| 16.11.2011 |
| Indoor
Meeting. Author Julian
Stockwin gave an enthralling
maritime presentation and brought
along many artifacts to add
atmosphere to his talk. On the trip back to
Ivybridge Julian remarked to John
Binns 'it was a delight to talk
to a knowledgeable audience; one
that understood the sea'. Bob
Burnside brought along his
Christmas RNLI stall and was
delighted to sell £188.44
of cards and gifts, and
sends his thanks to members for
their support. Julian Stockwin
brought along a goody bag which
was raffled and raised £60
which was added to a cheque for £200
(raised at the autumn barbecue)
which was presented to Andrew
Arthur of Salcombe RNLI. Again,
thanks Crabshell for nibbles and venue. |
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left, click on each photo to
supersize) Tim and Andrew at
Bob's RNLI stall; Andrew Arthur
receives a cheque from John
Binns; Julian Stockwin presents
Elspeth with the goody bag she
won in the raffle; Julian signs
one of his books for a member;
Kathy Stockwin with a range of
Julian's books. (photos
courtesy of Chris Shipp) |
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| 16.11.2011 |
Autumn Issue
14 Crossword. All entries received were
correct. Well done to Lyn Lee whose completed
crossword was the first one drawn from the hat at
the November meeting. |
| 07.11.2011 |
Minutes of the
Salcombe Harbour Board meeting of 7 November 2011
are available to read on line. Click HERE.
Ian and Paul attended this meeting.
The Club's liaison Board member, Hugh Marriage,
was also present. |
| 25.10.2011 |
Kingsbridge
Recreation Ground Members who felt able
to are thanked for supporting Kingsbridge in
Blooms' request for Nat West funding. Eventually,
over 160 votes were recorded. |
| 22.10.2011 |
| Pilot
Gigs at Crabshell
Quay. As part
of a Devon wide challenge, some nine
pilot gigs raced from Salcombe to the Crabshell at
Kingsbridge and back (men up, women down)
on the tide on Saturday 22 October 2011.
And what a great sight for Kingsbridge to
see so much activity on the water. (Click
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| 20.10.2011 |
SHA Public
Consultation During the
summer the Harbour Board completed the first
round of consultation for the draft Strategic
Business Plan 2012-2017, which has now been
published for Public Consultation. A copy
of the plan can be downloaded from the Harbour
Authority web page (click HERE) or alternatively a copy can be
collected direct from the Harbour Office in
Salcombe. This plan is not as ambitious as
the previous five year plan and provides a period
of consolidation. |
| 19.10.2011 |
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Winter Series
INDOOR MEETING 19 October 2011. There
was a good turnout for this meeting, the
first of the winter series. Members were
given an update by Sergeant Dave Green
and Autumn newsletters were distributed
to those present. Chairman John Binns
outlined things that had happened and
were planned. Acclaimed author Julian
Stockwin will speak at the 16 November
meeting and there will be a
"Lifeboat Stall" with Christmas
Cards etc on sale. The highlight of the
evening was John Gobbett explaining how
to winterise outboards. He demonstrated a
variety of techniques and tools and is
pictured with the ultimate tool to use if
all the others fail. Thanks to the Crabshell for venue
and nibbles. |
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| 16.09.2011 |
Congratulations to
Kingsbridge in Bloom and those members of KEBC
involved in it. They have won another Gold
AND a prize Cup. |
| 16.09.2011 |
On Friday 16 September 2011, two
irresponsible boatowners were taken to court.
They had hefty fines of over £700 imposed upon
them by Torquay Magistrates for breaking Salcombe
Harbour Byelaws. One caused £1000 of damage to
Ian Drinkwater's boat by colliding with it at
speed while Ian was on boatwatch patrol. The
other was warned for breaking harbour speed
limits and was then recorded exceeding them. |
| 12.09.2011 |
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Sergeant David Green
Chairman John Binns welcomed
Sergeant David Green to the 12 September
2011 committee meeting. David advised
that he was impressed with the Club's
Boatwatch scheme and that there would be
a determined police push to reduce marine
crime in the area. |
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| 10.09.2011 |
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end of season barbecue on turned out to
be very enjoyable, and over fifty members
turned up to enjoy the beautiful grounds
and view at "Keeve", Peter and
Angie Betteridges' new home. There was a
lot of preparation involved and hard work
put in by Lin, John, Richard and Liz,
Madeline, Teresa and Alan. The food and
Pimms were great. Considerable generosity
was shown by those who donated prizes for
the raffle which, together with a small
profit on food and drink sales raised
£200 for the RNLI. Chairman John Binns
presented Peter (above right) with some
flowers and a polo shirt as a token of
our appreciation for him and Angie
opening up their house for us. The cheque
to the RNLI will be presented at a later
date. |
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| 25.08.2011 |
| Stand-up-Paddling.
Many members have tried their hand at
paddle boarding at Crabshell Quay. since Kingsbridge
Estuary Stand Up Paddling (KESUP) was launched. Members are
advised though, that while it may look
dignified and gracious to be able to do
SUP (stand-up paddling) properly, the
whole cool effect can be totally lost if
you're not colour co-ordinated. (Click
on photo only if you're wearing shades) |
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| 21.08.2011 |
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Member
Dave Halsall did some filming
with BBC Countryfile about paddling in
the Estuary. It was shown on 21 August
2011. There was great coverage of the
Estuary and Harbour. Well done Dave. The
photo shows Countryfile's Matt Baker with
Dave Halsall at Bowcombe. Some members'
boats can be spotted in the background. |
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| 18.08.2011 |
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Salcombe
Regatta fireworks
Members motored down to Salcombe
to watch the fireworks. Very impressive
they were. Thanks to Mike and Barbara for
letting us watch from the cockpit of
Puffin of Dart. (NB
Mike wears the logo on his jacket sleeve
just to reassure Barbara...we're glad
he's better) |
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Pollock
Adrian with a nice Pollock.
Unusually, this one was caught on the
Range over sand (they're usually rocky
ledge loving fish) on light tackle with a
silver spinner. They make a good supper,
but are best after 24 hours in the
fridge. |
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| 17.08.2011 |
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| At
the August informal
meeting, Dave Penwill
and Hedley Beavis, a
representative of Sole diesels,
demonstrated the finer points of
inboard diesels and how to look
after them. (above) Most members
were content just to look at the
engines. But Suzanne (left) found
one engine particularly
attractive and was irresistibly
drawn to it. |
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| 14.08.2011 |
| Frogmore Regatta.
(left) Richard and Lis on the KEBC stand.
(middle) Member Stuart representing
Prawle Point NCI. (right)
Member Ruth at her island stall. |
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A seal off the
Saltstone 16 August 2011 |
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(left): On the beach 14 August
2011. Above
(right): Colin and Joan helped by
Rick. |
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| 14.08.2011 |
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Neil White has recently
been updating KEBC's display boards.
Together with a quiz on boats for members
of the public to do, the display was a
focal part of the Club's stall at
Frogmore Regatta on 14 August 2011. |
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| 13.08.2011 |
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Outboards:
Member Francis Wills with two of
the oldest outboards in his collection
which he displayed at the Sorley Cross
show on 13 August. |
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| 09.08.2011 |
| Photo-right:
It's good to know Boatwatch teams are
high-viz active on the water.(click on photo to
supersize) |
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| 31.07.2011 |
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Summer
(Brief) Bulletin. July 2011. By
now all members should have received
their summer bulletin. Thanks to Neil
White for printing address labels and to
Liz & Richard Smith for help with
mailing duties.We are grateful to OCEAN
for their substantial
contribution towards the cost of printing
and mailing it. To go direct to their
websites click HERE
for marine, HERE
for storage. |
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| 31.07.2011 |
| The Sunday meet at Hope
Cove was cancelled on the Saturday due to
poor weather outlook but what a
difference 24 hours can make ...
conditions were just perfect and many
members took the opportunity to get out.
Pictured below are Barbara, Paul and
Annie in Cindy on their way to board
"Puffin of Dart" and Brian with
a mystery passenger in Sirex. |
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| 25.07.2011 |
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A member's recent catch.
From top, Red Gurnard
("Gurnit"), Mackerel, Whiting. |
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| 16.07.2011 |
| Members Norman
and Astrid on
"Countdown" are in the action
of Fair Week's Raft Race Saturday 16
July. |
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| 15.07.2011 |
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Kingsbridge
in Bloom judging was on Friday
15 July 2011. KEBC's contribution was a
little flower boat lying proudly on the
Embankment. Result due mid-September. |
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| 09.07.2011 |
| Show Casing
Kingsbridge, Town Square 9 July 2011 |
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Left:
Officers in the KEBC tent, with
Chairman & Town Mayor John Binns
(centre). Right: Visitors
& helpers and Eric Johnson (left) who
organised the event. |
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Left:
Ian with the Club's interactive display
put together by John Binns and himself. Right:
Good to see that the Club has a
member (Roger) in the up & coming
"Old Gaffers" |
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| 01.07.2011 |
| Picnic/Barbecue
at Ham Point on 1 July 2011.
There was a turnout of over 50 members
for this evening get together organised
by George Howard. Thanks to Gill White,
Ted Tipping and Colin Pincombe for
photos. (Click on photos to
supersize) |
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| 18.06.2011 |
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Kingsbridge
Medieval Celebrations 18 June 2011. Members
of the Boat Club were involved in many
and varied ways. Top left, Simon Harrow
(alias Sir Prancelot) revived the
medieval sport of paddle board jousting.
The purpose of this sport was not to kill
or maim your opponent as in the later
sit-on-a-cart-horse version, but merely
to push them off their board and give
them a good dunking. And what a spectacle
this turned out to be in front of the
Crabshell. There aren't many things more
entertaining than watching someone dumped
unceremoniously into the wet stuff. Four
knights competed. After much jousting the
elastic rules eventually gave us a much
despised winner, Pete, the Dark Prince.
Traditonally, the prize would have been
to ravish the fair tournament maiden, but
no-one watching fitted this description
so the Dark Prince had to make do with a
celebratory pint. Photo Bottom left:
Pete, The Dark Prince, is eyed up by
Sean, The White Stuff Knight, and KEBC
member Ollie AKA Sir Lawrence
Olliereillyer (right).This was good fun
(well done to all the paddlers) and will,
hopefully, be repeated next year. (Click on photos to
supersize) |
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(Photos by Chris Shipp. Click to
supersize) |
Summer
Meeting at Crabshell. A good
turnout. Gill & Neil came by boat to
save this "familiarisation"
themed meeting. Francis Wills
familiarised himself with Gill's Bonwitco
CQ2. |
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| 10.06.2011 |
| Kingsbridge
Flower Festival Boat Club Display at St
Edmund's Church. Spearheaded by
Jennie Hayden, KEBC's display (above) had
a C19 fishing theme. Several members
helped with stewarding. Pictured is John
Cowling. Chairman John Binns has
expressed his thanks on the message board
for the work members put into the display
(see message 209) (Click
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| 06.06.2011 |
Salcombe Harbour Board 6
June 2011. John Binns attended this
meeting for KEBC. Our new representative on the
Board is Hugh Marriage. MINUTES
now online (Click HERE ). It looks like
mooring deposits will go up from £50 to £125
next year! |
| 05.06.2011 |
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The Club is pleased to
welcome Capn Taylor as a new member. |
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| 06.05.2011 |
Salcombe
Harbour – Five Year Business Plan 2012 to
2017
The Harbour Authority is currently formulating a
business plan for the period 2012 to 2017. The
previous plan, which has formed the basis of the
Harbours work and improvements programme for the
period 2007 to 2011, can be accessed for
reference on the Harbour’s web page (Click HERE). The Harbour Board would like to know
from all harbour users and stakeholders how they
would like the Harbour to be managed over the
next five years. What improvements they would
like to see, the problems that your members or
groups have encountered and how they would like
to see them addressed? The Board will then
consider all of the feedback and proposals along
with the associated financial implications when
formulating the Business Plan 2012 to 2017.
Feedback should be addressed to the Harbour
Office to arrive by Friday 6 May 2011.The Committee sent in KEBC proposals
regarding plans for the Estuary in the next 5
years.
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| 04.05.2011 |
Member Sue
sent in this appreciative account of an evening
paddling with Singing Paddles.
Evening Paddle - Wednesday May 4th
2011 We paddled from
Bowcombe on an incoming tide and into a good
breeze. (A great way to warm up, paddling into a
good breeze!) Crossing the estuary into Collapit
Creek we soon encountered the peace and quiet
that these wonderful places offer - and lots of
birdlife too. Paddling is in it's own way a
meditation of mind and body - a peaceful rhythm
we create so we can experience life and nature
and a much slower pace. A rare thing in our busy
lives. It also enables us to see the surroundings
we often take for granted from a new
perspective. Returning across the estuary
to come home the wind dropped a good deal, and by
the time we reached Charleton Marshes it was a
gentle paddle in the soft evening light back to
Bowcombe. We had the estuary almost to ourselves
save for the occasional flight of curlews
(fabulous!) and a special encounter
with a very nice lady barbequeing with her
teenage son on a little beach - thank you for the
hot dog, it was very welcome. Paddling is hungry
work!! It was a really great two hours,
thanks Dave. |
| 20.04.2011 |
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At the last indoor
meeting of the winter series Richard
Warren gave an interesting,
illustrated talk about the restoration of
HMS Trincomalee, from the start of his
involvement 36 years ago. The Club is
grateful to member Geoff Harvey (centre)
for extending his hospitality to Richard
and Mrs Warren which meant they were able
to travel to Kingsbridge and tell us
about Trincomalee. |
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| 06.04.2011 |
PCSO
D.Gibson from Salcombe would like any
information relating to a red 9ft inflatable
express tender named “Sole Bay “ with
3.3 mercury outboard taken from Ditch End, East
Portlemouth between Weds 23rd- Mon 28th March.
Would appear to have been stolen rather than
drifted/borrowed – owner has searched area
to no avail. Tel: Salcombe 01548 842107. |
| 05.04.2011 |
From Nick
Alen. The play ‘Bound’
is on at the Drum theatre (part of the Theatre
Royal Building) in Plymouth from 21- 25 June
2011. “Compelled by the threat of
bankruptcy, fishing trawler ‘The
Violet’ and its mismatched crew are forced
out into treacherous weather. Battling each
others’ egos, their ‘lives’ ashore
and a relentless storm, will they lose more than
a way of life? Set in Brixham, Bound is a
bracingly physical tragic comedy from the
‘Bear Trap, Theatre Company.” |
| 03.04.2011 |
Scott
Bader are converting two units at
Cattdown business park which in future will
include a demonstration area and proper counter
rather than their temporary set up as at present.
They remain extremely welcoming and helpful,
giving us Club discount as well as being
extremely good value anyway. This location is
also much easier to access once turning left over
Laira Bridge and heading towards QAB when you
pass their location which has a large carpark.
Ian Drinkwater is hoping to arrange a club visit
at some time for a demonstration evening when
they are fully set up. |
| 02.04.2011 |
John Binns
has asked that members who are
registered passenger or charter vessel operators
be advised that should they wish to view marine
life there is a training course for accreditation
in the South Devon area very shortly. Please
contact Colin Speedie, WiSe Scheme, info@wisescheme.org to express an interest and/or find out
more. |
| 01.04.2011 |
A Police
message relating to log 344 of the 21st March
2011. A boatyard in Salcombe has
reported suspicious activity which leads us to
believe that other premises may be at risk of
crime in the near future. Ensure that security
precautions are reviewed, that CCTV and alarms
are working and switched on when premises are
unattended. Suspicious activity should be
reported to the police. Please phone 08452
777 444 with any information. |
| 28.03.2011 |
John Binns represented
KEBC at the 28 March 2011 Salcombe Harbour Board
meeting.Minutes are now available to view. Click HERE. |
| 26.03.2011 |
Boat
Jumble. This was held at Crabshell Quay
on 26 March 2011 courtesy of Simon Harrow.
Several members sold stuff, and thanks to a
raffle (TESCO kindly donated a bottle of single
malt whisky) and sales of items donated
(principally by Mrs C Smith and Mr M.Wilkinson)
£130 was raised for the RNLI and £26.50 for
club funds. See photos below.
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Boat
Jumble. Club
bosun Richard has
restored the Club's
storage trailer to
showroom condition. It
really will be useful.
(thanks Herring Shoes).
Members enjoyed the boat
jumble and the picture on
the right shows that it
wasn't attended solely by
men with grey beards and
jeans. (Click on
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| 19.03.2011 |
A KEBC
representative team came "first" in a
quiz at West Charleton in aid of Prawle Point
NCI. |
| 16.03.2011 |
| Presentation
to Rob Moore. Rob Moore hung up
his rowlocks as Club Chairman after
several years. At the March meeting, to
warm applause, Ian Drinkwater thanked him
for all his work on behalf of KEBC and
presented him with a small token of the
club members' appreciation. At first Rob
thought Ian was giving him a projector,
but his smile soon widened when he
realised he was being presented with an
engraved hip flask set. (Photo:
Chris Shipp) |
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| 16.03.2011 |
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Lifeboat talk.
At a packed March indoor meeting, members
were treated to an illustrated
presentation about Salcombe Lifeboat by
Station Manager Graham Parker. If members
would like to sponsor James Hickman who
is running in the 2011 London Marathon to
raise funds for Salcombe Lifeboat, they
can do so at Bonningtons Newsagents in
Salcombe or online...Click HERE. Well done James .. best of luck
from KEBC.(Photo: Chris Shipp) |
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| 16.03.2011 |
| The Great Dredge |
| LATEST: The
Great Kingsbridge Basin Dredge
finished in February. Bang on
schedule in early March harbour
staff get down to the job of
digging in mooring blocks
returning mooring chains and
buoys (right). When you moor up
in the next month or two, just
spare a thought for what some
workers had to go through for you
to have this privilege!! (Click
on photo for close-up of working
conditions). |
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16 January 2011. The
Basin is boatless awaiting the
dredge. |
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Van Oord started
the long anticipated dredge of
Kingsbridge Basin today 31
January 2011. The Roerdomp (means
Bittern in Dutch) launch/tug is
seen here gently moving the water
injection vessel up and down and
then slowly chasing suspended mud
down the channel on the ebb.
(More photos? Click HERE, or HERE, or HERE). Some early
effects of the "dredge"
are shown below. |
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| 15.03.2011 |
The
position of BOATWATCH CO-ORDINATOR is
to be a "job share". Neil
White will do the administration associated with
this role. Steps are underway to secure a
matching half to run the planning meeting and
induct new leaders. |
| 14.03.2011 |
Hold
on. Relief in sight. After much
lobbying, it looks as though Bowcombe Toilets
will be open from Good Friday 2011 |
| 24.02.2011 |
Members
who frequent Crabshell Quay and the Embankment
will be familiar with Stefan (Horbatowski),
friend of pigeons, gulls and all creatures great
and small. He wasn't a member of KEBC, but in as
many years back as we can remember, Stefan has
been painstakingly restoring an old gaff rigged
cutter in the Rivermaid boatyard. He always hoped
to put her through sea trials "next
year". It is with sadness that we heard
about his passing on 24 February 2011. Message
#200 on the Message Board was a tribute to Stefan
left by some old friends. His funeral was on 9
March 2011 in Kettering. |
| 16.02.2011 |
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| John
Binns |
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The AGM,
in keeping with the constitution, was
held on 16 February 2011 at the
Crabshell. At a packed meeting, Rob Moore
stood down as Chairman, and was heartily
thanked for his tenure. Sir Jonathan took
over proceedings and John Binns was
elected new Chairman. Only Nick Alen
stood down from the Committee. The rest
were then re-elected en bloc for a
further 12 months. Claire Drinkwater
retired as Auditor and member Tom
Phillips was elected to this position. |
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the AGM member Dave Halsall (of Singing Paddles) gave a talk "An
Introduction to Canoeing".
Dave, who has paddled all over
the world and at a seriously
competent level explained the
differences between kayaking and
canoeing and how canoeing can
make nature so accessible.
Paddling can take you to parts of
the Kingsbridge Estuary that
other boats cannot reach. |
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Paddle
Lifting
Dave demonstrated the
different sorts of paddle used in
different kinds of kayaking and
canoeing. He didn't say much
about paddle-lifting, which has
it roots in weight lifting, but
is done with canoe/kayak paddles.
Although it is not likely to
feature in the Olympics for some
time paddle-lifting is growing in
popularity. Members were
priveleged to see Dave
demonstrate some of the lifts.
Click on the photo on the left to
see them. |
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| 27.01.2011 |
| Boatwatch
Co-ordinator Ian Drinkwater, John Binns
and PC Paul Chesworth visited Crownhill
Call Centre Operations to address the
issue of providing more valuable marine
crime descriptions. |
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| 19.01.2011 |
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At the
January indoor meeting Madeline was
presented with a bunch of flowers for all
the work she did in organising a
successful Christmas Party. Thank you
Madeline. |
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| 19.01.2011 |
| KNOTS.
Some pictures (courtesy of Chris Shipp)
of the Club's indoor meeting on knots led
by George Howard. |
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| 04.01.2011 |
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Right on
schedule and as promised, the preparatory
work of clearing mooring stones and
chains from the basin has been started by
Harbour Authority staff. It's dirty cold
work but has to be done by the end of the
month so that "the Dredge" can
start in February. There was some
last-minute feverish activity by some
boat owners to move their boats from
basin moorings. |
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| 04.01.2011 |
High Speed Broadband for
Kingsbridge
It looks as though Kingsbridge didn't get a high
enough number of broadband users voting for this
to qualify. |
| 01.01.2011 |
Boats
still in the Basin.
1 Jan 2011 |
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