Ray Carter. Lunch time speaker

Wed, Mar 25th 2015 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am

A report on Wednesday's lunch time speaker ,Ray Carter.


26.03.15  RAY CARTER GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES Y YACHT CLUB

Today's speaker was Ray Carter from the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Yacht Cub that is  based near the Alexandra Dock .He was at home in the club because there are a number of past and present sailors .

Ray has had a life long passion for boating and started sailing dinghies in Covenham Reservoir before moving onto yachts. He has pent 40 years of sailing  with his own boat not only in the UK but also in the Greek islands.

Originally there was a  Cleethorpes Yacht Club and one in Grimsby but they merged sometime during the 80's.The benefit was that there was all year round sailing in the Alexandra Dock.Whereas at Cleethorpes they set off from the beach out and onto  the Humber.

There are two types of sailors,the ones who enjoy racing and cruising and those who prefer home waters.Ray told us that we have produced some notable sailors  who have competed at a national level.

Unfortunately membership is declining and they are trying to encourage people by having a free taster they  have a go at sailing ,use their dinghies and kit and hopefully   join the club.

Nowadays they share facilities with the sea Cadets and this includes boats as well as kit.

What attracts people to sailing? Either you get it or you don't. So come and have a go!

Report by Martyn Turner

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