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THREE COURSE CHRISTMAS DINNER followed by dancing into the small hours Arrive 7:00 for 7:30 for a pre-dinner glass of bubbly!
Carriages at 1am Dress: as smart as you like
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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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!
Due to poor weather and a very high low tide on Sunday the Cruiser Lift in has now been rescheduled after club racing this Friday.
Will all sailors and members (the Warm Up Race scheduled for 11:00 this Friday) try to ensure that they are clear of the Dinghy Park by 15:00 to allow this work to take place. Be aware that this work also affects the Slipway and Beach.
Duty roster listings and contact details are only published in Dutyman for 2015.
Dutyman emailed all duty-holders with their 2015 allocated duties and dates in February 2015. Thank you to those who have already confirmed their duties.
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You are able to access DutyMan;
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