Steering Competition - 01 August
David Lee has sent a photo of last Sunday's edition of the Steering Competition, on the lake.
The Steering Competition series is held on the first Sunday of each month during spring, summer and autumn, starting at 10.00 a.m. All members are welcome to join in.
Fiesta Racing
David Lee has sent us this report of Fiesta Racing, last Sunday 18 July:
Very light winds, as usual. Had 10 races in all, mostly on a short course, Eight raced.
1 John Berry
2 David Lee
3 Ken Jones [DF65]
4 Trevor Redford
5 Terry Miles
6 Geoff Beswick
7 Clare [DF65]
8 Phil [Guest]
Compstall Community Council
Phil Cooke, of the Compstall Community Council, has sent us details of their new web site, which may be of interest to EMBC members.
Visit www.compstall.co.uk or click here
Challenge Completed
Bob Abell has sent some photos of his completed entry for this year's Commodore's Challenge, to build a Slipper Launch.
She looks extremely handsome and polished, as you would expect for a vessel designed for the upper classes to flaunt it on the river.
Congratulations on a fine piece of work, Bob !
Clubhouse Re-Opening
The Sailing Club have informed us that the use of the Clubhouse is again permitted, for small numbers of people.
The current government regulations do not yet permit us to resume normal club night activities, but subject to no change in the projected relaxation of current restrictions, due to be announced on June 14, we are hopeful that we may be able to resume Club Nights in July.
For the present however, the Sailing Club have published the following protocols which MUST be observed by any club member using the clubhouse:
Outdoors, groups of up to 30 people are permitted with social distancing maintained.
There's a
clipboard in the lounge area for everyone in the building to sign
in on with time/date for every visit to satisfy the legal
requirements for Test and Trace.
For the clubhouse, a one-way circulation plan has already been drawn up. This means entry only via the main entrance and exit through the newly refurbished fire door from the lounge. To prevent close contact at the pinch point of the entry to the lounge from the corridor, any visits to toilets or changing rooms when the building is occupied should follow this circular route.
Also because of
restricted space, access to the kitchen will also be limited to
people from only one household at a time within any ten minute
period (i.e. always leave 10 minutes between) and each use shall
be followed by disinfectant cleaning of all surfaces that have
been touched. Great care is needed with any mugs etc used - a
bucket with a bleach solution will be provided to put them in
after use.
Government
recommendations are for maximum ventilation to be maintained (eg
windows open in the changing rooms) when indoor areas are in use.
The RYA recommended area per person for changing rooms is 100 sq
ft. With our floor area, changing rooms/showers/toilets must be
limited to one person or household at once.
As there will be times when ventilation may be restricted (eg no
wind or very cold), and coronovirus is likely to become endemic
rather than pandemic, the committee felt it would be worth the
club investing in some UV-C air treatment as this is known to kill
airborn viruses. We are running a trial in the lounge area and the
unit should be left active (the fan on) 24/7. When you leave the
building unoccupied, press the lowermost button on the side and it
goes into a 2 hour phase of giving off Ozone to boost
effectiveness.
If you do use the Clubhouse, for any reason, please ensure that you comply with these protocols. In the event of abuse, access may be withdrawn. It is up to all of us to combat the spread of Covid-19, so that normal life can be resumed as soon as possible
Fiesta Racing - Results
Placings 18 April 16 May Series to Date
John Berry 1 1 1
Terry Miles 4 2 2
Trevor Redford 5 3 4
Dave Percy - 4 7
Dave Lee 2 5 3
Ken Jones 3 [DF65A+] 6 [DF65A+] 5
Geoff 7 7 6
Phil Davies 6 [DF65A] - 8
Report from John Berry
First Fiesta race of the year saw some close racing and
fickle winds as usual.
Phil borrowed John’s DF65 with an A rig when his fiesta
had problems. The A rig seemed to be on a par with the Fiestas. Ken brought a
DF65 with an A+ rig this looked a bit quick. I have noted the DF results but
said they cannot compete for the Fiesta Trophy. If we can get some more DF65
entries I will consider a separate DF 65
trophy. Note the Fiesta series is on the 3rd Sunday of the month.
Race 2 of the of the Fiesta series was held in good weather and light winds.
JB got away with some good (lucky) starts to take the
day.
Special mention to Dave Percy who after taking the
local scrapyard weight off the front of his jib boom went very fast by the end
of the day.
If you have a DF65 or Fiesta please come along and join us.
Fiesta Racing This Sunday
Fiesta racing is on again this Sunday, 16 May, at 10.00 a.m. on the landing stage.
If you sail, other small yachts, such as the DF65, you will be welcome to join in.
Bear in mind that Etherow Park is now getting very busy at weekends, so you will probably need to arrive early to find a parking space !
