Tiree Annual Regatta
Saturday 30th July 2016
Gott Bay
(In front of the Lodge Hotel)
Everyone Welcome
Starts 1pm
Dinghy Race (1pm)
Lug Boat Race (3pm)
Shore Events Including
Welly Throwing
Sand Castle Competition
Kayak Race
SUP Race
Come along and join the fun.
Events and timings are weather dependent and may be subject to change.
Just a reminder Tiree Maritime Trust are having an ‘open afternoon’ at the Noust in Scarinish tomorrow (Friday 27th May). Come and see our award winning boathouse and our beautiful dipping lug boats. Tea and Cake available. 3pm-5pm
Sail Training at Loch Bhasapol
May 2016
Sat 21st 10am-1pm
Sat 21st 2pm-5pm
Sun 22st 10am-1pm
Sun 22st 2pm-5pm
Learn to sail in our new fleet of dinghies with a RYA certified instructor.
Open to the whole community.
Children must be 8 or over and accompanied by an adult
£20 for 12 months Maritime Trust Sailing Club membership (Under 18’s £10)
£5 per training session.
Booking essential.
For more information and to book contact us
01879 220570
Sat 21st – Sun 22nd May –
Sail Training Weekend
Loch Bassapol (See separate advert)
Friday 27th May – Open Afternoon at the Noust
Tea and Cakes
3:00pm – 5:00pm The Noust
June – Sailing Club Sessions
Every Friday 5:00pm – 7:00pm Loch Bassapol
Saturday 30th July – Tiree Annual Regatta
12 Midday
August – Summer Sail Training
TBC
September – Sailing Club Sessions
Every Friday 5:00pm – 7:00pm Loch Bassapol
17th/18th September – Bart’s Bash
World’s Largest Sailing Event
TBC
Contact Us:
01879 220570
Tiree Maritime Trust
AGM
Thursday 29th October 2015
7.30 pm @ the Noust
Special Resolution to amend Articles of Association to introduce new classes of membership and allow for charging membership fees.
Revised Articles of Association: TMT Mem and Arts 2015.
We put our shiney new fleet of training dinghies to great use this weekend when Tiree Maritime Trust took part in the Worlds Largest sailing race Bart’s Bash. This annual fundraising event takes place all over the world on the same day and this year over 9000 people took part sailing at 468 venues in 62 different countries. We may have been one of the smallest venues, but we still managed some excellent sailing and attracted some high profile support on Twitter from Olympic Sailor Luke Patience – @TireeMaritime @BartsBash amazing!
The Tiree Results were as follows
| Position | Skipper | Sail Number | Crew | Bart Speed | Time |
| 1 | Andrew ‘Sandy’ MacIntosh | 11185 | John Vale | 1.88486 | 15 Min 38 Sec |
| 2 | John Holliday | 11186 | Micheal Holliday | 1.79675 | 16 Min 24 Sec |
| 3 | Mark Beese | 11183 | Debs | 1.39542 | 21 Min 7 Sec |
| 4 | Mark Vale | 11184 | Dorinda Johnson | Retired |
The worldwide results (www.bartsbash.com/results) are not all in yet, but provisionally Sandy is lying 968th in the world!
Took our new dinghies out for a practice sail today. We’re looking forward to taking part in the world’s largest sailing event Bart’s Bash tomorrow (Sunday 20th September). We’ll be meeting at Loch Bhasapol at 09:30. Should be fun as the forecast looks a bit breezy.
The forecast for tomorrow (Saturday) looks like strong southerly winds and rain. With regret we’ve concluded that it wouldn’t be safe to take traditional dipping lug boats out in such conditions. We know that a lot of folks were looking forward to the Regatta as they do every year and we’re sorry to disappoint but this year the weather has been set against us.
Ever hopeful we are planning an evening sail on Friday 21st August – we’ll update with details nearer the time.
At least the wind and kite surfers are having fun…
The forecast for tomorrow (Saturday) looks like strong southerly winds and rain. With regret we’ve concluded that it wouldn’t be safe to take traditional dipping lug boats out in such conditions. We know that a lot of folks were looking forward to the Regatta as they do every year and we’re sorry to disappoint but this year the weather has been set against us.
Ever hopeful we are planning an evening sail on Friday 21st August – we’ll update with details nearer the time.
At least the wind and kite surfers are having fun…
The weather for Saturday’s Regatta is not looking ideal with strong winds forecast, however, things are changing very rapidly at the moment so we may be lucky. We’ll be keeping an eye on the weather forecast and review again on Friday morning.
Here’s hoping…
Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate.
Lovely write up about the Regatta and our new Skiff
Thank you to everyone who came along and made the Regatta a great success. Special thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their time and great to see a boat across from Iona too.
Forecast looking good for the Regatta tomorrow. A big thank you to all the local businesses supporting the event: Tiree Lodge Hotel, Tiree Glass, Wild Diamond Watersports, Tiree Beef Lamb & Pork, Farmhouse Cafe, Ceabhar, Tyree Gin, Tiree Chocolates, Tiree Fitness and Calmac.
Come along on Saturday, sailing races, shore events, home baking and a grand raffle with fantastic prizes.
Hope to see everyone there.
A beautiful bowl made by Tiree Glass for our raffle at the Regatta, worth coming along just to try to win this!A prize bowl for The Regatta raffle this Saturday - ready to be fired. Be in to win!
