March 2008 - Legend from Miami. 4 members from Cromarty Boat Club are off on a trans Atlantic trip soon to bring back a 40 foot Legend from Miami. Involved are Gwyn Phillips, skipper and owner, Bill Paterson, George Selvester, Alex Davidson (1st leg) and Neil Brooker. They have set up a website to publicise their adventure, track their progress, raise sponsorship and, by way of guess how long they will take, a fundraiser for the RNLI. The website is www.sassielassieatsea.com.

Highland Sailing Seminar 2006 on 18 November. Stellar list of speakers.
Poster (doc / pdf) and Programme (pdf).

COACHING ACTION PLAN IN ACTION! (or ‘Fun & Funky at Fortrose’)
The 2006-7 Coaching Action Plan contains:

North of Scotland School Dinghy Championships: Open to school pupils resident in the Grampian, Moray, Highlands and Islands areas. To be hosted by Chanonry Sailing Club on the 24th September 2007. Notice of Race and Sailing instructions to be issued by CSC in due course. www.chanonry.org.uk >>more

Steve Cockerill Boat Whisperer Evening With the use of some excellent hi-resolution video clips and more than a little enthusiasm, Steve explains how some boats sail faster than others - for no better reason than good technique. Steve Cockerill is the current RS300 National Champion, Blaze National Champion, UK Laser Masters National Champion (Standard Rig), Laser Masters Worlds 2nd Apprentice (Radial Rig), and Laser Radial National Champion. A combined Gaidhealtachd and Chanonry SC event. Date 9th October at Fortrose Community Centre. No dinghy (or cruiser) sailor should miss this. >>more

The 2006 Highland Sailing Seminar. 18th November. We are putting the final details together and will be contacting all soon. Another very special event with concurrent sessions to suit dinghy, cruiser and motor sailors and crews, there will be entertaining topics for everyone. Guest Speakers confirmed so far are in no particular order:
Fiona Campbell, a graduate with a Meteorology degree from the University of Reading and thesis in mesoscale weather modelling focusing on the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland for the 2000 America’s Cup, began working in a forecasting office of a new online weather forecasting company. She was contacted by David Houghton, an infamous British meteorologist famed for working with many America’s Cup, Whitbread and 8 Olympic sailing teams, he is also the author of Wind Strategy. This contact lead to a job as team meteorologist for GBR Challenge the America’s Cup team and the RYA Olympic Sailing Team for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Fiona is now a self employed marine meteorologist specialising in coastal conditions but also offshore weather routeing, as the Official Transat Meteorologist. Fiona is currently still involved with the UK Olympic team and with the current build up races to the America’s Cup in Valencia, some of her current sailing work is now on the BBC weather website.

Steve Goacher, A sailmaker who took the unconventional route into sailmaking by way of an Applied Physics Degree and some years in engineering. Along the way fitting in a 470 Olympic campaign and competing in Moth, OK, National 12, Enterprise, GP, Fireball, Flying Fifteen, Sonata, 1720, Beneteau 25, Melges 24, Formula 1. He has been 3 times Flying Fifteen World Champion, 4 times Flying Fifteen National Champion and Sonata National Champion. Last summer he has added Flying Fifteen European Champion to his CV and had considerable success in the Bell Laurie Scottish Series in the spring. Steve will speak about trimming dinghy and cruiser sails.

Tom Cunliffe, Yachtmaster instructor and examiner, Author of The Complete Yachtmaster, The Complete Day Skipper, Pilots, Ocean sailing, Celestial Navigation, Inshore Navigation and Heavy Weather Cruising to name a few. A regular contributor to Yachting Monthly, Practical Boat Owner, Sailing Today and other yachting magazines, currently cruising the Baltic. An excellent entertaining speaker who will be able to deliver two lectures.

Gaidhealtachd will issue the full details soon, expressions of interest can be made to Brian or Richard to reserve your place. If you race, cruise, motor and even reluctantly crew you really have to be at this. >>more
 

GS to provide financial backing to clubs organizing training or sailing events.
Clubs can be put off organizing events if there is a financial risk based on the uncertainty of take-up. This uncertainty results in ‘tentative’ events which unfortunately attract ‘tentative’ support. GS can ‘underwrite’ agreed activities within the limits and rules (click) to reduce the financial risks to clubs and to allow clubs to make firm plans. By ‘underwriting’ GS will make good a shortfall should the club’s event not produce the intended income to cover costs; however, if the event is financially successful, the club will not call on the GS funds. GS will charge a premium for underwriting.

Any queries to Richard Jenner - r.h.jenner-at-btinternet.com

'GS is very pleased to announce that the Coaching Highland Board of Directors has agreed to fund sailing as a core sport for Coaching Scholarships in 2006 - 7. GS will now work with Coaching Highland to produce a Coaching Action Plan that recommends the prioritisation for sailing coaching funding.

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