Don’t forget the August camping/caravanning week where all interested can set up on the land behind the clubhouse.  With all the clubhouse facilities available (including electricity for your caravan if you have enough extension cable!) it is a week many enjoy.  If you can’t come for the week why not for a few days?  With no booking or site fees required what better deal can you find?

An added interest this year is the Miracle Open Meeting is to be held on the Bank Holiday Saturday.
 
Miracle Open Meeting at T.S.S.C.

Saturday 29th August

A chance for all Miracle sailors to join in an open meeting without the travelling .  It’s a friendly fleet so don’t be shy, the first race is 11.00 am.  There

are 3 races planned with the best 2 results to count.
Camping

As its the Bank Holiday and Camping Week is on there need be no problem over accommodation if you can bring a caravan or a tent.

Saturday night meal

A meal is to be provided on Saturday night to which all are welcome.  However, the members organising it need to know numbers so if you would like to come please contact Kenneth Gibson on 0191 537 1712.  It will be £4.00 (pies and peas followed by apple crumble and custard.).
Help requested

Whilst a number of members have agreed to do certain jobs anyone else who is available and would like to help will be welcome.  Please contact Kenneth
Gibson on 0191 537 1712.

Blessed with decent wind for a change the many sailors participating in the
workshop has plenty of time on the water.  The main work was based around the plans for the Commodore's Cup when during the second race seconds would be gained by collecting plastic balls off the water—not as easy an exercise as it may at first seem!  With precision sailing and good rules knowledge an advantage participants joined in with gusto and at one point Finlay Scott had his own private ball park in his Topper!

The day dawned bright and warm, with a gentle cooling breeze stirring the trees. Actually, it was a bit murky and the wind was quite fretful, but the situation
developed nicely, and the first race was a pleasant sail around the outside of the marks from 1 to 7. This was won nicely by Ken and Gillan in their Miracle, and Martin was second in his Laser.

The wind improved a little for

the second race.  Actually, it got quite blustery on occasions.  This race was a straightforward handicap race complicated by your Commodore who was acting the fool as Race Officer.  Participants were to collect plastic balls scattered across the water, each coloured ball resulted in a small
reduction to their finishing times.  Some members went all out for speed, whilst others gathered balls with alacrity, but Martin’s racket of stuffing half a dozen red balls (10 seconds each) up his jumper before the start was declared a fault,
although he played an ace by winning on the water with the aid of only 12
seconds worth of balls.  Ken and Gillan came in second this time, and with a first and second to each of them, the Race Officer came under almost unbearable pressure  as to  the method of separating the two.  Great relief – whatever way was
suggested, the result was the same.  With commiserations to Ken and Gillan.
An enjoyable day’s sailing.  By the way,  has anyone spotted the Wimbledon
connections yet?

The Introduction to Sailing is an excellent start for anyone wishing to try sailing or get back into the sport after a number of years away.  The Higher Levels is for anyone who would like to improve their sailing at any level.  This course is
particularly geared around what the participants would like to work on and is an opportunity for some personal coaching.  If you would like to know more, or would like to book a place, contact Malcolm Cummins on 01325 356673.

Once again T.S.S.C. was delighted to have the children of Chernobyl and their host families visit the Club.  With the water bathed in sunshine

and perfect winds everyone who wanted to go out in a boat was able to do so.  Thanks go to all who made the day possible and gave those who wished a chance to sail.

An opportunity to introduce local people to sailing ,ideal winds meant we were able to take everyone out, including one gentleman who uses a wheelchair.  A great time was had by all and a generous donation from the Round Table was greatly appreciated.

Got to the Club to find either too much or too little wind so don’t want to sail?  Would rather do something than just turning round and going home?

Have a look in the Robinson Building at the Notice board and see if there are any jobs to be done.  They could be big (e.g. painting the clubhouse) or small (e.g. Folding club sails hung to

It’s too early to say exactly what happened, but recently there was a fatal
accident at Kielder Reservoir when a Laser Stratos capsized during racing.  
Because there are so few incidents it’s easy to forget there is an element of
danger in our sport and that we all need to think safely.  True we all have safety instilled in us from the first sail out, but a reminder and thinking about the skills it could be useful to have and developing them will be an advantage .

So, when you are on safety boat duty (or other times!)

take the opportunity to drive the safety boats and have a practice.  Do some turns and circles,  nudge up to a mark or two,  have go at throwing the heaving/throwing line, etc.  Become familiar with the different boats and how they handle in different conditions.  Think about how you would handle various situations.  The Club has a copy of the DVD the R.Y.A. compiled of various recovery methods which, with the
accompanying book can be borrowed from me.  Basically, do a bit homework and be prepared and hope none of us ever have to deal with a nasty situation.

Gillan Gibson

At 12 noon on Saturday 13th June 2009 the hooter sounded and a flag went up to signal the start of the 2009 Endurance Sail. The weather couldn’t have been kinder - wall to wall sunshine and reasonable winds remembering we were there for 24 hours.  I was tempted to say 24 long hours, but they weren’t. They were very enjoyable hours, most pleasant to sail around for an hour watching the sun disappear, and then to be sailing around watching the sunrise next day.
The chosen charity was Yorkshire Air Ambulance. We had permission from Yorkshire Water to camp on site, and there must have been a dozen tents and caravans scattered about. Members, families, and friends sailed for an hour at a time on a rota system, and the support boat was manned in the same manner.
most of the organisation went according to plan, some didn’t, but there was always a member or two ready to step into the breach and it all passed off very smoothly.
Everyone enjoyed the weekend. There was plenty of laughter and chatter, until about 2am on Sunday morning when things went a bit quiet as people ran out of steam, but the sunrise was enough to gladden the heart and it got everyone ready to

face the remaining 8 hours.
12 noon on Sunday 14th June 2009 the hooter sounded again, and all the boats on the water at that time sailed past the clubhouse in rough formation, and that was it. It’s not too much to say that it was an exceptionally pleasant weekend. that there’s a lot of missed sleep to catch up on. Oh, and all the sponsor monies to sort out for the Yorkshire Air
Ambulance, cos that’s what it was all for, wasn’t it?


Tim Wilson
Postscript with a happy ending

Just to emphasise the value of the Air Ambulance work - on 21st July, Mike Smith’s daughter Elspeth was knocked down by a car on the main A684 near Kirby Fleetham.  The air ambulance was called and she was airlifted to Middlesbrough James Cook
hospital.has been very lucky not to, firstly have been killed, but more amazingly she sustained no broken bones at all.is however very cut, bruised and battered as a
result.air ambulance was used as Northallerton has
temporarily closed its Paediatric dept due to lack of staff, so the next nearest hospital was Middlesbrough.was kept in
overnight, but allowed home the next day, although it will be some time before she will be sailing this summer.
The moral of the story is... You just never know do you?