Posted in General Nonsense, Sailing on 7 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Came across this the other day - I can’t remember where but if I do I will post a credit. I thought it was great.
We’ve got plenty of wind here at the moment but there are days …
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing on 7 August, 2007 | No Comments »
One of the interesting things about our school is the wide range of nationalities and countries of residence that our students come from.
This picture shows the crew of Zotelot on our 5 May course. From left to right we have:
Issa-Ahmed Sidibe (from the Ivory Coast, now living in Switzerland), Jason Hickman (British, now living in [...]
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 Events and Stories, General Nonsense, Sailing on 30 July, 2007 | No Comments »
While on our Evia trip we also found that we had a guest who was not on our passenger list. Cecil the cicada had great acoustic talents and accompanied us for many miles clinging to the underside of the bimini. He disappeared as we neared Evia - we hope he flew to land rather than [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Sailing on 30 July, 2007 | No Comments »
Ian and I recently made a trip to Evia. We were with George and Anne Johnstone, who sail with us each year. We try to take them somewhere that they have not been before and this year we decided to head towards the island of Evia.
On the way we anchored for lunch in one of the bays [...]
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 General Nonsense, Sailing on 25 July, 2007 | No Comments »
You read it here first …
An Irishman now based in Switzerland writes: “I hereby challenge the Geneva sailing club for the America’s Cup.”
See the full article at - Batten down the hatches « The Swiss Job - he is looking for crew!
Maybe our students from the post below might be interested?
Posted in Sailing on 18 July, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is a nice photograph of Zotelot taken just outside Aegina harbour. On board are an Irish group - Shane Russell, Jane McCusker, James O’Keeffe, and Padraig O’Donoghue - who all successfully completed their Competent Crew with us.
I understand that they had a heavy night in Poros the evening before this picture was taken which [...]
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 [...]
