SOA Newsletter – No 1; July 2022 This Newsletter is the first one, and bit of an experiment. The idea is keep members in touch with SOA activities throughout the season They do not replace SAGA, and t

Oliver recently, in response to an exchange of emails between Damian ( he of the "Foresail topic"), myself, and Oliver, that he, Oliver, questioned the use of Pyrotechnics in this day and age [ forgiv

Hi all. I'm looking for some help trying to find a foresail for my senior. I'm very new to sailing and know nothing about buying new/used sails. The boat only came with its main sail. The forestay has

The attached is an Index to selected SAGA articles, going back to 1981, which may be of some interest ?

Thought some of you might like to see where members live. The attached shows the number of members in the various GB counties, from Orkney down to Cornwall and Kent. I could be wrong, but some of the

By any chance has anyone got a cover that will fit a Senior, that they don't need ?

My sailing club is introducing a regular film night, featuring nautical films. Although I personally am not really into films this strikes me as well worth a try, and I shall support it. We already ha

Copy to the notes for the AGM attached. With regard to item "9. Discussion of the SOA’s future" , a questionnaire will be be sent all members in due course !

The following have joined damoroberts@, rob.lodge@, gabhan7@ PLEASE POST TO SAY HELLO AND PROVE THAT YOU ARE A PERSON WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES< Good sailing JOhn Group owner

Hopefully you will have received a copy of the agenda for the "Shipmate Owners Association AGM _ Sat 11 Sep". I know only a handful of members attend the meeting at Rutland. However, there is one item

Gabriel has just joined' email gabhan7@... Welcome aboard Please post to say hell and prove you are a person... Good sailing John Group owner

There are no universal right answers to this, and the intention of this post is to start an informed conversation. This is not a dinghy group, but some of you nonetheless have massive dinghy experienc

For many years an ever-increasing number of small boat cruising sailors have used the reefing systems - and headsail reefing in particular - developed by Rob Helyar, and marketed as Flexible Reefing S

LAKE BALA 15/16 MAY REMINDER The first Shipmate meeting at Bala is due to be held on 15 /16 May Good sailing John Button

........ and with a bit of luck, I might have even learnt to spell by then.

Well, floks, it looks like we have at leats 4 boats attending ( Mora, Gull, Rainbow, Bella) Let's hope the weather is kind to us. Intend to arrive and launch Friday 14th !

Dear Shipmates Emerging from Lockdown It appears that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it's not FL.BLUE... From the government announcements it is clear we are starting to emerge from loc

Please note,that as at 28 March, the Shipmate Association has suspended it's sailing programme for 2020. The website - www.shipmate.org.uk - has been updated to reflect this decision. Keep safe - Phil

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the shipmate@groups.io group. /Yahoo Group Messages 1-915.doc Uploaded By:

Hello all Just to let you know that I've uploaded the messages from the previous Yahoo group to the files area here as "Yahoo Group Messages 1-915.doc". they are identified by message number and date,