Author: Graham Cross

Graham is a member of Marconi Sailing Club and sails pretty much anything he can get his hands on !

Thanks to all those that entered images into June’s MSC photo competition. BUT WE NEED MORE ! Summer is here, Cadet Week around the corner & there’s so much  activity at our club that we should be seeing many more entries! So get snapping and send those pictures in….don’t be shy. Upload HERE or email us at photos@marconi-sc.org.uk but please ensure the subject is “MSC Photo Competition Entry”. Congratulations to Kevin Stubbs winner of June’s  Serious Sailing category with his majestic image of a barge adrift…your prize of Tuc cheesy crackers is on the way Capt. Kev.

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Thanks to all those that entered images into May’s MSC photo competition. Our judges struggled with the amount of entries but after much deliberation here are the winners and runners up! Summer is here so please keep those entries coming. You can now email them (with a caption please), to photos@marconi-sc.org.uk as well as uploading them HERE.

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Olympic gold medallist Saskia Clark joined in the fun at our 2017 Open Day held in conjunction with the RYA Push the Boat Out event.  The public poured through the gates eager to try sailing on all size of vessels including two rowing gigs. This was by far the most successful Open Day event ever held by the club.  A massive thanks to Saskia & the RYA team for coming along & inspiring so many, both young & old with a touch of gold class, & of course to the club’s sailors who made hundreds of trips out onto the…

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Marconi Sailing Club is holding its annual open day again on Saturday 13th May. Come along and check out our wonderful facilities and try some of our on the water activities. A perfect chance to start to learn to sail. RYA (Royal Yachting Association) 2017 “PUSH THE BOAT OUT”.  We are an approved RYA TRAINING CENTRE / CLUB OF EXCELLENCE FREE EVENT! NO NEED TO BOOK. Simply show up with a smile on SATURDAY 13th MAY from midday SAFE INTRODUCTION TO SAILING 12 to 4pm. No experience necessary start to learn to sail! EQUIPMENT & KIT PROVIDED DINGHIES, CATAMARANS, WINDSURFERS & YACHTS…

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Thanks to Pat Shaw for sending in this surreal shot captioned “Moth-balled!” from the water’s edge at MSC. A  photo competition winner for March. Please keep the entries coming and you can now email them (with a caption please), to photos@marconi-sc.org.uk as well as uploading them HERE.

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Thanks to Fenella Miller for sending in this lovely shot of “Gigs waiting in the wings” at the splendid Harkers Yard Gig Rowing Race at MSC. A clear photo competition winner for February. Please keep the entries coming and you can now email them (with a caption please), to photos@marconi-sc.org.uk as well as uploading them HERE.

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Thanks to Capt Kevin Stubbs for sending in this laughable shot of “Rowing For Fun: Result of No1 (Bow) catching a crab on board Gig Elettra.” Looks like a lot of fun and so is a winner for January in the People at Play category. Please keep the entries coming and you can now email them (with a caption please), to photos@marconi-sc.org.uk as well as uploading them HERE.

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“Oars in the morning mist” by Gig Coxswain Tom Clayton (using Capt. Stubbs’ camera!) is the MSC photo competition December 2016 winner of the Landscape and Seascape category.  The winning Giggers say “You’ve had sunrises and sunsets  from the hard. Now it’s time to get rowing out on the water in all weathers!”…….

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