Royal Forth Yacht Club yearbook 2016

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A WARM WELCOME

Welcome to Royal Forth!

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ailing is one of the best ways to leave work behind and enjoy the fresh air, relax on a cruise, compete in a race, or socialise with friends and family. Sailors looking for convenience and protected waters near Scotland’s capital city will find us just fifteen minutes away, at Granton harbour.

We give a warm welcome to visitors and new members with an interest in sailing. As a Community Amateur Sports Club, we are open to all who wish to join us.

Visitors are welcome to use the pontoons of Edinburgh Marina Ltd in Granton harbour, and for longer term use, we provide swinging moorings with a boat service every day of the week.

Launching and recovering dinghies and boats up to 5 tonnes are easy with our slipway and crane.

Onshore, our purpose built clubhouse has showers, changing rooms, lounge and licensed bar with catering. We have storage for boats, and facilities for maintenance.

Starting sailing need not be expensive and we try to make that as easy as possible. For non boat owners we are pleased to offer a reduced membership rate for the first three years, so you can get fully involved before you decide whether you want a boat.

New members with a boat get the discount for the first year. We encourage new members to join in our open evening cruises (every second week) and monthly cruise in company. Beginners can

sail in various boats, enjoy crewing, progress to Thursday evening racing, or just contemplate the sort of boat they may want. The Forth Yacht Clubs Association has a good classified ads section if you want to buy a boat. Come along to the open evening or the monthly cruise in company and get a place for the day/evening.

Our volunteer members organise this friendly cruising together, and well managed racing events – from the casual evening race to national championships. If you want to build boating skills and confidence, our training volunteers give dinghy and keelboat coaching.

Once you come more than a handful of times we would expect you to join the club, and share with other members in the benefits and costs.

I wish you all good sailing in 2016.

Adrian Shield Commodore

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CONTACT ROYAL FORTH Royal Forth Yacht Club, Middle Pier, Granton Harbour, Edinburgh EH5 1HF Club office Tel/ Fax: 0131 552 8560 (working hours Tue – Fri 0800-1400) Email: royalforth@btconnect.com Web: www.rfyc.org (includes up to date information (visiting, opening hours, events, etc) Members’ lounge (working hours Sat & Sun 1200-1800, and during events) Boatman (working hours Mon-Sun, times depending on tides) Commodore Adrian Shield Vice Commodore Charles Morton (Sailing convenor) Rear Commodore Patrick Carnie (House convenor) Rear Commodore Peter Hall (Harbour convenor) Honorary Secretary Kenneth Mackay Honorary Treasurer Andrew Bruce

Established 1868 as Granton Sailing Club, Royal Forth Yacht Club incorporates Royal Eastern Yacht Club (founded 1835) and Almond Yacht Club (founded 1897)

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CONTENTS A Warm Welcome.............................................................. 3 Contact Royal Forth......................................................... 4 Sailing To Edinburgh........................................................ 6 Visiting Edinburgh........................................................... 8 Around The Forth........................................................... 10 RFYC On The Water In 2016.......................................... 13 Volunteering And Officials............................................ 14 Officials Of The Club 2016............................................. 15 History.............................................................................. 16 Cruising............................................................................ 20 Racing............................................................................... 32 Boats of Royal Forth....................................................... 34 Sailing Information 2016.............................................. 36 Facilities And Charges – Summer 2016...................... 38 RFYC Sailing Calendar 2016.......................................... 44 Tide Tables....................................................................... 51

Editor: Patrick Carnie Proof-readers: C Morton, J Spencely.

Many thanks to all of the contributors for their stories, including those we couldn’t include due to space constraints. I wish you all happy sailing.

To the best of the editors’, contributors’ and the Royal Forth Yacht Club’s knowledge the information in this Yearbook is correct at the time of going to press. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors or the Royal Forth Yacht Club.

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Spey Bay Inside the harbour, you should moor on the pontoons of Elgin Edinburgh Marina Ltd (EML), directly south of the entrance, approx 3 cables (600m). The marina is jointly owned and managed

by RFYC and Forth Corinthian YC and became operational in 1996, providing pontoon berthing and service facilities at all states of the tide. Long term objectives include provision of full marina facilities at an affordable price to help sustain both clubs in the future. Details of the arrangements and facilities are in the Sailing Information pages at the back. Both clubs do their best to make visitors welcome.

Aberdeen Visiting skippers and crew are very welcome to use the facilities of the Royal Forth Yacht Club.

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VISITING EDINBURGH

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dinburgh, one of the most famous cities in the world, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and uniquely offers culture, heritage and a distinctive experience for visitors. Edinburgh regularly tops TripAdvisor reviews as a short break or holiday destination and cruise ship passengers recently voted it the “Best UK Port of Call”. The city, the Forth and the neighbouring area provide a lively history, culture, outstanding coastal scenery, interesting wildlife, great shopping, and lots to see and do.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR VISITING YACHTSMEN Fresh water: provided free at the pontoon.

Toilets & showers, together with a warm welcome, are available at the RFYC clubhouse during opening hours or by key-pad access. See inside cover for clubhouse hours and contact details.

The key-pad number for the entrance gate, clubhouse door and pontoon gate can be obtained on payment of the berthing fee, either at the RFYC Office or the Club Bar.) Fuel and power: Petrol and diesel is available at nearby petrol stations (Morrisons or Asda), red diesel is available at Port Edgar (6NM W by sea) and battery charging facilities may be available at Royal Forth YC. At present (2016) EML is unable to offer fuel or shore power on the pontoons because of legal restrictions Chandlery, sail repairs, marine electrics, boat repairs: are all available at Port Edgar, South Queensferry, about a 20 minute drive / taxi to the W of Granton.

Laundrette: The nearest laundrette is Bendix Self Service (0131 554 2180) at 342 Leith Walk on the 16 bus route (going east from Granton Sq into City Centre).

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GETTING AROUND Buses: Granton Square is a bus terminus with frequent timetabled services (lothianbuses.com) to the city centre (19/47) and Leith (16). Universal fare: Adult 150p / Child 70p – change is not given. Download Lothian Buses app to plan your route.

Taxis: the club has an arrangement with City Cabs, which provides a 10% discount on fares, on production of a card available from the club. A direct telephone link is available at the club to book your taxi. www.citycabs.co.uk STORES, HOSPITALITY, OTHER ATTRACTIONS Within 20 minutes walk: West Granton Road (SW from Granton Sq or 16/21/19 bus): Shops & cash machine, Granton Food & Wine, West Granton Superstore, supermarkets (Iceland & Lidl). Fast food – classic British fish & chip shops.

Eastwards from Granton (no. 16 bus): Newhaven (1.5 miles / 2 km) offers good quality harbourside restaurants, such as the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar and Porto & Fi. The Old Chain Pier and the Starbank Inn offer more traditional pub food and drinks. Masons, an excellent local baker, supplies many of our events. Newhaven harbour was established in 1504, for the building of a Scottish Navy. The historic harbour and deepwater anchorage, with its picturesque quayside, bars, cafes and restaurants offers a truly unique visit.

Just inland from the historic Newhaven pier lighthouse, the Victorian fish market contains a traditional fish monger, plus the stunning Loch Fyne restaurant, offering fabulous Scottish seafood.

Just beyond Newhaven, Asda Supermarket Leith is open 24 hours a day (No. 16 bus).

Another half mile along the coast is the Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Leith, which offers a full range of creative retailers, waterfront dining and a 12 screen cinema.

Royal Yacht Britannia: Also at Ocean Terminal is the former Royal Yacht Britannia. A floating home to HM The Queen and the Royal Family for over 40 years, Britannia sailed over 1,000,000 miles around the world before coming to rest in Edinburgh. You can follow in the footsteps of royalty and discover the heart and soul of this most special of royal residences. Admission includes access to the royal racing yacht Bloodhound and the Royal Sailing Exhibition. Explore the floating royal residence with a fascinating audio tour of five decks (available in 27 different languages).

Britannia regularly rates as the top visitor attraction in Scotland and UK. Details at www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk A mile further east (and still on the No 16 bus) is the bustling town of Leith, boasting delicious delis, chic drinking spots and several Michelin Star Restaurants.

City centre (no. 19 or no. 47 bus): In the city centre you will find the famous Edinburgh Castle, and a range of museums and galleries housing internationally significant collections. The unique character of the city comes from the striking contrast between the medieval Old Town and the Georgian New Town with each area containing many significant historic buildings and between them providing some of the most beautiful cityscapes in the world.

Throughout the summer, Edinbur gh plays host to some of the world’s greatest cultural festivals. Indeed, Edinburgh is the world’s leading festival city, with 12 major annual festivals bringing talents from more than a third of the world’s countries to our streets & stages.

Further afield: Should you wish to leave your boat for a short while you could reach beyond Edinburgh, to the Highlands of Scotland, the Borders country or the West Coast. Travel connections are comprehensive – by bus (www.citylink.co.uk), train (www.nationalrail.co.uk) and via Edinburgh Airport (www.edinburghairport.com). For information in one place see: www.travelinescotland.com.

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AROUND THE FORTH

From a base at Granton, some inspiring places can be explored.

WEST OF GRANTON As soon as you head west, you will see one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks – the Forth Rail Bridge. Completed in 1890, it was the world’s first major steel bridge; it is the largest listed building in Britain and also a World Heritage Site. Recognisable by its complex structure and red paint, it is now accompanied by two much simpler road bridges. These three bridges span as many centuries, and will tower over you as you navigate the narrows at Queensferry (maximum air draft of 44m). Each represents the best of design, engineering and construction of its time. Serving as key infrastructure links for Scotland, the bridge crossings are free and accessible for everyone to enjoy.

Details at http://www.forth-bridges.co.uk/ Queensferry has long been a crossing and gathering point, and is named for Mary Queen of Scots, who used this spot to make her journeys between palaces at Dunfermline (Scotland’s ancient capital and resting place of King Robert the Bruce) and Edinburgh.

South Queensferry is a royal burgh (established 1636), and has its own Queensferry Museum, including memories of Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist who was born there.

West of the bridges, you will pass the huge oil refinery at Grangemouth.

At Grangemouth the Forth & Clyde Canal can be entered – to transit, via the River Clyde, from the North Sea to the Irish Sea, and thence the Atlantic Ocean. See the magnificent Kelpies sculpture 10

Forth Rail Bridge.

or wander a unique and tranquil path through some of Scotland’s most densely populated areas. Ride the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boat lift, which will allow a shallow draught boat without a mast to cruise back into the capital.

NORTH OF GRANTON Aberdour is a picturesque seaside town on the Fife (N) shore.

It has a delightful little harbour, a 13th century fortified castle, golf course, a choice of traditional pubs, shops and two beautiful beaches. Silver Sands beach in particular attracts watersports enthusiasts, walkers and families looking to relax on a sunny day.

Other Fife villages worth visiting by boat include Anstruther, for the fisheries museum, and Pittenweem, for the art festival and fish suppers.

EAST OF GRANTON Dunbar, at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, is one of East Lothian’s most beautiful & popular seaside towns. Dunbar is packed full of local independent businesses which helps maintain its diversity and distinctive character. It is known internationally as the birthplace of renowned naturalist and conservationist, John Muir, who is celebrated at the eponymous John Muir’s Birthplace museum. Dunbar features a secure harbour, busy with a commercial fleet landing mainly shellfish.

The earliest of the three harbours dates from 1710, and Dunbar was once a major herring and whaling port. The old castle walls host the UK’s most accessible Kittiwake colony and, if you’re lucky, you may also see Sammy, the resident friendly seal, who spends his time swimming around the harbour hoping for a fish supper from the fishermen.

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RFYC ON THE WATER IN 2016

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ummer of 2016 offers a range of racing and cruising events to suit most skippers. These are listed in detail at the back of the Yearbook. For racing yachts, the highlights will be the open events – Edinburgh Gin Regatta weekend and the Edinburgh Festival Series of evening races. The regatta weekend is part of the Forth Inshore series of events.

Our One Design Regatta in late August incorporates the International Dragon class Scottish Championships. We are also hosting the National Championship of the VXOne class towards the end of the season.

Royal Forth racing has a strong pedigree. Our sailors have often taken part in National and World championships. This year, three club members are in the RYA National Youth squad. We wish all success to Lewis Smith, Jamie Calder and Clementine Thompson as they compete across the UK and abroad.

Stewart Robertson and his family are reigning 707 National champions, and will be defending their title at Scarborough this summer.

RYA’s Push the Boat Out SATURDAY 21 MAY Have a great day out by the sea, at Edinburgh’s Granton Harbour.

Take advantage of the opportunity to try the various types of boats under the control and guidance of experienced crew.

Watch demonstrations of craft on the water, see the juniors racing little Toppers round the harbour and, we hope, a rowing race.

Food and refreshments will be available.

12:00 to 18:00 at the Royal Forth Yacht Club on Granton Middle Pier, EH5 1HF

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VOLUNTEERING AND OFFICIALS

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eveloping friendships and sharing experiences are at the heart of the club. A huge part of this comes from volunteering and, whilst the records focus on the service of past Commodores and Honorary members, (listed below) it’s often true that the longest serving volunteers are not well enough recognised. The dedicated and enthusiastic efforts of many volunteers complement the work of our handful of paid staff.

Some volunteer roles are undertaken by one or two people throughout the year, but many hands make light work of other jobs such as: race officer, drivers of the club’s boats and bar person. Please consider becoming involved: contact Sandra Cameron (office) or Maria Walker (membership secretary) in the first instance.

Extra volunteers are always welcome and needed for the following roles, and it’s a great way to meet more club members and get your face known around the club.

Repair & maintenance of club vessels: The same small team is also heavily involved with the painting and servicing of the club boats. These activities must be completed before lift in and this year in particular we desperately need all the hands we can get, even if it is only for an hour or two with a paint brush.

Committees: House, Sailing and Harbour – these committees run the main functions of the club and usually have specific small jobs that can be done by willing volunteers.

In addition there are more specialised tasks that require training, “learning on the job” alongside existing volunteers, or some level of authorisation. The club may be willing to subsidise or provide some training.

Moorings maintenance: A small team, mostly retired members, does a sterling job working with the Bosun to maintain the moorings and racing marks. This involves working ashore and in the club’s boats, lifting, inspecting and re-laying the chains that anchor the mooring buoys – great if you enjoy being out on the water throughout the year.

Race management and support – There are various roles associated with running races, which are managed by listing on the website (using “Dutyman” – both the roles and Dutyman are described on the Duty Roster/Dutyman page of the club website).

Club boat drivers: If you have Level 2 powerboat, or are an experienced skipper of some standing with powered boats (RIBs, motor boats, powered yachts), a short induction session is all you need to become familiar with the boat and with how it is used; and then to come out with an experienced driver for at least one occasion, to get used to how things work in practice.

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Drivers are needed for: • Royal Forth (our Committee Boat for races) • RIBs (support training and provide safety cover, for which rescue boat training may be needed) • Water taxis (when the boatman or bosun are otherwise occupied or unavailable) Bar and catering duties: To be a bar volunteer you need a twohour training session to become a certified barperson, followed by a practical session with the paid bar staff. Catering volunteers need hygiene training.

Website: We like to keep the website up to date and relevant, and want to get more involved in social media, particularly Facebook to link up with other clubs on the Forth. This year John Lane has joined the web team in order to make sure racing results are posted promptly with a consistent and professional look.

Volunteers to help with other aspects of keeping the website fresh and up to date, and improving our social media presence, would be warmly welcomed – experience of WordPress desirable but by no means essential.

OFFICIALS OF THE CLUB 2016

All club officials are volunteers Patron Admiral Vice Admiral

HRH The Princess Royal David Boyd John Spencely

Flag Officers Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Rear Commodore Hon Secretary Hon. Treasurer

Adrian Shield Charles Morton (Sailing convenor) Peter Hall (Harbour convenor) Patrick Carnie (House convenor) Kenneth Mackay Andrew Bruce

Council Members Simon Peakman, Daniel Coupar, Ian Lindsay, Hillary Sillitto, Maria Walker, John Lane, Chris Howden, Kenny MacKenzie Hon. Secretary Kenneth Mackay Hon. Treasurer Andrew Bruce Office Bearers Cup Bearer George C. Brown Sailing Secretary Cathy Sedgworth Moorings Secretary Jim Noble Membership Secretary Maria Walker Sailing Committee Charles Morton (Vice Commodore) Simon Peakman (Training) John Lane (Racing Results) Maria Walker (Membership Secretary & Web back-up) Chris Howden (RIBs & Safety Boats) Co-opted Cathy Sedgworth (Sailing Secretary) Patrick Angier (Cruising Secretary)

House Committee Patrick Carnie (Rear Commodore & Yearbook Editor) Ian Lindsay Hillary Sillitto (Web Events) Council Co-opt – vacancy Fiona Angier Anthony Tait Susan Peakmann Harbour Committee Peter Hall (Rear Commodore) Daniel Coupar Kenny MacKenzie Jim Noble (Moorings Secretary) Mark Primrose (Yard & Moorings Manager) Co-opted John McLaren Euan Stirling Willie Thompson Edinburgh Marina Limited Directors Mark Primrose, Chairman (RFYC) Peter Douglas (FCYC) George MacKay (FCYC) Peter Sherlock (FCYC) Adrian Shield (RFYC) David Scott, Company Secretary (RFYC)

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HISTORY Key Events In Forth Yachting Sailing on the Forth since 1835 The roots of the club go back to 1835, when the Eastern Regatta Club was founded in Edinburgh to promote “aquatic amusements and competition” in sailing and rowing matches (before the use of engines). The first regatta was held 180 years ago, in 1836, over three days of sailing and rowing races, good food and good company. The regatta club became the Royal Eastern Yacht Club that same year.

Granton Sailing Club was formed in 1868, and was renamed “Royal Forth Yacht Club” in 1883. The twentieth century saw various mergers, and Royal Forth merged with Royal Eastern in 1969.

Granton Harbour, built between 1830 and 1863, has been a hugely successful port. Exporting coal, importing grass for making paper, protecting a fishing fleet of up to 80 trawlers and the Northern Lighthouse ships, or providing the base for Forth pilots, it has seen a range of maritime activity. From 1850 to 1890 it was home to the world’s first ferry-train (crossing to Burntisland, Fife).

Passenger and car ferry services continued into the 1960s. From 1942 to 1946, Granton harbour was home to a minesweeping training establishment, HMS Lochinvar. As maritime industrial and naval activity has diminished, marine leisure has grown. Granton Harbour closed as a commercial port in 1974.

Today the harbour is dominated by the boats of the Royal Forth Yacht Club, Forth Corinthian Yacht Club and the Forth Pilots, with regular activities for Sea Cadets and coastal rowers.

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Eastern Regatta Club founded in Edinburgh

1836

Name changed to Royal Eastern Yacht Club by permission of King William IV. First regatta held off Leith

1838

Granton Pier opened

1842

Queen Victoria lands at Granton from the Royal Yacht ROYAL GEORGE

1859

“Royal Forth Regatta” organized by REYC

1868

Granton Sailing Club founded

1872

Granton Sailing Club name changed to Forth Yacht Club

1880

Forth Corinthian Yacht Club founded at Granton

1881

Forth Yacht Club acquires clubhouse at Boswall Road

1883

Queen Victoria grants permission to call the club Royal Forth Yacht Club. Admiralty warrant issued to fly special ensign

1897

Almond Yacht Club founded at Cramond, and moved to Granton in 1897

1906

Forth Week founded by REYC & RFYC

1934

1st Barge Cup team race vs Gareloch YC

1948

HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, elected Honorary member

1955

HM Yacht Britannia visits Granton Harbour

1957

Almond YC merged with RFYC

1968

RFYC Centenary regatta and first race from Helgoland

1969

REYC and RFYC merged

1984

RFYC moved to new clubhouse on Middle Pier

2002

HRH The Princess Royal elected Honorary member

2003

HRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of the Royal Forth Yacht Club

HISTORY Honour Roll PAST COMMODORES OF THE ROYAL FORTH YACHT CLUB (The Commodore of the Royal Eastern Yacht Club was, by tradition, the Duke of Buccleuch. Between 1835 & 1969 the 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Dukes served in this role)

HONORARY MEMBERS The Rule covering Honorary Membership was introduced in its present form in 1903 and since then has included: 1903

The Earl of Rosebery Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman M.P

1908

H.S.H. The Prince of Monaco The Earl of Dunraven

John Morrison

1909

The Earl of Dalkeith

Thomas Craigie Glover

1912

Robert Sinclair Esq. H.I.R.H. Archduke Karl Stephen of Austria

1919

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney Admiral Sir David Beatty

1922

J.H.H. Horsfield Esq.

1923

Sir Thomas C Glen-Coats, Bt

1937

The Duke of Buccleuch

1946

Sir A. Young M.P. Alfred Milne Esq. John Dunlop Esq. The Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland Hon. Sec. of Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club Hon. Sec. of Clyde Corinthian Yacht Club Hon. Sec. of Clyde Cruising Club Hon. Sec of Clyde Yacht Clubs Association

1948

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh

David S. C. Boyd

1982

George Farquhar Esq.

1991

William G. T. Rudd

1987

Dr. Meinhard Kohfahl

1993

Michael H. G. Pollett

2001

W Thompson Esq.

1995

Catherine H. Sedgeworth

2002

H.R.H. The Princess Royal

1997

Stuart M. Crombie

2015

John D Spencely C.B.E.

1999

W. David D. Darling

2001

Ian W. Paterson

2016

Dr. Jens Kohfahl

2003

George C. Brown

2006

James A. G. Lowe

2009

Fiona M. Brown

2011

Richard M. Primrose

1868

George Stevenson

1872

Rear Admiral James Paterson Bower

1875

Capt. James Arthur Forbes R.N.

1879 1881 1883

Sir Donald Currie G.C.M.G.

1910

Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery K.G.K.T.

1929

John Ferguson

1937

Alexander James Ferguson

1947

John Alexander MacQueen

1957

The Hon. Lord Cameron D.S.C.

1969

Hugh M. Arnott

1972

James Leask

1975

Kenneth L. Gumley

1977

Roger O. S. Miller

1979

Marshall L. Napier

1981

Hamish Mackenzie

1983

Harry Holmes

1985

Neil A. Ross

1987

R. Alexander Flett

1989

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HISTORY Vixen – A Very Brave Old Lady Charles Morton

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anging on a wall in the club office is a photograph of Vixen. She was designed and built to the 15 Square Metre Rule in 1937 and probably imported to the UK just before the Second World War. The legend accompanying the photograph tells us she was based at RFYC 1948 - 49 and again 1955 1966.

It is worth delving into a little history here. The Square Metre (SqM) Rule was introduced by the Swedish Sailing Federation in 1908 in an attempt to produce national yacht classes for racing. The initial rule was very simple, each class was defined by a fixed sail area (15 m2 in the case of Vixen – and the early boats would have been gaff rigged) but the designer was free to draw any hull lines that he saw fit. Inevitably, boats became longer, narrower and lighter and with the advent of Bermuda rigs the mast became taller. Sources vary but the most extreme example

Vixen.

LOA 10.05m, LWL 6.64m, beam 1.73m.

RFYC collection – photographer unknown

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HEADING was probably a 40 SqM yacht with an overall length of 15.2m but a beam of only 1.74m – a length to beam ratio of nearly 9 to 1.

Consequently, in 1925, the Rule was modified to specify some minimum dimensions and minimum displacement for each class, together with some minimum requirements for accommodation.

(For Vixen, with a beam of only 5’8” / 1.73m, “minimum” must have been the key word. For comparison, although she is longer than either an H-boat or Folkboat she is narrower and, as seen in her photograph, has less freeboard and a considerably lower coachroof. I have seen photographs of the inside of SqM boats and “canoe” seems the best description.)

Despite the rule changes, the hallmark of SqM yachts remained, and remains, long slender hulls with large overhangs and tall, narrow rigs. Boats built under the rule became very popular in Scandinavia and German speaking Europe but elsewhere the International (or Metre) Rule took precedence.

These elegant boats caught the eye of none other than Uffa Fox who in 1930 designed and built himself a 22SqM yacht, Vigilant. He was hoping to race with the Solent Q Class but his potential opponents declared this light, slender, tall rigged boat to be unseaworthy and refused him. Uffa’s response was typical; “After two spins to air her new sails” he set off with two others to sail 1,000 miles, across the North Sea, through the Kiel Canal and N to Sandhamn in Sweden, to participate in the Royal Swedish Yacht Club Centenary Regatta. The voyage took 17 days after which Vigilant participated in the regatta and returned under sail to Cowes. She was not very successful in competition but was awarded a special prize in recognition of her notable voyage.

So, to return to Vixen; information available on the internet suggests that after leaving Granton she moved to the Clyde, spent some time at Blyth in Northumberland and then returned to the Clyde where, in 1988, she was blown ashore from her mooring and badly damaged. She remained on her trailer until 2002 before being repaired and relaunched, again on the Clyde. By 2010 she was on the Hamble and took first place, from a fleet of 20, in the Classic Racing Yachts class of that year’s Round the Island Race.

Also in 2010, the Scandinavian Classic Yacht Trust had issued a challenge to British classic yacht owners to retrace Uffa Fox’s

1930 voyage. The diminutive Vixen was the only boat to rise to this challenge so, a month after her success in the Round the Island race, Vixen and her crew of three set sail from Cowes to sail 1,000 miles to Trosa in Sweden for the start of the Tullgarn Royal Palace Regatta, in which she was to take part. Leaving Cowes on July 17 Vixen reached Trosa twelve days later (including 24 hours without wind and 48 hours under tow through the Kiel Canal).

Her dimensions have already been described and her crew of three must have been even more cramped than the slightly larger Vigilant’s in 1930.

After this voyage Vixen was bought, sight unseen but on the basis of her recent achievement, by her current American owner who had her transported to Brooklin, Maine where she underwent further extensive renovation and from where she travels to compete in American classic yacht events. As to Uffa Fox’s Vigilant, she too is still afloat and active. Together with two other classic 22SqM yachts, and a couple of one design variants, she is in the care of Cremyll Keelboats in Plymouth, a maritime charity committed to maintaining traditional boat building and seamanship skills.

There were a couple of other SqM boats at Granton at much the same time as Vixen. On the clubroom walls there are photographs and half models of 22 SqM Ingrid S168 and 30SqM Cinque K5. The latter’s name is obviously a pun on her sail number but is more amusing if read aloud, presumably a reference to these boats’ reputation for being very wet. Another British 30 SqM, Tres Sang, was made famous by Blondie Haslar (later of Jester fame and whose wartime exploits inspired the film Cockleshell Heroes); in the summer of 1946 he overturned the rule book by successfully campaigning her as an offshore racer. I believe she is still afloat.

A SqM boat is still in the club. She is a 50sqM, Hiltgund, one of a number built in 1938 as a training boat for the German navy and taken as reparation after WW2. She is based at Crinan and her story is told at http://www.hiltgund.org.uk.

Finally, there is link with the Dragons (see Yearbook 2015); in its original incarnation the Dragon complied with the 20SqM rule and Norwegian Dragons displayed 20, rather than D, on their sails until after WW2.

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CRUISING From The Club Patrick Angier

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here are not many capital cities where within 30 minutes of leaving your office you can be aboard your yacht and dropping the mooring for an adventure. The Forth is a very well kept secret. No longer is it the polluted drain of Edinburgh, but rather it is wildlife haven full of fish, seabirds and large mammals. Go out for an evening potter in the summer and seals will nudge the rudder, puffins will make you laugh (just watch them crash on the water – they just stop their wings rather than land gracefully) and if you sail down the coast to Bass Rock it’s like sailing through a swarm of bees, except each bee is a gannet with 5 ft wing span.

The Forth has its own microclimate – sometimes it’s a raging fury with north-easterly gales from the Arctic, but more usually with the prevailing southerly or westerly wind the sea is flat making superb sailing. If it’s cloudy on land it’s very often sunny out to sea. There is a real sense of smugness being out in the sun whilst the rest of the country is in rain. No it’s not as warm as the Mediterranean or even the south coast of England, but every summer we do have balmy days. Swimming – put a wetsuit on and it’s superb.

In terms of cruising destinations we have Inchcolm Abbey, Inchkeith and Inchmikkery Islands all with an hour or so. Straight across the Forth is Aberdour with a good little harbour and pubs, and close by there is Silver Sands – drop the anchor and paddle ashore to play in the sand. Turn to port out of the harbour and go up river through the bridges and there are many little harbours and villages such as Charleston and Blackness Castle to visit. Keep going up to Grangemouth where you can enter the Forth and Clyde Canal and in two days you’re though to the west coast. Turn to starboard and the East Neuk of Fife and the East Lothian Coast are within three to five hours sail, or you can press on and be down in Eyemouth or up to the Tay Estuary or Arbroath within a day. If you keep going Orkney or the Caledonian Canal are two to three days sail. Heading south, in a similar time you will reach the East Anglian or even Dutch coasts.

Every year a number of Granton based boats head off on substantial voyages and throughout the summer we welcome a procession of yachts from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Holland, France and the rest of the UK, with Edinburgh either their final destination or a stop along a voyage to Iceland, Northern Scandinavia or the west coast of Scotland. Some RFYC yachts are 20

on extended cruises in other parts of the world.

Cruising can be a very solitary pastime or very sociable.

At RFYC we hold regular Cruises in Company – a loose group of old and new friends taking their boats for a walk in roughly the same direction. Lots of food and drink and other fun and games on the way.

Often cruises just seem to happen between a bunch of likeminded souls – a memorable one was a group of four yachts which took the early morning ebbdown the Firth – rafting up for a breakfast of grilled kippers (it was very calm) – ending up at the North Berwick traditional boat rally – lobster and chips on the beach – being invited to a ceilidh in the evening.

Choice of Cruising Boats One can cruise in any boat, and we have boats ranging from a 12 ft clinker sailing dinghy to yachts of 40 ft that cruise regularly.

Tides on the Forth can have a five metre swing and whilst the currents are not strong many of the harbours dry out so standing alongside the wall is required. Tall, thin bulb-keels are not ideal, more traditional long keels are preferred. Alternatively, many members have twin, or bilge, keeled boats which can dry out easily. There is a lot to be said for small day boats –the Wayfarer dinghy, Lune Longboats, Drascombe Luggers or small trailer sailers such as a Cornish Shrimper or Cape Cutter. These are suitable for day sailing and overnight stops and they can be trailed easily behind the family car. Slightly bigger boats (c25 ft), exemplified by the Folkboat and Contessa 26 offer extended cruising ability without a huge amount of expense.

Bigger boats offer more comfort and are kinder to their crew in rougher weather. In the RFYC we have a good fleet of Dragons – wonderfully fast day sailers – and H-Boats nearly as fast but offering four separate full length berths, for good friends. The latter certainly makes a good club racing boat that can be also be cruised.

Cruise in Company.

Cost is a factor to consider. A boat up to about 25ft can be had for £5,000 to £10,000 with average annual running costs including moorings, antifouling andspares and maintenance of £2,500.

This will get you an older but perfectly seaworthy boat that will provide huge amounts of fun and adventure but you can of course spend a lot lot more.

Thursday evening cruises For 2016, the Club is introducing a regular Thursday evening gathering (about 6 p.m) for people interested in an evening cruise in company. Given the tidal aspect of our harbour, this will be every 2nd week, and ties in with the boatman and the bar being open for racing.

Crew will be allocated to a boat and we all set off for a short cruise in a direction inspired by the wind and the tide. We all get a couple of hours on the water in a variety of conditions and people without boats get the chance to try out a number of boats which may inspire them to get their own boat. Non members are welcome and can join in, though if they come out more than a handful of times they will be expected to apply to join the club.

At the end of the evening’s sailing the bar will usually be open and there will be the opportunity to socialise with the other crews and skippers and swap stories.

Even if you look at the weather forecast and think it doesn’t look great, turn up anyway. You often find the weather has improved, or you go out anyway and have a great couple of hours

on the water. And there is always the opportunity for some hot soup or a drink at the club on your return.

An email group will be used to gauge the level of interest from crews and available skippers. The relevant evenings are shown in the Sailing Calendar (page 44) and people could just turn up but with no guarantee of a place on a boat. Crews registering their interest via the email group will get priority if there is a shortage of spaces. We hope to see you there.

Evening on the Forth.

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CRUISING Fog And Ferocious Passages

Adrian Shield

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hose of us who sail on the Firth of Forth are all too aware that at any time, no matter how sunny, a thick Haar can descend on us.

With that knowledge we should be pretty familiar with what to do when we are suddenly confronted by the haar or fog. We note our position, put nav lights on, lifejackets on, fog-horn out and working, lookout on bow, get out of main shipping channels, possibly drop anchor, etc. If you have AIS or radar they are particularly valuable. I think we have all read one or more guides as to how to deal with fog, so I do not intend to cover it here. We may also have read in the sailing magazines of sailing through one of the many “ferocious passages” round our the coast of our own island or the continent, where the conditions are frightening if you get the wind and tide wrong, but almost benign if you get it right.

So I thought I would tell my own tale of being caught in fog, and traversing one of those “ferocious passages”, the Chenal du Four, off the north west corner of Brittany.

I was crew on a beautiful Ovni 385 which was headed for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, though I was only doing part of the

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delivery passage to Gran Canaria. From Falmouth we moved to the Helford River to await a late evening departure in order to get the tide right for the Chenal du Four. After two days of good south easterlies, the wind had dropped so we left late evening, motor sailing in clear weather. I had the middle of the night watch and marvelled at the clarity of the night sky and the wonder of the milky way. Then I noticed that I couldn’t see them quite so clearly, in fact I couldn’t see across the water very far. A fog had clamped down on us. Time to call the skipper.

Not a problem for a qualified Yachtmaster Instructor on a well founded boat. On with the radar and keeping a good lookout.

Fortunately the shipping channels were quiet and the boat had a good autopilot, which was programmed with the waypoints for the passage through the Chenal. As dawn broke we could see nothing; our first view of France was a beacon in the fog.

But the tide was right and the water, though looking troubled, was calm. The boat carefully went from one waypoint to the next on the autopilot. We weren’t the only boats about and we passed a small local boat travelling with great confidence, he was unlikely to have had radar but obviously knew the waters well.

But by the time we cleared the Chenal du Four the sun had started to break through and when we anchored in the small harbour at the Ile de Seine it was bright sunshine. From the island we could look across our next “ferocious passage” – the Raz de Seine (L). But it is difficult to believe, it looks so benign.

So a ferocious passage is only bad when you get it wrong. But getting it right and getting a passage in fog right are just two of the many challenges that make up sailing.

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CRUISING There And Back Again – An Orkney Saga

Hillary Sillito With apologies to devotees of JRR Tolkein and Nordic studies!

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n April, we (Simon, Glen and I) bought Peak Flow, a Contessa 32, from her previous owner, also an RFYC member. She was fully fitted out with safety equipment to meet the requirements for the biennial Orkney Race, which was due to run in June. Seemed an ideal opportunity for a shakedown cruise…

We needed a fourth crew. We asked around the club to no avail; then Glen asked Ben, who had crewed with him in his Fireball, and he agreed to join us. The first time all four of us met together was in the afternoon of the race. After a briefing from Tom Wilson and paninis in the clubhouse, we boarded the boat, stowed our gear as best we could, and motored out towards the start line. The race started at 19:00 (slow handicap) and 20:00 (fast handicap) on Thursday 18th June. It was quite blowy, and we hadn’t had enough spinnaker practice to feel confident with the spinnaker in the conditions, so we set off with white sails. Thanks to our huge Genoa we had no problem keeping up with the other boats in the slow fleet with their small spinnakers. By 23:30 the wind had eased and the sea was calmer, and we were on a very comfortable beam reach at 6 knots rounding Fife Ness. All the boats rounded the North Carr buoy in the darkness a few minutes apart, including the two fast boats in the race, Yesnaby and Erin from Port Edgar. There were five boats in the slow fleet: Rockhopper and Countess Linda from Fisherrow Sailing Club, Nereides and Panache, both Seamaster 925s from Orkney Sailing Club, and ourselves from RFYC. Unfortunately the other RFYC 24

entrant had to pull out before the start, so as long as we finished the race we were assured of the Longship trophy for the best RFYC result.

The wind dropped overnight and the next part of the race, from Fife Ness to Aberdeen, was a matter of making best use of patches of wind. Spinnakers weren’t much use with the fluky winds, the critical choice was how far offshore. Between 6 and 8:30 on Friday morning, the whole fleet was more or less becalmed between Gourdon and Montrose, though a 2 knot tide kept us all moving in the right direction. Then the wind picked up from the NW and we had a three hour blast up the coast to near Aberdeen. Some rain, fortunately it was my turn to be resting below decks! We stayed a few miles off shore, some boats were close inshore hoping for land effects, and the two fast boats went further offshore. It didn’t necessarily help. We were bemused to watch Erin pass us (again) off Aberdeen at 13:30. We took a long tack out to sea in an attempt to get out of the worst of the adverse current, and by 15:00 we were doing 4 knots over the ground against a 2 kt current, beating into a NNW Force 3-4 wind in quite a lumpy sea. We kept heading north-east past Peterhead and Kinnaird Point to get clear of the strong currents before the tide turned. The wind eased as night approached, and finally died about 21:00. We spent most of the night floating around on spookily calm water near oil and gas platforms a long way from anywhere.

All the boats were becalmed for many hours overnight on Friday night/Saturday morning. Then the wind picked up with a light steady breeze from the SE and we had an 8 hour spinnaker run all

the way across the mouth of the Moray Firth. We crossed the latitude of Wick about 40 miles east of land. Seems we were the first of the slow boats at this point. However, about 19:00 hrs on Saturday we lost the wind 16 miles from the finish line and floated around in fog. Then there was a bit of wind and we had a goat getting to the finishing line before the opposing tidal stream built up. But after a heroic effort by Ben, doing tricks with a cruising chute we’d never seen before, the wind died again. We managed to ferry glide into the shelter of Copinsay to avoid being taken half way back to Wick with the current, had a cup of tea, and came out again at first light as the wind picked up and the current died, to have a final exhilarating beat to the finish, crossing the line at 6:53 on Sunday morning. The two Orkney boats had passed us unseen and finished in the hour before, and Rockhopper finished fifty minutes after us. Countess Linda finished seven hours later, but thanks to her handicap won the slow class. Yesnaby was the overall winner.

Glen, Simon and Ben took the ferry home on Sunday night. I stayed on in Orkney, went to the prizegiving, and proudly collected the Longship Trophy for the fastest RFYC boat on handicap. Careful analysis of the intermediate and final times suggested we were well ahead of the other slow boats until we lost the wind near Copinsay, and if we’d found the luck or skill to get to the finish line during the

night we might have won the race. But, as someone pointed out, that’s sailing for you! It was a fantastic experience and we learnt a lot for next time.

On Wednesday I sailed in company with the winning boat, Yesnaby, to Stromness. This involved going through the infamous Eynhallow Sound, which in the right tidal conditions, proved not too bad – bouncing through short steep waves for a while, but the tide swept us through quickly. We then had a pleasant gentle sail round the west coast of Orkney Mainland, past the Kitchener

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monument and the tidal power test area. The one hitch was that when I tried to switch on the tiller pilot that came with the boat, first I gouged my thumb trying to get the cover off the socket for the control lead, and then when I’d staunched the flow of blood and switched the tiller pilot on, it retracted and resolutely stuck, trying to make the boat go hard a-port. It was retired for the rest of the cruise! So what I’d hoped would be a pleasant potter, with the tiller pilot doing the work and me looking at charts and scenery, turned into 8 hours at the helm. Our timing was good and we were swept into Scapa Flow by the flood tide.

Stromness is a very nice marina, quieter and with better facilities than Kirkwall. My wife joined me and we used Peak Flow as a caravan for a week, exploring Orkney mostly by bus, catching up with long-lost friend who live there, socialising with other boat crews, walking along the cliffs from Skara Brae back to Stromness, and having a great sail in great weather out to the Old Man of Hoy and back. We were really lucky: apparently this was the first week of proper summer in Orkney.

We flew home, and I returned to Orkney with a friend a week later to start bringing Peak Flow home. I should have probed more about his sailing experience and given a bit more advice about what to expect and what clothing to bring, because he arrived with rather thin waterproofs (I lent him a spare jacket) and asked after we’d crossed the Pentland Firth and got into Wick, “was it just me or was that a bit hairy?” I guess he had a point, because these waters have a reputation of being among the most dangerous in the UK! The conditions were close to ideal for our crossing – neap tides, so the currents were merely very strong; a nice sunny day; wind about Force 3; and timed to catch the start of the favourable tidal stream. We motor-sailed through Scapa Flow, and passed Cantick Head lighthouse to enter the Pentland Firth a bit earlier than planned, so we went round in circles for half an hour before going out to pick up the eastward current. The south-west wind was fair for the crossing and we were able to dispense with the engine. At 26

one point we were doing 10 knots over the ground, and the water was eddying quite dramatically. Then we had a good sail to Wick, motoring the last couple of miles as the wind headed us.

The next day we crossed the Moray Firth to Whitehills. Again we sailed most of the way and made good time. The wind was quite strong and the sea quite rough in the middle of the Firth, and we reefed down to give ourselves a more comfortable ride. The fair wind took us quite close to our destination, and again we used the engine for the last few miles. Whitehills is a fine marina, very welcoming – the harbour master came down to the harbour and took photos of us as we arrived, a lovely gesture. The entrance is like a labyrinth, with two right-angle turns in quick succession to get into the outer harbour and the visitors’ pontoon. Another layer of the labyrinth protects the inner harbour. The next day we took the bus to explore the beautiful old fishing village of Portsoy. That evening we were in the local pub, looking awestruck at photos of massive winter storm waves breaking high over the top of the harbour wall.

Then we set off for Peterhead. The wind was light and we had to motor a lot of the way. Strong tidal currents swept us round Kinnaird Point with a good view of the lighthouse. Peterhead offers safe berthing in a large marina at the inside corner of the outer harbour, which is in turn protected by a massive sea wall. Passage through the entrance in the sea wall is tightly controlled by the harbour master, and we and other small boats had to wait for a larger commercial boat to come out and then “transit the harbour as fast as we could go”.

Paul and I went home leaving Peak Flow in Peterhead for a week.

Then I came back with Simon and Glen to bring her home. We set off at the back of a gale in a Force 7, which eased after an hour, and died almost completely during the night. We had a lovely sunny sail through the Forth estuary in the afternoon, seeing a Minke Whale off Fife Ness and again in the middle of the Firth between North Berwick and Elie. We got back to Granton just over 24 hours after leaving Peterhead, completing a round trip of over 500 miles.

CRUISING RFYC In Greece

Hillary Sillito

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reece offers a different kind of sailing, and before the migrant crisis, was a great place for carefree sailing in the sun. This article is about two contrasting trips two years apart: a bareboat charter in the Cyclades (2013), and a flotilla delivery cruise from Corfu to the Saronic Gulf (2015).

The bareboat charter started and finished in Paros, in the Cyclades. We went towards the end of May 2013 to get good weather before the “Meltem” season, the strong winds that can make sailing in that area a bit (too?) exciting. The boat was a Dufour 385, in great condition with brand new sails. To do a bareboat charter in the Mediterranean, you need a certificate of competence – a Coastal Skipper Practical was acceptable in our case, but each charter company has its own rules. I was joined by Pete, a friend from University now living in Singapore, and Martin, a German friend of his also working in Singapore. We had the boat for nine days, so planned a fairly ambitious trip around the islands south and east of Paros: Iraklia, Ios, a brief look at Santorini, Amorgos – a little known gem and the best part of the holiday – and then back to Iraklia and through the Naxos channel back to Paros.

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Some of the highlights of the trip were: anchoring in a secluded bay on the south coast of Iraklia and messing about with dinghy and snorkels; sailing into the Santorini caldera; and beating along the north coast of Paros on the last afternoon, close-hauled in a Force 4 with sails so well balanced that she’d sail in a straight line with no hands on the wheel for minutes at a time.

The really memorable part of the trip was circumnavigating the island of Amorgos, and then exploring the island while we sat out a gale. The island is long and thin, lying northeast to southwest, with high cliffs along the north end and much of the south-east coast. The cliffs are soft rock, which flakes and crumbles into dust, so the waters around the island glow a wonderful cobalt blue

in the sunshine. We started our circumnavigation beating into a Force 6; then were becalmed on the windward side of the island as the wind rose off the sea surface to go over the top of the cliffs; then sailing and motoring close inshore on the near-deserted south-east coast to marvel at the monastery half way up the cliffs, and at the fantastic colours in the coastal water.

Then we had an exhilarating run towards the north end of the island in big seas in the company of dolphins, before turning left and passing under the massively tall northern cliffs. The bay at the north-west corner, which the chart claimed was an anchorage, turned out to be full of plastic bags, with limestone slabs on the bottom that wouldn’t take an anchor, and blasted by gusts coming down the steep gullies at the back of the bay. So we marvelled at the scenery and headed off for the small fishing port of Aegiali. We spent two nights there, enjoying the sun and café life, and hiring a car to explore the island while a gale blasted the harbour with a 40 knot wind. First it came from the west for several hours, and then after a twenty minute lull the wind reversed and came from the east for several more hours, again at 40 knots.

The good thing about bareboat chartering is you are free to go where you want, and aren’t held to anyone else’s agenda.You can choose to spend the night in busy marinas with live Zorba music in the bars, in quiet dreamy little villages with a couple of cafes, or all alone in deserted sandy bays. We did all of these.

It was a steep learning curve. You’re responsible for the boat and the crew for the duration of the trip. On day 2, the rope at the end of the anchor chain jammed in the windlass as we hurried to moor in the last available berth in Ios harbour, as everyone fled for shelter from an impending storm. A plastic bag blocked the engine water intake as we manoeuvred close inshore at Santorini, and we learnt how to change an impeller after anchoring under sail in a sandy bay back in Ios. We didn’t find out how critical it was to set the jib sheet travellers exactly right – six inches made

degrees of difference to how well we could point into the wind – until the last two days. And in the last mooring manoeuvre of the holiday, we got a rope round the prop – fortunately fixed the next day by a friendly scuba diver who seemed very accustomed to dealing with such eventualities!

The flotilla delivery cruise in May 2015 was a very different kind of experience. This time Simon, my co-owner of Peak Flow, joined Pete and me. We were free to choose our own route each day, but had to get to the designated harbour each evening before dark. A “crew boat” accompanied us amply equipped with spares, but the individual boats didn’t carry spares, so if you had a problem you had to reconnect with the crew. On the plus side, the crew would race past us each day to bag our moorings and help us moor.

And of course on a flotilla holiday, you don’t need certificates of competence, though on the delivery cruises they have a schedule to stick to, so they do want people with a reasonable amount of experience.

The boats were Bavarias and Beneteaus. We had a short-keel Bavaria 360, whose short keel revealed its limitations when we were beating into steep short waves in a Force 6 in the Gulf of Patras – we had to give up on sailing, and motor into the wind and waves, smashing down off each wave crest with showers of spray.

Highlights of the trip were: a beautiful wander round the west side of Paxos (slightly reminiscent of the west cliffs of Mingulay); a day ashore visiting Delphi; dozens of dolphins in the gulf of Corinth; breakfast under way on a balmy morning as we left port to head for the Corinth canal; the other side of the Corinth canal when the whole fleet set goose winged genoas and headed for our next port altogether; and the last night, watching the sun set from a secluded anchorage on the southwest corner of Agistri.

Pete and I agreed that the flotilla was less exciting than the bare boat charter – but much more relaxing. A holiday, perhaps, as opposed to an adventure!

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CRUISING Why I Go To Sea

John Spencely

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hy sailing as a hobby? Independence, if one sails alone; the aesthetic pleasure of a sunlit (or moonlit) sea, with sparkling waves and the gentle lap of a calm sea against the hull or the swoosh of a rough sea as one slides down the face of a wave; the pleasure of sailing on a bowline, as the Victorians had it – that is, sailing close hauled to windward, balancing wind against course, jib trembling on the edge of lifting (backwinding); the sense of achievement in making a passage from home base to a strange port or anchorage, working out the likely depth of water at harbour entrance or sheltered spot according to the tide tables – albeit that thousands have made the passage before.

Setting an anchor single handed and relaxing in a sunny cockpit, out of the wind, with a well earned cup of tea, before making supper and turning into a snug bunk, nicely wrapped

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up in duvet – but with torch, clothes, VHF radio, lifejacket and spectacles close at hand in case of emergency. And all ready up on deck for a swift exit, with anchor light shining, halliard attached to the head of the mainsail, all lines clear and ready to hand in the dark, but with all halliards tied away from the mast so they don’t beat against the mast. The noise reverberates down into the cabin and makes sleep impossible.

There is always a sense of slight danger, which I compare to boy-scouting in the hills, potentially wet, perhaps concerned with getting lost or overcome by strong winds. This gives an agreeable edge to passage making for, it must be admitted, sailing is slow (I always assumed 4 knots – or roughly 4 miles an hour for passage planning) and can be boring. But less so if there’s a spice of danger about. I am very fortunate in never having been seasick, which is a huge bonus.

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Prize Winners 2016

Evening Point Early – Fast Handicap ETCHELLS CHALLENGE TROPHY Humdinger – Anthony Tait Evening Points Late – Fast Handicap CAPRICORN TROPHY Kestra – Richard Leask Evening Points Late – Slow Handicap KING CUP Timania – Peter Hartley Saturday Points – Fast Handicap ABERDOUR CHALLENGE CUP Humdinger – Anthony Tait Autumn Series IOD CUP Kestra – Richard Leask WEST CUP Kestra – Richard Leask LAMB TANKARD (West Cup 2nd) Wizz Too – Helen Horsfall and Henry Boyd CRAWFORD CUP Apache – George and Fiona Brown PENNEL TROPHY Kestra – Richard Leask Single Handed Race ELIOTT MEDWAY QUAICH Apache – George Brown NEILSON PLATE Wizz Too – Helen Horsfall and Henry Boyd CORONATION CUP Kestra – Richard Leask

Festival Series – Fast Handicap RANGE ROVER QUAICH Jetstream – Dermot Gorman and David Northridge Festival Series – Slow Handicap GARRICK ANGUS CUP Border Maid – Patrick Angier

Photography Bells Shield Charles Morton

Orkney Race first RFYC yacht THE LONGSHIP TROPHY Peak Flow – G Bramley, S Harris, H Sillito

Log competition Mc Queen Cup Graham Mitchell

Orkney Race – Overall WADIE TROPHY Yesnaby – Bill Blyth (OSC)

Some RFYC competitive successes further afield in 2015 included:

Edinburgh Regatta – best RFYC Div 1 INVERALMOND CUP Apache – George and Fiona Brown

Laser Radial – Youth European Championships 2015 1st – Jamie Calder

Edinburgh Regatta – best RFYC Div 2 MARSHALL NAPIER CUP Varrich – R Cowie, P Hall and J McLaren

Laser Radial – Scottish Winter Championships 2015 1st – Jamie Calder

Edinburgh Regatta best RFYC 707s TARTAN CUP Cacciatore – John and Stewart Robertson

Laser Radial – Scottish Traveller Series 2015 1st – Lewis Smith

Edinburgh Regatta Best Overall BRITTANIA TROPHY Cacciatore – John and Stewart Robertson Ladies race MACKIE INGLIS CUP Cacciatore – Sarah Robertson Season's Challenge Bolan Trophy Peak Flow – G Bramley, S Harris, H Sillito

HRH Quaich (Coronation Cup 2nd) Wizz Too – Helen Horsfall and Henry Boyd

Cadet Race Sharp Cup Robyn Dougall

JAMES LEASK CUP (Royal Eastern Regatta Fast Handicap) Kestra – Richard Leask

Cadet of the Year Almond Cup Jennifer Lane

May Island Race BEACON TROPHY Erin – John Murphy (PEYC)

Services to RFYC Debutante Trophy Andy Young

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Photography Maja Trophy Ken Dougall

Laser Radial – Scottish Inland Series 2015 1st – Lewis Smith Forth Yacht Clubs Association – Young Sailor of the Year Trophy 2015 Jamie Calder Intl Dragon, Edinburgh Cup 2015 – Classic Boat prize Whizz Too – Henry Boyd & Helen Horsfall Intl Dragon, Edinburgh Cup 2015 – First (ever) All Ladies Crew Kismet – Cathy Sedgeworth Cruising Association – Hanson Cup 2014 (Best log of a cruise of any duration) Geoffrey Bowler (awarded 2015)

HEADING 707 Class –Affordable Performance RACING

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he Hunter 707 is a fast, fun and immensely satisfying boat to sail and has a growing following in Scotland, and a revitalisation across the UK. Simple One Design is King. Who needs ten sails, rating wars, an army on the weather deck, a loo, a galley, nav table and bunks?

The 707 is an easily handled planing keelboat reaching up to 18 knots in a blow with the spinnaker up. It is best raced by 4 or 5 people but can be sailed successfully by as few as 2. All this performance comes at a very affordable price of between £4,0006,500 which is less than many dinghies and many, many times less than similar sized boats such as the J70 and J80.

The boats were so well built the majority are in exceptional condition as there is little to go wrong – hence the re-birth in interest. They are remarkably robust boats built in the true tradition of solid British boatbuilding.

Symmetrical spinnakers are used and this gives the crew plenty to do, unlike asymmetrical boats in which the crew are often simple bystanders – another reason the 707 is finding appeal with crews young and old.

Competitive, but friendly, fleet racing: Bow to stern mark rounding, manoeuvres separated by just a few feet, simple errors losing 2-4 places in seconds typifies 707 racing. It is keen and the fleet never shy in making appropriate comments in the bar later.

In competitive terms we have many teams who are hard to beat with events often going down to the last race.

Training and Coaching: Typifying the fleet’s closeness is the willingness to pass on tips and knowledge, and the first of coaching days is planned for Saturday 30th of April run and supported by key RYA coaches. This is a primer for the prestigious Edinburgh Cup which will be sailed the next day – a great start to the season!

The Boat of choice for key events The 707 UK National Championship was hosted on the Forth in 2015 with 22 boats competing. The 2016 Nationals will be at Scarborough YC, and it is scheduled to return to the Forth in 2017, with a larger fleet.

In 2016 there are a number of 707 events on the Forth: • Scottish Universities will sail 707s as their annual keelboat championship in 707s on 27/28th February.

• Edinburgh Cup 1st May at PEYC (plus a training day open to all on the Saturday) • East of Scotland Sailing Event, which is the qualifier for the RYA UK National Week, is to be sailed in 707s at PEYC on 18/19th June.

• 707 Class entry in Edinburgh Regatta, 16/17 July • Scottish Nationals at RFYC One Design Weekend 27/28th August • Port Edgar Watersports’ Sprints Slam 10th/11th September More information: Simon Peakman, 707 Class, RFYC

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Boat Name

Make

Sail No

Owner (s)

Gonzo

Freedom 32

124

David Penny

Goosander

Day Boat

Richard Primrose

Grateful

Day Boat

Richard Primrose

Hanna

H Boat

Andrew Bruce, Ian Lindsay, Fraser MacNair, Charles Morton

Hiltgund

50 Square Metre Windfall

V85

Christopher Perring

Hizz Ya Wizz

H Boat

GBR 39

Fearghas McKay

Hoodlum

Oyster 26

1975C

Kenneth MacKenzie, Robert MacKenzie

Graham Kerr

Humdinger

H-Boat

DEN 518

Anthony Tait

Sandra Dunn

Imoanalot

Shetland Fisher

Will Rudd

Inkwazi

Trimaran

Brian Robertson

Janika Lycka

Najad 380

Graeme Lee

Jetstream

Hunter 707

7102

Dermot Gorman, David Northridge

Michael Fourman

Joule

Hunter Medina

69

Angus Buchanan

Graham Mitchell

Kata Noi

Jaguar 27

Campbell McCausland

Peter Kirkman

Keshti

Halmatic 30

K55337

Jonathan Gotelee

Robert Weir

Kestra

Dragon

K489

Richard Leask

BOATS OF ROYAL FORTH Boat Name

Make

1st Edition

RIB

Sail No

Owner (s) Alasdair Lessels, John McArthur

Amber

Newbridge Pioneer Pilot

Arctic Gold

Fisher 37

Neil Walker

Artic Curlew

Skylso

Atlantia

Formosa 51

Aziana

Seamaster 925

Barley

Bluenose (Keelboat)

Bella

Ketch

Blue Biscay

Biscay 36

Blue llex

Frances 26

Blue Swan

Trident 24

Boomerang

Flying Fifteen

Border Maid

Folkboat

FB439

Patrick Angier

Kismet

Dragon

Cacciatore

Hunter 707

GBR 7115N

John Robertson, Stewart Robertson

K-Mar

Seamaster 23

Lady Anna of Fife

Atlantic

Graeme Ferguson

Geoffrey Bowler

John Sadler

19

James Thomson

Catherine Sedgeworth

Paul Lundberg Robert Briggs

Cheverton

(Leith Sea Cadets)

Thomas Howie

Lady Caroline

Sports Cruiser

Chione

Westerly Fulmar

FR 452 FR 452

Holway Cruft, Julian Cruft

Lima

Ribquest

Contessa lll

Moody 38

Brian Smellie

Little Mouse

Drascombe Lugger

Crafty Lady

Seawolf 30

SW56

John Lomas

Lone Star

Hurley 22

Curlew

Corribee

520 520

Phil Turner, Todd Zonderman

Lucky Girl

Maxi 120

Lucky You

Orkney Pilot

Dash

Freedom 25

David Penny

Magdalena

Dernier Sou

Gibsea 282

Alex Tulloch, Elizabeth Tulloch

March Whisker

Motor Sailor

Echo Echo

Nimbus Motorboat

Hugh McCaig

Merganser

Achilles 840

Ivor Fennell

Eider

Contessa 32

Andrew Fulton

Meteor

Dragon

GBR 402

Peter Cooke

Ellipsis

Hanse 415

Duncan Hall

Mhor Mischief

Cenit 35

Leeona Dorrian

Embleton

Cornish Crabber 24

Adrian Shield

Minnie

Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 331

Enigma

Delphia 29

James Clydesdale

Miss Tequilla

Beneteau Oceanis 461

Philip Rutledge

Eriskay

Westerly Fulmar

FR 383 FR 383

David Boyd, Sarah Boyd

Mor March

Westerly Centaur

CR47

Daphne Meade

Myrine

Sabre 27

Stephen Pavis

Orithya

Westerly Centaur

CR 445 CR 445

Alison Cunningham John Cunningham

Osprey 111

Nevin Jamieson

Otter

Cornish Cobble

Partial Pressure

Hunter 707

GBR 2576L

David Simpson, Gavin Simpson

Peakflow

Contessa 32

923

Glen Bramley, Simon Harris, Hillary Sillitto

Pemva

Westerly Corsair

C49

Kenneth Dougall

Pescador

Kinsman

K16

Alistair Drennan

Pip

2.4mR

26

Terence O'Brien

Polka

Pandora International 22

Rawannah

Ketch

56

Errant

Bermudan Sloop

183C

Alastair Wight

Fei-Lin's Flirtation

Dragon

GBR 633

Ron James

Fisherman

Norman 18

Free Spirit

MG 33.5

Freelady

Nauticat 42

Funtastic

Jeanneau Fun

Galumph

Day Boat

Geronimo

Princess 27

Gigha of Gare

Galion 28

Goin Ballistic

Motor Boat

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Marek Manka GBR 3350T

Jeanette Hardy James Elder

GBR 3581

Robin Brownlie, Blair Forbes, Gordon Morrison, Stuart Smith, Alan Stevens Richard Primrose

Stuart Crombie Donald Cameron

Terry Holden

Graham Campbell Chris Howden

Ben Schiller Roy Davy

Charles Pank Andrew Young

Artur Janiszewski Alastair Black, Gordon Robb

Euan Stirling

Dominic Duncan

Christine Page

William Newman

Boat Name

Make

Sail No

Owner (s)

Boat Name

Make

Sail No

Owner (s)

R'N'R

Heavenly Twins Cat.

Rush Hour

H Boat

GBR 5

Alastair Sutherland

Sonsie

Leisure 23

414

Alastair Black

Kenneth Mackay

Sorley

Folkboat

FB469

Saluki

Hunter Pilot 27

Gordon Robb

53

David Gillon

Star Tern

Sadler 29

Samba

Alan Turner

Seamaster 925

C1357

Lorne Byatt

Starspinner

Trapper 501

GBR 6658T

Graham Prince

Sarah Jane

Prelude

246

David Kidston

Storm Cloud

Shark Cruiser Racer

1

Colin Cairns

Saremja

Westerly Renown

Alexander Bell

Superfreak

Mystere Flier

Sashi

Smith Bros. Open Launch

Hugh McCaig

Tabula Rasa

WoodsJavelin Cat

Douglas Maccoll

Scallie

Cape Cutter 19

Timothy Hall, David Urch

Tallulah

Hunter 707

GBR 7023N

Simon Peakman

Tara

Drascombe Lugger

Iona Molleson

Tarka Minor

Rustler 31

Tequila

Parker

8

Bob Maisey

The Springer

Jaguar 22

7097

Tim Simpson

Timania

Elizabethan 30

2855

Peter Hartley

Peter Hyde

Hamish Allison

Sea Hunter

Motor Cruiser

Seren

O'Day 22

Serenity

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey

Shalimar

Cutlass 27

25

Denise Thomas, William Thompson

Shamal

Beneteau First 24

8283

Chris Binnie

Tofog

Nantucket Clipper MK11

Y 1550

David Ogilvie

Sheaval

Mirage 28

726C

Andrew Milne, George Milne

Two-Six-O

Westerly Griffon

260

David Robertson

Varrich

H Boat

GBR 27

Rob Cowie, Peter Hall, John McLaren

Villamoura

Regal 2465

Euan Stirling

Wee Dragon

Contessa 26

265

Henry Abraham, Ian Trail

Whisper

Malo 39

Anthony Tait

James Noble

Whizz Too

Dragon

GBR 343

Henry Boyd, Helen Horsfall

Richard Maspero

Willow

Ribcraft 585

Duncan Hall

Seamaster 925

2320

Crawford Ferguson Peter Black

Shoddycloth

Seawolf 30

5

Neil Ballantyne, Steven McClay

Shuvler

Dufour 31

David Scott

Sieglinde

Dragon

GBR 316

Henry Boyd, Helen Horsfall

Silkie

Hunter Medina

M 12

Anthony Bloomfield, Richard Geddes

Simandy

Sole Bay 40

Skimmer

Dufour Sylphe

Smithereen

Seamaster 925

1195C

Tom Wilson

Willow The Wisp

Smokey Lady

Cornish Shrimper

Irene Paterson

Willpower

VX One

Solan

Dragon

K65

Guy Carswell

Wilma

Motor Fisher Zodiac 5m pro

Solveig

Seamaster 925

Stuart Fowler, Neil Moffat

Zodiac One

Somerled

Tanzer 7.5

150

Mary Nicoll

ZZZIP

Classic Motor Boat

Boat Name

Ronald Masson

Alon Palmer GBR 173

Will Davies Kenneth Colquhoun

Kenneth Dougall Robin Brownlie

DINGHY LIST 2016 Class

Boat Name

Sail No

Owner

Class

420

Tournepige

48768

James Walker

Laser Radial

14ft. RNSA

Dragon

Hugh Henderson

Mirror

Sail No

Owner

192835

Ross Slater Murray Thomson

Murraymint

420

50191

Emma Palmer

RS 200

420

53839

Emma Palmer

RS 400

Sarah Robertson

SCO 02

Derek Gibb

Solo

Coast to Coast Rigging Taz

Stewart Robertson

A Class Cat

Still Thinkin

Barrow Boat

Maya Rose

Charles Pank

Topper

Fairy Duckling

Finn Fair

Finn Thomson

Topper

Gull

L'Oiseau

707

David Ogilvie

Twinkle Twelve

Twinkle

Laser

Wee Hamish

40696

Simon Peakman

Wanderer

Vanilla Slice

W331

Alastair Kinroy

Laser

195779

Jamie Calder

Wayfarer

Lucky Dip

W8395

William McIntosh

Laser

200023

Emma Palmer

Wayfarer

Stooshie

7302

Henry Boyd, Ellie Boyd

Wayfarer

Wishful Thinking

9755

Charles Morton

Laser

Stewart Robertson

Laser Radial

Aubin

208712

Clementine Thompson

Laser Radial

Lola

203967

Lewis Smith

5616

Kevan Gibb Kate Angier

40607

Emma Palmer Lorne Byatt

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SAILING INFORMATION 2016 CRUISING In recent seasons cruising events have been popular and they were well attended in 2015. This year there will be five “Cruises in Company”. Dependent on the weather and tides cruises will be to Aberdour and other anchorages, providing an opportunity for club members (keelboats, dinghies, crew) to meet, learn the art of coarse anchoring, perhaps exchange crews and generally to socialise on the water.

Details will be communicated by posts on the website, email and posters on the notice board about two weeks in advance.

Suggestions, ideas and questions are welcome (to Patrick Angier, Cruiser Class captain). Look out for a cruising blog on the website at the start of the season

RFYC CLUB RACES A Sailing Instruction booklet for club races, which will include courses, will be available to download in A4 format from the website. The booklet, and laminated course charts, will also be available for purchase from the bar.

There will be two handicap fleets;

RFYC REGATTAS 2016 7 May Opening Regatta, (yacht, keel & dinghy)

Weekend Points series will take place on every Saturday that has suitable tides.

To encourage participation many of the eponymous Saturday events have been added to the standard races to make a 15 race “all season” Saturday series.

4 Jun

Royal Eastern Regatta, (yacht & keelboat)

16-17 Jul Edinburgh Gin Regatta, (with FCYC) 10-12 Aug Festival Series, (yacht, keelboat) 27-29 Aug One Design inc Dragon Scottish Championships & 707 Scottish Championships 9-12 Sep VX One UK National Championships, (part of the VXOne 2016 Provisional European circuit).

All events are open to visitors – please ask at the club for details. Sailing Instructions (SIs) and Notices of Race (NORs) for open events will be published on the Club website.

The Edinburgh Gin Regatta is our major open event this summer, and is part of the Forth Yacht Clubs Association Yacht Championship (see page opp).

The May Island and Anstruther Express races will be run from Granton.

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Fast fleet – Cruiser fleet –

FYCA handicap ≤1014 FYCA handicap ≥ 1015

Points Series: Evening Points races, which are also open to members of FCYC, will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and a few Friday evenings. There will be two series, Early (eight races) and Late (seven races) and two handicap fleets:

Autumn Points will be on three Saturdays in October and will be open to all yachts and keel boats. Two races each Saturday in Wardie Bay. Passage Races: Five longer races, held jointly with Forth Corinthian Yacht Club.

FINDING CREW/SKIPPERS There is a Yahoo Group for members to communicate directly with each other, for example to offer or seek crewing places, arrange sailing in company, look for advice etc. See the club website to join.

SAFETY ON THE WATER Competitors are reminded that safety whilst on the water is the responsibility of the skipper. The following safety guidelines apply to all RFYC events: Dinghies – RFYC Dinghy Racing safety procedures, www.rfyc.org/wp-content/uploads/RFYCRacing-safety-procedures.docx Yachts / Keelboats – Forth Yacht Club Association safety guidelines. www.rfyc.org/ wp-content/uploads/fycasafetyregsiss3.pdf Safety boats must be on the water for dinghy racing and dinghy training.

Safety cover is not provided by the club at other times or for other events.

RIBs may be on the water for yacht & keelboat events but their purpose is to assist the race officer (mark laying etc) and they are not intended to provide safety cover for yacht & keelboat crews. The presence of RIBs does not diminish the responsibilities of the yacht skipper.

RACE ORGANISATION & DUTIES Races are run by member volunteers. All members who race should take part in the race management duty roster, and we also welcome help from all other members who wish to participate. This is a great way to meet other members and to participate in the activities of the club.

The Duty roster is published using a web-based system called Dutyman (see next page) which can be accessed via the club web site. All prospective race organization volunteers will be contacted before the racing season and invited to volunteer for duties.

DUTYMAN WEBPAGES The DutyMan system was introduced to RFYC in 2011 to provide an up-to-date view of the duty roster, accessible to members, and make it easier for them to volunteer for duties or to swap duties.

Broadly, the process for setting up the Duty roster is as follows: 1.

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An E-mail will be sent to members showing who is available and qualified for duties and requesting any additions / removals from the list.

The Duty Calendar will be set up on Dutyman and published in March. Members may VOLUNTEER for specific dates duties that suit them; this should reduce the amount of swapping later. This option will be open for about 2 weeks New volunteers added to Dutyman will be sent an automated e-mail which will contain your login details, and also an e-mail from the Club office. Members already on Dutyman will continue to use their old login details.

Any remaining duties will be ASSIGNED to members by the Sailing Secretary. Dutyman will send you an e-mail detailing your assigned duties.

You must use the DutyMan system to either CONFIRM that you are able to do a duty or to swap duties. Please remember to confirm so that we don’t have to chase you.

DutyMan sends a reminder email to you one week before your duty.

You turn up on time to do your duty and have a great time participating in club activities!

FORTH YACHT CLUBS ASSOCIATION

www.fyca.org.uk RFYC is a member of the Forth Yacht Clubs Association (FYCA), formed in 1969 by the sailing clubs in the Forth area to coordinate activities, represent clubs’ interests and further the interests of sailing on the Forth. FYCA organise the annual Forth Yacht Club Championship. Once every two years FYCA organises East Coast Sailing Festival (formerly East Coast Sailing Week). In 2016, this will be held at Royal Tay YC. Royal Northumberland YC is also on the rotation.

The ECSF website describes it as “A four day event of varied sailing that will appeal to both racing and cruising folk – as will the variety of social events planned”. See www.ecsw.org.uk Member Clubs cover the entire Forth area and their interests vary widely. It is the aim of FYCA to offer as broad a support framework as possible.

FYCA represents the member clubs in matters relevant to recreational sailing by liaising with other bodies in matters concerning the sport’s organisation, the environment, shipping, coastal protection and safety. To those ends it has a formal committee position with RYA (Scotland), British Waterways, Clyde Yacht Clubs Association and Forth Forum. Activities of the FYCA include arranging publication of the Forth Pilot Handbook, organisation of the Forth Inshore Group (FIG) and Forth Offshore Group (FOG) races, maintenance of the local yacht handicap system, compilation of an area events programme, and award of the FYCA Yacht Championship trophy.

Please: a. Ensure that the club office has your correct email address. b. Try to remember that you are on duty and turn up on time. In general for club racing you should be at the club AT LEAST ONE HOUR before the race start time and earlier for open events. c. Contact the Sailing Secretary if you have any problems. d. Remember that this system is run by volunteers who rely on members to make the system work. The Sailing Committee cannot function without your support.

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Granton Harbour from the air.

Use of Clubhouse, moorings, boats, pontoons, slipways, boat yard, crane, and other facilities.

Members and non-members using the Club services and facilities will be deemed to have read and accepted the terms and regulations regarding the use of moorings, yard and crane.

Current regulations are detailed in the Club Rules.

It is a condition of being offered the use of any of the facilities of the Royal Forth Yacht Club, that the Club will not be liable for any injury or loss howsoever caused which may be sustained by you or any person on your craft using the Club’s facilities or for any damage of whatever nature sustained by your craft in using any of these facilities under the Club’s control and the Club will accept no responsibility for any such injury, loss or damage to persons or property however it may have been caused.

Insurance You must have appropriate insurance for all eventualities which may occur, on the basis that your use of the Club facilities is entirely at your own risk. All yachts using the Club moorings, yard or facilities, including the Edinburgh marina pontoon must carry a minimum of £2,000,000 Third Party Liability.

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General Guidelines To ensure safe, enjoyable use of our facilities please: • Maintain a low and considerate speed in the harbour and be aware of the pilot boats, based on the east side of the Middle Pier, which may enter or exit the harbor mouth at speed at any time.

• When going afloat ensure that someone on shore knows where you plan to go. A means of communication with the shore is recommended.

• All sailing vessels should have an alternative means of propulsion.

• Dinghy sailors should wear a personal flotation device.

• “Joy riding”, in any type of boat, is not permitted amongst the moored yachts. When sailing to the harbour mouth only the minimum passage for effective transit should be amongst the moorings.

Policies • When racing, yachts and keelboats should comply with FYCA Yacht Safety Regulations, Category 4R. For details see www.fyca.org.uk/racing.htm

Photo by R Dougall.

FACILITIES AND CHARGES – SUMMER 2016

• For dinghy events (racing, training or cruising) organized by the Club there must be at least one rescue boat afloat, with two crew on board. Rescue boats must carry the appropriate safety equipment as displayed on the notice board and inside Mickery.

CLUB BOATS Sailing dinghies The club owns an RS Feva and a number of Toppers. These were purchased for Club training & development and their main use is on training nights. They may be used by members, principally for Club events, with prior agreement from the Sailing Committee.

Club dinghy equipment is kept in the container and should be treated with respect – please put it back in its proper place and advise a Flag Officer, the Training Officer or the Sailing Secretary of damaged, broken, unserviceable or missing equipment.

Royal Forth (Club committee boat) Should be driven only by those who are suitably qualified.

Instruction on using Royal Forth is provided by the Club.

RIBs The club owns 2 RIBs. They should be used only to support Club racing & training activity and other Club events.

RYA Powerboat Level 2 or above is required to drive the Club RIBs. Suitable training is provided at RYA certified establishments such as Port Edgar.

From time to time the Club may arrange for members to attend RYA Powerboat & Rescue Boat courses, on the understanding that such members contribute to RIB and Rescue Boat duties.

SUMMER AND WINTER MOORINGS The charges shown here are for the financial year 2015 - 2016, covering the period 1st October 2015 to 30th September 2016 • Yachts of full Ordinary Members may have moorings in Granton Harbour.

• Summer and winter moorings must be applied for separately; one does not guarantee the other.

• Moorings will be allocated by the Moorings Secretary and are subject to availability.

• Applications should be submitted to the Moorings Secretary on forms available from the Club Office.

• Allocated moorings are not transferable.

• Summer mooring fees include a maximum of 3 days yard storage free of charge.

Yacht owners should check their mooring pennants, chain & shackles periodically. The Club cannot accept liability for any damage caused by vessels breaking loose.

Moorings Charges, rounded up to nearest 0.5m LOA (inc bowsprits > 1.5m): (apply to the summer season, ending at Lift Out in October 2016).

East Harbour per metre LOA Yacht £90.00 Multihull £90.00 Small Boats Area £50 Sailing Dinghies & Tenders afloat £110.00 (per season) West Harbour Yachts, power craft etc

per metre LOA £110.00

YARD STORAGE • Members may apply to use the yard for the storage of boats, trailers and / or cradles, which must be marked with the boat’s name.

• Applications are to be submitted on forms available from the Club office.

• Yard space will be allocated according to availability.

• Allocated yard spaces are not transferable.

• Please park with consideration.

• Debris from hull preparation and other maintenance must be removed.

• Paint spraying is not permitted unless adequate screens are in place.

• Shot blasting is prohibited.

• Use of the electric towing vehicle is limited to qualified and authorised personnel.

• Power cables should not be left plugged in when unattended.

Charges, rounded up to nearest 0.5m (inc bowsprits > 1.5m): (apply to the summer season, ending at Lift Out in October 2016).

per metre LOA Yachts, power craft etc £75.00 Multihulls £92.00 Day Boats (lifting keel), motor boats & RIBs £46.00 Dinghies (including trailer) £19.00 Tenders & dinghy trailer (without dinghy) £13.00 Trailer or cradle storage in RFYC yard £111.00 (per season)

A limited number of moorings may be available for visiting yachts.

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FACILITIES AND CHARGES – SUMMER 2016

Arrivals from the Helgoland race.

Pillar Crane Members who have been trained to do so may use the pillar crane. Usage must be booked (diary in the Boatman’s office) Payment must be made to the Club office in advance.

• Hard hats must be worn and your attention is drawn to the other operating conditions displayed.

• Members using the pillar crane are asked to limit each use to a maximum of 30 minutes.

• Members are asked to ensure their boats are fully prepared for lifting before taking up position under the crane.

• Priority should be given to boats participating in races.

Charges: Members single lift in or out £47.00 Assisted single lift (i.e. use of bosun) £62.00 Season Ticket Boats with RFYC mooring Boats in RFYC yard

£193.00 £300.00

Use of the manual block and tackle, for instance to step or un-step a mast, is free.

Club Launches are used by the Club Boatman to provide a ferry service to and from yachts in the harbour only. Please co-operate 40

with the boatman at all times. No more than 12 persons may be carried at one time in any of the Club boats, including Royal Forth.

EDINBURGH MARINA LTD Edinburgh Marina (EML) welcomes visitors to use pontoons.

Arrival: On entering the harbour mouth, the pontoon is directly south of you, approx 3 cables (600m). Have mooring warps and fenders ready, and in busy periods, prepare to raft alongside another boat.

Water depth at harbour approach – minimum is 0.9 metres below chart datum at low water.

Water depth at pontoons – 1.25m below chart datum (within two boat lengths of the pontoon and no further south than the end of the pontoon).

Seabed – soft mud throughout the harbour. Dredging has been done at the pontoons to improve access, and updates on progress are available at www.rfyc.org

Slipways: a public slip immediately south of the pontoon enables drying out for immediate maintenance. The club has a further slipway on site.

Craneage: available at the Club for boats up to 5 tons (with certain restrictions). For details, please contact the RFYC Office.

Berthing fees (2016 ) – The first 2 hours are free at EML. For up to one day, a flat fee of £5 applies. Overnight and longer stays are charged at £2/m LOA (rounded up to nearest 0.5 m) per night. For every 6 nights paid, you get the 7th night free. Pay at RFYC office or bar on arrival. Access to the pontoon from land is by key pad, with the number available on payment of berthing charge. Maximum stay is 14 days except by prior arrangement.

Key pad access to clubhouse will usually allow entrance 0900 to 2100 all week. These hours may vary for operational reasons.

Volunteers visit the pontoon every day, and information sheets are at the head of the access ramp. To check availability, give advance notice or for information, please contact the RFYC office.

The company, owned on a 50:50 basis by the Royal Forth Yacht Club and the Forth Corinthian Yacht Club, was created in 1996 to manage the pontoon berthing facility in the East Harbour at Granton. (Each club also has a directly held 50% interest in the infrastructure.)

From its inception the company has been collecting berthing fees on behalf of the two clubs and is currently styled as a nontrading entity.

There are five directors, two from each Club, and the fifth director, the chairman, is appointed by mutual agreement. Four managers, two from each Club, undertake the daily running of the pontoons, on a voluntary basis.

Users are requested to co-operate with the duty manager to ensure smooth running of the facility. The marina is a valuable amenity for leisure sailing based in a drying-out harbour. The company’s long term objectives include provision of full marina facilities at an affordable price and to help sustain both clubs in the future.

Royal Forth Yacht Club and Forth Corinthian Yacht Club (the “Owners”) and The Edinburgh Marina Limited (the “Managers”) accept no liability for any loss or damage suffered by any user to their vessel or property thereon howsoever arising including any loss or damage arising out of the Owners’, their Managers’ or their respective servants’ or agents’ negligence.

Pontoon Rules and Conditions of Use 2016 are posted on the notice board at the top of the gangway, and in both clubhouses.

Marina charges for summer season 2016 With the aim of achieving a meaningful contribution towards ongoing repairs and maintenance of the facility, the following rates have been agreed: Daytime (06:00 to 22:00 hrs) RFYC/FCYC boats (day permit visible from pontoon) Free Visitors up to 2 hours Free

more than 2 hours £5 flat rate Overnight (22:00 to 06:00 hrs and up to 24 hours) RFYC/FCYC boats £1per metre LOA** Visitors £2 per metre LOA** **rounded up to nearest half metre of overall boat length. There is a rate card in the clubhouse to assist calculation of overnight charges, both for 24 hours, and a reduced rate for 7 days (viz. 6 times the above daily rate) which will only apply if pre-arranged and pre-paid.

(A members’ discount table for day permit holders re most Sunday to Thursday (5) nights inclusive, is available in the clubhouse. When it applies, this discount replaces the ‘7 for 6’ reduction above) Boat owners wishing to moor at the pontoons for 2 days or more should make prior arrangements with the managers before taking up position on the pontoons, to facilitate best use of space.

14 days is the maximum continuous period that any vessel may stay on the pontoons during the sailing season, without specific agreement of the directors (for reasons such as bad weather, awaiting spare parts, etc.)

Pontoon dues fall to be paid immediately after mooring on the pontoon. Payment should be made at the RFYC bar or office, or the yard cabin of FCYC, and the receipt should be displayed conspicuously on the vessel, which must itself be clearly named.

Overdue fees will be invoiced to the owner and will incur an additional £5 administration charge.

Boats must be moored securely, about one metre apart, using suitable mooring ropes (viz. springs as well as bow and stern lines), leaving usable space for others.

The pontoons are for the exclusive use of leisure vessels, except where specifically detailed by the company.

An access fob for the gate to the pontoons can be obtained by submitting an application form through RFYC Hon. Secretary.

Please ensure the gate is never left open while unattended.

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Clyde Cruising Club the active heart of Scottish sailing

SCOTTISH SERIES 27 - 30 MAY 2016

CRUISE – under your own steam or in company to musters and social events.

Explore The Clyde and West Coast through our cruising and race programme. Use our famous Sailing Directions - available to members at a discount.

RACE – Scottish Series and all the other Club events from the Opening Muster, offshore racing, special events, GSS Regatta to Closing Muster. Something for everyone.

TRAIN – learn at our own RYA Approved Training Centre – Bardowie Loch near Glasgow. Evening lessons and summer school. 60 monohulls, three Access and Challenger dinghies mean that all ages and abilities can sail. Dinghy racing here too.

BE PART OF SCOTLAND’S LARGEST REGATTA! Scottish Series is sail racing for All

• Clyde Challenger passage races and cruise in company from Largs for white sail, family and cruiser classes on Friday, and then Round Inchmarnock on Sunday.

Racing at your level for four days, or just the passage races if preferred.

Fancy trying IRC – get a single event rating • Saturday is big party night.

• Plenty to do on days off.

• Stunning scenery, friendship and high activity.

SOCIALISE – at cruising musters, at the dance, winter talks, at race events or simply meet fellow members in local harbours. We have a year round social programme.

Hardened racers, Enthusiastic amateurs, Families, even the social sailor – something for everyone at your chosen pace.

• The weekend in Tarbert Loch Fyne is possibly the best way to spend the May Bank Holiday • Four fantastic days on Scotland’s beautiful West coast

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RFYC SAILING CALENDAR 2016 DATE

BOATMAN

>2.4M TIDE

HW

EVENTS

START

ABC = Aberdour Boat Club

08:45-17:00 09:40-17:30 10:25-18:05 11:05-18:35 11:40-19:10 12:15-19:40 12:50-20:15 13:20-20:55 13:55-21:35 14:35-22:25 15:15-23:25 03:10-11:40 16:05-00:40 03:55-12:50 17:15-02:00 05:00-14:00 06:30-15:05 08:00-15:55 09:10-16:45 10:10-17:35 11:05-18:20 11:55-19:05 12:45-19:55 13:30-20:45 14:20-21:40 15:05-22:45 03:05-11:00

13:15 14:00 14:37 15:12 15:50 16:22 16:52 17:27 18:02 18:40 19:25 7:37 20:22 8:40 21:35 9:55 11:15 12:25 13:27 14:25 15:17 16:07 16:52 17:37 18:20 19:07 7:20

15:55-00:00

20:00

12:00 21:00

03:40-12:10 16:45-01:25

8:12 21:02

9:00

13:30

04:25-13:30

9:17

19:00

14:00

18:30 19:00

18:00 19:00

19:00 10:00

ASC = Anstruther Sailing Club

21:00

18:00 9:00 19:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 10:00 10:30

21:00 14:30 21:00 15:30 16:00 17:00 17:30 18:00

17:50-02:55 05:20-14:40 18:55-04:00 06:40-15:40 07:55-16:25 08:55-17:00 09:45-17:35 10:30-18:10

22:12 10:27 23:25 11:32 12:32 13:20 14:05 14:42

11:30

18:30

11:15-18:45

15:22

12:00 12:30 13:30 14:00

19:00 19:30 20:30 21:00

11:50-19:20 12:30-19:55 13:05-20:35 13:45-21:15

15:57 16:32 17:07 17:45

LIFT IN LIFT IN Back-up day

Training Registration

PEYC Hunter 707 Edinburgh Cup

Opening Regatta/Sat Series 1,2,3

Training on water Evening Points Early 1/7

Open Cruise Evening Points Early 2/7

Joint Friday White Sail 1/6 Neilson Plate/Sat Series 4 FCYC Bass Rock Race FIG Div 1&2

JPR 1/5 (Marsh & Surrey)

Training on shore (tbc)

Open Day (RYA Push Boat Out) FCC Fife Regatta Cruise in Company 1/5

Training on water Evening Points Early 3/7

Apr 18 Mon Apr 19 Tue Apr 20 Wed Apr 21 Thu Apr 22 Fri Apr 23 Sat Apr 24 Sun Apr 25 Mon Apr 26 Tue Apr 27 Wed Apr 28 Thu Apr 29 Fri Apr 29 Fri Apr 30 Sat Apr 30 Sat May 01 Sun May 02 Mon May 03 Tue May 04 Wed May 05 Thu May 06 Fri May 07 Sat May 08 Sun May 09 Mon May 10 Tue May 11 Wed May 12 Thu

START 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 15:00 15:30 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:30 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:00 13:00 13:30 14:30 15:30 9:00

END 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 20:30 20:30 20:30 11:30 20:30 12:30 20:30 14:00 15:00 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:30 21:00 21:00 11:00

May 12 Thu

16:00

May 13 Fri May 13 Fri

9:00 17:00

May 14 Sat May May May May May May May May

May 21 Sat May May May May

44

14 Sat 15 Sun 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri

22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed

12:00

18:30 19:00

BSC = Burntisland Sailing Club CBC = Cramond Boat Club DBSC = Dalgety Bay Sailing Club ELYC = East Lothian Yacht Club FCC = Forth Cruising Club FCYC = Forth Corinthian Yacht Club FIG = FYCA Inshore Group LBSC = Largo Bay Sailing Club JPR = Joint Passage Race with FCYC PEYC = Port Edgar Yacht Club

DATE

BOATMAN

>2.4M TIDE

HW

21:00

14:25-22:05

18:27

15:30 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:30 9:00 18:30 9:00 9:00 9:00 10:00

21:00 11:00 21:00 12:00 21:00 13:00 21:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 17:00

15:10-23:00 03:00-11:15 16:05-00:05 03:50-12:15 17:05-01:15 04:50-13:25 18:15-02:25 06:05-14:30 07:30-15:30 08:45-16:25 09:50-17:15

19:12 7:22 20:10 8:20 21:15 9:30 22:25 10:42 11:55 13:02 14:02

Jun 04 Sat

11:00

18:00

10:45-18:05

14:55

Jun 05 Sun

12:00

18:30

11:40-18:55

15:47

Jun 06 Mon Jun 07 Tue Jun 08 Wed

12:30 13:30 14:30

19:30 20:30 21:00

12:30-19:40 13:15-20:30 14:05-21:25

16:35 17:20 18:05

Jun 09 Thu

15:00

21:00

14:50-22:20

18:47

Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun

15:30 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:30 9:00 18:30 9:00 19:00 9:00 9:00 9:30

21:00 11:30 21:00 12:30 21:00 13:30 21:00 14:30 21:00 15:30 16:30 17:00

15:30-23:20 03:15-11:35 16:20-00:35 03:55-12:40 17:10-01:55 04:40-13:45 18:05-03:05 05:35-14:50 19:00-04:00 06:45-15:45 08:00-16:30 09:05-17:10

19:35 7:42 20:25 8:35 21:27 9:35 22:27 10:37 23:27 11:40 12:35 13:25

Jun 18 Sat

10:00

17:30

09:55-17:45

14:12

Jun 19 Sun

11:00

18:00

10:45-18:25

14:55

Jun 20 Mon Jun 21 Tue Jun 22 Wed

11:30 12:30 13:00

19:00 19:30 20:00

11:30-19:00 12:10-19:35 12:55-20:15

15:35 16:15 16:55

Jun 23 Thu

14:00

20:30

13:35-20:55

17:35

Jun 24 Fri

14:30

21:00

14:20-21:40

18:17

Jun 25 Sat

15:00

21:00

15:05-22:35

19:02

Jun 26 Sun

16:00

21:00

15:55-23:30

19:52

Jun 27 Mon Jun 27 Mon

9:00 17:00

11:30 21:00

03:40-11:50 16:45-00:35

8:05 20:50

START

END

May 26 Thu

14:30

May 27 Fri May 28 Sat May 28 Sat May 29 Sun May 29 Sun May 30 Mon May 30 Mon May 31 Tue Jun 01 Wed Jun 02 Thu Jun 03 Fri

10 Fri 11 Sat 11 Sat 12 Sun 12 Sun 13 Mon 13 Mon 14 Tue 14 Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri

EVENTS

START

Open Cruise Evening Points Early 4/7 Joint Friday White Sail 2/6

Training on shore (tbc)

Royal Eastern Regatta (3 races) ELYC Dinghy Regatta ASC Anstruther Harbour Festival & Muster PEYC East Scotland Sailing League Trial (707) ELYC Dinghy Regatta ASC Anstruther Harbour Festival & Muster

Training on water Evening Points Early 5/7 RFYC Open Cruise Evening Points Early 6/7 Joint Friday White Sail 3/6 JPR 2/5 (West Cup & Wilson Cup)

DBSC Gavin Adamson FIG Div 1&2

Training on water

Sat Series 5 and 6 PEYC East Scotland Sailing League (707) FCYC Sail, Row & Run /FCC Club Regatta Cruise in Company 2/5 PEYC East Scotland Sailing League (707) FCC Club Regatta

Training on shore (tbc)

Open Cruise Evening Points Early 7/7 Joint Friday White Sail 4/6 Sat Series 7 and 8 LBSC Dinghy Regatta LBSC Dinghy Regatta DBSC Four Inches FIG Div 1&2

18:00 19:00 19:00

13:00

18:30 19:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 11:00

18:30

12:00

18:00 18:30 19:00 16:30

45

DATE

BOATMAN

>2.4M TIDE

HW

04:35-12:55 17:50-01:45 05:45-14:05 18:55-02:55 07:00-15:10 08:20-16:10

9:05 21:55 10:15 23:07 11:30 12:37

17:00

09:30-17:05

13:42

10:30

17:30

10:30-17:55

14:37

Jul 04 Mon Jul 05 Tue Jul 06 Wed

11:30 12:30 13:00

18:30 19:30 20:00

11:25-18:45 12:15-19:30 13:00-20:15

15:32 16:17 17:02

Jul 07 Thu

14:00

21:00

13:45-21:00

17:42

Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul

14:30 15:30 16:00 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:30 9:00 18:00 9:00 19:00 9:00 9:00 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:00 13:00 13:30

21:00 21:00 21:00 11:30 21:00 12:30 21:00 14:00 21:00 15:00 21:00 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:30

14:25-21:50 15:05-22:40 15:40-23:35 03:25-11:50 16:20-00:45 04:00-12:50 17:05-01:55 04:40-14:00 17:55-03:05 05:40-15:05 18:55-04:00 06:55-16:00 08:15-16:45 09:25-17:25 10:20-18:05 11:10-18:40 11:55-19:15 12:40-19:55 13:25-20:35

18:25 19:02 19:45 7:50 20:32 8:42 21:25 9:37 22:25 10:42 23:32 11:47 12:50 13:42 14:30 15:17 15:57 16:40 17:25

Jul 23 Sat

14:30

21:00

14:05-21:20

18:05

Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul

15:00 16:00 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:30 9:00 18:30 9:00

21:00 21:00 11:00 21:00 12:30 21:00 13:30 21:00 15:00

14:50-22:05 15:35-23:00 03:30-11:25 16:25-00:05 04:20-12:30 17:20-01:15 05:25-13:45 18:25-02:35 06:40-15:05

18:47 19:32 7:47 20:27 8:45 21:25 9:50 22:40 11:07

Jul 30 Sat

9:00

16:00

08:00-16:10

12:22

Jul 31 Sun

9:30

17:00

09:15-17:05

13:30

Jun 28 Tue Jun 28 Tue Jun 29 Wed Jun 29 Wed Jun 30 Thu Jul 01 Fri

START 9:00 18:00 9:00 19:00 9:00 9:00

END 12:30 21:00 14:00 21:00 15:00 16:00

Jul 02 Sat

9:30

Jul 03 Sun

46

08 Fri 09 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 11 Mon 12 Tue 12 Tue 13 Wed 13 Wed 14 Thu 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri

24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 26 Tue 27 Wed 27 Wed 28 Thu 28 Thu 29 Fri

EVENTS Training on water

Crombie Cup

CBC Dinghy Regatta Edinburgh Cup Dragons Abersoch starts Ladies Race CBC Dinghy Regatta East Coast Sailing Festival – TAY East Coast Sailing Festival – TAY East Coast Sailing Festival – TAY East Coast Sailing Festival – TAY Open Cruise Evening Points Late 1/8 East Coast Sailing Festival – TAY

Training on water

Evening Points Late 2/8

Edinburgh Regatta (with FCYC) Edinburgh Regatta (with FCYC)

RFYC May Isle (FIG Div 1) & Anstruther Express (FIG Div 2)

Training on water

Evening Points Late 3/8

Sat Series 9 and 10 West Highland Yachting Week ABC Aberdour Regatta Cruise in Company 3/5 West Highland Yachting Week BSC Burntisland Regatta

START 18:30

12:00 13:00

18:00 19:00

18:30

19:00

18:30

19:00

11:00

DATE

BOATMAN

>2.4M TIDE

HW

EVENTS

START

10:20-17:55 11:15-18:35 11:15-18:35 12:00-19:20 12:45-19:55 13:20-20:35 13:55-21:15 14:30-21:55 15:05-22:40 02:50-11:00 15:35-23:35 03:20-11:55 16:10-00:45 03:55-13:05 16:50-02:00 04:40-14:25 17:40-03:15

14:27 15:17 15:17 16:05 16:45 17:20 17:55 18:27 19:02 7:12 19:40 7:52 20:25 8:40 21:20 9:47 22:30

15:30

05:55-15:35

11:02

15:30 15:30

18:30 19:00

19:00

19:00 10:00

9:00

16:30

07:30-16:30

12:17

9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:30 9:00 16:00 9:00

17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:30 20:00 20:30 20:30 20:00 11:00 20:30 12:00

08:55-17:10 10:00-17:45 10:50-18:20 11:40-18:55 12:25-19:30 13:05-20:10 13:45-20:50 14:30-21:40 15:10-22:30 03:15-11:00 16:00-23:35 04:05-12:15

13:17 14:10 14:55 15:42 16:25 17:05 17:47 18:27 19:10 7:27 20:02 8:22

Aug 25 Thu

17:00

20:30

16:45-00:50

20:57

Aug 26 Fri Aug 26 Fri

9:00 18:00

13:30 20:30

05:05-13:40 17:50-02:20

9:32 22:15

Aug 27 Sat

9:00

15:00

06:25-15:05

10:57

Aug 28 Sun

9:00

16:00

07:50-16:15

12:17

Aug 29 Mon Aug 30 Tue Aug 31 Wed Sep 01 Thu Sep 02 Fri Sep 03 Sat Sep 04 Sun Sep 05 Mon Sep 06 Tue Sep 07 Wed

9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00

17:00 17:30 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30

09:10-17:05 10:10-17:50 11:00-18:25 11:40-19:00 12:20-19:35 12:55-20:05 13:25-20:40 13:55-21:15 14:25-21:55 14:50-22:45

13:25 14:17 15:02 15:42 16:20 16:55 17:25 17:52 18:25 18:57

West Highland Yachting Week West Highland Yachting Week Training on shore (tbc) West Highland Yachting Week West Highland Yachting Week West Highland Yachting Week Sat Series 11 and 12 JPR 3/5 Jubilee Cup

Training on water

RFYC Festival series/ Evening Points Late 4/8

Evening Points Late 5/8

Festival Series/Evening Points Late 6/8 Sat series 13 and 14 Port Edgar Regatta Cruise in company 4/5 Port Edgar Regatta

Training on shore (tbc)

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Training on water

Evening Points Late 7/8

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START 10:30 11:30 11:30 12:00 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:30 9:00 16:00 9:00 16:30 9:00 17:00 9:00 18:00

END 17:30 18:30 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:30 21:00 21:00 21:00 11:00 21:00 11:30 21:00 13:00 21:00 14:00 21:00

Aug 13 Sat

9:00

Aug 14 Sun Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug

15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 24 Wed 25 Thu

Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug

01 Mon 02 Tue 02 Tue 03 Wed 04 Thu 05 Fri 06 Sat 07 Sun 08 Mon 09 Tue 09 Tue 10 Wed 10 Wed 11 Thu 11 Thu 12 Fri 12 Fri

15:00 15:00

18:30

18:30

18:00 18:30

19:00

14:30

tbc

47

DATE

BOATMAN

>2.4M TIDE

HW

EVENTS

START

02:50-11:10 15:20-23:40 03:25-12:20 15:50-00:55

7:10 19:35 7:55 20:25

13:30

04:05-13:50

8:57

16:30

19:30

16:30-02:20

21:32

9:00

15:00

05:15-15:15

10:20

12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 23 Fri 24 Sat

9:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:30 12:00 13:00 13:30 14:30 15:00 15:30 9:00 16:30 9:00

16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 12:00 19:00 13:30

06:55-16:10 08:25-16:45 09:35-17:20 10:30-17:55 11:20-18:25 12:00-19:05 12:45-19:45 13:25-20:25 14:05-21:15 14:45-22:10 15:30-23:10 03:55-12:00 16:15-00:35 04:55-13:35

11:42 12:50 13:45 14:35 15:22 16:05 16:47 17:27 18:07 18:50 19:35 8:05 20:35 9:20

Sep 25 Sun

9:00

15:00

06:15-15:10

10:47

Sep 26 Mon Sep 27 Tue Sep 28 Wed Sep 29 Thu Sep 30 Fri Oct 01 Sat Oct 02 Sun Oct 03 Mon Oct 04 Tue Oct 05 Wed Oct 06 Thu Oct 07 Fri Oct 08 Sat Oct 08 Sat Oct 09 Sun Oct 09 Sun Oct 10 Mon Oct 11 Tue Oct 12 Wed Oct 13 Thu Oct 14 Fri Oct 15 Sat Oct 16 Sun

9:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 9:00 15:30 9:00 16:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00

16:00 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 18:30 18:30 18:30 18:30 18:30 18:30 18:30 11:30 18:00 13:00 18:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:00

07:40-16:20 08:55-17:05 09:55-17:40 10:40-18:10 11:15-18:40 11:50-19:05 12:20-19:35 12:50-20:10 13:20-20:45 13:45-21:20 14:15-22:00 14:40-22:55 03:05-11:35 15:05-00:00 03:45-13:05 15:40-01:15 04:55-14:40 06:25-15:40 08:00-16:20 09:10-16:50 10:05-17:25 10:50-18:00 11:35-18:40

12:07 13:10 14:00 14:42 15:20 15:52 16:22 16:52 17:22 17:50 18:22 18:57 7:22 19:42 8:20 20:45 9:40 11:05 12:17 13:17 14:10 14:55 15:42

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LIFT OUT/Autumn Series 3/4

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Sep 10 Sat

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TIDE TABLES Leith - April 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 02:47 09:10

02 04:08 10:32

03 05:29 11:52

Fri

Sat

Sun

2.1m 4.3m 15:29 2.0m 22:04 4.3m

2.2m 4.3m 16:53 1.8m 23:30 4.4m

2.0m 4.6m 18:07 1.5m

04 00:43 06:36

Tue

11 06:14 12:03

07 03:24 09:07

08 04:10 09:52

09 04:53 10:37

10 05:35 11:20

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

5.9m 0.5m 15:41 6.1m 21:34 0.1m

13 01:17 07:42

6.1m 0.3m 16:28 6.2m 22:18 0.1m

6.1m 0.3m 17:12 6.2m 23:02 0.2m

05 01:43 07:31

4.8m 1.7m Mon 13:00 5.0m 19:07 1.0m 6.0m 0.4m 17:54 6.0m 23:43 0.5m

5.2m 1.3m 13:58 5.5m 19:59 0.6m

18 01:08 07:01

15 03:30 09:52

16 04:54 11:13

17 00:08 06:05

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

19 01:54 07:44

20 02:32 08:20

Tue

4.9m 1.6m 14:02 4.9m 20:03 1.2m

25 05:12 11:02

5.3m 1.1m Mon 17:28 5.2m 23:18 1.2m

2.2m 4.4m 17:32 1.8m

12 00:27 06:55 Tue

14 02:16 08:39

2.1m 4.4m 16:15 1.9m 22:54 4.3m

5.6m 0.9m Wed 14:51 5.8m 20:47 0.3m

5.7m 0.7m Mon 18:37 5.6m

1.4m 4.9m Wed 13:47 1.4m 20:19 4.7m

1.8m 4.6m 14:55 1.7m 21:30 4.4m

06 02:35 08:20

4.4m 2.1m 12:22 4.5m 18:35 1.6m

1.0m 5.3m 12:52 1.0m 19:24 5.1m

4.6m 1.9m Mon 13:17 4.7m 19:23 1.4m

5.1m 1.4m Wed 14:40 5.1m 20:37 1.0m

21 03:06 08:53

22 03:39 09:26

23 04:12 09:59

24 04:42 10:30

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

26 05:42 11:37

27 06:16 12:14

Tue

5.2m 1.2m 18:02 5.1m 23:53 1.4m

5.2m 1.2m 15:16 5.3m 21:10 0.9m

5.0m 1.3m Wed 18:40 4.9m

5.3m 1.1m 15:51 5.4m 21:44 0.9m

5.4m 1.0m 16:24 5.4m 22:15 0.9m

5.4m 1.0m 16:56 5.4m 22:46 1.0m

28 00:31 06:53

29 01:18 07:40

30 02:18 08:41

Thu

Fri

Sat

1.6m 4.8m 12:58 1.5m 19:25 4.6m

1.8m 4.7m 13:53 1.6m 20:24 4.5m

2.0m 4.5m 15:02 1.7m 21:38 4.4m

Leith - May 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 03:33 09:56 Sun

2.1m 4.5m 16:19 1.6m 22:57 4.5m

02

04:52 2.0m 11:15 4.7m Mon 17:32 1.4m

07 03:46 09:32

08 04:31 10:18

Sat

Sun

6.0m 0.4m 16:07 6.1m 21:56 0.3m

6.0m 0.4m 16:53 6.0m 22:40 0.5m

03 00:10 06:02 Tue

4.8m 1.7m 12:26 5.0m 18:36 1.0m

09

05:13 11:03 Mon 17:38 23:24

13 01:52 08:14

14 02:57 09:16

15 04:09 10:27

Fri

Sat

Sun

1.8m 4.7m 14:30 1.6m 21:04 4.4m

2.1m 4.5m 15:38 1.8m 22:14 4.3m

5.9m 0.4m 5.8m 0.7m

2.2m 4.4m 16:49 1.8m 23:26 4.3m

04

01:13 07:02 Wed 13:29 19:31

10 05:55 11:49 Tue

5.7m 0.7m 18:22 5.5m

16 05:21 11:36 22 03:42 09:33

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

25 05:23 11:21

5.3m 1.0m Wed 17:48 5.1m 23:35 1.3m

11

00:09 06:36 Wed 12:36 19:08

5.3m 1.1m 15:58 5.3m 21:48 1.0m

4.5m 2.0m 12:33 4.6m 18:42 1.5m

1.5m 5.0m 13:29 1.3m 20:01 4.7m

18 01:12 07:05

4.7m 1.8m Wed 13:21 4.8m 19:25 1.4m

24 04:50 10:44 30 03:06 09:30

28 01:02 07:26

29 01:59 08:23

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

1.7m 4.9m 13:39 1.4m 20:10 4.6m

12 00:56 07:20 Thu

Tue

27 00:16 06:40

1.5m 5.1m 12:47 1.2m 19:15 4.8m

5.8m 0.6m 15:18 6.0m 21:10 0.3m

5.3m 1.0m Mon 16:34 5.3m 22:23 1.1m

26 06:00 12:01

5.2m 1.1m 18:29 5.0m

1.1m 5.4m 1.0m 5.1m

17 00:25 06:18 23 04:16 10:08

21 03:09 08:59

5.2m 1.2m 15:22 5.2m 21:15 1.0m

06 02:59 08:45 Fri

5.5m 0.9m 14:26 5.8m 20:22 0.4m

Tue

20 02:33 08:23

5.1m 1.4m 14:45 5.1m 20:40 1.1m

05 02:08 07:55 Thu

2.2m 4.4m Mon 17:52 1.7m

19 01:54 07:46

4.9m 1.6m 14:05 4.9m 20:04 1.2m

5.2m 1.3m 5.4m 0.7m

1.8m 4.8m 14:42 1.4m 21:16 4.6m

5.3m 1.0m 17:10 5.2m 22:57 1.2m

1.9m 4.8m Mon 15:50 1.4m 22:27 4.6m

31 04:18 10:44 Tue

1.9m 4.9m 17:01 1.3m 23:39 4.8m

Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter

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TIDE TABLES Leith - June 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 05:31 11:57

1.6m 5.0m Wed 18:07 1.1m

02 00:44 06:35

03 01:41 07:31

04 02:33 08:24

05 03:24 09:14

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

07 04:53 10:47

08 05:35 11:32

Tue

5.8m 0.5m 17:21 5.6m 23:05 0.9m

13 03:17 09:35

5.1m 1.3m 13:03 5.3m 19:06 0.9m

06 04:11 10:02

5.9m 0.5m Mon 16:36 5.8m 22:22 0.7m

10 00:34 06:58

11 01:22 07:43

12 02:16 08:36

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

14 04:22 10:38

15 05:24 11:40

19 02:38 08:32

20 03:16 09:11

2.2m 4.4m 16:57 1.8m 23:29 4.3m

5.4m 0.9m 18:49 5.1m

1.7m 4.9m 13:57 1.4m 20:28 4.5m

2.0m 4.6m 14:54 1.6m 21:26 4.4m

16 00:26 06:21

17 01:14 07:09

18 01:58 07:52

Thu

Fri

Sat

21 03:54 09:49

22 04:31 10:28

Tue

25 00:01 06:28

26 00:48 07:14

27 01:40 08:06

Sat

Sun

1.4m 5.2m 13:24 1.1m 19:55 4.9m

1.4m 5.1m 13:06 1.2m 19:35 4.8m

2.2m 4.4m Wed 17:55 1.7m

5.2m 1.1m Mon 15:37 5.2m 21:26 1.1m

1.3m 5.3m 12:34 0.9m 19:04 5.0m

5.8m 0.5m 15:49 5.8m 21:37 0.6m

09 06:16 12:18

Tue

Sun

5.6m 0.7m 14:57 5.7m 20:49 0.6m

5.6m 0.7m Wed 18:05 5.4m 23:49 1.1m

2.2m 4.5m Mon 15:56 1.8m 22:30 4.3m 5.1m 1.3m 14:56 5.1m 20:48 1.2m

5.4m 1.0m 14:02 5.5m 19:58 0.7m

5.3m 1.0m 16:17 5.3m 22:03 1.1m

1.6m 5.1m Mon 14:19 1.2m 20:52 4.8m

4.5m 2.0m 12:37 4.6m 18:45 1.6m

4.7m 1.8m 13:28 4.7m 19:30 1.5m

4.9m 1.5m 14:14 4.9m 20:11 1.3m

5.4m 0.9m Wed 16:57 5.3m 22:42 1.1m

23 05:09 11:08

24 05:47 11:48

Thu

Fri

28 02:39 09:06

29 03:48 10:16

Tue

1.7m 5.0m 15:23 1.3m 21:57 4.7m

5.5m 0.8m 17:37 5.2m 23:20 1.2m

1.7m 4.9m Wed 16:32 1.3m 23:08 4.8m

5.4m 0.9m 18:18 5.2m

30 05:02 11:29 Thu

1.7m 5.0m 17:40 1.3m

Leith - July 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 00:14 06:09

02 01:16 07:12

03 02:13 08:08

Fri

Sat

Sun

4.9m 1.5m 12:38 5.1m 18:43 1.2m

5.1m 1.2m 13:43 5.3m 19:40 1.0m

5.4m 0.9m 14:40 5.4m 20:32 0.9m

04

03:04 08:59 Mon 15:33 21:20

07 05:16 11:14

08 05:54 11:55

09 00:08 06:32

10 00:48 07:10

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

5.6m 0.7m 17:45 5.4m 23:27 1.1m

13

03:20 09:39 Wed 15:58 22:28

2.2m 4.4m 1.9m 4.2m

19 02:51 08:50 Tue

5.2m 1.1m 15:18 5.2m 21:06 1.2m

25

00:31 07:00 Mon 13:05 19:36

1.1m 5.5m 0.9m 5.1m

5.5m 0.8m 18:25 5.1m

1.3m 5.3m 12:37 1.1m 19:04 4.9m

5.6m 0.7m 5.5m 0.8m

1.5m 5.1m 13:19 1.3m 19:45 4.7m

05 03:52 09:47 Tue

5.7m 0.6m 16:20 5.6m 22:04 0.9m

11

01:31 07:52 Mon 14:06 20:33

14 04:24 10:44

15 05:31 11:50

16 00:29 06:29

17 01:22 07:22

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

2.2m 4.3m 17:02 1.9m 23:32 4.3m

20

03:33 09:31 Wed 16:01 21:45

26 01:20 07:49 Tue

5.4m 0.9m 5.3m 1.0m

1.3m 5.3m 13:57 1.1m 20:28 4.9m

2.1m 4.4m 18:01 1.8m

4.4m 1.9m 12:50 4.5m 18:55 1.7m

1.8m 4.8m 1.6m 4.4m

4.7m 1.7m 13:44 4.7m 19:42 1.5m

06

04:35 10:31 Wed 17:04 22:47

12 02:22 08:42 Tue

2.0m 4.6m 14:59 1.8m 21:28 4.3m

18

02:08 08:07 Mon 14:32 20:25

21 04:14 10:12

22 04:55 10:53

23 05:35 11:35

24 06:16 12:18

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

27

5.6m 0.7m 16:43 5.5m 22:25 1.0m

02:16 08:45 Wed 14:56 21:28

1.5m 5.0m 1.3m 4.7m

5.7m 0.6m 17:25 5.5m 23:06 0.9m

5.7m 0.6m 18:06 5.4m 23:46 1.0m

28 03:22 09:52

29 04:39 11:09

30 05:54 12:24

Fri

Sat

1.7m 4.8m 17:20 1.6m 23:52 4.7m

1.6m 4.8m 18:28 1.5m

31 00:58 07:00 Sun

4.9m 1.4m 13:31 5.0m 19:28 1.3m

Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter

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4.9m 1.4m 5.0m 1.3m

5.7m 0.7m 18:49 5.3m

Thu

1.7m 4.8m 16:06 1.5m 22:40 4.7m

5.7m 0.6m 5.5m 0.9m

TIDE TABLES Leith - August 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 01:57 07:58

02 02:49 08:48

5.2m 1.1m Mon 14:29 5.2m 20:20 1.1m

Tue

07 06:03 12:04

08 00:13 06:37

03 03:36 09:33

5.6m 0.7m Wed 16:05 5.5m 21:49 1.0m

04 04:17 10:13

05 04:54 10:51

06 05:29 11:28

Thu

Fri

Sat

09 00:49 07:12

10 01:31 07:52

1.4m 5.2m Mon 12:40 1.2m 19:04 4.8m

Tue

13 04:38 11:04

14 05:52 12:18

15 00:47 06:53

Sat

Sun

Sun

5.4m 1.0m 18:30 5.1m

5.4m 0.8m 15:20 5.4m 21:07 1.0m

2.2m 4.2m 17:17 2.1m 23:44 4.3m

2.0m 4.4m 18:23 1.9m

1.6m 4.9m 13:18 1.5m 19:42 4.6m

12 03:22 09:46

Thu

Fri

16 01:40 07:43

17 02:28 08:28

22 06:01 11:58

21 05:20 11:16

Fri

Sat

Sun

6.0m 0.3m 17:08 5.7m 22:48 0.7m

6.0m 0.3m 17:49 5.7m 23:28 0.7m

4.9m 1.4m 14:11 5.0m 20:02 1.4m

28 05:46 12:18

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

31

02:33 08:33 Wed 15:05 20:51

1.8m 4.6m 17:07 1.8m 23:36 4.6m

1.7m 4.6m 18:20 1.7m

18 03:12 09:11 Thu

23 00:11 06:43

24 00:59 07:30

29 00:46 06:53

27 04:24 10:58

2.2m 4.3m 16:04 2.1m 22:32 4.2m

5.2m 1.0m Wed 14:58 5.3m 20:44 1.1m

Tue

26 03:00 09:33

1.7m 4.7m 15:44 1.7m 22:15 4.5m

2.1m 4.4m 14:57 2.0m 21:22 4.2m

5.9m 0.5m Mon 18:29 5.5m

25 01:54 08:25

1.4m 5.0m 14:31 1.5m 21:00 4.7m

5.6m 0.8m 17:56 5.2m 23:38 1.2m

11 02:21 08:43

Tue

20 04:38 10:34

5.6m 0.7m 17:21 5.4m 23:02 1.0m

1.8m 4.7m Wed 14:03 1.7m 20:27 4.4m

4.5m 1.7m Mon 13:19 4.7m 19:16 1.7m

19 03:56 09:53

5.8m 0.4m 16:26 5.7m 22:06 0.7m

5.6m 0.6m 16:44 5.5m 22:26 1.0m

0.9m 5.7m 12:43 0.8m 19:13 5.3m

4.8m 1.4m Mon 13:25 4.9m 19:20 1.5m

5.5m 0.7m 15:43 5.5m 21:27 0.9m

1.1m 5.4m Wed 13:33 1.1m 20:02 5.0m

30 01:45 07:47 Tue

5.0m 1.2m 14:18 5.1m 20:08 1.3m

5.3m 0.9m 5.3m 1.1m

Leith - September 2016 GMT (+1:00)

01 03:17 09:14

02 03:54 09:50

03 04:30 10:25

04 05:02 10:58

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

5.5m 0.7m 15:44 5.4m 21:28 1.0m

07

00:12 06:36 Wed 12:36 18:58

1.4m 5.0m 1.4m 4.7m

13 00:08 06:20 Tue

4.4m 1.7m 12:50 4.6m 18:46 1.8m

19

05:03 10:55 Mon 17:29 23:11

25 04:09 10:47 Sun

6.2m 0.2m 5.9m 0.5m

1.8m 4.4m 16:52 2.0m 23:16 4.5m

5.6m 0.7m 16:21 5.5m 22:03 1.0m

5.6m 0.7m 16:54 5.4m 22:36 1.0m

5.6m 0.7m 17:25 5.3m 23:08 1.1m

05

05:34 11:29 Mon 17:55 23:39

08 00:50 07:12

09 01:32 07:56

10 02:31 08:59

11 03:49 10:21

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

1.7m 4.7m 13:15 1.7m 19:35 4.5m

14

01:08 07:15 Wed 13:46 19:36

4.8m 1.3m 5.0m 1.4m

20 05:45 11:37 Tue

26

6.0m 0.4m 18:09 5.7m 23:53 0.7m

05:33 1.7m 12:09 4.5m Mon 18:08 1.9m

1.9m 4.5m 14:04 2.0m 20:25 4.3m

2.1m 4.2m 15:10 2.2m 21:35 4.1m

5.5m 0.9m 5.2m 1.2m

2.2m 4.2m 16:31 2.2m 22:56 4.2m

06 06:04 12:02 Tue

5.3m 1.1m 18:25 5.0m

12

05:12 2.0m 11:43 4.3m Mon 17:47 2.1m

15 02:01 08:03

16 02:50 08:48

17 03:36 09:31

18 04:20 10:13

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

5.3m 0.9m 14:36 5.4m 20:22 1.0m

21

06:27 5.7m 12:21 0.8m Wed 18:51 5.4m

27 00:30 06:40 Tue

4.6m 1.5m 13:13 4.8m 19:07 1.7m

5.6m 0.5m 15:22 5.7m 21:05 0.7m

6.0m 0.2m 16:06 5.9m 21:47 0.5m

6.1m 0.1m 16:48 6.0m 22:29 0.4m

22 00:41 07:13

23 01:36 08:08

24 02:45 09:20

Thu

Fri

Sat

28

1.0m 5.3m 13:10 1.2m 19:38 5.0m

01:28 07:32 Wed 14:03 19:52

4.9m 1.2m 5.0m 1.4m

1.3m 4.9m 14:09 1.6m 20:36 4.7m

1.7m 4.6m 15:25 1.9m 21:52 4.5m

29 02:13 08:13

30 02:54 08:50

Thu

Fri

5.1m 1.0m 14:44 5.2m 20:31 1.2m

5.3m 0.8m 15:20 5.4m 21:05 1.1m

Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter

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HEADING TIDE TABLES Leith - October 2016 GMT (+1:00)/GMT (+0:00)

01 03:29 09:23

02 04:03 09:55

Sat

Sun

5.5m 0.7m 15:53 5.5m 21:37 1.0m

5.6m 0.7m 16:24 5.5m 22:08 0.9m

03 04:34 10:27

Tue

10 03:05 09:41

07 00:17 06:41

08 01:00 07:24

09 01:53 08:22

Fri

Sat

Sun

1.5m 4.8m 12:38 1.7m 18:58 4.6m

1.7m 4.5m 13:23 2.0m 19:42 4.4m

04 05:05 10:57

5.5m 0.8m Mon 16:54 5.4m 22:40 1.0m 1.9m 4.3m 14:23 2.2m 20:45 4.2m

5.4m 0.9m 17:23 5.3m 23:10 1.1m

16 03:14 09:07

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

19 05:28 11:17

5.7m 0.4m 14:58 5.8m 20:41 0.6m

11 04:30 11:07

12 05:44 12:20

17 04:01 09:52

15 02:24 08:22

5.3m 0.8m 14:10 5.4m 19:56 1.0m

Thu

Tue

14 01:33 07:35

6.0m 0.2m 15:43 6.0m 21:26 0.4m

1.9m 4.3m 17:07 2.1m 23:27 4.5m

22 01:20 07:53

23 02:26 09:02

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

25 05:09 11:46

26 06:13 12:47

Tue

1.7m 4.5m 17:42 2.1m 23:59 4.5m

31

02:36 08:28 Mon 14:56 20:43

1.6m 4.7m Wed 18:41 1.9m

18 04:45 10:35 24 03:48 10:27

21 00:26 06:59

1.2m 4.9m 13:48 1.7m 20:12 4.7m

1.6m 4.6m Wed 18:14 1.8m

Tue

20 06:12 12:01

0.9m 5.3m 12:50 1.3m 19:17 5.1m

5.0m 1.4m 18:22 4.9m

6.2m 0.1m Mon 16:27 6.1m 22:10 0.3m

6.0m 0.5m Wed 17:49 5.8m 23:37 0.6m

5.7m 0.8m 18:31 5.5m

06 06:07 12:01

5.3m 1.1m Wed 17:52 5.1m 23:43 1.3m

2.0m 4.2m Mon 15:44 2.3m 22:06 4.3m

13 00:35 06:44

4.8m 1.2m 13:19 5.0m 19:08 1.4m

05 05:35 11:28

1.6m 4.5m 15:01 2.0m 21:25 4.5m

6.2m 0.2m 17:08 6.0m 22:53 0.4m

1.8m 4.4m Mon 16:27 2.2m 22:48 4.4m

27 00:58 07:04

28 01:45 07:46

29 02:25 08:22

30 02:02 07:56

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

4.7m 1.4m 13:36 4.9m 19:27 1.6m

5.0m 1.1m 14:17 5.1m 20:05 1.4m

5.2m 1.0m 14:52 5.3m 20:39 1.2m

5.3m 0.9m 14:25 5.4m 20:12 1.1m

5.4m 0.8m 5.4m 1.0m

Leith - November 2016 GMT (+0:00)

01 03:08 08:59 Tue

5.4m 0.9m 15:26 5.4m 21:15 1.0m

07

00:28 06:58 Mon 12:51 19:13

1.7m 4.4m 2.1m 4.5m

13 00:59 06:57 Sun

5.6m 0.5m 13:33 5.7m 19:20 0.7m

02

03:40 09:30 Wed 15:56 21:47

08 01:35 08:09 Tue

1.8m 4.3m 14:04 2.2m 20:25 4.4m

14

01:53 07:45 Mon 14:22 20:08

19 05:44 11:31

20 00:04 06:36

Sat

Sun

5.3m 1.3m 17:57 5.2m

5.4m 1.0m 5.3m 1.0m

5.9m 0.3m 6.0m 0.4m

1.1m 4.9m 12:25 1.7m 18:48 4.9m

03 04:12 10:02

04 04:45 10:35

05 05:21 11:11

06 06:03 11:55

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

5.2m 1.2m 16:26 5.2m 22:20 1.2m

09

02:50 09:29 Wed 15:24 21:45

15 02:42 08:32 Tue

6.1m 0.3m 15:07 6.1m 20:54 0.3m

21

01:04 07:38 Mon 13:29 19:51

25 05:27 11:59

26 00:08 06:13

27 00:53 06:52

Fri

Sat

Sun

1.6m 4.7m 17:52 1.8m

4.7m 1.4m 12:43 4.9m 18:35 1.6m

1.7m 4.4m 2.1m 4.6m

1.4m 4.5m 2.0m 4.6m

4.9m 1.2m 13:20 5.1m 19:11 1.4m

5.1m 1.4m 16:57 5.0m 22:56 1.3m

4.8m 1.6m 17:32 4.8m 23:37 1.5m

4.6m 1.9m 18:15 4.6m

10 04:06 10:43

11 05:09 11:45

12 00:01 06:05

Thu

Fri

Sat

1.5m 4.6m 16:35 1.8m 22:56 4.9m

16

03:29 09:16 Wed 15:50 21:39

6.1m 0.4m 6.0m 0.3m

22 02:13 08:50 Tue

28

1.7m 4.4m 14:44 2.2m 21:03 4.4m

01:32 07:27 Mon 13:56 19:46

5.1m 1.1m 5.2m 1.2m

1.2m 5.0m 17:36 1.4m

5.3m 0.8m 12:42 5.4m 18:29 1.0m

17 04:14 09:59

18 04:58 10:44

Thu

Fri

5.9m 0.6m 16:31 5.8m 22:24 0.5m

23

03:26 10:04 Wed 15:59 22:15

29 02:09 08:02 Tue

1.7m 4.4m 2.2m 4.4m

5.2m 1.0m 14:29 5.3m 20:20 1.1m

5.6m 0.9m 17:13 5.6m 23:11 0.8m

24 04:33 11:08 Thu

1.7m 4.5m 17:02 2.0m 23:17 4.5m

30

02:45 08:35 Wed 15:03 20:56

Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter

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5.3m 1.0m 5.4m 1.0m

The new BMW 7 Series

The Ultimate Driving Machine

THE NEW BMW 7 SERIES. DRIVING LUXURY.

The new BMW 7 Series incorporates exquisitely crafted design, enhanced levels of comfort and an extensive range of pioneering technology, which have all led to it being hailed as the most innovative car in its class.

Hamilton Bothwell Road ML3 0AY 01698 303700

Glasgow Kyle Street G4 0HP 0141 333 0088

Stirling New Kerse Road FK7 7RZ 01786 231140 (formerly Menzies)

Official fuel economy figures for the new BMW 7 Series Saloon range: Urban 24.8-51.4mpg (11.4-5.5l/100km).

Extra Urban 45.6-67.3mpg (6.2-4.2l/100km). Combined 34.9-60.1mpg (8.1-4.7l/100km). CO 2 emissions 189-124g/km.

Figures may vary depending on driving style and conditions.

Douglas Park Limited is an Appointed Representative of Park’s of Hamilton (Holdings) Limited FRN 308476, of 14 Bothwell Road, Hamilton, ML3 0AY, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, as a Credit Broker. We can introduce you to a limited number of lenders to assist with your purchase, who may remunerate us for introducing you to them. Retail customers only.