BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter December 2014

Contacts:Kath Liddiard (Commodore)01443 227928

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Becky Goddard (Treasurer) 01749 346818

Future Trips

1.1Phil Steele will skipper a weekend sail on the PYC yacht ‘Quartette’ on January 24/25th. Will anyone interested please contact Phil (01278 683192) – there are two places available. Note that the PYC winter weekend rate is now £35/day.

1.2Gordon Ogden and Chris Watts will skipper both PYC yachts for a midweek sail on Monday February 16th – Wednesday 18th. There are two places still available for this; please contact Gordon (01275 462473) if you would like to go. The PYC midweek rate remains £20/day

1.3Gordon and Chris had hoped to arrange another two-boat PYC yacht sail during March, but Quartette is fully booked for RYA course training. Spellbinder is available, and Gordon is planning to sail on Monday March 23 – 25th. Chris will know in January if he is available for other dates in March (possibly Monday 16 – 18th). However, as eight members have already said they are interested, these are potentially full, depending on final dates.

1.4Alan Howells and Jeff Birkin will skipper a two-boat charter from Hamble in mid-May next year, specifically for skippering experience for those aiming for RYA Yachtmaster. We already have ten interested in this, including some necessary ‘non-skippering’ crew, so it is potentially fully booked and viable.

News and Notices

Membership renewal. All memberships expired on October 31st and a renewal form was sent to everyone with the AGM minutes. A few renewals are now overdue. Please either-

Send it with a cheque payable to Bristol Sailing Association to the Treasurer, Mrs R A Goddard, 29 The Old Silk Mill, Coombe Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5XA

Pay by bank transfer to the account of Bristol Sailing Association at Barclays Bank, account number 40853062, sort code 20-13-34. If you pay by bank transfer please email the Treasurer becky@thesilkmill7.fsnet.co.uk to advise her and give any change of contact details.

If you do not wish to renew your membership please email the Secretary jockplayle3@waitrose.com to let us know.

Anyone who hasn’t renewed by the New Year will be presumed to have left BSA.

2.2After the festive quiz set by Commodore Kath and enjoyed by all at the December meeting, the meeting on January 12th will be our annual social evening, with a buffet and a free raffle. Alan Howells will be organising (and providing some of) the buffet and would welcome any offers to provide food for it – BSA will of course refund the cost. Please contact Alan on 0117 944 2618 if you can help.

3.Recent Trips

At the December meeting there were reports from Colin Hodges and Jeff Birkin on the midweek sail with both PYC yachts skippered by Jeff and Chris Watts on November 16 – 19. Bill Barnes gave a report on a weekend from Plymouth on November 21 – 23.

Here are these three reports:

Trip on Quartette, skippered by Chris Watts

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Trip on Spellbinder, skippered by Jeff Birkin

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Trip on Cherry-B, skippered by Ian Collins

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