Hi All!

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Well, this has been a busy few months! I think that as a club, and independently, we have done more sailing this spring and summer than at any other year, which is all pretty exciting. Really good to see everyone getting on with it, even though the summer hasn’t been all that great, yet again. I can’t even list all the updates that you guys have emailed in, I think I’ve had a letter from pretty much every continent this summer, even Africa, believe it or not! One of Kabestan members is about to buy a sailing boat in Kenya, so we are all invited for a sail

But first, news closer to home:

The September Regatta has been taken up by 8 skippers this year, in crews of 8, all with a formidable desire to win, so we are in for some serious racing. We have, roughly (it’s always chaos), 3 places left, so if you are interested, drop me a mail. The weekend plan has been formalised, more-or-less, both days will be taken up by racing, with committee boats or otherwise. The prize giving ceremony will take place in the Royal Portsmouth Yacht Club, we have managed to have a chat with them and they don’t object to lending us a room.

Kabestan Day Sailing programme has been fantastic. Lots of people signed up and took part, braving the cold and windy weather, but I am sure it has made them much better sailors than our Mediterranean counterparts, who always have really good weather We’ve had gusting force 7 one day, so respect to the crews that stuck in and sailed through. So, we are planning to have another series of day sailing events, but in a slightly different format — here comes ‘Kabestan Thursday‘!! Occasionally, on Thursdays (obviously!),  throughout the year, you will receive an email, saying something like: “Hey, the weather is fantastic this weekend, come for a sail”. You will then be able to join in on that weekend, with the idea of having more or less good weather! Otherwise it’s really hard to plan, and we’ve decided that we’ll try this format, might work better than planning a trip a month before and then having to sail in an (almost) a hurricane!

You will be pleased to know that this weekend Kabestan is going to invade France! We have several points of attack, so as to give the French a run for their money. 5 boats (Kabestan Y.C. has teamed up with Brighton Marina Yacht Club) will be leaving on Friday night, in order to land somewhere in Fecamp or Dieppe, with another boat leaving Portsmouth in order to make sure Honfleur and Deauville don’t put up a resistance! Our paths will hopefully cross throughout the weekend, and, of course, we will have lots of photos!

And finally. I hope you have all been watching the Olympics, it really has been very cool, for Britain, at least. I am sure you have your favourite sport, but Sailing has been truly magnificent to watch, Mr. Ben Ainsley has been proving pretty much every day, that he is the greatest tactical sailor ever. Well done him, well done Britain’s sailing team, well done Team Russia, who had their moments, and of course, in case you haven’t been following, well done ‘Kosatka’, who seem to have divided the Russian sailing camp in two, but none the less are there, and are covering those miles, no doubt about that! (On a more serious note, for a more appropriate link, click here!)

All the best and looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Yuri Fadeev
Kabestan Y.C.