Commodore's Note
Whether you are a returning existing member or new to our club, I welcome you to the web site. Once again we have planned an eventful year that the committee hopes has many attractions for you.
We continue to attract many new members. Some of you may have just passed your RYA level 1 & 2 dinghy sailing course whilst others are experienced seasoned sailors. All are welcome at our club and we continue to take pride in our reputation of being a friendly and inviting club.
Late last year, we were able to obtain funding from Sport England to purchase 4 new junior boats (2 x Laser Bugs and 2 x RS Fevas). We hope that this year we can repeat the successful junior courses that we ran last year and that our younger members avail themselves of these boats. We hope to see them competing on the water alongside the adults. We have a Juniors Improver Day planned, the Juniors Regatta Cup and the coveted Cygnet Trophy series competition, which will run throughout the summer months. For more details on how to get involved, please speak to Mike Pritchard our Rear Commodore Sailing or Roger Day our Sailing School Principal.
We were fortunate to purchase a large number of pontoons towards the end of last years sailing season. These should improve our shore side facilities providing us with increased mooring space, particularly useful between the races.
The flood defence construction being carried out through Attenborough will no doubt cause us some frustration whilst the work is undertaken. We hope that in the long run we will see some benefit. Already the open aspect on the Northern shore is providing us with better winds on that side of the lake. Our car park surface should ultimately be much improved as well as increased in size.
Hopefully you will find our web site a useful guide and resource to the club. If there is anything you feel should be included here that it is not, then we would be very pleased to hear of your suggestions.
In the meantime, fair winds and happy sailing
Nick Turnbull-Ross
Commodore
