The Hostellers Sailing Club offers day sailing and dinghy cruising during the summer and country walking during the winter. The HSC suits all levels of sailing experience including complete beginners. Most members live in London/ Essex/ Southeast England, we also now have a few in Devon. We keep a club owned Wayfarer dinghy on a mooring at Paglesham on the River Roach in Essex.

Events:

Our sailing season is nearly over - we plan to lay up our club boat on Saturday 26 October. Help will be welcome during the day to get the boat out of the water and clean everything up, there will probably be a pub lunch or supper too - contact Mark S. for details.

A date and venue for our AGM will be announced soon. the AGM will be followed by a planning meeting at which we will discuss some winter events - details to appear here in due course.

The pictures below are from an event organised in September 2018 on the west coast of France by DCA member Miles D., this event being supported by several members of the HSC.

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The sailing club at Fouras Sud gave us a special reception and invited the town Mayor along!

Gerald's boat on route from Fouras Sud to La Flotte - one of the quite rare occasions when there really was not enough wind to sail

Our fleet in the harbour at La Flotte on Ile d'Re, a fine collection of traditional sailing fishing vessels on the far side of the harbour

In the old port right in the centre of La Rochelle - Gerald's boat and John and Josephine's boat in foreground

Our whole fleet alongside the pontoon at the sailing base of the Voile-aviron dans les Pertuis (VAP), a French dinghy cruising club so a bit like the HSC.

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