HBSC Bulletin Issue 12
Published 10:43 on 21 May 2023
Welcome to edition 12 of the Bulletin, the regular communication keeping you informed of things happening at HBSC.
Sailing This Weekend
There is sailing on Saturday and Sunday. Link to sailing calendar: https://members.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/events
Saturday: open sailing 10am start. Also, the first day of cadets! If you are a cadet (under 18) please do come along.
Sunday: Early Summer 8 and 9, 2pm start. Assistant race officer, safety boat crew and galley needed please sign up on SCM.
Cadets
Adrian Pinn is the leader of the Cadets at HBSC. He has a mailing list for families of cadets. If you are not on the list, or have not yet been communicated with, please do contact him hbsc.cadets@gmail.com
New Members
A very warm welcome to new members Attila, Janine, Dan, Matilda and Clementine.
2000 Open Event
On 3rd and 4th June, our club is hosting series racing for the 2000's. This is an Open event and not a National Championship. There will be a whole spectrum of abilities and we want to encourage all our 2000 sailors to participate. Link to enter is here: https://members.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/2023-millennium-series/2023-millenium-series-herne-bay-sailing-club-3rd-4th-june . There will be a social in the evening for everyone so even if you are not involved in the event, please do come along.
We are having a planning/confirmation meeting next Friday 26th May in the bar at 7pm (please can someone sign up to run the bar?) This is for all volunteers signed up, and those who are interested in volunteering for this event. We still need help with race results on the committee boat and to help pull the anchor up, beach master and galley support. Alistair Russel, who is a veteran beach master, will be on hand on the Saturday for anyone who would like to do this role but would like some support. It would be great to have a couple of 'beach bums' to help launch and recover always a fun job! Please help us make this a fantastic event. All duty slots are on Sailing Club Manager (SCM).
Website updates
There are some fun videos on the website showing that sailing at HBSC can be an exciting and physically demanding sport! https://members.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/article/sam-and-michael-practicing-at-hbsc
Director's meeting
April minutes are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_KscCEa3vLbh1tZap8RXY73DMWbfGBs8ydfTHCGyAoU/edit
Sail Training
Congrats to Paul and Nick (L1) and Amy, Anthony, Rob, Matt and Colin (L1) who completed their RYA courses at the weekend. Special thanks to our volunteers: Instructors Ben, Lester and Hannah; and our rib drivers Adrian and Colin for giving up their weekend. Hannah, who grew up sailing under dad's tutelage (Brian Golton) at Herne Bay is now instructing full time at Queen Mary's reservoir as Chief Instructor and has given us great advice and ideas on our training process. It's great to have grown up cadets showing their love for the club so eloquently.
Friday night bar
Now that we are moving towards warmer weather and light evenings, we are encouraging the bar to be open on Friday evenings. If you would like to run the bar, please sign up on SCM. If you have not done this before but would like to, please contact David Hogben on WhatsApp or via commodore@hernebaysailingclub.co.uk to get your fob activated and for a brief induction.
Maintenance
Reminder that the footpath replacement works behind the sailing club are now underway for the next week.
Push the Boat Out Day 24th June
We are holding an open day for our members on Saturday 24th June afternoon of on the water fun followed a BBQ. If you would like to get out on the water but do not have a boat, please let Russell, our sailing secretary know via russellkyte@yahoo.com, so we can organise enough boats and help. Club Kayaks and the SUPs will also be available for water-user members. We would love for this to spill into a social, so we are going to fire up the BBQ afterwards. If you would like to eat with us, please let Jo know (Norrington.joanne@gmail.com) so we can order enough food for everyone, and let us know if you are a meat eater, veggie or vegan and if you have any allergies. There will be a cost for the BBQ, once we know numbers, we will be able to work out a good rate!
Communications
Past copies of the Bulletin are now available on the Club website for your reference.
There is an informal WhatsApp group for general chit-chat (not a formal means of communication), link here to join: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E6CyTSrGGEmLs24vLw6bAB
Last updated 07:04 on 19 August 2024