We organise "Cruises in Company" to various locations on the Northumberland and North Yorkshire coast., throughout the year. We enjoy sailing together and usually organise some sort to social event for the evenings, a meal or a drink at a local hostelry.
The 2009 season did bring much better weather than the previous years, We had a pleasant May Day weekend in Hartlepool. The spring Bank Holiday weekend visiting Newton and the Farnes was a fabulous weekend with the weather behaving itself beautifully the bird life on the Farnes at that time of the year was fantastic. We rearranged the Long distance Cruise from Holland too Orkney , due to concerns about the weak pound vs the Euro. Unfortunately only Charlotte made the trip but did visit Shetland as well as Orkney. The Northumberland Muster was blessed with good sailing conditions this year and the fleet sailed to Granton, and spent a day in Edinburgh. The October Curry trip to Hartlepool was once again diverted to Blyth (second year running) but six boats made the trip, and enjoyed the hospitality of RNYC. There will be a winter programme 2009 / 10 for those with boats in the water.
We have learned over the poor summers of 07 and 08 to adapt the programme to the weather 07 Northumberland Muster finished in Whitby, and in 08 the planned Spring Bank Holiday weekend in Whitby diverted to Blyth as did the October curry weekend two years running, we will continue to adapt the programme to suit the weather.
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23rd August (Sunday) to 31 st August (Monday) 10th Anniversary cruise
Cruising on the Northumberland and Scottish Coast.
Possible visits, Amble, Newton, Beadnell, Farne Islands, Holy Island, Berwick, Eyemouth, St Abbs Dunbar. This can be a challenging week if the weather is unkind, and is open to well equipped boats correctly crewed Read the history here
18th and 19th September
Hartlepool (Lets hope we get there this year)
Enjoy an end of Season Curry
Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd October Hartlepool
Hartlepool
Absolutely the last cruise of the season - Mast lift 24th October
All events are of course subject to the weather
Coordinating this programme is Alan Dixon (Charlotte) contactable on
0191 548 2714 Home 0775 419 2306 or cruising.syc@btconnect.com
Winter Programme
Winter Programme for those with boats still in the Water, and crews daft enough to sail them, possible dates for Hartlepool but we may also visit Blyth dates Here
2009 Prize presentation Photos and Prizes for the 2009 SeasonHere
Cruising News
Gerry McGill and Peter Mitchell Cruised upriver in Parramatta on Tuesday 29th Sept. With a combination of sail rowing and the trusty Seagull, they managed to pass under ten bridges.The final bridge, Lamb Bridge is just past Lambton Castle which towers over a small boat. About half a mile passed Lamb Bridge they came to shallow rapids, so with the tide just starting to fall they had to return. Pictures here
Northumberland Muster
The annual Northumberland Muster is 10 Years old in 2010 Read the story (so far) of this event Muster History
Read in deatil the story of the lost rudder off Berwick Home on a Plank
Safety Gear for boats participation
in the inshore cruising programme, that's the weekends and the Muster, the boats
should be equipped to category "B" . For boats participation on the
longer cruise, that involve overnight offshore sailing Category 'A" equipment
is recommended. Link to recommended Safety
Gear. Updated 2009
