| NEWS updated 5th January 2009.
CS Sailing Jan 2009 available on the Newsletters
page.
CSORC AGM. The 2009 AGM will be held at Littleton
Sailing Club on Thursday 12th February. Everybody is welcome but
it would be appreciated if you would contact the crew bureau if you
are planning to come, so we have an idea of numbers.
Fastnet 2009 The anticipated cost of the campaign is
£1500 a head for three qualifying events plus the race itself. The
3 qualifying races are likely to be the le Havre on 2nd/3rd May, the Eddystone
on 23rd/24th May and the Channel Race on 13th/14th June, with the Cherbourg
on 26th/28th June as a reserve.See the programme
for more details. If you are interested in competing in this event
then please contact the crew bureau.
2009 race programme Please see the programme
for details. We have quite a full programme this year but as ever
it all depends on what you want.
Cherbourg RORC Sept 2008. A solid 30 knots of wind on
the way over, and then even more on the return. But we didn't break anything
and despite a bumpy ride the sea coming over the boat was surprisingly
warm on the hands. Flying Banana, a trusty Sigma 38 chartered from MEC
sail, proved that these boats are hard to beat when the wind gets up. In
IRC Class 3 we finished 4th out of 10 listed entries and overall we finished
12th out of 35 entries (14 failed to start). In the “Seahorse Division”
we finished 1st out of 5 entries.
Interdepartmental Offshore Regatta (IDOR) (31st May
to 5th June). Once again CSORC will be entering a boat in the Civil Service
Interdepartmental Offshore Regatta (the IDOR), one of several CSSA clubs
to do so. The majority of the entries for this event are made up of crews
from a single department (HMCE, GCHQ etc.) and most crews have a proportion
of novices. As a club open to all CSSC members we are able to provide an
opportunity for those whose departments cannot muster an entry, and of
course to retired and outsourced civil servants.
This event is great fun with a wide range of abilities and experience,
a good social side, and some keen competition. | 