BRISTOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

Newsletter September 2017

Contacts:Kath Liddiard (Commodore)01443 227928

Jock Playle (Secretary)0117 973 8855

Becky Goddard (Treasurer) 01749 346818

Future Trips

1.1Some members had asked Gordon Ogden for a boat-handling midweek trip and this will be on a Plymouth Sailing School Bavaria 34 from the evening of Sunday 22nd October until the afternoon of Thursday 26th. This is fully booked, and the full fee of £170 is now due.

1.2Alan Howells’ proposed autumn charter in NW Spain has become a December charter in Tenerife, and a Lagoon 380 catamaran has now been chartered from Santa Cruz. This will be on December 2nd – 9th. In order to secure the boat Ian Collins has made the booking at a cost of £2315 (deposit of £695 paid by Ian). It is fully booked, and will those going please contact Ian for payment details. The balance payments of about £270 are due now.

1.3In response to a request for a midweek winter warmer, Chris Watts has said he could be available to skipper on December 4th – 7th. Chris will confirm at the November meeting. This could be on a PYC yacht if the proposed Associate Memberships are in place, otherwise on a Solent-based charter.

2.News and Notices

2.1PYC Associate Membership. As discussed at the August meeting, our skippers who have been authorised to skipper PYC yachts and those members who have crewed most often with them have been advised of the requirement, following PYC’s annual inspection as a RYA Training Centre, for all who sail on their yachts to be individual Associate Members. A revised agreement proposed by PYC and further details are included with this newsletter. We have to reach a final decision at the meeting on October 9th.

2.2Christmas Dinner. Last year Gordon Ogden arranged what was probably our best Christmas dinner event for some years, at the Bordeaux Quay restaurant on Bristol Harbourside. Gordon has arranged this again, at Bordeaux Quay, and a booking for Tuesday December 19th has been made. A menu is included with this newsletter. Gordon needs to know who will attend, so please let him know and confirm with payment. Including service charge, the cost will be £22.50 for two courses and £28.15 for three.

3.Recent Trips

Your secretary was unable to be at the September meeting and asked for any items for this newsletter to be emailed. The following report has been received from Ian Collins, as well as Julia and Chris Wallace’s ‘Aremiti in August’.

Trip on Cherry B, skippered by Ian Collins

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