Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 1 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Shukri (Chuck) Alfa from Beirut recently completed his RYA Day Skipper course with us.
Chuck is our oldest student to date. He was born in 1935. He’s keen and strong and looking forward to many more years sailing.
One of the great things about sailing is that it is not a sport that is solely for the young and super fit.
My father-in-law owned and [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing, Staff & Other Animals on 1 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Mike West, one of our guest instructors, recently helped to take Quilombo, a 50 foot ketch, parr of the way from Aegina to Devon.
Their journey took them through the Corinth Canal and across the Ionian.
They then made their way via Sicily, Ibiza, and the south coast of Spain, arriving in Almeria on 24 June.
On the journey Mike [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing, Staff & Other Animals on 26 July, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is George’s account of his recent trip on the yacht, Harmony.
“I had been asked to join the crew of Harmony, a Beneteau 50, to do a YM Prep for the owner, John Robinson.
John and his wife, Caroline, did their Day Skipper and Competent Crew course with us last year. This July John took a [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 17 July, 2007 | No Comments »
Here are Christine (11) and Kassie (7) from Russia proudly showing their Start Yachting certificates. They were awarded these by skipper, George, for their participation in a sailing week we ran for their father, Ray Church.
Ray and his wife, Elena, completed their Day Skipper and Competent Crew respectively with us in 2007. Ray followed this with a trip [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 3 July, 2007 | No Comments »
Alex sailed with us in May for two weeks. He passed his Competent Crew and Day Skipper, doing a weekend theory course in between.
He sent me loads of photos today, all of which were great. It was hard to choose some to put up on the Blog but I chose these to give a flavour [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 3 July, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a nice photo of Valentine taken last week. She sails beautifully and is very comfortable here in her home waters of Greece.
On board are the Ewing family from Oregan, USA. Sam and Catherine Ewing successfully completed a 9 day combined Day Skipper theory and practical course, while Rees and Spencer obtained their Competent [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 9 June, 2007 | No Comments »
The crew on our Spring milebuilding trip to the Cyclades returned safely to Kalamaki Marina this morning.
They stopped off at Aegina last night where we took this picture. On board were:
(back row - left to right) David Germond (UK), Gabriel Chimisliu (Romania) , Horatiu Florecsu (Romania), Ed Kilgour (Canada), George Burton (our Principal), Les Jones (RYA Cruising [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 9 June, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is Timothy Gordon, Anna Gordon, and Miriam Gordon, who passed their RYA Competent Crew course with us on 13 April 2007.
We would not normally expect anyone under 13 to have the concentration to pass the course but these three were superb. They are all competent dinghy sailors and their knowledge of nautical terms, points [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 9 June, 2007 | No Comments »
This lovely lady is Harmony, a Beneteau 50, owned by John and Caroline Robinson. John successfully completed his RYA Day Skipper course and Caroline her RYA Competent Crew course with us in 2006.
Prior to his course, John sailed Harmony 780 miles from Eastbourne to Liverpool, enduring a Force 10 en route.
In July 2007 John, Caroline [...]
Posted in Crew Club on 9 June, 2007 | No Comments »
Georgina Lawrie is one of our most regular clients. She came to do a Competent Crew course with us in 2006, stayed for a second week, and then went on our milebuilder to the Cyclades in October.
This year she successfully completed her Day Skipper course and sailed for an additional week to gain more experience. [...]
