Stoke Gabriel Boating Association
The Association aims to: - promote boating on the Dart
- provide sail training for youngsters
- be a focus for the on-the-water activities of the local community
- and contribute to the life of the village of Stoke Gabriel.
We currently number about 200 subscribing members, plus partners and families. Each year we have a Summer Programme of boating activities and a Winter Programme of talks and social events. We have a Clubhouse (with storage lockers) on the quay and a dinghy park at nearby Mill Point that also has a storage building. The club owns 7 Toppers, 6 Laser Bugs, 6 Laser Picos, a Laser, a 420, a Wanderer, 2 kayaks a canoe and a motor boat. All of these are available for use by members without payment; however, for the motor boat there is a modest fee. There is a Newsletter twice a year.
Mill Pool Challenge
Sunday 1 August 2010
Stoke Gabriel Carnival started in grand style with on the water fun and games at the Mill Pool. Children and adults competed in the pallet running, duck racing, dunking stool and rowing races. Martin and Manny won the men's and women's rowing races, and Harry the under 12s pallet run, with Liam and Ethan bringing home the parent and child pallet relay. The undoubted success of the day was the new walking on water balls. Having climbed into the clear plastic balls, air was then pumped in to fill them, before you were launched off into the Mill Pool, few got the hang of walking within them but everyone enjoyed having a go. Thanks to Charlie Gillmore and all the helpers for organising the day, the River Shack for sponsoring the event and to Jimmy & Perry for allowing us to use the Mill Pool.
The walking on water balls in action
Thanks to Dave Manford of Access-Technology for storing these images.
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