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East Cowes Rally 29 - 30 October 2016

Published 00:00 on 5 Nov 2016

With a continuation of the superb weather we have been enjoying, the rally was set fair to welcome the 25 boats that had registered to attend. We actually had 22 arrive as three our members had problems either mechanical or domestic. East Cowes marina performed their normal friendly efficient job of allocating berths, even accommodating one itinerant member who decided he wanted to berth at the other end of the marina from the rally (!)

With 6 boats arriving on the Friday (a couple even earlier) we were all safely tied up by 1600 on Saturday. Although the weather was beautiful, we decided against a pontoon party, opting instead for a slightly earlier trip to the Island Sailing Club (ISC) with transported provided by the Folly Water Taxi's and paid for by Haslar Yacht Club (HYC).

The meal at the ISC was very good, helped no doubt by the "starter set" of two bottles of wine per table provided by HYC. It was a truly social evening with the Commodore, Grahame Solway, keeping us all amused with his presentation of the "Vice Commodore (Heckling)" badge to Miles Thomas.; well deserved and equally well received!

Sunday dawned and everyone started making their way back to home port, some staying for lunch, others making an early start. Jem Nicholls and his occasional crew decided to venture up the Medina and I received a call (just as I was sitting down to lunch) to say he'd lost any thrust from his engine, even though it was still running.... turns out his prop had fallen off!! A rapid response from Seastart, a tow out to sea, sail back and tow alongside at Haslar temporarily resolved the situation.

This on the rally were:

Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	LOA	Sail/Power
CORNELL	Graham Armitage	Elaine Armitage	11m	Sail
MAGIC MIST	Paul Baker	Jacqui Baker	10.2m	Sail
VIN ROUGE	Stephen Burder	Deborah Burder	10.5m	Power
SCORPIONS	Mike Davies	Gillina Davies; John Walker; Mo Walker	10m	Sail
ICARUS	Peter Day	Lyn Day	10m	Power
WAKATERE	Charles Dingle	Andrew	9m	Sail
TALLULAH	Brian Dunton	Dawne Dunton	15m	Power
El FINISTERRA	Martin Files	Jacqueline Files	11.9m	Power
ALCINE	Philip Hampson	Peggy Hampson	8m	Sail
NAVIGATOR	John Leheup	Lesley Leheup	14m	Sail
MISTY MOON	Brian Masters	Hilary Masters	12.8m	Sail
AT-ONE-MENT	Andrew McAllister	Liz McAllister	9.55m	Sail
TIDDELY POM II	Peter Metcalf	Sue Metcalf	10m	Sail
NEMO	Jeremy Nicholls	Julie Madgwick; Ray Page; Mark Stockham	12m	Sail
NORDLYS	Mike Phillips		8.9m	Sail
SENTOSA	Grahame Solway	David Reynard	14m	Sail
CHARLOTTE	Andrew Spong		7m	Power
ZIG-ZAG	Gay Sutherland	Crew	10.3m	Sail
LUVIT TOO	Miles Thomas	Debbie Murphy	12m	Motor
HOEDEAR	David Whitehead	Di Whitehead	11.7m	Motor
	Tim Waite	Jenni Waite

It is with some sadness we also see Peter & Lyn Day on their last HYC Rally as their boat is now to be sold and they are moving on to other exciting ventures. Peter & Lyn are founder members and have been enthusiastic and supportive members of the club as well has becoming dear friends to Dawne & I, we wish them well.

This also was my last on-the-water event as Events Officer for HYC, I've enjoyed every single one in the 7 years since we formed HYC and I took the role on.

Brian

Brian Dunton

Events Officer, Haslar Yacht Club

www.haslaryachtclub.co.uk