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here has been a lot in the marine news lately, including this issue of ST, about a skipper’s responsibilities to their crew and to the members of the various emergency services who may have to pick up the pieces if things do go wrong at sea. High profile incidents that result in expensive rescue operations or public enquiries cost or risk more than just the lives of those directly affected. Such events play into the hands of those in life who love to legislate, tax, or generally rain on the parades of most of the rest of us.

Why should the taxpayer, they argue, usually conveniently forgetting that the RNLI is funded by voluntary donations, have to repeatedly pay for the privileged few to be plucked out of the seas? And why should this privileged few be able to enjoy sailing their expensive boats with no compulsory ‘driving license’ to ensure they know what they are doing?

Fortunately here in the UK we have the twin forces of the RYA tirelessly reigning in the march of unnecessary bureaucracy, and the RNLI ready to launch in any weather 365 days a year if things do go wrong. If you think this tale of the creeping march of

the legislators is scare-mongering then you should refer to p-10 of this month’s Sailing News for details on the latest story of an ambitious Euro politician attempting to make a name for himself by hammering the freedoms of the British sailor. Fortunately the RYA has managed to nip this one in the bud and they fight behind the scenes to stop many such plots before we even get to hear about them. As individual sailors though, what can we do to fight our corner?

Well, as I regularly publicise in ST, we can become personal members of the RYA and we can remember the £398,000 it costs per day to run the RNLI when we consider our charitable giving, but above all we can ensure we conduct our own sailing in such a way that it absolutely minimises the chances of creating adverse publicity for the sport we love. On p-12 Richard Falk, who can always be relied upon to cut to the nub of a safety issue, offers up a golden rule for all sailors who are unsure whether to put to sea or stay in port.

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Saloon with a view Duncan Kent evaluates the new Nordship 430 deck saloon during a blustery sail off the south coast.

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Talking Turkey Setting off on a one-way charter from Gocek to Bodrum, Duncan Kent and his crew of six try out one of Sunsail’s new premium standard catamarans, the Sunsail 444.

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aving fallen in love with Turkey’s Lycian coast during a brief visit in 2007, we decided to charter out of Gocek, in the stunning Fethiye Bay, and work our way back to Turgetries near Bodrum. We also wanted to try out Sunsail’s latest 8/10-berth catamaran – the Sunsail 444 – which only started service in the Med in May this year after a very successful introduction in the Caribbean during the winter charter season.

One advantage of starting from Gocek is that it is a mere 20-minute drive from the new airport at Dalaman, to which there are a number of cheap flights throughout the sailing season from most of the UK’s main airports. Gocek is also a pleasant town with enough shops and supermarkets to be able to buy provisions at a reasonable price and have them delivered directly to our boat.

There were seven of us on the charter – three coming from Gatwick and four from Bristol.

Amazingly we managed to arrive within a few minutes of each other, at around 1430, and were collected promptly by a minibus organised on our behalf by Sunsail.

Due to a mix-up with arrival times our boat wasn’t ready when we arrived, but by the time we’d wandered through the nearby town, found a half decent supermarket and done enough shopping for a few days at least, our boat, Erwan, was ready for boarding.

The SunSail baSe Sunsail’s base in Gocek is now in the Marin Turk marina, a few minutes’ walk west of the small town.

The facilities are good and it’s far enough out of town to avoid any noisy discos or night clubs in the high season. Unfortunately, Sunsail now runs both its popular flotillas and its bareboats from the same marina so, with some 100+ boats to sort out and crews to check in, things took a little time. Although we could move aboard that evening, we weren’t checked out until midday the next day, so be prepared for some hanging around.

Gocek Town A popular port with several marinas, visitor’s buoys and a few anchorage areas, Gocek is at the head of Fethiye Bay – one of the finest cruising areas on this coast. The bay is well known and greatly favoured by cruising yachtsmen – mainly because of the sheltered area behind a series of islands along its western side, called Skopea Limani, where there January 2013 25

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around Iceland By spring last year pilot books and travel guides had been studied, charts borrowed and weather men consulted. Against Miranda Myers’ better judgment she had been persuaded to circumnavigate Iceland in Rustler 36 Heart of Gold. ardfern to tobermory 8.5hrs – 41miles The east coast of Iceland direct from the outer Hebrides was a mere five days away. Our outgoing and return crews were selected and their flights to and from Iceland booked by early May 2011. John, Robert, Dominic and I left our base at Ardfern in the west of Scotland the weekend after the Royal Wedding. It was sunny, the sky was blue and the sea was emerald. With two reefs and reduced genoa we had the tide nearly all the way to Tobermory. The folk festival there was in full swing

and the atmosphere cheerful. We had a drink or two in the Mish Nish and listened to live music.

Pilot Whales are a common sight in these waters.

tobermory to Loch Maddy 15hrs – 70 miles We motorsailed in flat, sunny conditions with the monotony broken by sightings of two pilot whales, an energetic school of dolphins, and some puffins. Eider ducks with their characteristic incredulous cooing surrounded our mooring in Armaddy Bay.

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Loch Maddy to tvoroyri, Faroe 45hrs – 250 miles After the previous day’s motoring, we calculated we weren’t carrying enough diesel to take us all the way to Iceland so we decided to sail the 250 miles from the Hebrides to the Faroes, to break the journey and enable us to top up Heart of Gold’s diesel tank.

the Faroes We’ve been before, and really like the pace of life in these Danish ‘sheep islands’. We arrived in the Trongisvagsfjordur on Suderoy in the early morning, and anchored in the little cove of Tjaldavik for a few hours, and then moored in the inner dock at Tvoroyri on the other side of the fjord. After three enjoyable days being tourists, regrouping and fuel buying we were ready to move on.

tvoroyri, Faroe to eskifjordur iceland 65hrs – 239 miles ‘Alert Dom’ enjoying his watch leaving the Faroes.

View down the valley from the farm.

Bakkagurdi harbour.

The second leg of the trip seemed altogether more serious. We were setting off into the North Atlantic with grey weather and a chilly temperature to match. The Faroes are renowned for their strong tides; even their tidal diagrams resemble a dragon with flames coming from every orifice. In reality it’s not so bad. They largely run north and south and you can travel a good distance on a fair tide.

We left Tvoroyri at 0500 in fog, and outside the fjord the sea was lumpy. We relied on the radar to clear Suderoy and could just make out the Dimuns two huge rocks - as we turned west through the sound. The tide carried us north, and after we passed between Miganes and Vagar the sun came out and we could see the high seabird cliffs for which the Faroes are famous. Then we turned towards Iceland with an E/SE F4, dull sky and mostly good visibility.

Watch sailing began.

For the first 48 hours of the second leg we made reasonable progress in the grey, cold waters of the North Atlantic. I was the only person who was sick.

By the morning of our third day, the wind was coming from the north and remained at F7 all day.

We ploughed on under motor with the main.

Slopping icy waves broke over us at random intervals, making it miserable for those on deck.

Down below it was no better as we were cold and the boat crashed down off the waves with alarming thumps. In the late morning John ordered us to heave to, giving us a chance to regroup and cook.

That wasn’t easy either, and my meal only stayed down for 20 minutes. In view of the conditions we decided to change our destination from Seydisfjordur (further north) to Eskifjordur (due east). The Icelandic coastguard seemed surprised when we notified them of this on the VHF, but then they were sitting in a nice warm office. We took it in turns, two on deck for 30 minutes at a time keeping a look out, using the autohelm. I was horrified at my first sight of land. Steep, jagged snow capped peaks were hardly the view I wanted at this point.

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in Torquay, toby heppell finds a fantastic ocean passage-maker and takes a look at her family history.

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could scarcely imagine being aboard a better-equipped boat than the Starlight 46, Lancastrian when a 40kn squall hit.

We had set out in a 15kn breeze under full sail and were enjoying a cracking test sail in the sunshine. Easing sheets and heading downwind into Torbay proper, I glanced over my shoulder to reveal a nasty stack of dark cloud, threatening to make our upwind return journey a hard slog.

It quickly became clear the brooding clouds were going to be short lived and sunshine would return shortly thereafter.

Having crossed any number of oceans on Lancastrian, I deferred to owner Neil Eatough as to our best course of action with regards reefing for the return trip.

Deciding the squall would pass fairly quickly and with Neil confident in his boat, we remained under full sail.

I can’t say we expected as much as 40kn and maybe in retrospect this might have made us think twice about reefing down. What I can say is when the breeze hit, the Starlight handled it with aplomb.

Sure we were more heeled than I would like and so saw an increase in leeway and we were flogging the main in the biggest gusts but we were happy, comfortable and the old girl was well behaved.

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About the owner

Neil Eatough bought Lancastrian from new and had a number of his own preferences - such as the location of the primary winches - accommodated.

Due in part to this, it was two years before the boat was finally floated. After completing the ARC, the AZAB and a variety of other ocean crossings and much more cruising besides, Neil has decided the time to down-size has finally come. Lancastrian is for sale at: www.mikelucasyachting.co.uk

StArLight 46: PRiCE fRom ÂŁ285k LOA 46ft 11in

Sail Area 1533 sqft

Beam 14ft 4in

Berths 9

Draught 6ft 0in (1.90m)

Production 2002

Displacement 17.1 tons

Designer Stephen Jones

Water capacity 600l

Builder Bowman Yachts

Fuel capacity 400l

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MyMARINA Town Quay

MDL Torquay Marina

Torquay Uncut Is Torquay only for octogenarians with a penchant for run-down B&Bs? Toby Heppell gets a blue rinse and heads off to the English Rivera to investigate.

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orquay is Devon’s most popular holiday resort; with a picturesque 22 miles of rugged coastline it represents an idyllic English seaside town. Lying south of Exeter, Torquay is a small town located at the western end of Torbay.

Torquay Marina provides great access to cruising across the channel and other popular spots in the west-country, such as Dartmouth. The town was known - in times gone by - for its health-benefiting climate and really became popular during the Napoleonic Wars, when the Channel Fleet used it extensively as a sheltered anchorage. Known since those times as the English Rivera the town has been steadily improving its image of late, having gone through something of a dejected period due to the increased popularity of cheap overseas holidaying.

Famously, Fawlty Towers was based in Torquay and on the drive in, one could be forgiven for believing the town is still every bit the preserve of shabby hotels and B&Bs. Once down at the waterfront, though the town looses much of the tacky British seaside resort feel – if you can

look past the occasional arcades that is.

The Harbour, acts as something of a town centerpiece and with the evening could have a pleasantly Mediterranean look – we visited in early November so Mediterranean it was not.

Plans are afoot for further town rejuvenation including the marina area.

Though the marina itself is not going to change too dramatically, there is a plan for the Banjo promenade to be rejuvenated as well as a new hotel and marina complex.

The harbour itself will remain much the same, though some larger pontoons will be added to the marina’s current capacity.

The tidal sill.

BerTHinG anD faCiliTies CONTACT: 01803200225 or go to: www.torquaymarina.co.uk Facilities: Laundry, secure car park, basic provisions, 24hr CCTV, Wi-Fi Fuel: LPG and Petrol facilities on South Pier – Diesel available at nearby Brixham Marina Repairs: Available at Dartside Quay Lift-Out: Available at Dartside Quay BERTHING CHARGES Monthly: Up to 10m £58.00 pm 10.1 - 14m £61.00 pm 14.1m + £70.00pm Daily: Up to 12.5m £3.32 pm 12.6-18m £4.09 pm 18.1 – 21m £4.60 pm 24.1m + POA Short stay (up to 4 hours): Up to 15m £8.00 15.2m + £12.00 ELECTRICITY Admin fee: £10 per quarter or part thereof Usage: Charged at cost (estimated at 12p per unit)

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Marina Entrance

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PHOTOS: ROD LEWIS

Hunkered in the western end of Torbay

Torquay remains a thriving fishing port all year round.

loCal BerTH HolDer MALCOLM EVANS – BENETEAU 393

Malcolm Evans has held a berth in Torquay for just under ten years with various levels of interaction with the Marina. Being a local resident, his time on his Beneteau is mostly sailing time during the weekends.

In fact, however, keeping a boat in Torquay and living out of the town is as popular an option for many berth holders in Torquay Marina.“We have certainly found that we have a lot of people with boats here living in London and the like,” Marina Manager Mike Smith explained to us.“For some it is similar to having a second home on the south coast, a place to get away. For others it is easier to drive to their boat in Torquay and set off across the channel for a week’s holiday,” he added.

Malcolm has taken part in some of the many social events organized by the Marina in general and Mike more specifically,

though his time on the water is usually a time to get away from it all so he has not taken part in any rallies. As manager, Mike holds a number of events for those in and indeed around the Marina.“Last year we had a special day for the Queen’s Jubilee, everyone put union flag bunting on their boats and we all got together for a real knees up.”

Although community spirit is a factor for Malcolm in selecting Torquay as the place to keep his boat, it is the services and staff that most impress him:“They are really helpful here,” he commented.“If you need someone to catch a line, just radio in and they will. Also, they man the Marina 24 hours a day so if your boat breaks free over winter or something they will sort it quickly for you and give you a call.”

The Marina berth holders are fairly

evenly split between power boats and sailing boats. This is the heart of the reason Mike tends to run social events and rallies rather than informal races or alike, in an attempt to be inclusive.

Although he lives locally Malcolm did, for a time, consider keeping his boat in Hamble, theoretically allowing access to more UK ports.“It is such a beautiful coastline here, though, that I just had to keep the boat here,” he explains.“Much of the sailing I find myself doing is just day trips anyway and, though there are more places to visit around Hamble, the scenery of Southampton Water doesn’t compare.

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This means, should you go overboard and be towed along, you won’t be face down in the water. It also offers your rescuer a wide triangle tether for clipping onto.

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