Newsletter - Suffolk Yacht Harbour

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Levington IPSWICH
Suffolk IP10 0LN
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01473 659240
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www.suffolkyachtharbour.ltd.
NEWS FROM SUFFOLK YACHT HARBOUR
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NO 2
SPRING 2002
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T h e f r i e n d l i e s t , m o s t w e l c o m i n g , i n d e p e n d e n t ya c h t m a r i n a o n t h e Ea s t C o a s t
WELCOME!
Suffolk Yacht Harbour in
February 2002 when the
maximum number of craft
were wintering ashore.
Although it looks pretty
well choc-a-block, a more
organised approach with
variable spacing will free
up plenty of space to carry
out the West Harbour
enlargement programme.
Aerial photograph: Airviews
from Jonathan Dyke and
Mike Spear, Directors.
Our first issue of Harbour Light
certainly seemed to get a
universal ‘thumbs up’ from the
4,500 people who received it
and all our partners here at
Suffolk Yacht Harbour report
very positive feedback from
their clients. We trust you’ll
enjoy No 2 just as much.
away from the Harbour Master’s
office in the main building out
on to the marina in a new hut
next to the fuel berth from where
VHF contact and control will be
run on Channel 80.
Visitors will come alongside
the fuel berth where they will be
allocated a berth and given a new
‘Welcome Pack’ - providing full
details of the marina layout and
details of all the on-site facilities.
excite geologists and has been
regularly visited by scientists
from around the world. Not a
lot of people know that!
Still on an environmental
note, Suffolk Yacht Harbour is
pleased to work closely with
English Nature and the Suffolk
Wildfowl Trust in preserving our
Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty and helping to protect
rare species located within it.
New Berthing Master’s Office
next to the fuel pontoon
Did you know we’re an SSI?
Suffolk Yacht Harbour
STAFF PROFILE NO 1
To the uninitiated, that’s an
area of Special Scientific Interest.
Why? Well the answer lies in
the soil. If you take a few steps
along the footpath that runs
behind the workshop, you’ll
notice a sandy outcrop over to
Falling as it does on the
‘central’ weekend of the
country’s Golden Jubilee
celebrations, the 5th Port of
Felixstowe Regatta promises
to be better than ever.
We look forward to
making our facilities available
to all our old friends and hopefully - making many
new ones.
JOHN NUNN
Yard Foreman
John is now in his 19th year
at Suffolk Yacht Harbour and is, for
sure, one of its greatest assets.
Apart from being a superb
craftsman (pictured above putting
the finishing touches to a fabulous
new teak deck on the Swan 44
Avista) he has the unflappable
temperament which ensures the
relentless smooth running of the
yacht harbour, year after year.
He’s had his own boat continuously from the age of ten and
built this Yachting
Creating space
The enlargement of the West Harbour, starting in July, will cost
us precious hardstanding space - but we have a neat solution.
50 more big-boat berths
Monthly
Senior while
an apprentice
shipwright at
Whisstocks,
Woodbridge.
Other
wooden boats
followed including a Deben
Cherub and a ‘Z’ 4-tonner before
getting the racing bug with his
Seamaster 925 Legacy (below) in
which he won the Haven Series in
1980. He also crewed for Mike
Spear on Moustique and spent
three years campaigning the SS34
Morning All - sister ship to the
legendary Morning Cloud.
Nowadays, John can be found
cruising the East Coast with his
wife on their Seamaster 29
Juniper.
The redevelopment of the
West Harbour is still set to
begin this summer and, when
complete, will provide fifty
new big-boat berths.
The downside of this much
needed expansion will be the
loss of hardstanding space.
And after studying the ‘sardine
can’ appearance in the aerial
photo, there does not appear to
be an obvious solution.
But we’ve found one.
If you wander around the
site, there are many examples
of smaller boats arranged with
lots of space between them.
This is because the Travel Lift is
20’ wide and cannot put them
any closer together.
Now we are taking delivery
of a very clever Dutch Roodberg
boat mover that can adjust its
width to place boats in a row
with minimum waste of space.
This does not mean that you
won’t have room to work on
your topsides. We’ll still be
keeping a minimum separation
between boats. But the overall
layout will be more efficient.
Above: While the Travel
Lift’s 20’ track width gives
good spacing for big boats it wastes space in the placement of smaller craft (right).
Our new Roodberg Boat
shifter (above right) is fully
adjustable and can put
smaller boats closer together
to maximise the reduced
hardstanding after the West
Harbour is completed.
New Berthing Master’s Office
We are streamlining the
‘processing’ of visiting craft by
re-locating Harbour Control
the left which is a great deal
more interesting (if you are a
geologist) than it may at first
appear. It’s actually the southern
end of a seam which runs north
and next sees the light of day at
the Rocks on the River Deben.
Apparently the seam is rich
in fossils and other things that
The Yankees are back!
Anyone who came to
our sensational Regatta party
last year is unlikely to have
forgotten the music provided
by the remarkable British
Yankees Blues Band. The
lads had flown over from
the States specially - thanks
to sponsorship provided by
Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Rig
Magic, and Quantum Parker
& Kay.
Well the good news is
the sponsors have dug deep
once again and they are
back for another unmissable
pre-Regatta bash in the marquee right by the Lightship.
It’s on Saturday 1st June
from 7.30pm, admission to
Regatta participants is FREE,
and there will again be plenty
of food and drink on sale.
Don’t miss it!
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Quantum Parker&Kay
French Marine Motor
“It’s all happening in 2002”
Two quarts into a pint pot
John Parker’s top team of young
sailmakers had a busy and successful 2001
and all the indications are that this year
will be even more labour intensive.
Memorable Classics
Anyone involved in yachting
will look back on 2001 as a
classic year. The America’s Cup
Jubilee at Cowes must rank as
the most spectacular sailing
event since the heady days of
the 1930s, a time when sails
were made of cotton, flax and
silk. Sail technology has made
huge advances since then and
the Quantum Sail Design
Group is at the leading edge
of this revolution.
It’s been a busy old
winter for French
Marine’s two young
engineers Matt
Pearson and Jason
Carrie. One of the
more challenging
jobs was to replace
the old petrol units
in a Sun Cruiser 32
with a pair of
dynamic new 250hp
Volvo Penta KAD
supercharged turbo
diesels with full
electronic controls.
That’s the Spirit!
Following a close relationship with the highly desirable,
Spirit Class yachts - built in
Saxmundham - we are now in
the process of designing and
building a full wardrobe of
high-tech sails for the first
Spirit 70, due to be commissioned and launched at Suffolk
Yacht Harbour this summer.
Spirit 37
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12 Metre Jubilee
Quantum Parker & Kay
was pleased to have had the
opportunity to build a full
inventory of sails for Alexander
Falk’s stunning classic 12 Metre
‘Flica II’ for the Jubilee Regatta.
The breathtakingly
beautiful classic
12-metre Flica II
with Quantum sail
wardrobe.
Michael Gilson re-profiling
the leech of a J-39 genoa to
optimise its IRC rating
Spirit 70
re-cutting. We’ll come sailing
with you and take a series of
digital pictures of sail shape
which are then loaded into
our computer and analysed
by very sophisticated new
sail design software. Guided
by this data, we’ll carefully
dismantle the sails and then
accurately re-assemble them
with a new lease of life.
Renew or re-cut?
If your sails have lost their
performance edge and you
don’t relish the prospect of a
new suit, we may well be able
to improve things by skillful
Well known on the classic
circuit, ‘Flica II’ quickly established herself as one of the
front runners during the
Jubilee regatta which also
doubled as the 12 Metre
World Championships.
Following some very close
racing in the seventeen strong
classic 12 Metre fleet, Flica II
finished a highly creditable 3rd
overall, also taking the prize
for the first amateur helmsman.
New canvas work brochure out soon.
Analytical software
Superior Canvaswork from Quantum Parker & Kay
Glorious canvaswork
If you want a new sprayhood that sets like a precision
genoa, rather than a hammock,
you should ask us for a quote.
We know how to tailor our
work for a precision fit - and
what fabrics to use for a long
and trouble-free life.
Why not call in or phone for
a copy of our new brochure.
QUANTUM PARKER & KAY SAILMAKERS (EAST) Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington, Ipswich, IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 659878 Fax: 01473 659197 email: jparker@quantumsails.com www.quantumsails.com
alk about a shoehorn
job! These superb new
250 hp Volvo engines
come with an impressive range
of descriptive letters:
KAD-44P-EDC. Which
translates as Kompressor AfterCooled Diesel - not sure about
the 44P - Electronic Dual
Controls.
Matt and Jason have pulled
off a brilliant
installation
and the new
engines will
certainly provide a serious
amount of
grunt to what
is, after all, a
fairly small power boat.
New, deeper outdrive units
and props were also part of
the project which was finished
off with full cable-free dual
electronic controls.
The first sea-trials should be
worth watching.*
*We’ve just heard that she powered smo
FRENCH MARINE MOTORS LTD Suffolk Yacht Harbour Le
Ipswich IP10 0LN Telephone and Fax: 01473 659882
www.interyacht.co.uk.
“Small enough to care. Big enough to matter”
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Customers can access
information about the
services available from us
through a large number
of sources – however
the fastest growing area
is our excellent web site www.interyacht.co.uk.
We now average nearly
200 visits to this site a day and
these customers download on
average 13 pages of information – a huge amount of data.
We regularly email full sales
particulars to our customers –
a very direct way of ensuring
that they receive the full information together with colour
photographs of both the
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32
exterior and interior of the boat.
Yacht Fair 2001 was a great
success. Now regarded as The
East Coast Boat Show, we had
over one hundred yachts on
display. Demand was very high
for almost all types and the
show resulted in the completed
sales of fifty-five boats prior to
the end of the year – a hit rate
of over 50%. Customers on
CLARKE & CARTER INTERYACHT Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington, Ipswich, IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 659681 Fax: 01473 659758 email: cci.levington@virgin.net
Thrusting Southerly
Other interesting projects this
past winter have included the
Southerly 105 Hoopla which has
had its Bukh DV36 completely
reconditioned, installation of new
stainless steel tanks and a bow
thruster for prettier parking around
the marina.
Commissioning
At the time of Harbour Light’s
visit, the team were at full stretch
de-winterizing and commissioning
engines throughout the marina
after their winter lay-up
Clarke & Carter Interyacht
s the foremost
brokerage on the
East Coast we
offer our purchasers
the largest selection of
used yachts available
on the East Coast.
With a diverse mixture of
boats commonly available at
any time varying from small
sailing cruisers to true blue
water yachts, as well as
powerboats, the range
available is unparalleled
locally. With offices both at
Levington and at Burnham
Yacht Harbour on the
Crouch we truly encompass
this major yachting region.
Matt Pearson (left) and Jason Carr
the Sun Cruiser’s new 250hp Volvo
average viewed some five
boats in the show prior to
making an offer – where else
can so many boats be seen in
one location? The show will be
taking place between October
24th and 27th this year. We
have invested for the future,
with the HPYC, in purchasing
the marquee that will be used
both by the club and ourselves
for our respective events.
The Earls Court Boat Show
in January produced results far
in excess of the previous year
with a good number of yachts
sold by us.
Jeanneau were our market
leaders – they offer tremendous value for money with the
package of equipment that is
included in the standard price.
We believe that Jeanneau
build their yachts to a very
different quality to many of
their competition – they do not
rely on internal mouldings to
form part of the structure of
the boat - which enables them to
produce a more traditionally
wooden interior which is very stiff
and easy to repair.
The X-Yachts dealership is new
to us and we are pleased to say
that we have sold a number of
X-332s to the East Coast from the
show. We have taken delivery of
our new IMX-40 and look forward
to seeing you behind us on the
race course! The X-99 National
Championships with be held at
Levington later in the year and we
look forward to meeting lots of
converts!
Moody are steadily going up in
their product range with the launch
of the new 64 scheduled for the
summer. Currently the range
comprises the 38, 42, 47, 54 & 64.
We are finding that Moody are
offering an extremely competitive
package when compared to the likes
of Oyster, Halberg Rassey, Farr, etc.
What is the easiest way of selling
your yacht?
We will buy her off you as a
trade-in against a new boat purchased from ourselves! There are
no catches – we offer what we
consider her retail value to be with
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What lies beneath?
To illustrate the extreme
importance of regular
expert spar and rigging
checks, just look at this
Contessa 32 mast that
looked fine on the surface
apart from one or two slack
rivets needing attention.
Corrosion beneath the
mast fittings was rampant
and likely to be terminal
very soon. Rig Magic found
identical symptoms on two,
20-25 year old Contessa 32s
this winter and had no
option but to condemn
them both to the big long
rs
Flying
High
N
rie look forward to seeing how
os perform on the water.
VETUS mania
The shop was
bursting at the
seams with new
VETUS product
which is proving
more and more
popular with French
Marine’s customers.
Fastest moving fit-out products are Vetus marine batteries,
exhaust parts, hydraulic systems
and fuel/waste tanks.
Prop problems?
One of the most neglected
areas of performance under
power - in yachts and motor
boats - is the propellor. Yet the
power and
efficiency loss
from a badly
chipped,
corroded or
bent propellor
can be quite
staggering.
French
Marine Motors will be pleased
to give your prop - or props the once over and get it back
working at peak efficiency.
It could be the best value
tune-up you ever had.
oothly up to 42 knots. Owner delighted.
evington Suffolk
igel Theadom’s
spar and rigging
shop at Suffolk
Yacht Harbour has been
humming with activity in
the run-up to Easter as
another flat-out season
gets underway.
“However hard we try
to persuade clients to
plan ahead, there’s
always this incredible
scramble to get afloat”
commented Nigel.
“At the moment, we
have over 100 jobs in the
book - and most of them
are wanted yesterday!”
Ben and Janet onboard
This year however, Rig
Magic is in better shape
than ever to cope with
demand. Over the winter
they have taken on Sam
Smith as a trainee rigger
and he has launched himself into the fray with
great enthusiasm and is
already scaling rigs with
confidence.
High flier:
Rig Magic’s
Jonny Ratcliffe
makes a rapid
descent after
hooking up new
furling gear to
the masthead of
a big Moody.
Easter 2002 marked the end of two years of
intense growth for Rig Magic and the start
of a third season with more personnel, more
resources - and the biggest order book yet.
Sam Smith watches and
learns aerial gymnastics
from Jonny Ratcliffe.
Paul Heiney about to head
west in Ayesha.
The office has been
expanded with more work
stations and computers and
new software systems have
been put in to aid project
management and the
incredibly complex business
of stock control. Janet Dow
is now in place three days a
week to run administration
and accounting.
Winter warmers
Over the slightly less hectic
winter months, the lads
have completed many interesting projects including a
rig refit of Paul Heiney’s
Biscay 36 Ayesha in which
he and his wife, Libby
Purves, will be cuising this
season from their new
permanent base in Brixham
Harbour, South Devon.
Rig Magic Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN
Tel: 01473 655089 Fax: 01473 655091 email: rigmagic@aol.com
Crikey - the racing season
is here already!
Nigel’s X-99 Crikey.....!!!!!
has now got her new livery
and is ready for
the Nationals
at the Port of
Felixstowe
Regatta in June
followed by a
trip to Holland
for the highly
competitive
X-99 worlds in
Holland later
this year.
Crikey.....!!!!! winning the
X-99 Nationals at Ramsgate
in August 2001.
• MASTS • MAIN BOOMS • SPINNAKER BOOMS • STANDING RIGGING
• RUNNING RIGGING • HEADSAIL REEFING • MAINSAIL REEFING • SPINNAKER
HANDLING • CONTROL LINE SYSTEMS • DECKGEAR • WINCHES • SHEETS
& SHEETING SYSTEMS • TRACKS AND TRAVELLERS • MOBILE WORKSHOP
• REPAIR & MAINTENANCE • ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS • RIG TUNING
• ON THE WATER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS • DECK & SPAR FITTINGS
Bob Spalding Marine Ltd
Exceptional products, advice, support and prices.
Exciting new boats and engines for 2002 . . .
• The new Yamaha 2.5 HP four stroke (left) is
sure to be a favourite with yachtsmen for
their inflatable tenders.
• The new Campion Explorer 602 (20’ Sport utility
weekender) is ideal for watersports of all kinds.
no sales commission at all and
unlike most manufacturers we
will consider almost any boat
for a trade-in.
Alternatively, list her for sale
with Clarke & Carter – we do
all the legwork from sales
particulars, viewings, advertising,
contracts and finance to
insurance – a true one stop
shop. Over 200 owners a year
benefit from the Clarke &
Carter service!
We look forward to being
of assistance – give Stephen or
Duncan a call for friendly advice.
skip. Be warned - corrosion
and decay are not always
out on display.
Cruising boats, whose
owners may not feel the
need for quite such rigorous
maintenance as racing folk,
are particularly vulnerable especially if they sail shorthanded and might struggle
in an emergency. If you’ve
got your suspicions - let us
check it out for you.
• The new Orkney Day
Angler 20 (20’ Fishing/
workboat) is the ultimate
craft in its size and class.
• Great YAMAHA deals to
Harbour Light readers:
35% off selected outboards
whilst stocks last. 12% off all
engines under 20 HP. 16% off
engines over 25 HP and all other
new Yamaha outboards.
In addition to this we are
offering a 10% discount off
Campion Explorer 602
Orkney Day Angler 20
Campion Allante 485
I N F L ATA B L E S
labour for 2002 summer
season servicing.
It is important for customers
to quote where they have seen
this offer for it to be validated.
The Yacht Harbour,
Levington, Ipswich, Suffolk IP10 0LN.
Tel: 01473 659674 email: sales@bobspaldingmarine.com
New boat sales: Roy Spalding Used boat sales/brokerage: Howard Ford
Secretary/Administrator: Sally Frost Service/Parts/Accounts: Helene Roper
Technician: Rindy Frost
We are also pleased to
announce sales achievements
for last year which include UK
top 2 Placing for Campion, top
3 placing for Yamaha, top 2
placing for Orkney Boats, Top
5 placing for Zodiac and an
impressive overall increase in
used and brokerage sales.
Our new dedicated
fitting shop facility is now fully
functional and operating
smoothly in the rigging out of
new and used boats and we
are pleased to announce that
our number one technician
(Rindy Frost) has achieved the
highest accolades in two and
four stroke Yamaha outboard
servicing. Not forgetting that
he is a true all rounder with
vast experience in petrol and
diesel stern drives as well.
We are currently
running some excellent sales
promotions offering large savings for the summer of 2002
on outboards and boat packages which are being well
received by customers - leaving
quite a bit extra in their pocket
to enjoy their purchase even
more. So be it a small runabout, a fishing boat or a
classy Sports cuddy, we have
the outboard / boat for them.
And packaged with excellent
rates of finance and insurance
along with our acclaimed after
sales support, they should have
worry free boating ahead.
We are only too pleased to
advise the undecided customer
on the best package to suit
their requirements.
harbour light
1977-2002
R & J Celebrate Silver Jubilee
The year 2002 is a big
landmark for celebrations.
Fifty years ago, Her
Majesty The Queen
ascended the throne and
celebrates her Golden
Jubilee this year. However,
what many people may not
know is that 25 years ago, R & J
Marine Electronics started trading and
this year we celebrate our Silver Jubilee!
To mark the occasion R & J are holding a weekend of special
celebrations on the18th and 19th May based at our newest
office and electronics showroom situated in the heart of Ipswich
at Ipswich Haven Marina. If you haven’t visited us there before,
this will be a golden opportunity to see a wide range of electronic
equipment on display. And if you have become one of the many
regular visitors to our new showroom, there will be even more
reason to visit as we will have even more on display!
The weekend will be supported by many of the top marine
electronics manufacturers such as Raymarine, Simrad, Icom etc
who will be on hand to show their latest equipment and technology
and available to talk to you about any specific problems or
queries that you may have. There will be competitions, prizes and
also some mini seminars covering various topics on electronics,
navigation and electrics. This event, being part of the Ipswich
Haven Marina open weekend will give the visitor to the marina
plenty to see and do. Please come along and bring your friends –
it promises to be an excellent weekend!
The R & J story
In 1977 Roy, Ron, John and John – hence the R&J – won the
local agency contract for Kelvin Hughes, a well known maker of
ship-born radar and communication equipment. Setting up their
office and workshops at Dovercourt in Essex, using a combination
of knowledge and experience of naval electronics systems.
Since then, R&J Marine Electronics have become the leading
We’re having a Jubilee, too . . .
Celebrate with us at the Ipswich Haven Marina open weekend on 18th-19th May
Entertainment systems for home or boat!
Recently exhibited in our Ipswich Haven office are some
rather sleek and sexy looking entertainment systems.
A 13” colour liquid crystal screen television and a 15” colour
liquid crystal monitor give clear, bright and high definition picture
images. The wafer thin profile of each unit makes them ideal for
an installation where space is tight – they can even be mounted
on a bulkhead, so there will be no need to be bored next time
you are weather bound. Just tune in to your favourite programme.
Also on display is a Nakamichi sound system which certainly
puts other CD/radios in the shade. Come in and have a look for
yourselves.
New Ipswich showroom
specialist on the East Coast in the field of marine electronics.
Although none of the original partners are left, the company
is still privately owned and is a true family business.
Julie Coulling, the Managing Director has her daughter, Amy,
working alongside her ensuring that continuity in the business
will remain for at least the next 25 years!
C-Map chart cartridges
Those of you with electronic chart plotters that take C-map
NT cartridges may like to know that we have the facility at R&J to
produce new cartridges or update your existing ones.
The programming facility that we have enables the usual
C-map NT style of cartridges - although the previous style, CF85
format can still be ordered from C-map for you. Further more,
the C-map cartridges to suit Furuno products can also be
programmed on site. Generally programming new or updating
existing cartridges can be carried out while you wait.
Prices for C-map chart cartridges start at £ 65 + vat.
Right: Aquos LCD flatscreen TV from Sharp is
available with 13, 15 or
20” screen. Suitable for
shelf top or bulkhead
mounting, these TVs
have brilliant pictures
and great sound.
Left: SoundSpace 5
Stereo Music System
from Nakamichi has a
MusicBank 3-disc CD
changer, FM/AM tuner
and preamplifier.
R&J MARINE ELECTRONICS LTD Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN
TELEPHONE: 01473 659737 FAX: 01473 659877 email: rjmarine@netcomuk.co.uk
E.A.S.T.
Instructors’ Dunking
On a particularly unpleasant
day in March, we took 18 of
our instructors out to sea in a
Force 7 on ‘unspecified’ preseason training. Off Walton
we dumped them into three
liferafts and headed home having arranged collection for
them much later by Coastguard
Sea-King helicopter. Great fun!
The East Anglian Sailing Trust is organising
special ‘Taster Events’ at Suffolk Yacht Harbour to
attract more adults onto the water this Spring.
18 of our
instructors
got a taste
of their own
medicine on
a cold, windy
March day
off Walton.
East Anglian Sea School
Around Britain Whiz . . .
wo of our Beneteau 33.7
yachts are setting off on
the 1st leg of our Around
Britain Cruise. This leg will take
us via the Channel Islands to
Lands End and then north to
arrive at Milford Haven by 21st
June. We have one place left on
this leg as we go to print.
We will leave here on 23rd
June and head up through the
Irish Sea to be in Fort William
on the West Coast of Scotland
around 5th July.
After a 2-day stopover
under Ben Nevis, the fleet will
proceed via the Caledonian
Canal into the North Sea and
then south back to Ipswich for
around 19 July - with possible
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We’ve put a
brand new
RIB on the
water for
2002 - this
Ribeye 580
supplied by
Bob Spalding
Marine Ltd.
calls in Edinburgh and Hartlepool.
Racing Packages
We still have space available
for the Port of Felixstowe Regatta
racing course, 28 May - 3 June.
This is a unique opportunity
to compete in 4 days of race
training prior to a long weekend of serious competition in
the East Coast’s biggest regatta.
Saturday and Sunday evening
festivities are included.
There’s still time to reserve a
berth for the 2003 Fastnet Race
and help us retain our class
awards gained in the 1999 and
2001 races. We tailor weekend
race training opportunities
before the Fastnet to get you
up to speed for the challenge.
Lifeboat crew training
We have also been active in
providing Boat Handling courses
up to commercial standard for
the nearby Aldeburgh Lifeboat
crew - seen above looking very
pleased with their certificates.
Some of
the crew of
Aldeburgh
lifeboat with
their practical
course
certificates
Memories of
last year’s
Fastnet. Get
your booking
in soon if
you want to
do the 2003
race with us.
“Disabled people
can derive great
benefits from
sailing” says Bill
Smith, a trustee of
the East Anglian
Sailing Trust, a registered charity which
is based at Suffolk
Yacht Harbour. EAST
provides opportunities for adults with
disabilities and their
carers to get out on
the water.
“It is very much
about the integration EAST members planning an evening sail. Bill Smith (in cap),
of disabled and able- Peter Pearson {left) and Kevin Curtis - Double Paralympic Gold
medallist and twice Yachtsman of the Year - discuss the route.
bodied people”,
commented Bill.
EAST has its own fleet of five National Squib dayboats. The first,
Easternairs, was launched in 1996 by Suffolk-based writer, broadcaster and
yachtswoman Libby Purves.
Successful fund-raising has enabled EAST to continue adding to the
fleet and the fifth, Royal Spirit, was launched by the Princess Royal who
visited EAST at Suffolk Yacht Harbour last year to open its purpose
equipped training room.
We are actively looking for new disabled members and their carers who
would like to get involved in sailing. So EAST is holding a “taster day” on
Saturday, May 11, when interested people will be able to have a half-hour
trial sailing session on the River Orwell. Pre-booking is essential and people
should call Ian Bliss at Rethink Disability on 01449 770154.
The established EAST cruising for blind and visually impaired sailors has
run from Levington since 1993. Audio compasses are used to enable visually
impaired helmsmen to steer the required course.
This year EAST are also running two taster cruising weekends for blind
and visually impaired sailors. The first is on June 7-9 with the annual VI
cruising week from July 13-20. Details from Carol Bloyce on 01473 659221
or c.bloyce@btinternet.com. There is also an offshore cruise week for
experienced sailors with disabilities from July 26 to August 3. Subject to
conditions, this cruise will aim to cross the North Sea to Holland.
There are also more details of EAST activities on the website.
East Anglian Sailing Trust
Suffolk Yacht Harbour
Levington Ipswich IP10 0LN
Tel: (Membership) 07966 169668
Tel: (Cruising Sec.) 01473 659221
Tel: (Keelboat Sec.) 01473 624218
Fax: 01473 659994
Registered Charity No. 1060465
EAST ANGLIAN SEA SCHOOL Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington, Ipswich, IP10 0LN.
Tel: 01473 659992 Fax: 01473 659994 email: eassltd@aol.com www.eastanglianseaschool.com
www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk
email: admin@east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk