LITTLE SHIP CLUB
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CONTENT
COMMODORE’S COLUMN: Let’s make 2018 “a wonderful year for the Little Ship Club!” ................................................................ 4–5 NEWS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE: Reports from Club committees Overview of the Club’s committees ........................................................ 5 Welcome to our new Club secretary ...................................................... 5 Sail and Power committee promotes the cruise to Venice ......................... 6 OBITUARIES: Richard Hodder and Jim Thomas ..................................... 6 AT THE CLUB: Photo Competition 2017 Winning pictures from the 2017 competition and report by competition organiser, Patrick MacCulloch ........................................ 7–10
ME AND MY BOAT: Edward Allcard, keen sailor and adventurer (part two) Clare Allcard reports ...................................................... 11–14
RACING: Juno’s impressive 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race Charles Whittam reports ................................................................ 15–18
EVENTS: Little Shippers on the water ................................................. 18 RALLIES: Hurricane Irma impacts on Caribbean Rally Martin Sandford and Bill Preece report, introduction by Deborah Wheeler ..................................................................... 19–21 RALLIES: Caribbean style heats up Frostbite and Fast Cruise Graham Pinner reports, photos by Jill Moffatt and Charlie Quayle ........ 22–23 RACING: Thames Trafalgar Race series finale Richard Keen reports, photos Louis Ma and Kate Newman ................ 24–26 CRUISING: Claudia III in Irish waters Tom Wall reports ......................................................................... 27–29 CRUISING: Unfinished business – Bagheera’s 2017 cruise David Clements reports ................................................................ 30–35 RNLI FUNDRAISER: Alex’s 9,500-mile journey raises £70,000 for RNLI Judy Brown reports, photos RNLI and Alex Ellis-Roswell ........................................................................ 36–38
THE CLUB ABROAD: Club wedding after whirlwind romance The story of Heather and Nigel Rogers kicks off our new series, ‘the Club abroad’ ............................................................................. 39 AT THE CLUB: Members get together Images of recent social events at the Club ...................................... 40–43 BOOKS: Reviews Members review a selection of recent donations to the Club library ..... 44–45
HPO NEWS: 2017 – a very nasty year for some of our HPOs Anne Le Verrier Bizzey reports ............................................................ 46 HPO CONTACT LIST: ......................................................................... 47 Cover photograph by Kate Newman
LITTLE SHIP JANUARY 2018
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