Practical Boat Owner - June 2018

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BOATS

Trailable yachts

■ Duncan Kent reviews

the larger end of the

trailer-sailer market

■ eBay to Rodney Bay:

Jan and Pete Dearden

sail the ARC

CRUISING

Logbooks

■ PBO reader Mel

Parish refl ects on a

Pacifi c crossing

■ John Willis battles

his own demons from

Guernsey to Shetland

PRACTICAL

New ideas

■ Installing an electric

engine aboard

Bounty’s End with

Conrad Humphreys,

and building a new

2.4MR keelboat

The new marina will aim for a slice of the luxury sailing market

Trips are

expected to

start in June

International marina operators,

Camper & Nicholson, will

design, commission, manage

and operate a new, fully

serviced 315-berth marina for

Edinburgh.

It will be the centrepiece of

a £500 million waterside

development around 2.5 miles

from the city centre, which

aims to compete for a share of

Scotland’s burgeoning £3.7bn

marine tourism industry, as well

as increase the country’s overall

number of berths available.

Sailors are being promised

24/7 access to the sea, a

state-of-the-art marina offi ce

and fully serviced boatyard

and dry-stack operation.

JULY

THURSDAY 17 MAYISSUE ON SALE

EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST

BRITAIN’S BEST SAILING CLUB FOR 2018

Notts County Sailing Club has been named the RYA’s Club of the

Year for 2018. The award was presented in recognition of the work

by the club’s volunteers in increasing membership, which has

grown by 27% since 2013.

To achieve this the clubhouse was refurbished, making it more

energy effi cient and better equipped to meet the needs of existing

and future members, including the addition of a multi-purpose

training room. The boat park and pontoons were also improved at

the club’s site at Hoveringham Water.

The club invested £252,000 in the work, including a £75,

Sport England Inspired Facilities grant.

SCOTLAND

NEW LOOK LARGS

REGATTA FESTIVAL

Organisers of the Largs

Regatta Festival, which takes

place on 25-27 August, are

hoping the event will attract

new yacht racers and boating

enthusiasts to Scotland’s Firth

of Clyde.

As well as the traditional

Round Cumbraes Race on 26

August, there will be two days

of inshore racing, alongside a

wider range of shoreside

attractions including live

music. The traditional Scottish

Two Handed Race will take

place the following weekend,

1 September, alongside the

Firth of Clyde Coastal Rowing

Club Youth Regatta.

NEW EDINBURGH MARINA

YORKSHIRE WETWHEELS SOON

Wetwheels, a not-for-profi t

organisation which gives

disabled people the chance to

experience boating, is

launching a fi fth boat this

summer in Yorkshire.

Isle of Wight-based Cheetah

Marine is building the 9m

catamaran which is expected

to be fi nished by May.

Based in Whitby, the

Wetwheels Yorkshire boat will

be able to take up to 10

passengers and, like other

Wetwheels vessels, has been

specially adapted to meet the

needs of disabled people.

It will have twin access

doors allowing passengers to

embark and disembark from

either side providing many

more options for her use up

and down the Yorkshire coast.

The boat has a specially

modifi ed aerial due to the low

bridge into Whitby Harbour.

A trained commercial

skipper plus a specially

trained crew member will be

on board for each trip.

Itchenor Sailing Club has

three new 2000 Class

dinghies to allow families,

couples, fi rst timers or

those wanting to get back

into sailing the chance to

take to the water around

Chichester Harbour.

Sovereign Harbour

Marina’s waterfront has

been bought by Premier

Marinas. The company

has also purchased a

parcel of land to enhance

the marina’s boatyard

operations in Eastbourne.

An 18-month-long

Marine Scotland Science

(MSS) study into sea

trout movements has

seen 79 yellow buoys

laid in Outer Loch

Torridon, Loch Shieldaig

and Inner Loch Torridon.

The buoys mark

submarine acoustic kit

and are not for mooring.

Richard Sowersby/Alamy