they worked hard.
Must say the whole fortnight was one of the hottest holidays ever – laying on deck or under the
awning at the stern was the order of the day. Of course 25 years ago we thought nothing of diving
into the sea and that’s what most of them did. I plucked up courage and descended the rickety old
ladder helped by Gilet, one of the Dutch, who was 6ft 3in with a lovely tanned body and liked to
look after me – he was gay and very charming and the best laugh of them all. Having gone away
with bursitis on my right hip after two days of swimming in the sea it all went away and touch
wood I haven’t had it since – so if you have that problem I recommend a gulet cruise!! Do choose a
good one!
The only young person on board was Keira, she was Dutch and had come away with her Dad Bert
as a present for getting her degree and bearing in mind that her boy friend had cheated on her after 7
years of being together. She was a lovely girl with long red hair, very slim and she spoke English
quite well. She took us for keep fit up for’ard and for yoga in the stern each day and her hobby was
pole dancing. I was amazed how she swung round the poles holding up our awning. One evening
we anchored in a bay with two other gulets and I said to Keira why don’t you give a pole dance
display. She was quite a shy girl but said ‘ ok’ and did her display to perfection and the other 2
gulets clapped. With that, one of the ladies on the 2nd gulet tried to demonstrate and we all clapped
and then the 3rd one with mostly WI ladies on board also tried and we gave her a good round of
applause too. But Keira was the star.
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After arriving at another bay it was suggested that we go ashore and walk to the next bay to give us
some exercise – 5 people came forward and the rest of us said ‘have a good time’. As I saw them
getting into that dinghy again I called out I’m coming too – so down the rickety stairs and into the
dinghy. The walk was quite up and down the rough old hilly road but once at the top we began to
go down which was ok. All of a sudden a little car with a girl in it who had the radio blaring came
into sight – my friend Gilet waved it down and asked if I could be taken to the nearest bar – and
with that I was bundled into this car and they waved me off. Gilet thought the walk was a bit far for
me but little did he know I was really enjoying it. Anyway arrived at the bar and sat in the back
yard and waited for the rest to arrive. About 20 minutes later they appeared and we went through
the bar to a pretty beach with straw umbrellas and we sat and had a few drinks. By this time it was
getting dark and we thought how are we going to get back to our gulet. The owner of the restaurant
said he would take us back in his speedboat! We all got into this very smart boat and off we went at
a great rate of knots with the ladies screaming. As we rounded the headland to our bay John said he
heard us a mile away with our laughter and screams – arrived in time for evening meal!
Our 2nd week was spent in a very lovely hotel but it didn’t have the fun of the first week –
unfortunately the second day was when the bomb went off in Ankara which was only 200 miles
away and it made me want to get back home but we had to make the most of it but very glad to step
back on English turf.
Joan Evans
More Disconnected Jottings
Another year bites the dust…… winter seems to go on forever and then it's spring and you
think, What, Already? Still got the antifouling to do, then there are all those little jobs you were
going to get round to, oh well, maybe next winter, lets launch and go sailing.
Work out the
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programme, tick off the "must do" events, sound out the crew, dust off the charts, rub out the tea
stains and recharge the batteries, this is going to be a good season to be afloat.
Will it pass the Elk Test? Was the question in Sweden when Mercedes brought out their new A
Class model some years ago. Their first cars were a bit high and upright, not the low sleek models
of today and, like all new models, it had to conform to national standards and it seems that Elks
abound in Sweden, to be found around every corner, standing in lines down the middle of the road,
perhaps even at regular intervals and cars have to swerve in and out and around to miss them. So
as the Motor licensing department testers couldn't actually line up a row of Elks they placed cones
(very similar, after all) at regular intervals down the middle of the road and began the test,
unfortunately swerving around the third cone the car turned over therefore totally failing the Elk
Test and the licence was refused. In order not to disappoint all their Swedish enthusiasts, Mercedes
engineers did some urgent pencil chewing and redesigned the suspension, probably made it harder,
so if you buy an early Swedish model chances are you will need extra padding around the nether
regions and be ready to catch your false teeth if you come around the corner and find yourself face
to face with a row of Elks.
In days of old, maybe still happens though, who knows? in the wilds of Rumania if you had a
daughter, or indeed, any female in the house you needed to get hitched and off your hands you
advertised her by putting up a large pole in the front garden and hanging buckets, mops, saucepans,
and other kitchen paraphernalia around it to entice any likely passing buck to stop and investigate
the value of the dowry. The pole adornments would indicate, one must suppose, her expected
position in the household if a marriage was arranged . Quaint old custom, don't you think, but
would it have any merit in Sandhurst?
What is a confused councillor? Listening to an interview on the BBC I was a little amused at
the predicament a councillor found herself in. She was an expert witness in a recent court case
prosecuting a serial killer and she had just left the court after he was found guilty of triple murder.
Her problem was that she could not explain why he killed several times in quick succession
without any interim cooling off period, I mean everyone knows all serial killers have a cooling off
period before they kill again, well they do, don't they? Well this one didn't and her training didn't
cover this eventuality so whilst on the witness stand, questioned on the psychology of this lack of
conformity, she was at a complete loss to explain his mental condition. As she said afterwards
during the interview, she was "very very confused". Ah well, there’s nothing like an expert witness
to uphold British Justice. (Bet she gets paid big bucks too)
A month or so back we had a British Gas engineer service our boiler, He was punctual, polite,
clean and efficient, a credit to any company. Three weeks later I took a phone call which I
eventually managed to identify as a representative of British Gas, he had a very thick Glaswegian
accent which defied anyone south of the border to interpret. I was picking up about one word in
five and after repeating himself half a dozen times I gathered he was asking me if the Gas fitter who
serviced our boiler was punctual, clean , courteous and polite to which I was able to answer in the
affirmative with ten out of ten on all counts. Three days later I took another phone call, this time a
lady from British Gas with an accent straight out of the Punjab whom I was able to understand quite
well, only two repetitions, and she wanted to know if the guy who phoned me earlier was polite and
courteous (I couldn't say if he had washed behind his ears though, but I expect he had) to which I
was able to answer in the affirmative because he had had the patience of Job, to repeat all those
times to some dense old buffer and not get short was quite remarkable (could be it happens all the
time, of course) I felt it might not be very PC though to observe the difficulties of regional accents.
Oh, That’s not all, another three days on and the phone was ringing again, this time a young man
with classical Geordie tones (well, he sounded young, son of Oz, I think) anxious to know if the
previous Indian lady had been polite and courteous, etc. this question was deciphered only at the
fourth attempt, (Yes, unbelievable, but absolutely true) I was then able to give her a glowing
reference, yes very polite, very courteous, ten out of ten again but I could only offer conjecture as
to whether she had had clean underwear on. It is now several more days on, so I am boning up on
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Brummie, Belfast and Welsh accents in readiness , I suppose it will probably turn out to be Scouse
needed though so I am probably just not going to win. Of course it does keep people in
employment and the great British public can afford it, well, they can, can't they? Can't They?
They? They? They???????
The 38ft Civil Service yacht which I am involved with received an excellent offer from a
member earlier this year to replace all the fender ropes. He presented us with a dozen deep purple
lines all with beautifully spliced eyes at one end and professional quality whipping at the other. On
launch day they were spaced around the yacht, four fenders either side plus two lines on the fender
step and an extra one on the roving ball fender. All looked very posh and enhanced the yacht no
end, however three days later it rained all day and in the afternoon someone coming on board
remarked "our fenders are weeping" urgent inspection found the purple dye streaming out of the
ropes and down the fenders in large streaks, down the side of the hull in large splodges with streaks
running down to the water creating a purple ring around the boat so urgent removal of fenders and
ropes, sail ties being substituted to get fendering back in place and then the near impossible task of
removal of "permanent" dye from the hull. With strenuous effort in relays using Y10 the
discolouration was just about removed. But staining on the teak afterdeck where a couple of fenders
were dropped is there forever.
Urgent contact with our benefactor was made and we were
absolutely assured it did not come from B&Q but was Lyros rope from Force 4 Chandlery. Some
months later Force 4 presented us with 6 replacement fenders and new rope (white this time), it
seems that the cost was picked up by Lyros who buy in the yarn already dyed so have no control
over it. It also seems that the colour process was updated and improved recently and, apparently,
is a problem common to other rope manufacturers too, i.e. , Marlow, English Braid, etc Seems we
were not the only ones, so must have cost somebody a bob or two. You have been warned.
Cricket. A game for gentlemen, played by gentlemen, integrity being the byword… or was it?
Nothing changes, History, actually, was deeper in the mire than today. Back in seventeen
something or other,
cricket teams were raised by local squires who played each other on
neighbouring village greens with the squires putting serious wagers on winning. It was quite
usual for matches to carry on for hours and hours on end because it was common practice for
players on both sides to be bribed by the opposing squire to throw the match with the effect both
teams were trying not to score, missing balls, dropping catches, bowling wides and never at the
stumps, it can only be a matter of conjecture as to how any score was actually achieved, or a match
actually won.
Always ahead of the game, in 1898 scientists in the laboratory of the German Bayer Company
developed a new cough remedy which they marketed under the name Heroin derived from the
German word heroisc, (translation heroes) Quite how effective it was as a cough remedy must be
a matter for conjecture, but one has to suspect that there may have developed a long list of patients
queuing for repeat prescriptions.
I recently heard an interview with a very enthusiastic scientist about the Hadron Collider. For
anyone who doesn’t know this is a large diameter tube of several miles in length which joins up
with itself in a circle. The aim seems to be to shoot “particles” at ultra sonic speed in opposite
directions to induce a high speed collision in an effort to produce “dark Matter” however this
“matter” cannot be seen, touched, felt, sensed, smelt or found but, rest assured, it is there, well it
must be, mustn’t it? They (that’s those in the know….,) reassure one it might have a use one day so
keep on ploughing in the Euros. Come the day of reckoning (that’s not the accountants Black Hole
though) we will be safe in their hands and rest assured we can all sleep easily at night in future. Of
course, if they do find the Black Hole, they might all just disappear…..
Overheard in Windsor High Street an American tourist to others in the group “Gee, wasn’t it
great they built the castle so close to the station, must be very convenient for them all.”
In the words of a US mobster “three can keep a secret if two are dead”
Question: Why do birds suddenly appear every time you park your car?
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Liverpool v Arsenal football match commentator. “Liverpool have played better off the ball this
half” That must have been a big worry to Arsenal.
The same fish in the lake at Littleton SC are caught so often and put back they now have their
own pet names.
Crime in a multi storey car park is wrong on any level
I never did get to see the new Anne Summers nautical range which was rumoured to be in her
catalogue of a couple of years ago, did anyone?
Baking tip for the day: Remember you can’t force a doughnut.
For Sale:
Bénéteau Oceanis 331 Clipper
Gnutcracker III
Reluctantly for sale my Bénéteau Oceanis 331
clipper Owners Version 6 berth large aft cabin
Year 2000/2001 Volvo 2030 engine 2 sets of sails
1) Sobstat 2) Bénéteau
in mast and genoa furling.
Full details and pics at “The Boatshed”.
www.boatshed.co.uk in Hamble.
Price: £44,500
Contact: Bill Boyd
Mobile: 07831 520397. Tel: 01252 871731
Email: [email protected]
Moody Excel 34.
“HARLEY”
Length 34 feet, fin keel 1.7m draft, berths 6.
£59,000
Contact: Ian Skinner, YOSC membership secretary.
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Yateley Offshore Sailing Club Programmes 2016
Social Programme for 2016
Unless otherwise noted all meetings start at 8pm at Sandhurst Social Club
Mon 7 Dec
Christmas Party
Mon 2 January 2016
AZAB (Azores and Back) by Chris Wright
YOSC 2016 Sailing Programme
Date
HW
Comment
Pompy
9 April
13.26 Fitting Out Supper, Assemble at the Frog & Wicket Eversley at about 1900 hrs
23-24 April
13.15 Shepards Wharf, The Cowes experience, lots of places to eat.
14-15 May
18.53 Northney Marina, Doing "silly things" again with BBQ at Northney.
28-30 May
16:58 Chichester, First rate venue at Chichester SC
11-12 June
17.22 Newtown Beach BBQ, Good weather last year, so let's push our luck this year
25 June
to 10 July
15.50 Summer cruise, West country tour Brixham, Dartmouth and maybe a bit further
16-17 July
10.01 TRTI Wight Trophy, Another chance to meet our neighbouring clubs with dinner at the Royal
Solent YC
27-28 July
18.18 Hayling Island, Midweek rally to Sparkes Marina
6-7 Aug
14.45 Bembridge, Good BBQ venue and crabbing for the younger element
20-29 Aug
13.38 Bank holiday Cruise, Cherbourg and Channel Islands
10-11 Sept
18.11 Littlehampton, Go east young man, that has mangled that quote
1-2 Oct
15-16 Oct
12.28 Beaulieu, We will be investigating a visit to Exbury Gardens
11.22 Hamble, 25th Anniversary Dinner/Laying up Supper. If the Weather is poor we can drive.
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