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French evening
Our next social is a french evening on saturday 3rd may starting at
7.30pm. Linda has promised us a meal of coq au vin, with new potatoes
followed by french bread and cheese. All this for only £2.50 per head.
Once again children will be well catered for with chicken nuggets,
sausages or something similar. So do come along and join in with what
promises to be a very interesting evening. If you wish to dress up in an
appropriate manner to help give the club even more of a french feel please
do so. I am sure our commodore will appreciate it.
Dinghy park
The dinghy park, as i am sure you have noticed is now full. If you have
not already paid your storage charges and been allocated a number please
do not assume you will be able to have a space this season. We are
currently working on ways to create more spaces but we can't work
miracles. Please, therefore check with us before you bring boats to the
club. Thank you for your understanding.
Unclaimed equipment
It is essential that we get the best possible use of the space in the
dinghy park and preference must be given to active boats. We have several
windsurf boards stored at the front of the club-no one knows who these
belong to. The same applies to some kayaks in the dinghy park. As no
storage fees have been paid for these items, and we need the space, if
they are not claimed and removed by 30th june they will be disposed off.
As part of the re-organisation of the storage areas the committee have
decided to try and sell the orange committee boat. If anyone knows of
anyone who may be interested please let us know as soon as possible.
RNLI day
The next sailing event is our annual rnli race to be held on monday 5th
may. The sailing race will start at 1400 hrs. We hope to run two races but
this of course is weather dependent. If you have a two man boat but no
crew or want to sail but have no boat please come down anyway and we shall
try to get you afloat. An entrance fee will be charged which together with
the galley profit for the day will be donated to the RNLI. Unfortunately I
have no details as to what time the windsurfing racing will take place but
please come down and i am sure it will happen at some time during the day.
Windsurfers are always welcome to join in with the dinghy racing at any
time.
The galley will be open from 12.30 on monday 5th may so anyone who
feels like making cakes, sandwiches etc would be very welcome. Also i
would be very pleased to hear from anyone would be willing to help out for
an hour or so with making teas, coffee etc on the day. Please call gill on
01304 331081 or simply turn up on the day and make yourself available.
Rum race
The rum race which had been postponed from boxing day, due to bad weather,
finally took place on easter monday. Peter would like to thank all those
who turned out and with 14 boats on the water competition was tough but
colin gough showed the wannabes how it is done with a faultless race to
take home the 1st prize of a bottle of captains morgans. 2nd place went to
stuart bishop of downs sc closely followed by our own tom coley. It was
good to see 4 windsurfers also joining in with andy gibson taking the
windsurfing honours.
Door code
Please note that the entry door code will be changed with effect from 1st
may 2003. If you have already renewed your membership you will have the
new code on the bottom of your membership card. If you have not yet
received a card please contact gill on 01304 331081. Obviously if you have
not yet paid your membership for 2003 please do so as soon as possible.
Galley
I hope to open the galley on a tuesday evening for a meal after
windsurfing, a thursday for a meal after sailing and a sunday from 12.30
until 2pm and then from 3.30 until 5pm. If anyone is willing to help out
so we can form a rota i would be very pleased to hear from them. Please be
assured you will not be expected to cope on your own. We already have a
few willing helpers.
Weather station
Graeme fuller has kindly lauched a project to re -instate a weather
station at the club. Graeme has also offered to subsidise a large
proportion of the set up costs. Anyone who could assist graeme in this
technically demanding task will be very welcome. The committee are sure
that this project will be welcomed by all club members once it is
installed.
Rock groin
The committee have had several meetings with the council regarding the
proposed rock groin which is to be built. As a result of these meetings we
have managed to get the council to agree to build this groin, which will
be similar to that by the imperial, at the end of stade street rather than
just in front of the club. We believe that this will have little or no
effect on our sailing conditions. It is our understanding that this work
will commence towards the end of this season.
Maintenance weekends
We would like to thank all those who gave up their precious time to help
with the maintenance of the club during march. Anyone who didn't help
missed out on some fantastic and friendly brunches. Particular thanks to
phil hards for all his work.
Contacting the committee
All committee members have trays at the end of the bar. These trays are
checked regularly. If you need to leave a message for a member of the
committee this is the best way. If you are not sure who you need the
committee is listed at the top of the stairs from the changing rooms.
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