2014 Diary.

The 2014 diary is now available to view in the tabs at the top of the blog!.

As you will see there is some great news from Gordon the new Exhibition Sec!, we are going back to Lyme Park after a few years break, it seems there is a new events manager there now and he has agreed with Gordon for us to attend the Fathers Day event this year in June.

We have also been given a chance to go back again in September, this will be decided after the show in June, the new manager will obviously want to see the results of our behaviour at the first event!.
I'm sure everyone who has attended this great venue in the past will be as happy as I am to be going back there.
As you will see there are a few other new venues this year so it looks like it's going to be a good year again, but don't forget it's only as good as the attendance/effort the members put into it.

The days are getting longer now, but as I was saying to my friend Bob the Abell the worse weather is nearly always Febuary and March but looking at this years diary we have at least got plenty to look forward to this year.
The Commodores Challenge the year will be a Blind sailing event ??, see the tab at the top of the blog for details.
Well thats it for now, will enter the Commodores Challenge later today!. Entered now!

Duckie

Next club meeting, 22nd Jan 2014

Hi Folks, been a bit busy since the Christmas holidays, but now settled back into the routine again.

If you missed the last club meeting as I did, we missed an impromptu auction I believe which raised about £300+, very nice!.

Well you are in luck again as Mike the Social sec phoned me to let you know that the next club meeting will be another Auction!, this time it is the Tools, kits and Boats of the late Ron Gill who sadly passed away recently.

Mrs Gill also has some Campervan equipment and a nearly new dishwasher she wants to sell, if you are interested in these type of non boat related things, if you contact Mike Hodgson  he will be able to confirm what is available and put you in touch with Mrs Gill.

Well, all being well I will certainly be at the next meeting and I'm sure the newer members will benefit from these auctions, as there are always bargains to be had there.

Next Meeting 22nd January 2014

Auction!.

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Hope you all had a great Christmas and New year and are getting over the festivities and hangovers, see you at the next meeting!.
As you can see the header picture has been changed by John (the other moderator) to reflect the weather, hopefully it won't be too long before we are back to the Spring Header!.

Food for thought.

Happy New Year!.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Well the last event of what I thought was a very successful year for the club was held at the Frostbite Day Sail, and though it was a very cold and windy day the hardy members of the club were out on the landing stage having a sail, at least they didn't have to break any ice this year!.

The more sense-abell of us went in the clubhouse and stayed there having a good chat and enjoying the delicious hot soup and buns provided by Mike the social sec doing his usual great job.

Speaking of great jobs!, I'm sure you will join me in congratulating the committee for a good year past and wishing the incoming new members of this years team all the best in their efforts to provide us with another great year. You've heard of the Two Ronnies? well we have now got the Two Alan's, Alan Breeze the Commodore and Alan Higham his Vice Commodore, not forgetting Gordon Longworth the new Exhibition Sec, Good luck in your efforts and endeavours you guys!.

A few pictures of the indoors people at the Frostbite Sail 

Alan and Vee

Colin and Donald

John and new Commodore Alan

Ken and Lawrence

Marjorie, Duckie and Pepe

Wendy and Marjorie.

Once again Happy New Year and enjoy another years sailing, hopefully with a bit better weather!.

A couple of Boat Pics for you, you should have a boat picture on every post shouldn't you.

These are pictures taken and sent by David Swindells of his Jet boat earlier this year.

Nice action shots David.

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Nearly forgot, message from Andy, Club Sec.

Could you post the following information on the Website.

I had reason to return to the landing stage today (Tuesday) after 6 PM to retrieve an item I had left behind after sailing this morning.   Luckily My lost item was still where I had left it.   I also found a Transmitter/Controller.   It was left on the landing stage floor, switched on, and totally abandoned.   If the owner of this Item can describe it by make and model, I shall be pleased to return it to them.

Andy Glen

Secretary

Owner now found thank you!.

I posted about this a while back, saying it would be a good policy to put your name on your tranny so it could be identified quicker and returned to the owner so you are not off the water waiting to get it back!.

That's all folks.

Out and about 2013

Over the past week we (Marjorie and I) have not been out much as we have both been a bit off colour with coughs and colds, so I decided to take Pepe to Lyme Park in High Lane, Stockport.

One of our members a few weeks ago had been talking to the chap who was the events organiser there and had explained that we used to have a show there twice a year with our club, the chap was very interested and said the person who had been in charge who had stopped us going had now left and indicated he would like us to come back!, the member hadn't got the name or phone number of this chap!.

This was music to my ears as it was a beautiful venue and had a large audience to show off our models. 

So our new membership card for the National Trust clutched in my frozen little hand it was off to find this chap.

After asking around I finally ended up in the Estates Office in the big house and found out that the chap I wanted was in a meeting and there was no idea when it would end, I left my Club and Personal business cards and was told he would contact me, still as its very close to Christmas I suppose there is plenty for him to do on the estate at the moment, hopefully this will be the start of our club and the park getting together again as it's a beautiful venue and everyone loved it, us and public alike.

I got a contact Name and Telephone number so was quite happy about that.

Pepe looked quite at home sat on the big chair in the office there, looked like he owned the place!.

On the way out I took a few pictures, didn't think it would be all text did you!.

For the newer members this is the venue in the park, with the toilets and cafe showing there

The shop in the courtyard

The Cafe, as you can see it was quite cold and everyone wrapped up well.

The courtyard showing the barn where the ramblers shelter to have their butties out of the wind and rain.

The entrance to the big house 

No plastic gutter boxes in this big house

The tower on the hill.

A bit closer.

So there you have it guys and girls, we might be back in this beautiful venue in the coming year, watch this space!.

Friday,   1100hrs     27th December, Frostbite Day Sail.

A Merry Christmas to all our members and readers.

Year end report from the Yacht Rep 2013

 THE FINAL "FIESTA" and "Jay" type

Hi to all Fiesta and Jay type sailors, a good years sailing was had by all, weather was good for a change and we even had wind most of the time.

We have had up to eight Fiesta’s sailing but, more are welcome to sail with us, we also have seven Jay type yachts in the club, of which we race on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday if weather OK.

RESULT FOR 2013 ARE AS FOLLOWS

Fiesta

TREVOR REDFORD 1^ST, TERRY MILES 2^ND, DAVID LEE 3^RD.

David Swain Trevor Redford 1^st.

Jay type

Trevor Redford  1^st, David Lee 2^nd, Bob Dunkerley 3^rd.

Thanks for the report Dave, you are always on the ball with your reports, I'm sure everyone is glad to hear from you!.

Peter.

Check out the Wanted section, Member looking to join in the fun!

Notice the festive header, thanks to other moderator John!.

AGM and Awards night 2013

The AGM was another memorable night for 2013 with Mike doing his usual good job of having had the trophies done and organising the raffle prizes.

Thanks again Mike for your good work.

The trophies

The raffle prizes and that's another turkey!

The Committee for the coming year, stays pretty much the same, with the exception of the new Commodore Alan Breese, he's still looking for a vice commodore?. The only other change is a new Exhibition Sec in Gordon Longworth,

The trophies were as follows.

Peter Teal (Me) Beaumont trophy, Services to club for non Committee member.

Steering competition 

The 1st was Geoff Fitzsimons, not there!.

Terry Miles 2nd, with the new Commodore doing the honours

Trevor Redford 3rd

Fiesta Racing 

Trevor Redford 1st

Terry Miles 2nd

Dave Lee 3rd

Club 500 racing

Howard Meadowcroft 1st

John Senior 2nd

Michael Street 3rd

Cyril Driver trophy 

Steering

Geoff Fitzsimons

Derick Bingham trophy

Most improved yachtsman

Colin Harrison

David Swain trophy 

Yachting

Trevor Redford

Best Scratch build

 D Arden 1st

And 2nd!

Philip Laxton 3rd

Best Kit build

Geoff Garside and Peter Teal,  Joint 1st

Alan Breese 3rd

Commodores challenge Trophy

Terry Miles

Graham Harling trophy 

"J" Class yachting

Trevor Redford 1st

Dave Lee 2nd

Andy Glenn 3rd

Velda Teal Trophy

Best static, diorama 

Gordon Longworth

That ended the awards and then it was on to the raffle.

Colin sat next to me, won the turkey and I thought he was going to put his back out again which he had done at the Christmas dinner, I told him it was always better to get a live one as it saves carrying it home!.

So another good club night enjoyed by all and only the frostbite sail to go now, which is always a good Do as you can visit the lake or spend time in the clubhouse chatting to people you haven't seen though the year.

Awards 2013 in top tab until the next time, as this post gets pushed down every time a new one is published.

So that's about it for this year 

Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to you all.

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Last event make it another good one!

Thursday   1100hrs     27th December, Frostbite Day Sail.

Poynton TMS show 7th/8th December.2013

The club was out in force again on the weekend of 7th & 8th of December 2013, I wasn't able to attend but got these nice pictures for you from Chris the Commodore. The club was certainly showing their expertise and modelling skills and with the club banners on show there was no doubt where we are from.

I attach 5 photos for the club website showing our two stands at the Poynton TMS show 7th/8th December.

 

Kind regards

Chris, Commodore.

Club well advertised, Roy and Andy.

 Plenty of boats on show.

The warship guys great models making a nice show.

And the Lifeboats too

Andy and George relaxing before the rush!.

Nice showing for the club and Andy tells me there was even a signing up over the weekend so welcome to you Paul Blyth and may you have many happy hours sailing on our beautiful waters.

Well done the guys who attended and made such a good showing for the club again!.

Thats all folks.