Rollesby Broad Sailing Club

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Starting at Rollesby and now Round Britain with a Brain Tumour.
Josie and Roger Phillips are setting off on Sat 15th May (at 9am from Fox’s
marina on the Orwell at Ipswich) to sail round the UK in a Contessa32. Roger
learnt to sail at Rollesby and Filby. Josie has had a brain tumour for 5
years but when it went malignant 18 months ago they conceived the ambition
to undertake this trip to raise money and awareness for Brain Tumour
Research as more people under 40 die of Brain tumours than any other cancer
but the funding for this doesn’t represent this.
More information is on their website www.contessa32.co.uk where updates of
their progress will appear.
They plan to arrive at Lowestoft (arriving Sat evening 15th May) and then
Wells on Sun evening 16th May with a day’s rest before continuing on to
Grimsby and an anticlockwise circumnavigation (going through the Caledonian
canal).
They are very grateful for help and support already received from large and
small companies including Apogee Engineering Analysis in Norwich and very
significant help with safety and other adaptations to the boat from Jeremy
Rogers (Contessa32 builders) in Lymington.
Please get in touch through the website if you would like to offer advice,
useful information, support or help which is always very gratefully
received. Links to Just Giving on the website allow messages of support as
well as donations.
(Geoff and Liz Phillips on liz.phillips@uea.ac.uk and
Geoff.l.phillips@btinternet.com
And 01493751012 will be pleased to pass on messages when they are underway).

KIDS@RBSC MAKE SAILING FUN

 1st  KIDS SAILING EVENT

 SATURDAY 29^TH MAY  11.00-15.00

 All levels of ability welcome

Some club boats available. Optimist/Topper/Wayfarer*
Sail with experienced members in their boats or sail your own
Informal tuition and racing

 Safety boat will be manned

 BBQ will be lit ( bring your own food )

 * Grown up in long trousers on board

This is a trial run and if you like it we’ll do some more

Please register your interest on the club website or call Simon Purdon 01953 452460

Any members that wish to volunteer their services or offer trips round the bay are very welcome. Please contact me if you want to help

Safety Boat Training / Refresher being run today.
Book early, places limited’ish

Bittern Open Regatta arranged for today

Wednesday evening sailing programme starts from today!

Rollesby Broad Sailing Club Public Open Day

Come along and have a great time both on and off the water. 

If the weather is suitable there will be a BBQ – bring your own food for the BBQ.

There will be tea, coffee, fruit juice and cakes available all day.

We also need  members to sign in the visitors, talk to them about sailing and the club, take visitors for a sail