Chichester Yacht Club Magazine September 2018 | Page 16

Yachts Go Cruising; Westward Ho Ho Ho, 2018 - by Sue Brown
The Chichester Flotilla of seven boats
rendezvoused in Torquay on Tuesday 12th
June. With easterly winds, calm seas and
sunshine, boats meandered towards Torquay
from a range of destinations including the
Channel Islands and Solent. The day finished with a visit to Brixham Yacht
club, which provided a delicious meal with
great views over the busy harbour with its
famous Brixham Trawlers, as well as the not
so picturesque fishing fleet.
All crews gathered in the Royal Torbay Yacht
Club for a briefing on the delights to come,
from the cruise leaders Helen and Graeme
Jupp on Dawn Chorus. At the end of the evening all crews embarked
by dinghy to return to yachts on the Brixham
YC pontoon – perilous moments which
surprisingly all survived.
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The code word: Ho Ho Ho.
The mission: Fun and frivolity and of
course, great sailing.
Thursday 14th June
Today saw us reaching for the thermal vests
as the day started grey, wet and windy.
However, our sail to Dartmouth was
Wednesday 13th June
surprisingly good, with the sun breaking
A pleasant but short sail to Brixham, the other through and providing almost Mediterranean
side of Tor Bay, heralded the official beginning blue skies. The overtaking porpoises were
of our odyssey, shared with gannets,
obviously on a mission too and didn’t stop to
guillemots, gulls and of course, loads of lobster play.
pots.
Both boats are
anchored in the
Dandy Hole
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