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March

Arrow Yacht Enterprises
www.sail-help.co.uk
5 - 7 March. Budget weekend sail. £140 a head, supper ashore, bacon butties for breakfast, sandwich lunch, mooring and fuel paid separately and shared between the crew. Sit back and watch everyone else doing the work or get involved in navigation, pilotage and sailing the boat.
A 7 day boat handling and mileage building passage 7 - 14 March. I have two potential Yachtmasters Coastal who wish to brush up on their boat handling skills, both power and sail and then get across the channel for some sailing around the Channel Islands or north coast of Brittany. Cost to include food, fuel and moorings £560.
During the Easter break, I shall be taking a boat across the Channel again, this time only five days, 31 March - 5 April. Cost to include food, fuel and moorings £450.

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
6-7: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
7-12: RYA Practical Course
17: Boat Handling
20-21: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
22-26: RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

Scottish Seabird Centre
'What’s On' at the Scottish Seabird Centre
Weekends and holidays: Puffin Club. Join us 2pm - 3pm weekends and holidays for fun make and take sessions.
6th – 7th March: Gannet Life Cycle Wheels. Find out more about the life of a gannet from egg to adult.
13th March: Build a Nest. The birds are beginning to build their nests and you can too in today’s Puffin Club.
14th March: Pop-up Flower Garden Card. Make your Mum a lovely pop-up flower garden card for Mother’s Day.
20th March: Build a Nest. The birds are beginning to build their nests and you can too in today’s Puffin Club.
27th – 28th March: Paper Loop Chicks. Try and spot the first chicks on camera and make your very own cute chick to take home.
2nd March – 11th April: Scotland's Housing Expo. This exhibition gives a national focus to the design of our built environment and associated issues. Through a series of models, it highlights developments, ranging from low carbon design strategies to the complementary roles of design and sustainability within public and private housing. Part of the Sustainability in Architecture Programme and supported by the Scottish Government.
1st – 31st March: Charlotte Cadzow Exhibition in the Picture Gallery. Local artist Charlotte Cadzow displays new work exploring the sea and the local surroundings.
3rd March: Walking with Birds – Belhaven Bay. Meet at the Shore Road car park at 10.30am. Contact Lesley on 01875 815142 for details.
5th March 2.30pm: Storytime by the Sea - Snuggle down for an afternoon of stories by the sea.
21st March 2pm – 4pm: Wild About Art – Woven Bird House. In this Alchemy Arts workshop, weave scrap materials and fabrics to make a nest like the amazing weaver bird. See how skilled birds have to be to make their beautiful homes. Made from household scrap materials.
24th March: Walking with Birds – Vogrie Country Park. Meet at the car park at 10.30am (£1 coin needed). Contact Lesley on 01875 815142 for details.
31st March: RSPB Walking with Birds – Roslin. Contact Alan Gracie on 0131 652 0308 for further information.
Further information can be found at www.seabird.org.
The Scottish Seabird Centre is a charity dedicated to inspiring people to care for wildlife and the natural environment. Charity number SC025837.

GXSA (Gerrards Cross Sailing Association)
www.gxsa.org.uk
Wednesday March 3rd, Duncan Wells, Anecdotes of a Yachtmaster Instructor
Duncan Wells is a GXSA member, RYA Instructor, and principal of Westview Sailing. He is the author of the Seamanship and Boathandling articles for "Sailing Today" magazine. Duncan sails a Hallberg Rassy 352, "Dorothy Lee" and was awarded the Bob Gammock Trophy in 2007. Duncan will tell us some "Yachting Capers" based on a return trip from Pornic in Brittany with an inexperienced crew. He will also recount some anecdotes about how he survived his unsurvivable flares accident. This will be an entertaining and informative evening.

April

Arrow Yacht Enterprises
www.sail-help.co.uk
During the Easter break, I shall be taking a boat across the Channel again, this time only five days, 31 March - 5 April. Cost to include food, fuel and moorings £450.
7 - 9 April Budget weekend sail. £160 a head, supper ashore, bacon butties for breakfast, sandwich lunch, mooring and fuel paid separately and shared between the crew. Sit back and watch everyone else doing the work or get involved in navigation, pilotage or sailing the boat.
A friend is bringing back a Clipper 67’ (see http://www.oceanexperience.co.uk/yacht/specifications/index.asp for a bit about this type of boat) from Antigua in the Caribbean leaving round about 24th April and seeks crew. The final destination will be either Portugal or northern Spain. The boat will either head straight back to Iberia (28 days) or will go to the Azores (21 days), dependent on crew time availability. The cost will be air fare to Antigua, and a £200 contribution to food and fuel costs. The skipper seeks experienced sailors. Please email me if you would like to hear more about this trip.

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
1-5: RYA Practical Course (EASTER WEEKEND)
14: Boat Handling
16-18: Weekend RYA Practical Course
19-23: RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

May

Arrow Yacht Enterprises
www.sail-help.co.uk
16 - 22 May. Five day course. £420 a head. Any level of competence.
18 - 20 May. Budget weekend sail. £160 a head, supper ashore, bacon butties for breakfast, sandwich lunch, mooring and fuel paid separately and shared between the crew. Sit back and watch everyone else doing the work or get involved in navigation, pilotage and sailing the boat.

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
1-3: RYA Practical Course (May Bank Holiday)
1-3: RYA Practical
7: Corporate
10-14: RYA Practical Course
15-16: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
24-28: RYA Practical Course
29-30: RYA Practical Course (Bank Holiday weekend)
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

June

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
5-6: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
7-11: RYA Practical Course
16: Boat Handling
19-20: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course (Fathers Day)
21-25: RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

July

Arrow Yacht Enterprises
www.sail-help.co.uk
4 - 9 July. Five day course £460 a head. Any level of competence.
9 - 11 July. Weekend sail, either Start Yachting, Competent Crew (2 day) or Day Skipper (2 day). Those wishing to complete the last two will need to do a three day weekend either before or after this weekend.
If any of you want or need the radio qualification or any theory courses, send me an email.

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
12-16: RYA Practical Course
17-18: RYA Practical Course
19-23: RYA Practical Course
24-25: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
31-1st August: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

August

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
11: Boat Handling
14-15: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
28-30: RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

September

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
4-5: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
6-10: RYA Practical Course
11-12: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
25-26: RYA Practical Course
27-1st Oct: RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

October

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
6: Boat Handling
9-10: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
11-15: RYA Practical Course
20: Boat Handling
23-24: Weekend Cruise/RYA Practical Course
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

November

Poole Sailing Ltd
www.poolesailing.co.uk
10: Boat Handling
15-19: RYA Practical Course
24: Boat Handling
Our 2010 programme is up on the website. It covers RYA shorebased courses as well as the practical events. We also have opened a twitter account called Poolesailing to keep you informed of our last minute special offers and other items which may interest you.

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