A Winters Tale (aka RBYC Skippers trip 2014)

With thanks to William Shakespeare for choosing some apt titles for his plays

Cast: Kate Cope (skipper), Les Harris (mate), Richard Lindsay, Gary Careswell, Steve Wright, Trevor Bateman (special guest), Peter Terry (special guest), Neil Dunnet (the Scribe).

Measure for Measure

Lily of Hamble 50 ft Bavaria; 1 amazing skipper, 7 amazing crew;  max wind speed 43 kn, max boat speed 11.2 kn (SOG)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

The closest we can get is seven gentlemen of Berkshire; whoops make that six from Berkshire and one from Gloucestershire

Much Ado About Nothing

A great relaxing weekend, with cracking sailing. Did I tell you about the max wind speed of 43 knots – no problem?

Richard III (or our Richard)

‘Now is the winter of our discontent…..’ We’re all a bit fed up with the weather too.

Macbeth/Hamlet/Othello/King Lear/Anthony and Cleo et al

Crew members next year perhaps

Titus Andronicus

No idea how he got in here

Merchant of Venice (well Yarmouth)

Had to buy a few extra victuals within 24 hours of leaving the Hamble (but note – no beer!)

As You Like It

Great company, lots of chatting, brilliant sailing, food, beer and wine ….

Comedy of Errors

Uncharitable observers might rate the performance of the crew for the weekend ….

The Tempest

Sunday morning leaving Yarmouth – did I tell you about the max wind speed of 43 knots?

All's Well That Ends Well

Sunday afternoon back in the Hamble after a great trip

PS Snow White and the Seven Dwarves crept onto this blog as I was about to go to print…

Any parallel with this story and the crew is purely coincidental, but if any reader would like to think who might fit the characters of Happy (the Scribe?), Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy (no competition), Sneezy and Dopey (I couldn’t possibly comment), please let the skipper know.