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Working Party Progress 2012, 3rd week in!
A good start to the 2012 working Parties has been made with regulars turning up to help out. About 70% of the brambles have now been cleared exposing the spare pontoons purchased a couple of years ago. Plans are afoot to construct a small floating dock from 2 or 3 of these to be located on one of the islands. Lots of ideas for what to do with the rest - how do you think we should use them?
The inside of the Gents changing rooms have been rubbed down and have had a deserving lick of paint.
The Committee boat is now out of the water again. A new set of floor panels have been made, water proofed and now painted. A new cover has been purchased and fittings and a new reclining support frame is being designed and will be fitted in coming weeeks.
The broadband is now up and running and the technical experts are working hard in the back ground to get web cams up and running before the start of the season.
We still have a few other jobs to do: fill in pot holes in the compound, mend the damaged fence, weed and tidy the trailer park and entrance area, repair and fit to curtains in the ladies changing rooms to name a few.
SO: If you haven't had the chance to get down to the club, there is still time. Next week we will have hired extra strimmers and so need people to come down and help finish of the bramble bashing and rake up the cuttings to finish the job - let's have a good turnout please.
"Come on down!"
Closed for sailing but lots to do
Happy New Year to all members and visitors alike.
Whilst we do not sail during January and february members can still have an excuse for getting out of doors as we attack the brambles and carry out maintenance around the site. Those who have a few hours and do not want to be outside in what should be the cold months and do not have any painting and decorating of their own can help with the minor refurbishment programme we have set up this year.
All members welcome even if it is to make the tea. We start at 09:30 every Saturday.
Large Growth in Sailing Participation Attenborough
The current season has seen a large increase in sailing participation by members, making it the best year in at least ten years. More people are racing, casual sailing, and getting involved in training and coaching and a junior club has been successfully set-up. Overall, ignoring members who will be resigning at the end of this year or wjoined in last month, 87% of the membership is involved in sailing activities. Average entry per race day is up almost 20% on 2010 with Wednesdays seeing an incredible 60% increase. Few clubs will see anything like such an increase.
In producing these figures I have undertaken an analysis of membership sailing participation together with a more deatiled analysis of those racing. Given I had put in the effort I thought it would be useful to capture it in a report. If you are interested in the details plus thoughts on how we can increase participation even more then click here for a pdf file of the four page report. I would welcome any comemnts.
Thanks
Mike Pritchard 19th November 2011