Apr 03 2015
Newsbuoy 12 – Spring 2015 is Available
You should be receiving your printed copy of Newsbuoy Spring 2015 although with Easter it maybe delayed in the post. But if you haven’t it is also available here online.
Archive for April, 2015
Apr 03 2015
Sailing Instructions 2015 (Summer-Autumn)
The Sailing Instructions are now available for the main 2015 sailing seasons.
They are available here and in the Club Racing Information on the SideBar
Apr 03 2015
Race Marks
Yesterday a small number of volunteers met on the slipway at 08:30. Their task was to lift and recover all 15 race marks, using the SS2 and SS3 that have been freshly serviced and maintained and painted by Toby Speller, John Casson, Paul Farrall and their team of helpers. We then had to unload the rescue boats and move all the marks, chain and concrete blocks to the top of the slipway. After a quick well earned cup of tea and a hose down, the second job to remove all the chain from the buoys and blocks, end to end the chain, checking it as they went, then to re shackle it all up, replacing marks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 and 14 with orange buoys (a response to discussions at last years Sailing AGM, course cards with orange buoys). If that was not enough the buoys, chain and blocks were then loaded into SS2 and SS3 before being re-laid using 2 handheld GPS in a slightly condensed version of last years positions.
You may not notice the subtle change, but the west side of the mark grid is now closer to the Roslin Hotel rather than the Halfway house. This huge, dirty and demanding task was completed in 6 hours by me and my team of Struan Wallace, John Casson, Alan Grant, Paul Beasley, Paul Morgan and Jack Morgan. If you see these guys this weekend, give them a big thank you and buy them a drink. Without them we would have not fixed buoys to start the season.
Enjoy the long Easter weekends racing and the start of the season.
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Apr 02 2015
New Cadet Racing – Training session on Friday
Our first ‘New Cadet Racing’ season starts tomorrow Friday, with a training session that is aimed at sailors approximately 11 – 13 year old.
We will meet by the Dinghy Park gate at 10.00 am for a briefing. We want to be started at 11.00 am.
We will aim the session at those can sail, and would benefit from a structured training session. Picos, RS boats etc., helm and crew or single handed.
My first session will be:
Warm up reaches
Tacking on the whistle
Quick starts
Mini races (to familiarise the cadet with the new course)
Approx. 50 minutes
Just turn up, even if you were not one of the 24 youngsters and their parents that attended the meeting last week. All welcome!
A fun way to start the new season.
Apr 01 2015
kitchen closed Good Friday
Dear all
Just to inform you the kitchen will not be open this Friday
