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Looking Back on the Autumn Rally 2024

Commodore David Reed reflects on our first midweek Autumn Rally
5 Nov 2024

Hot Hot Hot 2024

Judy Lambourne reports on our annual trip to the Mediterranean, this time the Sporades Islands of Greece
20 Sep 2024

HOEOCA's First Trip to Scotland

Sally Eldridge shares her experiences of sailing in Scotland July 2024 (aka waiting for Steve, aka waiting for Ash)
7 Aug 2024

Sea Myth Goes West - The HOEOCA Fringe Spring Rally 2024

The Sea Myth crew looks back on its valiant attempts to join the 2024 HOEOCA Spring Rally...
9 Jun 2024

Looking back on the Spring Rally 2024

Sally Eldridge looks back on the 2024 Spring Rally to the West Country.
8 Jun 2024

Hot Hot Hot goes East 2024

Judy Lambourne looks back on our trip to Phuket in Thailand, our first venture to the Far East
22 Apr 2024

Looking Back on Hot Hot Hot 2023

Jude Lambourne looks back on HOEOECA's 2023 trip to the Med
25 Sep 2023

Looking Back on the Autumn Rally 2022

Bernie Tanner reports on life aboard D’Artagnan during which culminated with dinner at Lanes of Lymington
29 Nov 2022

The Isles of Greece - Hot Hot Hot 2022

Mary Coles, who was on Aria week 1 and Piranha week 2,  looks back on HOEOCA's first ever two week trip to The Med
25 Sep 2022

Looking Back on the Spring Rally 2022

New cross-channel Skipper David Gilchrist looks back on our Spring Rally to Alderney
6 Jun 2022

The Autumn Rally 2021 goes with a Bang

Bernie Tanner, aboard Apres le Vent, looks back at the 2021 Autumn Rally
3 Jan 2022

Shared Cost Cruising Long Weekend 2021

Graham Clarke, on Modernistic Lady, looks back on the atmosphere of Cowes Week and the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race 2021
18 Aug 2021

Looking Back on Canal Cruise to Llangollen June 2021 with 14 members aboard 3 narrow boats

Graham Clarke looks back on HOEOCA's second canal trip
10 Jul 2021

Looking Back on the Spring Rally 2021

Jude Lambourne looks back on our Spring 2021 Rally
3 Jun 2021

Misty to the Rescue

White Mistral and her crew found themselves in a Pan Pan rescue outside of Poole. Paul Russell tells the tale
4 Oct 2020

Looking back on Hot Hot Hot 2020

The destination for our 20th Hot, Hot, Hot was Turkey, one of our favourite sailing grounds. Sadly, due to COVID-19, it wasn't quite as planned..
4 Oct 2020

Looking Back at our first Canal Cruise

Graham Clarke looks back on our first canal cruise, was it we needed something completely different, or was it we needed to be on the water?
15 Mar 2020

Looking back at the Autumn Rally 2019

Bernie Tanner, aboard Tres Jolie, reflects on this year's Rally
11 Nov 2019

Looking back at the 2nd Shared Cost Cruising Weekend

Graham Clarke looks back at the Second Shared Cost Cruising Weekend aboard Avant Garde and Modernistic Lady
26 Oct 2019

Looking Back at Hot Hot Hot 2019 to Corsica

Every September HOEOCA organises a trip to the Mediterranean. In 2019, for our 19th, we visited Corsica.
27 Sep 2019

Looking Back at Hot Hot Hot goes West - British Virgin Islands 2019

In a departure from our normal autumn trip to the Mediterranean, the club organised it's first trip to the Caribbean in March 2019
17 Apr 2019

Looking Back at the Autumn Rally 2018

Rear Commodore Cruising, Alistair Kingham, looks back on the Autumn Rally
13 Nov 2018

Looking Back at Hot Hot Hot 2018 - Montenegro

A new country and a new destination for our 18th Hot, Hot, Hot - Montenegro, a comparatively newly opened cruising area.
24 Sep 2018

Results of the 2018 Rally Survey

A big thank you to all Members who took part in our recent survey. The findings will assist your Committee in planning future rallies. 
3 Sep 2018

A week in Normandy by Newbie Channel Virgins

We sailed on the good ship C’est Si Bon under the stewardship of Skipper Allen Busby and his mate David Reed.
5 Jun 2018

Looking Back at Hot Hot Hot 2017

For our 17th Hot Hot Hot we decided to return to the predictable enjoyment of the Greek Islands, our 5th visit to that country.
6 Oct 2017

Looking Back at the Spring Rally 2017

So what did we all get up to?
31 Jul 2017

Looking Back at the Autumn Rally 2016

An account of our rally to Bembridge by Mark Bradbury.
10 Nov 2016

Hot Hot Hot 2016

Looking back on our recent trip to Malta
27 Sep 2016

Looking Back at the Spring Rally 2016

Our Commodore, Judy Lambourne, looks back on the Spring Rally to St Peter Port.
8 Jun 2016

Notes from Fulmarks

Bernie Blower provides a skipper's account of the first shared cost cruising weekend of the year.
11 May 2016

November Rally Account 2015

HOEOCA crusaders find refuge at Chichester Yacht Club
13 Dec 2015

Hot Hot Hot 2015

Mark Parker shares 20 of his first experiences...
20 Sep 2015

Hot Hot Hot 2015

Jude Lambourne looks back on our recent trip to the Kornati Islands
20 Sep 2015
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