Message from the Commodore, 9.9.2017.

Club 500

The committee have decided to relax the use of club 500 type boats outside of organised races and time trials. Their use is now allowed  for testing and setting up purposes at any time other than Saturdays and Sundays. Please give consideration to wildlife and slower boats when doing so.

The ban on very fast boats is still in place. 

Paul the Comm.

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Club 500, Saturday Event,11.3.2017

  Went to watch Club 500 on Saturday,

very entertaining lots of banter, good atmosphere, two fires great fun.

Gerr-off my back!

Tinkering.

Always need the rescue boat out on these days

Another happy member!.

A great time was had by all, even if it was back to the drawing board for some!.

Al the Comm

Past week at the lake!.

Past week at the lake!.

During the past week at the lake there was Lawrence White with his new build, a nice little Tug boat.

I think someone said it was a Mountfleet model?

Proud owner and that's his mates Southhampton Tug on the water in the background.

You moved Pepe!, at least I got the boat alright!.

On Saturday afternoon there was the Club 500 lads?, well they are young in heart anyway aren't they!.

Get ready!.

And their off!

The End.

and for some it's congratulations and for others, back to the drawing board, after all its only the start of the season and there's time to catch up!.

Thanks to Lee for the photos of the Club 500 event!.

I seems that the weather as started to brighten up, but temperature not climbing up yet.

Next Events 

1500     19^th March      Saturday               Time Trials                    Landing Stage

1100     20th March     Sunday                 Steering Comp               Landing stage

2000     23rd March      Wednesday        HOT POT AND QUIZ       Clubhouse

                            

26th and 27th March   Bugsworth Basin   (Details to follow)

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That's all folks.

Poynton Model Show 2015.

Poynton Model Show 2015.

Once again its nearly time for the Poynton Model Show where we will be having a stand again.

There will be sailing in the pool so plenty of scope there and you submariners will be able to see your boats for a change!.

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Next Events

 1500    25^th October       Sunday  Club 500 Racing          Landing Stage

2000   28^th October  Wednesday                 Club night         Clubhouse          

                                                 Quiz and Hot Pot.

                                        

1st November          Sunday       1100hrs   Judging of Boats       Landing Stage   2nd Judging of boats to take place on Wednesday 11th November at Club night.  Need show only once

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7th November 2015.

Telford Model Show.

The details for the Telford trip are now finalised and are as follows:

Coach is £8 per person and Entry tickets have to be purchased at the Door on arrival as they do not do block bookings or purchases of tickets.   Prices for tickets are

£10   for normal Entry

£7  for Concession

Under 16 are Free

Coach pick-up times are 8 AM  at Morrisons Denton.

                                        8:15 AM at Wicks in Stockport

 Members who are interested Coach Money to Mike Hodgson.

Regards

Andy Glen, Secretary 

Coach trip.

Coach £8.00.

Entry fee, £7.00

See Mike Hodgson for further details.

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Commodores Challenge, 2015.

Commodores Challenge, 2015.

My thanks, to all who turned up on Sunday, good laugh, nice to see new members too.

All in all a good club day.

Al the Comm.

Good weather too!

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Steam boilers!

All members with a steam powered boat please give a photocopy of the test certificate to the committee, this is for insurance purposes.
Please do this ASAP as you cannot use your boat at the lake without it.

Al the Comm.

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Next events

1900     16^th September     Wednesday     Club 500 Racing         Landing stage

1100     20th September    Sunday            Steering Comp            Landing stage

2000     23rd September   Wednesday     Club night                   Clubhouse

1900     30^th September     Wednesday      Club 500 Racing       Landing Stage

Last Sunday in August 2014

Last Sunday in August 2014, and what a beautiful sunny day it was.

There was quite a few sailors on the landing stage, in the early morning there was the "J" class sailors and after they came off the water there was still plenty to see.

 One of the members Andrew Spencer, had these two nice models, as well as a Calypso on the water 

This is one of Terry Burnett's superb models with a huge brushless motor driving a water jet with swivelling nozzle at the back to steer it, though it was too fast to have it more than a eighth open on our small lake, he said he had had the pleasure of making it with all the new technology.

 Le Commodore Alan had bought this boat at the Haydock Show for his Misses Jenny, but a few minutes on the water was enough for Alan to realise that the rudder required some attention, I'm sure it will only take a couple of minutes once back at the workshop to recife that. Just have to watch he doesn't spray it Grey Jenny whilst its in there 

I'm sure you all recognize this as the boat from the film "The Perfect Storm" just hope it doesn't suffer the same fate!.

  So it was back to the old grey stuff for Alan with this HMS Nurton, do you know what type of boat this is, all you Ex-navy men will know, I forgot to ask him!!  

Here is a close up on the bench.

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A message from the Commodore.

Your commodore went to watch Club 500 last week, very entertaining might have a do myself, cheers for a very enjoyable evening, especially John Goddard?.

Boys toys, only dearer hey

Whoops, why is Charlie hiding ??.

Thanks for this Alan

Rough stuff this Club 500, perhaps needs a warning sign up when Charlie is on the water hey!.

About time something weaned Alan off the grey ones.  

It was nice to see Mrs Leslie Harling there today, she had brought some of Graham's equipment and tools down to sell and the money to go to the club funds, as you know Graham's stuff was always top of the range,  many thanks for that Lesley!.

Peter.

Club 500 results July 2014

Hi All, Here are the results for racing on the 17th July 2014.

   Philip

p.s. Sorry John the line through your results is/ was by accident. P

After this hectic event on Wednesday evening,  Thursday afternoon I was down at the lake and when the "J" Class guys had gone home, it was a more relaxed scene with just plain sailing and not a competitive thought anywhere!.

Or was there?, Terry Miles was there with his latest builds, two little "Footies" 

 This one was Terry's 

 And this one was his wife's

See what I mean, who is going to give way here?!

A relaxing afternoon, unless you get in Charlies way that is.

Glynn hasn't been home for a change of shirt this is another afternoon with his micro speed boat 

And his little River Cruiser?, reminds me of that old lady on the telly (Hilda Baker ) who used to say "I must get a little finger on this watch, as Glynn keeps saying I must get a cabin for this!.

Another event being put on in the Park is this Demonstration, not by our club but you may pick up some useful tips on working with wood here.

Time for this is 10-0am to 4-00pm

Have you seen this dog, £1,000 reward, could buy a few new boats with that kind of money, plus make some owner very happy!.

If you can't read this very well the notice in up in the cafe.

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Well that's it for today, off out whilst the sun's shining.

Club 500 results June 2014.

Here are the Club 500 results for June 2014

This was held on the usual 3rd Wednesday evening of the month, the following Wednesday evening it was an extra BBQ event with sailing on both lakes!, though not many ventured on to the big lake.

Thursday daytime whilst watching the regular sailors we were treated to this extraordinary event going on a few yards out from the landing stage.

Fighting Coots with Babies to the rescue.

        

I know this isn't boating but just watching the babies getting stuck in was funny to me, perhaps it's my warped sense of humour.

Thats it for now 

Your next events,

1000hrs 6th July          Sunday         Fiesta Racing          Landing stage 

After the fiesta racing!

Warship event in aid of the Help 4 Hero's fund

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Colwyn Bay Model Boat Club – Mayor’s Cup Regatta

Sunday 13^th July 2014

Colwyn Bay MBC are again holding their regatta this year and we have been invited over for the day to sail on their lake behind the Colwyn bay Civic Offices.

There is plenty of free parking within yards of the lake and there is no admission charge.

The ‘Commodore’s Regatta Trophy’ is open to any visitor who displays a boat and fills in an application form. There are two classes, 1 – actually sailing on the lake, 2 – static display.

Arrivals from 08.00am, most people depart around 4.00/5.00pm.

For those who have not been before, go down A55 and turn off at junction 22, left on to ‘The Promenade’, to island. 4^th exit ‘Abergele Road’, turn right at Civic Offices to end of road. Alternatively plug LL29 8AR in to your ‘Sat Nav’.

You will notice that this event is in the tabs a the top of the page so you don't keep having to scroll back here 

Outdoor Club Night, 25th June 2014.

Outdoor Club Night, 25th June 2014.
For a change it was decided to have a earlier BBQ and outdoor event rather than wait until it was cold and damp later in the year, had enough of that up to now haven't we.

John doing a good job as always in the bar, trying to fit in a sail as well!.

Doesn't look many here but the Gannett's are queuing up for the burgers  and hot dogs, the rest are sailing on the two lakes.

 Volvo man and his better half.

 Get that down your neck.

Nice to see some of the ladies in attendance, having a night off from the cooking no doubt.

Looks serious this

The highlight of the evening for me was the warship "Scarab" quietly slipping through the water and though it was built on two planks of balsa and completely flat bottomed sailed very well, even though the Club 500 racers and Bob the Builders Slo mo 2 were creating some nice swells it sailed serenely on.
Built by member Paul Blyth, who at the Ellesmere Show earlier in the year claimed a Gold and a Silver award for his Warships.

Paul.

Scarab's bottom, props recessed in hull.

See more in the video!. 

                        

Another good night and a big thanks to Mike again for getting his apron on and doing the cooking and not forgetting his efforts in the shopping before hand as well. 

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1000hrs 6th July          Sunday         Fiesta Racing          Landing stage 

After the fiesta racing!

Warship event in aid of the Help 4 Hero's fund

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Colwyn Bay Model Boat Club – Mayor’s Cup Regatta

Sunday 13^th July 2014

Colwyn Bay MBC are again holding their regatta this year and we have been invited over for the day to sail on their lake behind the Colwyn bay Civic Offices.

There is plenty of free parking within yards of the lake and there is no admission charge.

The ‘Commodore’s Regatta Trophy’ is open to any visitor who displays a boat and fills in an application form. There are two classes, 1 – actually sailing on the lake, 2 – static display.

Arrivals from 08.00am, most people depart around 4.00/5.00pm.

For those who have not been before, go down A55 and turn off at junction 22, left on to ‘The Promenade’, to island. 4^th exit ‘Abergele Road’, turn right at Civic Offices to end of road. Alternatively plug LL29 8AR in to your ‘Sat Nav’.

You will notice that this event is in the tabs a the top of the page so you don't keep having to scroll back here 

Club 500 Results May 2014

In the future there will be the results of the Club 500 published the same as the Fiesta Racing results.

The results for May 2014 are as follows

The totals to date are as follows

Thank you for these Phil!.

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Club 500 rule scoring

Find here additions to the Club 500 rules ie new scoring!, by Philip Laxton the Club 500 Sec

If a person manages to start the race we should get some sort of score, even if it's just considered a consolation score, no zeros on the scorecard! This would go some way to even out large differences we now get. The consistent finishers will still be in front but the non finishers will not appear to be as far behind, which must be a good feel factor for the DNF'rs.  I think it would also encourage those who boats were not really ready but could maybe just chug off the line, giving them a score and encouragement. Maybe for that, say, they have to at least go 10 meters (the first buoy!) from the start line or been in a start type debilitating collision, which we all know can happen a couple of feet from the off!

As such I propose the following as a possible simple method:
The DNF'rs would all get the score of the last possible place of that particular race (except when there is less than 6 start);
10 starters last place would be 1 points to the DNF'rs,
9 starters last place would be 2 points to the DNF'rs
8 starters last place would be 3 points to the DNF'rs
7 starters last place would be 4 points to the DNF'rs
6 starters last place would be 5 points to the DNF'rs
With a maximum points possible for a DNFr set at five


A couple of examples;

Say there are 9 starters but only 4 finishers, if you came in 9th and last you would have got 2 points, so the 4 none finishers would get 2 points a piece
1st - 10 points,    2nd - 9 points, 3rd - 8 points, 4th - 7 points,  --- 5 none finishers would get 2 points each


Less than 6 starters, say only 5 start and only 3 finish,
1st - 10 points,    2nd - 9 points, 3rd - 8 points, --- 2 none finishers would get 5 points each

Not to complicated really, and I think it would help all, the best will still win, but the unlucky won't feel so left behind…

ALL BOATS RACING MUST HAVE A RUBBER OR SOFT NOSE.

Philip.

I have added the additions to the Club 500 tab at the top, to make it easier to see at a later date.

Peter.

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Message from Philp Laxton.

You may have had this in an email last week but just in case your details are not up to date here is the message again.

Hi all,

                On the 9th October,  we are having our yearly Auction at the sailing club hut.

We will be starting the auction at 8.00 pm.

If you have any models,  model boat parts or tools we will hopefully sell it for YOU.

Before the auction  register the item you have brought with us. If you want to put a reserve price on the item just let us know the reserve.

On the 23rd October, we are having our “ Hot pot supper and QUIZ.

Start time:- 8.00 pm

Teams of four.

Prizes for the winning team.

The Quiz,

First part questions are general knowledge and boat orientated, only 40 questions .

Second part of the quiz, Blockbuster questions from the t v program. 

Philip Laxton, club 500 secretary

Thanks for that Philip.

Here are a couple of pictures of Alan Breeze's Submarine at periscope depth, a bit rough if it was a real one!.

 Nice one Alan!.

Copy from the diary for October.

1000hrs  6^th October        Sunday       Fiesta Racing         Landing stage

2000hrs  9^th October      Wednesday  Auction Night       Clubhouse

(membership badges must be worn)

1500hrs  13^th October      Sunday          Club 500 Racing   Landing stage

1100hrs  20th October     Sunday          Steering Comp     Landing stage

2000hrs  23^rd October    Wednesday   (Quiz and Hot Pot)    Clubhouse

That's all for now folks!.

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A Thursday meeting.

I wasn't at the Club 500 meeting on Wednesday Evening, but my roving reporter Bob the Abell was there and sent me these pictures for you.

The pits

They're off!.

As you can see the weather was the usual cold but sunny intervals.

I was there at the lake to-day and video'd this selection of boats.

We also had a visitor from the Buxton Model Boat Club with his boat 

This nice Fairey Huntsman.

He was also the Web-master of his club and had seen our Web blog many times he said.

Nice to meet someone else with the same job.

Click here to see Buxton club Web

As you will see there is a welcome to all visitors!.

Garth was there and asked me to advertise a boat for sale in the "For Sale section" 

Check it out at the top !.

That's all for now folk's

Club 500 results April 2013

SAILORS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		total	Position
John Davies,          109	74		74	3
John Goddard.        39	40		40	8
H Meadowcroft,    101	91		91	1
Mick Street.          251	84		84	2
Graham Western   42	0		0
John Senior.        196	77		77	4
Philip Laxton.       74	42		42	6
Dave Cole           29	0		0
Dave Lee            53	0		0
Charley Smith.     276	51		51	5
Tom Pannell          25	0		0
Peter Bruce.        259	42		42	6

Thanks to the the club 500 Sec, Phil for these!
Peter