Tag: Mark C

Calendar Received

November 23, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Today I received through the post, my Cambria 2013 Calendar and, now that I have seen it in the flesh, I can confirm that it is a lovely thing to have and to put on the wall. I love the big glossy photo’s (as I said, taken mainly by Mark C in bright sunshine during the races) and also (always a concern for making a calendar useful rather than just pretty) there is plenty of space to write your events per day. Mine is already ‘up there’ and has a number of 2013 events written into it. I am not sure whether there is any more point me hawking this, as they may well be sold out. I have emailed Cathy C to check. I will let you know.

Head marking on Cambria jib; pic by Matt Care

Meanwhile ace rooter-out of bizarre, sailing-related video on You-Tube, David Rye, has come up with a Thanksgiving Day related video showing the USA Founding Fathers’ Mayflower 2 reproduction tall ship, built in the 50’s for a film and now on display to the public. The film includes interviews with the Project Director, various carpenters and some of the actors who now show people round the ship while dressed in period costume.

Nice one, David. Thanks for that.

Pin Mill Match

July 2, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Mark C is off for a sail this weekend with Ian Ruffles and Denis Johnson. I’m guessing that means the old girl will be out and about, and not available for visiting. I will ask around and see if I can find out any more. Meanwhile here is another of Mark’s excellent pictures, this one with all the sails down but not quite squared away at the end of a sail.

I’m hoping Dave B will furnish us with some kind of a report on his weekend of chasing the Passage Match and then the Pin Mill Match, including stopping off at Ipswich. I have a cracking picture of Decima to use with it (Taken by Dave , of course). I have this taster, though, from Ed Grandsen of Edith May via Facebook. “Highly competitive race yesterday,” posts Ed, “With Melissa and Repertor untouchable in the staysail class with very fresh breeze. We had a grand tussle with Reminder before hunting down Decima at the finish, although needed a bit more time to get by. Won 3rd prize, and 1st over start line, beating Victor by 2seconds! on Edith May Trading Company‘s timeline.” Exciting Stuff, Ed!

Sails Furled. Picture by Mark Chapman

Another beautiful sunlit Mark Chapman photograph. Cambria lowers her tops'l after another sortie.

5 Days and Counting Down

June 25, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Just a reminder that in 5 days, at close of play on 29th, we will be moving full time over to this, our new website and the old site, hosted by Open Sandwich, will be turned off. I have been publishing (versions of) these stories on both sites. You will not need to do anything, as the address you have used to find the old site up till now ( www.cambriatrust.org.uk ) will find the new one after the change. Incidentally, this is post 698 in the series, so we should just about make the round 700 before the ‘techies’ snip the wires and disarm us!

Another beautiful sunlit Mark Chapman photograph. Cambria lowers her tops'l after another sortie.

Today’s picture is another of Mark C’s beautiful sunlit ones of Cambria dropping a sail at the end of a sortie. I always think barges look oddly ‘broken’ in this pose, but that’s just me. Cambria is currently moored ‘back at base’ in Faversham and is manned at weekends for visits by the public.

Dublin Tall Ships?

June 17, 2012 /

Catherine De Bont pic from Thames adventure

Today, another nice picture from the Catherine De Bont Facebook spread. This one is also taken on the up-River adventure the guys went on to get the barge up to London for the QDJP. As Catherine says, “a few familiar faces”; Hi Steve, Cathy, Mark and Frank and (the only one doing any work!), Richard T at the wheel. I was not sure about the Mark C baseball cap on backwards, dude look, for a bargeman, but Cathy says “yes he likes to think he’s a cool dude, bless him!! I look freezing and I was, but it was an amazing day spent with great people and we both wish we could do it all again”.

Meanwhile I was smiling at the fact that in Ireland, where I now am, Dublin is having its own tall ships festival (see website http://www.dublintallships.ie/volunteers/ ) and they have been calling for volunteers to help with the day. Realistically this is serious stuff and the site says “Up to 1,000 volunteers are required for The Tall Ships Races 2012 – Dublin to give visitors the warmest of welcomes, help create a great atmosphere and an experience they will never forget. Offer your experience, volunteer your skills, learn something new and have fun doing it! There is a huge variety of voluntary roles including Production, Hospitality, Ship Liaison, Media and Marketing, Event Coordination, Stewarding and Volunteer Management.”

I just wondered whether if a gang of Cambria volunteers armed with paint rollers and tins of Rosy Glow showed up in a mini-bus, we might be put to work. Cambria Volunteers on Tour!