BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter October 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 November 8 – 9. This is fully booked, no advance payment is required. Crew information has been sent to all going.

1.2Jeff Birkin and Chris Watts will skipper both PYC yachts ‘Spellbinder’ and ‘Quartette’ for a midweek sail on Monday November 17th – Wednesday 19th. This is now fully booked, no advance payment is required. This is Jeff’s first sail as skipper of a PYC yacht, having been approved as a PYC skipper last month. Jeff is taking Gordon’s place as Gordon is now due to have an operation on Tuesday 18th. We wish Gordon well and a speedy recovery.

1.3Phil will skipper his traditional Christmas sail on the weekend of December 20 – 21. This will also be on the PYC yacht Quartette, so no advance payments are needed. This is now fully booked.

News and Notices

2.1BSA Treasurer After 19 years of sterling service Jane Jenkyn retired as Treasurer at the AGM in October, and Becky Goddard was elected as our new Treasurer. In recognition of Jane’s contribution to the running of the club she was unanimously given honorary life membership at the meeting. Jane has since sent the following message:

“I was surprised and delighted to receive the Honorary Membership of the club for life.

I have enjoyed being Treasurer and am very pleased that Becky has volunteered to take on the book-keeping.

Through membership of the club I have had opportunities to sail on many occasions to destinations which would not have been possible otherwise.

I do appreciate the responsibility that skippers are prepared to undertake, with all the different personalities of a crew, some of whom may be very inexperienced.

Keeping the accounts was a doddle compared to working out tide timetables and navigational problems.

Also Jock, I would like to thank you for all the research in finding charter yachts and the meticulous work in preparing joining instructions before a voyage.

Lots of happy memories of good times afloat, good meals, rough seas – wondering why I liked sailing, reach land, have a shower, drinks, nibbles, laughter, all great!!”

2.2BSA Christmas Dinner. Gordon Ogden is very kindly again arranging this year’s event which will be at the Avon Gorge Hotel, where we have enjoyed it for the last two years, on Tuesday December 16th. The cost is £20 per head, the same as last year. The menu was emailed to members last month and Gordon asks that you let him have your choices by early November – by the date of our meeting on November 10th at the latest.

3.Recent Trips

At the September meeting there were reports from Neil Webber on Alan Howells’ sail training weekend at Plymouth, from Ian Collins on a long weekend out of Plymouth, from Bob Buchanan who skippered ‘Lady Emma’ for a weekend in the Solent, and from Skipper Phil Steele on a week’s charter from Corfu. We also have this year’s final account from Julia and Chris Wallace of their Mediterranean cruising in ‘Aremiti’.

Here are these reports:

Trip on Pantalaimon, skippered by Alan Howells

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Trip on Cleo, skippered by Ian Collins

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Trip on Aremiti, skippered by Chris

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Trip on Bohemia II, skippered by Phil Steele

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Trip on Lady Emma, skippered by Bob Buchanan

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