September 2016 - Chipping Norton Yacht Club

September 2016 – Duncan Wells – Stress Free Sailing

By YLvRhFmTll | September 30, 2016

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…

Summer 2016

By YLvRhFmTll | September 1, 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…