Happy diners at the Oxted Offshore Annual Dinner on Saturday 1 April at Tandridge Golf Club
This years Annual Dinner took place at Tandridge Golf Club (with grateful thanks to Bob Perry) on Saturday 1 April and was attended by 40 members and guests. A great time was had by all and many thanks go to Richard and Sharon for all their hard work in putting the evening together.
For our Club Night on Wednesday 28 June we have arranged something a bit special for the Oxted Offshore Ladies and to celebrate the summer solstice. OK – it’s a week late, but it will still be a long and hopefully balmy night!
Bob Perry is organising a cruise around the Southern Ionian Islands in Greece at the beginning of July for one week. Dates are still to be fixed, but departure date will be sometime around 3 July.
If anybody would like to join in Bob can organise a bigger yacht or a second charter, depending on numbers.
Please contact Bob directly or via the comment box below for more details and to register your interest.
This special tour of the Dover Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre will commence at 14:00 with rendezvous in the Centre’s car park at 13:45. We will be hosted by Tony Evans, Maritime Operations Specialist, and will see the Operations Room, Rescue Coordination Centre, Area Control and Channel VTS Radar Coverage plus special surveillance. All of this is, however, dependent on any emergency or crisis management at the time of visiting!
Please join us for lunch beforehand at The Coastguard, an unpretentious waterside pub at St Margaret’s Bay beneath the White Cliffs with a British menu based on local produce. Britain’s nearest pub to France, The Coastguard was listed No 4 in The Times newspaper’s Top 20 Coastal Pubs. The table is booked for 12 noon, giving us time for a leisurely lunch before the 10 minute drive back to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
The Coastguard
The Bay
St Margarets Bay
Dover, Kent CT15 6DY
Dover Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
HM Coastguard
Langdon Battery, Swingate
Dover, Kent CT15 5NA
Göcek Gulf Cruise
Plans are now firmly in place for a week long cruise exploring the Göcek Gulf commencing September 16th 2017. It’s an interesting area and Rhodes is only 25 miles away.
Eight members of Oxted Offshore have confirmed interest and plan to team up on a Fountaine Pajot Lipari 41 catamaran however this could be altered should more members wish to join.
Itinerary for the cruise to be agreed:
Please contact the club if this is of interest to you.
Tides and weather can be problematic in the Solent in October so this year’s autumn rally is being designed to make all the options possible!
On Saturday 7 October participating vessels will be asked to score points by visiting navigation buoys and yellow racing marks within an alloted time. Some carry more points than others, so it’s all about strategy! The vessel with the most points at the end of the day wins a prize.
We’ve all got bits of sailing paraphernalia cluttering up the cupboards – from training books, sailing novels and duplicate charts to unused thermal hats, a spare head torch or that Musto polo that never did fit properly!
This year’s freezer rally and Christmas Lunch at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes has been booked for Thursday 7 December.
More details including menu choices will be distributed nearer the time.
Boat insurance specialists MS Amlin have launched a competition to find the most interesting and creative boat names out there. The winners, selected on a monthly basis, will be awarded Southampton Boat Show tickets.
We think that Degree of Latitude may be a strong contender? Someone want to nominate it?
Classic Sailing have published a 58-page guide to Tall Ships and Tall Ship Races which is free to download and includes:
There’s also a section on How to Spot Wildlife at Sea and a calendar of 2017 Tall Ship Races. A really good read if Tall Ships float your boat!!
Download a copy here: