ECYD News ECYD report for 2021 and looking forward to 2022 including another obituary
a week later in Falmouth. So far so good. It was in Torquay that we first started to see the effects of the NHS app that would notify people who went too close to someone who had been affected by the virus. No end of restaurants had notices saying their chef had been “pinged” and so they weren’t serving meals. When we got to Salcombe it was much worse. The town was heaving all looking This report was written in December for somewhere to eat. We managed to get 2021 with the underlying threat of a takeaway pizza after joining a queue and imminent closedown over Christmas, and waiting for 40 minutes and similarly the so, as I said in the October ‘20 newsletter, pub would only serve us drinks on a tray we were planning/hoping to repeat the to take away. Luckily, we managed to grab 2020 programme for 2021, sailing to the a table on the quayside to eat our pizzas Baltic. while fighting off the seagulls. Plymouth In a report from the Cruising Association on the other hand in mid-week was and the RYA, they were saying anyone good with space and good showers and a sailing to an EU country should be restaurant on site. prepared for a more “administrative By the Wednesday we decided to go environment”. For, in previous years British straight to Falmouth, get ourselves a berth sailors have been able to turn up in France, and go out for day sails. Fat chance – we Belgium, Holland etc and not worry too sailed into Falmouth Harbour and visited much about where they were – it could all the marinas there, and no one was be the middle of the night or a weekend prepared to offer a berth for us for the in whatever port it was possible to make a next few days. So, we turned round and safe passage. motored back to Plymouth and spent the But the good news is, that we do have in last day there as tourists – once we had the UK some excellent sailing areas and a berth, we didn’t want to run the risk of as there was no chance of going foreign in losing it. 2021 we decided on the South Coast and But I must admit I enjoyed that week – it the West Country was different. A 2021 programme was created with Looking ahead to 2022 the members at weekly slots along the South Coast down the AGM agreed that following on the as far as Falmouth. Our particular week problems of Covid, the Long Trip would coincided with that blisteringly hot week be to the West Coast of Scotland. Before in July, no wind so we had a motoring that however, we have a full programme holiday. Mind you that wasn’t a problem, of uncertified training covering the whole our first difficulties started with trying of April, so anyone wishing to try “start to book a handover berth and after yachting” “boat handling” or even “radar much phoning, a berth was established in training” should contact James Allen on Torquay and a berth was also arranged for jamesallen61@gmail.com
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