Click picture of Contessa "bashing through
rough water" to enter our site!!
4 JUNE 2009
NEW WEB SITE
OUR NEW WEB SITE IS
PARTIALLY COMPLETE AND USEABLE.
IN PARTICULAR THE NEW
ON-LINE HANDBOOK IS
HERE
OVER THE COMING WEEKS THIS
SITE WILL BE CLOSED AS MATERIAL IS MOVED TO THE NEW SITE.
26 APRIL 2009
RNLI SPONSORSHIP
Jess completes
London Marathon!!
Our
Treasurer's daughter and regular racing helm on Corafin, Jess Hoggarth, has
completed the London Marathon with sponsorship going to the RNLI
She trained REALLY hard for 6
months and completed the course in just over 4½
hours. She has currently raised £1,503 for the RNLI!
It is
still possible to sponsor her ... GO TO...
http://www.justgiving.com/jesshoggarthmarath
9 APRIL 2009
The 2009 RACING INFORMATION and race entry forms are now available here.
The discounted entry fee is available to those that enter by 24th April.
4 April 2009
Hello Robin,
I own the CO32 DESEO (CO374), berth in Baltic sea.
I´m an architect (www.oceanarchitects.de) and would like to suppose you hand drawings from CO32-Decklayouts for the CO32-website. If you are interested; I can provide 'Hand coloured' deck layout (based on J. Rogers drawing) for owners CO32 ·
Set in a glass frame with finest water colour paper. See samples here
Price between 100 to 150 € plus UPS.
Order: ck@oceanarchitects.de
Thank you very much. Kind regards Christian Klein Principal | Dipl.-Ing. Architect
24 January 2009
You will have hopefully noted our NOTICE OF AGM on the main page. (Go here if you haven't!). There will be an informal supper afterwards and the RNC&RAYC need to know numbers.
PLEASE LET KEITH FELTHAM KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND. The cost will be £15 per head.
21 January 2009
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR 'STUFF FOR SALE' AREA HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A SPAMMER AND FREQUENTLY FILLS WITH MATERIAL THAT CLEARLY HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH MAKING YOUR CONTESSA GO FASTER!!]
I have now cleaned it up and moved it into the same area as the DISCUSSION BOARD - so it is protected by the same simple USER & PASSWORD system. E-mail me if you need access details. ... or go here.
15 January 2009
Our 'Northern' members are planning an event in Edinburgh. The details are below:
Scottish Contessa 32 Mid Winter Meal
Attend our Mid Winter Meal on 21st
February 2009 at Royal Forth Yacht Club, Granton Harbour Edinburgh and get
rid of those winter blues! Meet with fellow Contessa 32 sailors and
share those plans for 2009. Enjoy a meal and listen to an inspiring
talk by Mark Hillmann skipper of Milly Brown who last year sailed his Co32
from Cumbria to New York via Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland and Canada.
All this for £30!
Please contact Liz & Mark Wisdish
on 01357 523530 or email
mewisdish(at)hotmail(dot)com
I have received the following which may well be of interest to members ...
13 January 2009
Our ever resourceful Cruising Rep (Anthony Burdall) has put together another excellent CRUISING PROGRAMME for 2009. The details are here. The first event is a CRUISING SEMINAR at the Royal LYMINGTON Yacht Club on March 7th.
12 January 2009
Our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will take place on 5th February, 2009 at the RNAYC in Portsmouth. The calling notice and directions are here.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT DINNER - YOU MUST BOOK AHEAD WITH KEITH FELTHAM (See Calling Notice)
6 January 2009
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR 'STUFF FOR SALE' AREA HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A SPAMMER AND FREQUENTLY FILLS WITH MATERIAL THAT CLEARLY HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH MAKING YOUR CONTESSA GO FASTER!!]
I AM GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO HOW WE MIGHT STOP IT PERMANENTLY .. BUT IT MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS.
i WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAN IT UP EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS ... BUT THE SPAMMER NORMALLY RETURNS IN 48 HOURS.
1 January 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our readers!!
If you think 2008 was a bad year, then you should look at this video ..... click here to play it.
Fiona Rogers has asked me to point out that the e-mail address in the advert on the current Contessa Association magazine is incorrect. It should be mail@jeremyrogers.co.uk
23 December 2008
YACHTING TV is a rapidly growing Internet TV station. Their latest edition has a long pitch about CONTESSA 32s and the ASSOCIATION. The link is here. Well done to George Isted for organising it ... and to our latest film stars the 'Gorgeous Pouting' ZOE McKEE and the 'Dashingly Handsome' ANTHONY BURDALL for appearing in it.
31 October 2008
The 2009 SOLENT Racing schedule has now been finalised with the various clubs and is available here