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Summer Rally 2022 – Lymington

With the venue meaning a sail to the West for everyone, it was unsurprising to find a Westerly wind forecast,

After a couple of years of disruption, the Spring Cruise was set to return to it’s usual schedule, and begin

With various delays meaning the traditional Frostbite Rally wasn’t happening until March, it seemed fair to give it a new

We had a great turnout of 11 boats and 30 people to our final Rally of the year, which saw

With our previous Rally almost a year ago, it was great that the Covid-19 restrictions had eased enough that we

Covid restrictions in early 2021 meant the Spring Cruise had to be delayed until the summer for a second year.

With the ever-changing Covid related restrictions, nobody was sure the Autumn Rally would definitely be possible until a few days

Following the necessary cancellation of the West Country Spring Cruise due to the coronavirus pandemic, I was keen to see

With lockdown restrictions easing slightly, our approaching Summer rally began to look like it might actually be viable. We knew

Despite the obvious challenges COVID-19 had put in our way for our Spring Rally, our Rear Commodore – Offshore wasn’t