Firstly, congratulations to Barbara for getting this BB up and running. What a great idea. Why didn't I think of it!
Great to be able to see whats happing in the Club and keep up to date from so far away. For those that don't know, Sam (my partner in crime) and I are currently on our boat (a Feeling 39) in much sunnier climes. Lanzarote to be exact. See www.marinarubicon.com (http://www.marinarubicon.com)
We have been back here for 2 weeks now and it has blown 20/25 kts every day and been quite cold - sometimes as low as 22 deg! Hauled "Imagine of Falmouth" out last week and spent 5 days sanding her bottom, re-antifouling and polishing the topsides all in 20+ kts of breeze. I had to check 2/3 times that Sam had not been blown off the tressels.
Anyway, all was well and we went back in the water last Friday. Celebrated on Sunday with a sail round to a local bay and dropped anchor for lunch. Still too cold for swimming though.
Weather has changed today - wind gone round to the East and we now have a real hot wind from the Sahara and the temp has shot up to 29/30 deg. Had to get the windscoop out to get some draught in the forward cabin - think it's going to be hot tonight.
Perhaps you could set up a section for those SYC members who are sailing abroad so we can keep in touch with each other. We bumped into Tom Mulligan in Gran Canaria and exchanged yarns. He was still smarting about the Royal Escape (oops!) - no not really.
Anyone for some sailing in the Canaries? Jon :D
Welcome to the SYC Members Forum Jon. Great to hear from you and thanks for those few kind words.
It's good to see how much interest there has been already and we've had 3 suggestions for new forums (fora? forenses?), which I hope to implement soon.
You're our second new member from overseas - pipped to the post from Fécamp.
The overseas/international section is a great idea. Another new member has also suggested a forum for commenting on marinas etc. Keep the ideas coming!
I'm very envious of you out there in Lanzarote especially after having a fantastic week in the Canaries - La Gomera - in 2004, complete with whales and 45mph acceleration zones betwen the islands.
Keep in touch via the Forum and next time you bump into Tom or any other friends from SYC say hello for us, and we'll hope to hear from them and see them added to the memberlist.
Hi Jon and Sam great to hear from you. Of course we have just completed the Solent Rally, well when I say completed, I mean that most boats got stuck in Chichester due to a gale in the channel! Nothing changes hey!
All good fun though
Best wishes
Hi Jon and Sam
Good to hear you are well.
Sail safely and kep in touc - glad you like the forum.
Ben XX