The Eventide Owners Group

East Coast Sailing Meets 2022

The M.G. mark off West Mersea.

 

For further details on any of these meets, call John Williams on 01621 778859. Call ‘Fiddler’s Green’ on VHF. Ch 16 or 77. Mobile No. 07850 286607.

All events are dependent on the current WhuFlu restrictions.

 

Meets for other parts of the coast.?? Give us a venue and a date and we will advertise it for you, if another boat turns out, you have a meet!  Come on, it is fun!

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 Our Annual Meeting.

March 2022.

Online, on our Forum.

 

Our Eighteenth! So now we are 19 years old!! Despite the critics, we have proven that the truth will win! The others have gone...

All members welcome!  Do have your say, remember only Full 'owning' members have a vote though!

We have worked out how to have the meeting on line in the 'Members only' section of the forum. Log onto the Forum, full members only.

Full Members should mail us for the password if they have not already got it...  . The Database Manager will check your membership and send the password needed.

Members of the Steering Group will be up for re-election and the finances can be scrutinised!  All members welcome.  Full members, (owners)  get a vote don't forget!  Nominate a Steering Group member....  We have recently lost  a Barbican owner ( not literally, he just sold his boat!), from the Steering Group and another owning a Barbican or an Atlantic Clipper would be very welcome!  ....can you spare a few moments every now and again, preferably on e-mail, but on the phone is good....  We have to OK the odd decision with the Steering Group, buying CD's or computer bits, nothing more arduous normally!  We do not have actual Steering Group meetings, but virtual ones on line, so we have one member of it in the Netherlands, we have had others as far away as Australia!  Give it a thought and come and help run the organisation, preferably you should be a full 'Owning' Member (which includes partner or spouse.) as otherwise you do not have a vote on decisions.

Contact us at  enquiries@eventides.org.uk or call 01621 778859

John

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Mayday sail. This is a Bank Holiday Weekend so we have an extra day!  Normally we would do this...

 Lawling Creek  Saturday  could be a BBQ on the beach in the evening  if the weather is right or a raft up?

Sunday sail in company to Maldon maybe before dropping back on the tide to anchor.... wherever we fancy, maybe up another creek, down near Mersea Quarters, with a nod to M.G.!

More details nearer the day.

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Late May Bank holiday 2022.  .

Bradwell Essex. 

Join 'Fiddlers Green' and sail in company up the Blackwater for a weekend.

contact us at  enquiries@eventides.org.uk

 

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Poole Harbour Area.

Had a mail in from long time member Robin, he is still wanting to organise events around Poole and the Solent.  Robin Lewin and ‘WINE KNOT’ moored in Holes Bay, Poole (near the RNLI centre) would like to contact/ meet up with any GH owner in or around Poole. Sailing mid-week normally. Big event: Anyone else fancy a sail in company round the IOW in July – with the RTIR – some 1800 other boats? contact him by mail:-  robinlewin at btinternet.com

 

 

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Solent Meet.  August Bank holiday Weekend.  

This year we have several owners sailing in the area, so maybe one of them will step up to suggest a venue and date???

This is what we hoped to do last year....  maybe......

Newtown Creek, Friday  (ideal for our boats, Took F.G. there in 2018!) near Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.  There’s a brilliant little pub which has won I of W  Pub of the year more years than I can count at the top end of the creek and the views are spectacular. 

Good real ale, and close to Yarmouth as well – yet beautifully quiet and peaceful and the sunsets are something else.   

Thrash across the bay to Studland for Saturday night BBQ  

Sunday Night at Fareham Creek (FMBSC) for another BBQ  or may be a more central location depending on attendees.

Depart for home ports on Monday.

 Any volunteers for hosting this one???

 There is be  at least 2 Eventides and maybe a GH sailing out from Fareham...

We now have at least 2 Barbicans and a Senior too!

Anyone fancy joining in???  Contact us and we will send out the word.

John

 

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North West, North East, Scotland and the South West? 

Well we have members in all these areas, if one of you would like to tell us where you hope to be one weekend or week, we can circulate it and maybe we might get lucky and another boat will hove to over the horizon.  Two boats you have a meet, several a great one!  Contact us to give us that venue!

 

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The Bradwell Meet!!

August Bank Holiday Saturday, 27th, 2022

HW Saturday 1651 4.7m.

Meet in Bradwell Saturday afternoon, a chance for others to see aboard your boats, all members welcomed...  then in the evening to the Green Man for a chat,  . ...  and a drink, or two!

On Sunday , we intend to have a sail in company/race. Starting at 1400 from anchor just down stream and inside of the remains of the Power Station Baffle, away from the electric cable!!  Then sailing  up stream to to the 'Doctor' off Osea for HW and back to the Baffle.  Returning to a finish point off the  Bradwell Baffle, timing your passing yourself, as we will not have a start/finish boat, and gently back into the marina...

Back into Bradwell on the  Sunday afternoon with the flood and prize giving in the  bar of the Green Man.

Monday  sailing home.

contact me on 01621 778859 for any further information.

If you want to contact Bradwell to book a berth in advance, (if they will permit pre-booking...) phone 01621 776235

 John.

 

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 Mid to late October, end of season cruise

Normally in the Blackwater and Colne area.  Meet for meal in Bradwell marina.  May stay out till Trafalgar day,  21st... or beyond if the weather good.

For  island circling,  or with plenty of creeks to explore, ditch crawling! .  Stay  for 3 or 4  days or as long as the weather holds, no intention of going far, or fast!  Wind down with us.

John

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Last Wednesday of almost every month,

at approx. 7 p.m. at the ... (to be announced every month on the Stoppress pages!).

Hope to try to get back the the wonderful little country pub we found in 2019, near Boreham, if they are still in business!!!

When the WhuFlu has gone!!!

 

The Essex sailors try to meet  every month for a pub meal and a drink.  Numbers attending each month vary, but we nearly always there! To make sure though, give me a ring, in case we are off sailing!   Record is to date is 18 people and conversation ranges from ancient monuments, (no not me!) to holidays and sometimes even boats!  Great crowd, good atmosphere.

 

            

      

 

Just some of the owners when we met at the Bell at Danbury! We have met in Maldon, Boreham, Heybridge, Bradwell and Walton on Naze! Every month it could be a different location or back to one we enjoyed.

For further details on  the Essex meets, call John Williams on 01621 778859 or  Doug Hoadley on 01708 477028. 

 

You are very welcome to join in on any of the events and cruises and we would welcome those of you that have expressed an interest in meets elsewhere, to come forward with a simple date and venue, we will do the words here and see what transpires.  You might be surprised. Go on contact us! e-mail or phone.

 

 

 

 

 

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