Work Party
Work Party
Work Party.
There was a good turn out of 35 people at the August work party – were YOU
there, have you attended any work parties yet this year?
Boat park overgrown areas were cut back, the rest of there bricks moved
from below the galley window, the new Toppers secured in the club boat area,
upstairs loft tidied and cleaned, gutters cleared out, clubhouse windows
cleaned, lighting in clubhouse sorted out and lots of other jobs.
But the highlight of the morning saw Brian and Richard, with huge grins on
their faces, sorting out the new power boat and launching it for some
gentle pottering around the lake……the engine needs to be 'run in.'
While most of the activity was outside, the commodore was 'head to head'
with Dean in the clubhouse with their laptops checking out the OOD rota and
duty man issues.
Those that stayed on for lunch in the sunshine, saw Alice and Louise have
a great sail in strongish winds – the new power boat on hand just in
case…..
Thank you to everyone who attended and did their bit.
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Summer 8
Summer 8
Summer8
Summer 8
Summer 8.
Yet another sunny but windy day dawned with Newton and his crew – only one
person missing this time – setting an interesting course, Xs, 4s, 5s, 9p,
7p, 6p,S.
There was the usual 'ummimg' and 'aaring' about sail sizes, with Dave
opting for a radial and Andy going for a full rig.
In the process of setting the best possible course, Newton, in the process
of dragging 2 out into more wind, managed to lose it's anchor, naughty
boy!…another job for the brothers to fix, I suspect??!!
Well the weather guys got it wrong again with the wind strength more than
was forecast – seeing 18 boats take to the water but Monica and Eddie,
didn't even get to the first mark, they wisely decided this is not the wind for
'oldies' to be on the water! Closely followed to shore by young Jess and
then Karen with her injured shoulder. But retirements didn't stop there –
Mike in his Solo and Curtis in his Laser retired before the end of the race,
leaving just 10 racers to finish the race. John in his Topaz with his
smaller sail did really well with only 1 capsize, Paul managed a couple for
everyone top see at bouy 6, losing a couple of places, while the rest just flew
around the course – another spectator day!
Finishing places, 1st Andy, 2nd Dave, 3rd Ian
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