Latest News - 25/08/2017

Goodbye Alan.. Bank Holidays and No Wind





 Here we go.. it's the Bank Holiday Weekend and the last one of Summer 2017... but before I go onto the weekend's events I would just like to say a fond farewell from both myself and James to a longstanding and truly lovely customer who passed away on the 13th August  and was handed over to the next world earlier today at Chichester Crematorium,  our dear friend,  Mr Alan Dickinson.

 Alan was a well known sailor in the Bognor area ( I believe he was one of the infamous Bognor Regis Sailing Club Windsurfing fraternity of the early eighties) but most people in the latter years will have met him when sailing with his best mate Barry at his home beach of Pagham.  It is also possible that you may have come across Alan at one of the Egyptian Red Sea resorts as he spent many a holiday there with his wife and windsurfing companion, Angela. 
Such a shame to lose him and he will be very much missed by us all..  Good sailing Alan!
 (James loved the take away Angela.. thank you so so much!)

Now for the weekend.. it looks to be a SUNNY one and for the first time since the schools broke up a No Wind event! So get out the sun lotion and head to the beach for three days of Beach Life as it may be a long time before you get another in the UK!  It's a great outlook for those who SUP or Kayak with the tides being High mid-afternoon and reasonable Spring tides too, so the local Rivers will be of a good depth with 'helpful currents'.. as long as you get your timing right! :)

Shoreham holds its annual River Fest this weekend with Dragon Boat racing and other entertaining events for those that would rather view than take part.. you can find out more at the events facebook page https://www.facebook.com/shorehamriverfest/
We have plenty of SUP and Kayak specific water wear and as we are pretty much at the end of the season we will apply a 15% discount to anything within that product group (just ask.. we can only say no!)
Now for the tides.. Saturday it's High at 15.16hrs on a 6.2m Tide and Sunday it's High at 15.50hrs on a 5.8m.
We will be open all weekend but please remember that we are Open Sunday Hours on Bank Holiday Monday.. that's 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the SUN! 
 

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