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Sunday, forecast is ok, coaching is on early, ready to sail at 10. There will also be joint racing with SSSC at 11 for those who prefer racing.

Congratulations to Ellie and Simon Fay in their Miracle for winning all 3 races in breezy conditions.

‘Key’ Inter-Club Quiz Trophy still on Tynemouth Shore
At the end of the recent Inter-Club quiz, it was somewhat remiss of us not to thank everyone over there for welcoming two SSSC teams to enjoy some of their usual Tynemouth hospitality. We do that now even at some distance from the event, whilst explaining however that such oversight was undoubtedly due to the shock of being defeated in the final round of questions on ‘Sailing’ (of all subjects) by such a significant margin running into double figures when, at the interval before the mushy peas, both SSSC teams were well in contention and indeed one of them, the ‘OMEGA-Miracles’, had assumed a two-point decisive tactical lead in this hotly contested comp. between the Clubs, albeit this position being achieved only after a necessary challenge to over-zealous down-marking by a rival Tynemouth team.
The inevitable inquest arising from such a decisive loss however has been informative to say the least, to the extent that it is now well understood why Tynemouth failed to host last year’s quiz. This was undoubtedly because Howard needed yet a further year to finish compiling his questions for the final marathon 40-pointer ‘Sailing’ round to his desired level of obscurity.
The minutiae of this summer’s fine England Ashes victory will undoubtedly find their way into the detailed statistical history since 1864 of that fine sport in Wisden’s Cricket Almanac. Based on our experience at Tynemouth, we must conclude that a similar volume surely exists on ‘Sailing’. We also believe that only Howard and the successful Tynemouth ‘BAR’ team are owners of such a valuable tome. Its importance can be likened only to that of Dr Johnson’s first English dictionary of 1774, discombobulatingly burned by Baldrick. It can be taken that we will be seeking our own copy of this valuable work on sailing for the use of the SSSC-appointed question master and for assiduous study by SSSC teams for the 2014 end of season Inter-Club Quiz to be held at South Shields.
In particular, we will be seeking to verify from such a valuable source, as suggested by the required answer to one of the questions in the now infamous ‘sailing’ round, that Jackie Gebhard, well known in North East sailing circles, is indeed related to a successful team member of a 2012 Olympic sailing crew, or whoever, or whatever. ‘Not a lot of people know that’ to quote one Michael Caine, that famous actor who appeared in ‘Get Carter’ alongside a good friend of mine, the late Alan Hockey, well-known South Shields actor who had to borrow a pair of wellies from another friend of mine, for his role as the scrap dealer in the same film. Not a lot of people know that either. But I do and I am hoping it might come up in a future inter-Club quiz in a ‘local knowledge’ round. Well, enough! We look forward to 2014 and another chance to bring the trophy back across the water…
Bm

The Scammell Dash around the yellow (Explosives Dumping Ground) buoy about one mile south east of St Mary’s Lighthouse will be held this Sunday, weather permitting. This is an open sea handicap race based on Portsmouth Yardsticks, with a combined start. The start time is 11 am within the harbour. I am sure you don’t need reminding to keep clear of shipping on pain of disqualification or worse. Best also to avoid the fishermen on the piers. SSSC have also been invited to participate. p.s.: the buoy is to be left to port.

The annual Quiz team event against SSSC will take place at our Club on Wednesday 4th September at 8pm. Please don’t miss it, it’s good fun and a pie and peas supper will be provided. Newish members especially welcome.

The sailing should start around 12pm (depending on weather conditions). Ideally we would arrive at 11.30am at Nellys Moss Lake with the boats.

There is a disabled toilet next to the playground (300m away from where we launch the boats), that we can use to change. We would park our cars and trailers there after we launched the boats. Not sure about the max. numbers of boats, but it will be fairly cramped with more than 6…? As the event should go on until 4pm, it might make sense to share boats and take turns. Wolfgang is checking if the sailors get free entrance to Cragside.

Wolfgang is happy to provide some food/drinks for the keen sailors who show up. Ideally he would know how many people/boats are coming by mid next week & will ask if we can have a BBQ there. Maybe we can take along the BBQ from the club? If not I will bring sandwiches or something similar.

His plan is to pick up his boat & trailer at Tynemouth at 10.30am & could take another Laser on top of mine (he has some gear that would allow that) and can take other sailors along in my car as well. Does any of you want a lift – if so get in touch with Wolfgang direct