Boating and Sailing

Anyone with an interest in boating & sailing will have spent days at sea or on rivers and lakes enjoying our glorious summer sunshine.  To recapture these experiences we invite you to join our boating & sailing group.  From trips to the south coast to enjoy a day’s sailing in Portsmouth Harbour or across to Cowes, to gentle dinghy sailing on Papercourt lake; from paddling up rivers by skiff or canoe, to trips on ferries and paddle steamers; from courses on tidal predictions and other sailing skills to evenings listening to sailing yarns over a pint of ale, there will be something for everyone.   If you are interested in the boating and sailing experience, and in particular if you own a boat of your own, please contact:

        David Davis (Commodore!)  Tel: 01483 283728     e-mail:    davidmdavis@btinternet.com  


Planned activities for the remainder of 2012 are as follows:

 
I hope you can come to our next meeting on Tuesday, 24th January, 7.30pm in the Lovelace Room at East Horsley Village Hall.
 
The meeting will be in three parts.
 
Firstly, Graham Milton will describe his adventures kayaking in Greenland - I am told it will make your hair stand on end - and I hope he will bring his kayak.
 
At the end of the meeting, we will see an interesting DVD entitled "Great Liners - Famous Ships from the Golden Age of Travel"
 
Between these, during a tea/coffee break, we will mark the quiz I set just before Christmas.  Then, I sent out 12 questions.  These are repeated below.  There will be a prize for the winner - so bring your answers or a piece of paper and something to write with.
 
Hope to see you on the 24th.
 
David
 
Please note in your diary:-
14th February    7.30pm, East Horsley Village Hall, Bobby Lawes on Cruising in the Baltic on a Discovery 55

13th March        7.30pm, West Horsley Village Hall, Bob Spackman and his boat, on restoring his Albacore dinghy

5th April            A day sail in the Solent on a Dufour 405.  Please note, the numbers are restricted to 6, the cost will be £39 each plus travel and food etc.  If over subscribed, I anticipate we shall have to draw names out of the hat.

24th April          7.30pm, one of the village halls, a speaker from the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology on the underwater Bouldner Cliff exploration and other interesting                             projects.

Below is a fun quiz with a nautical slant.  There are 12 questions so far, and I intend to send out 12 more in early January with details of the meeting on the 24th January.  At that meeting, there will be a few more questions - and a prize for the winner!!!

There are 12 questions here.  I hope to send out 12 further questions to entertain you over the New Year break, and then pose a few more at our meeting on the 24th January.  Answers and a small prize for the winner at that meeting! 

 

 1              “The boy stood on the burning deck” of what ship?

(a)    HMS Dreadnought 

(b)   L’Orient 

(c)    SS Windsor Castle 

 

2              What is a “Turk’s Head? 

a)      a rather good pub 

b)      the boss in a middle east restaurant 

c)       a decorative knot

 

 

3              You are entering harbour with the flood tide behind you.  There is a red buoy    ahead. What do you do? 

a)      Stop, and wait for it to turn green 

b)      Turn round and go back – the harbour is closed 

c)       Pass it on your left hand side 

 

Water, water everywhere,

????????????????????????,

Water, water everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink.

 

4              What is the missing line in the extract above? 

a)      We could not wash and some did stink 

b)      And all the boards did shrink 

c)       And we all turned bright pink 

 

5              You missed part of the weather forecast.  You know that a depression is passing over the eastern Atlantic and Northern Europe. If you stand with your back to the wind, where is its centre?

 

a)      Behind you 

b)      In front of you 

c)       To your left 

d)      To your right 

 

6              Which of these seven flags is that of France (give the number)?  The flagpole is on the left of the flag. 

 

 

7              John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker sailed a clinker built lugsail dinghy, and so did their friends.  Who were their friends?

 

a)      The Ruffians 

b)      The Amazons 

c)       The Pilots 

d)      The Waterbabies 

 

8              A lambshank is delicious, braised, in rich gravy and with mint sauce.  What do you do with a sheepshank?

 

a)      The same as a lambshank, but it is bigger and takes longer to cook 

b)      Tie the anchor rope to it – it’s part of an anchor 

c)       Tie it to shorten a rope or to reinforce a weakened section 

d)      Grasp hold of it when shearing a sheep 

 

 

9              Which of the following doesn’t belong in this list? 

a)      Malin 

b)      Wight 

c)       Forties 

d)      Maine 

e)      Portland 

f)       Hebrides 

 

10           In which novel does the yacht “Dulcibella” play a key role in exposing preparations for an invasion of the British Isles?

 

a)      “The Cruel Sea” by Nicholas Monsarrat 

b)      “The Thirty-Nine Steps” by John Buchan 

c)       “The Riddle of the Sands” by Erskine Childers 

d)      “The Ship that died of Shame” by Nicholas Monsarrat 

 

11           You have the misfortune to run aground about an hour before low water.  Try as you may, you are stuck!  How long might you have to wait until the tide comes in to float you off?

 

a)      Until the next full moon 

b)      Until there is a blue moon 

c)       At least two hours 

d)      Almost two days

  

 

12           The stationary boat you are approaching is displaying the signal below.  What is he telling you?

 

a)      This is boat “A” in a line of boats 

b)      Having been undecided, I voted conservative 

c)       I have a diver down – take care 

d)      Steer to the left of me

 

 

13     Standing on the deck of your yacht, your eye is 9 feet above sea level.  On a clear, calm day, approximately how far away is the horizon? 

                                                a) 21 miles           b) 12½ miles       c) 3⅔ miles      d) 1½ miles 

 

14     A ship is manoeuvring ahead of you.  It sounds two short blasts on its horn.  What is it telling you? 

a)      I am not under control – keep clear 

b)      I am altering my course to port 

c)       You are in my way – get out of the way 

d)      My boiler pressure is too high

  

15     Which of the following is the “odd man out”? 

a)      Mistral 

b)      Sirocco 

c)       Levante 

d)      The Trade Winds 

e)      The Gulf Stream 

 

16 A flashing light from shore signals you – what does it say?    ·---   ---   ··   -·       ·-   ···--   ·-   

a)            Join U3A 

b)            No, try NADFAS 

c)            WI (for some) 

d)            Rotary (for others) 

 

17     From where is this quotation?  “And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by” 

a)      The Tempest by William Shakespeare 

b)      Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson 

c)       Sea Fever by John Masefield 

d)      Sailing by night, Anon 

 

18     Who was told “to go the banks of the great grey-green greasy Limpopo River, all 

 set about with fever trees, and find out”, and what had they to find out? 

a)            Livingstone, the source of the River Nile 

b)            Darwin, the Origin of the Species 

c)            Peppa Pig, where her friend came from 

d)            The Elephant’s Child, what the crocodile had for dinner 

 

19     What is the significance of this series, 1797, 1797, 1797, 1798, 1801, 1801, 1805? 

a)      The number of runs scored in first class cricket in the last seven seasons 

b)      The number of ships per month passing through the Dover Straits from January to July 2011 

c)       The years of Admiral Nelson’s principal victories 

d)      The years of mutinies in the Royal Navy