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EXERCISE ATLANTIS BARBARA CALLING NOTICE
1. The flagship of the Royal Artillery Yacht Club, St Barbara V, a Rustler 42’ yacht with 9 berths, is available to support a winter adventurous sail training exercise this year. It is planned to deploy St Barbara V to the Canary Islands, where she will be available to provide offshore sailing adventurous training opportunities in demanding, yet warm and sunny conditions over the winter period. The exercise will run from early Nov 08 to mid Apr 09, with the yacht based in Lanzarote for the majority of the period (less delivery legs). Passages are available in Legs, shown below:
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Leg
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Dates
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Booking
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Leg 1 Out (Gosport to Lisbon)
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Sun 2 Nov – Sun 16 Nov 08
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Booked – full
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Leg 2 Out (Lisbon to Lanzarote)
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Sun 16 Nov – Sun 30 Nov 08
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Booked – full
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Leg 3 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 30 Nov – Sun 14 Dec 08
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Provisional – no skipper or mate
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Leg 4 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 14 Dec – Sun 1 Jan 08
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Leg 5 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 1 Jan – Sun 10 Jan 09
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Booked – full
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Leg 6 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 10 Jan – Sun 18 Jan 09
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Booked – no skipper
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Leg 7 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 18 Jan – Sun 1 Feb 09
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Provisional – no skipper
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Leg 8 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 1 Feb – Sun 15 Feb 09
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Booked – no mate
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Leg 9 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 15 Feb – Sun 1 Mar 09
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Booked – no mate
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Leg 10 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 1 Mar – Sun 15 Mar 09
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Booked – no skipper
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Leg 11 (Lanzarote)
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Sun 15 Mar – Sun 29 Mar 09
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Booked – no skipper
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Leg 12 Return (Lanzarote to Gosport)
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Sun 29 Mar – Sun 19 Apr 09
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Provisional – No mate
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Please note the requirements for Skippers and Mates
2. It is intended that each leg will be crewed by a single unit or headquarters and therefore interested parties must bid for their preferred leg asap using the form at Enclosure 1. Where a unit cannot fully crew a leg there will be opportunity to backfill places with personnel from other units or individuals who declare an interest. Assistance will be given where needed to identify a suitably qualified skipper, particularly for delivery legs[2].
3. The staff work and overarching JSATFA for the exercise will be undertaken centrally to gain overall exercise authority and political clearance; but units will be expected to submit their own JSATFA and CILOR application in order to attract AT funding to assist in the costs for their own legs.
4. Units must nominate a single POC and ensure the personnel selected to crew have a valid passport. Units must also ensure they have sufficient funds to cover the air fares, fuel and charter costs. The exercise is expected to receive full Divisional authority for AT grants. The casts are likely to include the following:
a. Charter Costs -@£130 per day.
b. Air fare - £150 - £200 per person ( may be less if using budget airlines).
c. Fuel Costs - £50 per leg.
d. RAYC Temp membership - £10 per person (unless already a full member[3]).
e. Mooring Fees - £400
f. Miscellaneous Costs - £15 per day.
g. Food – CILOR
h. Individual spending money
5. Units and formations are requested to give this activity wide publicity. It may be possible to find places for individuals if a full crew is not available – please ask.
6. Please click here for the bid form to take part on Atlantis Barbara.
{Original Signed}
N C Grant
[1] 3 week period is available for the return leg. This may be split into 2 with a crew change at Lisbon.
[2] Bdr Lee Brook is already nominated as skipper for delivery Leg 1.
[3] This is for club yacht insurance purposes.
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