Cruising

Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club

Dove Cottage Oakley Road Wix Nr. Manningtree Essex. CO11 2SE

Tel 01255 870777

The mainstay activity of the club is our active cruising programme, with short weekend cruises taking place on at least a monthly basis during the season to a variety of ports along the East Coast.

Additionally, we hold at least a couple of "day sailing" weekends each season where it's possible to try the sport for a few hours on a variety of members' boats.

For the more ambitious, there are opportunities for longer sails to Holland, Belgium and France with an annual "European Cruise" taking place in mid summer, taking advantage of the long daylight hours and the more settled weather.

Details of the cruising programme can be found on our "What's on" page, with passage plans for the individual trips available by clicking on the above. The Cruising itinery for 2008 can also be found below.

You can get a flavour of our cruising activities by looking at our cruising logs with notes and pictures of some of our recent cruises and the social activities organised by members on those trips.

Each year we cover approximately 1000 miles on club cruises, some short and some more ambitious, including East Coast ports and some forays to the South Coast and futher afield, such as Oostende, Amsterdam, Nieuwpoort and other ports on the coasts of Belgium, Holland and France.

Please click on the links at top of page for details and pictures of some of our cruises.

If you would like to join in with any of our planned trips, please contact Kevin Hall on 01255 870949.

Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club

Cruising programme 2008.

· 22^nd — 24^th March — Easter shakedown cruise— Ipswich. Good Friday for victualling and fettling. Depart Sat. Lord Nelson and curry all round.

· 12^th – 13^th April - Day Sails.

· 26^th – 27^th April — Bradwell. Anyone for the Green Man?

· 10^th – 11^th May —Burnham—on—Crouch. For those that like it rough—sometimes very rough!!

· 24^th – 26^th May —Southwold. The other Lord Nelson! Provided there is room in the harbour, of course.

· 1st - 2nd June – Day Sails.

· 14^th – 29^th June - European Cruise. — Ijmuiden, Hoorn, Marken, Amsterdam, Gouda, Dordrecht, Willemstadt, Hellevoetsluis, Zeebrugge. (Itinery) Passage Plan to Ijmuiden

· 12^th – 13^th July —Brightlingsea/ Pyfleet. - Provided it’s warm (no marina and maybe no shore power).

· 19^th — 20^th July - Ore/Alde. - Castle ruins and closed pubs. Bring plenty of supplies.

· 26^th – 27^th July — Burnham or Ramsgate. – For the hardier souls that survived the last one.

· 2^nd – 3^rd August — Deben. - Havens of peace and tranquillity. Pubs too!! incoporating the Barbecue, details from Kevin or Jenny on 01255 870949. Non boat owners please contact Kevin or Jenny for directions and accommodation options.

· 22^nd – 25^th August — Bank holiday - Nieuwpoort or Calais. Depart on Friday evening. Return Monday Weather permitting.

If you have any suggestions or requests for alternative cruising destinations – please let Kevin Hall know.

It would be helpful if you could let Kevin or Mike know if you intend coming on these events as soon as possible as berthing can sometimes be a problem.

Useful Links: Royal Yachting Association. The Met Office. Weather Online. UK Hydrographic Office Easy tide.

Deben Entrance. Orford Entrance. www.marinas.com Stour Sailing Club. Windfinder.com