Popular Sailing Times

 Popular Sailing Times

Although all Club members can sail at any time, a number of newer Club members have asked which days and times are the most popular for sailing so that they can visit at times when there are likely to be a number of other members on the water.

Listed below are details of those days on which particular groups normally meet up at the lake, and when a fair numbers of members are likely to be on the landing stage:

Sunday

The Yachting Group meet to race at 10.00 a.m.

    Second Sunday of month          International One Metres

    Third Sunday of month             Fiestas and DF65s

    Fourth Sunday of month           DF65s

    Fifth Sunday of month              International One Metres

On the First Sunday of each month, the steering Competition series is held at 10.00 a.m.

Tuesday

   The Yachting Group meet from 10 a.m. each week.

Wednesday

    The Powered Boat Group meet from 12.00 noon each week.

Thursday

    The Yachting Group meet from 10.00 a.m each week.

    They can also sail on the big lake with the larger sized yachts.

Saturday

    The Powered Boat Group meet from 12.00 noon, each week.

    Twice a month, usually on the second and fourth Saturdays, the Club 500              Group race fast electric boats at 3.00 p.m.

For day to day information, there are two active WhatsApp groups: To join either group, contact the relevant group organiser:

EMBC Yachts:                                John Berry             07842 194 626

Etherow Powered Boat Group:        Bob McMenemie      07527 306 859

New Honorary Treasurer

 New Honorary Treasurer

At the AGM on 11 December, Geoff Garside stepped down from the position of Hon. Treasurer of the Club after 16 years in office.

Chris Galloway was elected to succeed him as Hon. Treasurer, and will also take over the position of Membership Secretary.

Geoff will continue to act as webmaster for the Club Web Site.

The formal hand over of duties is scheduled for 01 January 2025, when all the formalities of changing bank account access permissions have been completed. Until then, Geoff should still be contacted about any financial or membership matters.

For those members wishing to pay their membership subscriptions for 2025 by direct bank transfer, our banking details will remain the same, and subscription levels for 2025 remain the same as 2024, namely:

            Standard                     £35

            Concession [65 plus]    £30

            Family                         £40

A further announcement will be made at the end of this month with contact details for Chris Galloway.

Competition Winners - 2024

 Competition Winners 2024

At the Club AGM on 11 December, 2024, Trophies and prizes were presented for the various Club sailing and model building competition winners and runners up.

Competition Winners are:

Commodores Challenge Trophy                      Chris Galloway

Club 500 Racing                                           John Senior

Eddie Outen Trophy - Steering                       Alan Bennett

Cyril Driver Trophy                                       George Bennet

Graham Harling Trophy - J Class Yachts          John Berry

JB Trophy - IOM Yachts                                 Alan Bennett

Cliff Dootson Trophy - DF65 Yachts                Allan Bennett

Eric Chester Trophy - Fiesta Yachts                Alan Bennett

DF65 / Fiesta Joint Sailing                             Trevor Redford

David Swain Trophy - Fiesta One Day             John Berry

Most Improved Sailor                                   George Bennett

Scratch Built Model                                      Bob McMenemie

Congratulations to all of the Winners.

Photos by Dave Lee

Frostbite Sail

 Frostbite Sail

Shake off the excesses of Christmas !! 

The annual Frostbite Sail will take place this year on Friday 27 December, from 10.30 a.m.

All members and families are welcome, so come and join in the festivities.

Hot soup, coffee and mince pies will be served, courtesy of Mike H.

Club AGM

 Annual General Meeting

Please remember that the Club Annual General Meeting and prize giving for all of this year's competitions will be held in the clubhouse on Wednesday 11 December at 7.45 p.m.

All Club members are urged to make an effort to attend.

New Club 500 Boat Design

 New Club 500 Boat Design

In order to potentially attract new members to the Club 500 fast electric racing  boat series, John Senior has designed a new Club 500 racing boat, which he has published for other members to use.

As John is one of the Club's most successful racers, this should be a very competitive boat, and reasonably easy to build. The design and building instructions comprise 14 sheets of A2 [Full Size] and A4 PDF drawings which are available for free download from the Club 500 Racing page of this website. The download is in the form of a single .ZIP file, which will need to be unzipped after downloading.

Quiz Night

 Quiz Night

The Annual Quiz Night, postponed from earlier in the year, will now be held in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 9 October, starting at 8.00 p.m.

All members are welcome, with teams of four [maximum]. Prizes for the winners, and hot dogs will be served, courtesy of Mike Hodgson.