There are several cruisers for sale:
Isobels' s 20ft Viking Cruiser "Valhalla"
Mac's 17ft sailing cruiser "Rob Roy"
Tom Balm's 17ft sailing cruiser "Malindi"
So there is now plenty of chance for members to buy one of these tried and tested sailing cruisers and come sailing in the Cruiser Series. Unfortunately, Isobel's motor cruiser needs to be berthed elsewhere as we are not supposed to have motor cruisers at the club, apart from the one or two owned by very senior (by age!) members. Not sure of the prices, but if you are interested, then come on down to the club and have a look on the notice board.
Cruisers Are GO!
After a rather frustrating start to the season the Cruiser are definitely GO!
The eight races of the season so far have had an average of over three entries, and seven boats have so far competed.
At present Dewiniaeth is topping the table for the Early Sumner Series, but mainly by dint of having competed in every race, with two firsts, three seconds and a third, so Douglas and Dee have completed the minimum number of races and are now into improving their rating with discards. Hard on their heels is Lady Bug II with two firsts one second and one third, and Dave is praying for stronger winds. Blackbird, sailed by our Commodore and his Lady, is coming-up -fast-on-the-rails, with two firsts and a third, and that third was probably the result of a gear failure (that's the trouble with Old Gaffers!).
The handicapping system is now settling down and the finishes are often very close, and the more you sail the more accurate the handicapping system will get - so don't be shy, Cruisers, lets get sailing.
Douglas
Mike Craker and I took a GP14 (Maggie May) to the Littleton “Pepperpot” 3 hour pursuit race. After a disaster with the rigging, we decided to jury rig the sail and have a go as they say (best of British and all that). Being late to start and not finding out the course until the last minute we did well to finish. Coming a healthy 17 out of 25 (only 22 finished ha ha). We were rewarded with a bottle of wine each for the first visitors to finish (and it went down very nicely). While the locals where complaining of the poor wind, we had to smile for us it was a very good wind compared with what we are used to....
Martyn Young
Please, please, please can I remind you all that when you come down to the club, we cannot change £20 notes? (Unless of course your drinks bill comes to that amount.) Please try and bring either change or notes of smaller amounts. Thank you. Sally
Yes it’s that time of year again for Camp Desborough; this year its the 3rd of July and has a Pirates of the Caribbean theme. Hopefully there will be even more people and even more fun than we had last year.
Please see the poster in the newsletter and send a quick email to me so I can sort out catering.
See ye there me hearties!
Dave Henfrey
This year's” Treasure Hunt" was arranged brilliantly by Mark Pepall.
I can add that The Fish and Chip supper was equally brilliantly arranged by the lovely Sarah Pepall. I am under the impression that Sarah also had a word with Him Above, and arranged the weather brilliantly too. Such a good evening, except my team didn't win.
Sally Dick
DSC Treasure hunt 2010 – Report
More than 70 people turned out in a dozen boats to enjoy warm weather and glorious sunshine on Saturday the 26th of May 2010 – a perfect day for cruising along the river!
All boats set off promptly at 6:30 or so, except for Dave Henfrey’s cruiser, which drifted backwards towards the Warren Lodge while Chris Abell repeatedly tried to restart the engine! Some boats finished in well under an hour (which was reflected in their scores!).
Everyone generally agreed the questions were a little hard (but then, one team put “BROWN” as their first answer to question 1 - I’m not sure anyone could ever dream up an easier clue!).
The fish ‘n’ chips arrived on time at 8:00, fresh and still hot, followed by Magnum ice creams which went down really well in the warm, sunny evening.
The winners were announced and prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd place (good recovery Chris!). Many stayed on talking and playing pool until 11:00.
The most common proposed clue for OL’ TROUT was “Membership Secretary”!
We are still looking for someone to take over as Editor – please speak to Anna or Richard C.
Spencer's Ladies
Spencer takes an ad hoc class of a Monday evening in the summer, of members who would like to improve their sailing skills in a less formal setting than a proper RYA one week course. The atmosphere is fantastic, and though one or two gentlemen may also come to this Monday evening class, there is a definite preponderance of lovely laughing ladies, as can be seen in the photo.
Anyone who would like to attend Spencer's Monday night training sessions, is very welcome but you must let him know, however, if you want a Pink T Shirt then that will cost you £15.73.
Sally
The photo shows Spencer's Ladies and their very distinctive new Pink T Shirts which are emblazoned on the front with "I am one of........" and then when they turn around one can read the legend ".......Spencer's Ladies."
May I suggest that all members should go onto our www.Desboroughsc.org website and click on the "video clip" from the National 12 Open, if able. This is amazing, and Graham Kean still came 3rd. So clever, I thought. Well done, Graham.
The Shepperton Raft Race 2010
A picture of the five young lads from the Desborough Sailing Club, who won First Prize for being the fastest U Sixteen raft. On it were Nicholas Pepall, Ed Horton, Joshua Dalton, Matthew Renton and Sam Dalton. And there was no bias on the part of the judges, who were Nikki Cowlard, Lynn Lewis and Sally Dick, because they were indeed the fastest
There were also four naughty Nuns from the Sound of Music; amongst them was Mark Lawrence who used to be a member of DSC. His sisters were known as Sister Y Not, Sister Y Botha, and Sister Y Me.
This is to say a heartfelt thank you to some of the people who made last Saturday evening's Jazz on the River Bank such a success.
Thank you Iris for having booked Chris Houslander and the Panama Cafe Orchestra last year, whilst you were still Social Secretary.
Thank you to Sarah and her myriad helpers for a quite outstanding supper and for organising the whole evening so well, and with the apparent ( ! ) lack of worry and fraughtness, or at least it seemed to go so smoothly, that I would have presumed she had run such evening such as we enjoyed, many times before. Amazing.
Thank you to Dave for organising the erection and dismantling of the marquee.
Thank you to all of those who came and enjoyed the evening so much, which made all the planning so worthwhile.
Just a lack of thank you's to the weather, which though it didn't rain, it was still jolly cold in comparison with a few weeks earlier.
A wonderful evening, so thank you all so much from Sally