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Chipping Norton Yacht Club AGM talks 2017 – Danish Greeks and Frisian riddles
First up was Barnaby Scott – B’s talk was entitled “Ελένη- a boat for Greece” – and he started by telling us of his love of traditional Greek fishing boats, Caiques (Καΐκια), that he’d so admired when sailing in Greek waters. These colourful and elegant vessels are under threat from an EU regulation that demands,…
Read MoreChristmas 2016 – “In the bleak midwinter”
was half the answer to one of the questions in Barnaby Scott’s taxing Christmas quiz – one of the highlights of Chipping Norton Yacht Club’s December gathering. The question was posed with a short piece of printed musical score. Easy enough if you can read music. Not if you can’t. The other half of the…
Read MoreNovember 2016 – The Business of Boating – The Pindar Journey
Andrew Pindar had arrived hot foot from the World Sailing Forum in Valletta, where he’d been engaged in debate about the future of competitive sailing – multihulls v monos, whether design should give racing craft a better chance of subsequent use after laurels are won or lost… Andrew was born by water in the seaside…
Read MoreDick Durham – October 2016 – Confessions of a Cruising Correspondent
Dick Durham served on the last working Thames barge before writing for national newspapers and sailing magazines. He joined Yachting Monthly in 1998 as Feature Writer and News Editor and has travelled the globe in search of sailing stories. Still a big part of the magazine, his role is now Editor at Large. Dick opened…
Read MoreSeptember 2016 – Duncan Wells – Stress Free Sailing
In September we welcomed Duncan Wells, author, RYA instructor, founder of Westview Sailing, and voice-over expert; voice-over being Duncan’s “proper job”. The instructor in him challenged us on signals with a couple of pictures: a motor-sailing triangle (which was upside down) and a tow cone. We in Chipping Norton Yacht Club can’t be caught out…
Read MoreSummer 2016
As this is the time of year when many of us get out onto the water, in summer we have informal get-togethers in local pubs, often the Chequers but once this year in The Boat at Thrupp. So what do members get up to in summer? Many escape to the Mediterranean sunshine; one or two go…
Read MoreMay 2016 – Phil Levermore
The Determined Sailor of Other People’s Boats CNYC members are a varied lot. Some keep boats in home waters; others, despairing of finding that elusive British summer, prefer sailing in warmer climes. Many, though, prefer not to have a boat at all but get their sailing fix in other people’s boats. As a dedicated Sailor…
Read MoreApril 2016 – David and Helen Oakley
To Brazil and back What a great evening with the talk given by members David and Helen Oakley, reminding us of what lies at the core of Chipping Norton Yacht Club’s raison d’etre. It has of course been fascinating to hear from yachting greats like Sir Chay Blyth or Mike Golding, but they inhabit a…
Read MoreMarch 2016 – Peter Cardy
Scraping the Bottom – and the Top In March we welcomed Peter Cardy, a man born with salt water in his veins. Peter has been CEO of many organisations – including Macmillan and the Multiple Sclerosis Society – and was onetime Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (responsible for maritime law, search and…
Read MoreFebruary 2016 – Barrie Neilson
Mr Flotilla Barrie, we noted, has good knees. We know as he turned up in khaki shorts on that February evening, in Chipping Norton. The chill didn’t seem to have dampened his enthusiasm, though, which bubbled on through his talk. His wife Heidi and the other members of the team of seven he’d brought along…
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