Welcome to edition 87 of the Bulletin, the regular communication keeping you informed of things happening at HBSC

Calendar now online

Events : Herne Bay Sailing Club

End of Month Friday bar theme nights

Throughout the season, we are going to run a 'pay day' Friday night bar theme - this could be anything from gin night, cheese and wine, cocktail nights, summer run/walk along the seafront to earn your drink, bar games,.....but we need members to volunteer to run the bar and come up with a theme. We will support you to run it, so if you have any ideas or would like to run the bar, please contact either Jo or Dave so we can add it to the calendar norrington.joanne@gmail.com or davehogben@btinternet.com. It's your club.....lets make the most of it!

We are kicking off with a board games night this Friday 28th February 7pm

Slipway laying Sunday 2nd March

7am start - please sign up on SCM. This is messy work so wear old colthes/boilet suit, gloves and boots.

Cadet session Saturday 8th March 1030

Getting ready to be back on the water with

- rigging practise

- sorting out the Opi fleet

- second hand clothing sale

- lunch

- values and ideas for the season ahead.

Janine Pommer is cadet co-ordinator for this year - please contact her with any ideas you may have. This is your club so your thoughts and input are important to make it a success.

Socials this year

We are going to have a planning/ideas meeting on Friday 28th February in the bar (same time as bar theme/games night) at 7pm - if anyone would like to share their ideas, be interested in helping with any of of the socials, or co-ordinating an event for this year. Please do come along - the aim is for many people to get involved rather than 1 person dictating! If you cannot make it, please contact Joanne if you have any ideas or want to get involved. norrington.joanne@gmail.com

So far we have the following socials confirmed:

March 22nd - curry and hot pot night

Please book your place and pay via SCM. £10 adults, £5 primary school aged children. Help needed to assist on the night and to make a hot pot. We need someone to take the lead / co-ordinate the hot pots for the evening. This involves ensuring the hotpots are all on the table and at the correct serving temperature. Please contact norrington.joanne@gmail.com if you are able to help. There will also be a short discussion about 'The Way Forward' Vision for the club - more details to follow.

May 24th - barn dance

We are looking for people to help organise this event, please contact Jo if you can.

Friday 14th November Dinner Dance at Canterbury Golf Club

Support for Herne Bay Jazz Festival

Dear Club Members,

Did you know that HBSC is planning to join in the fun this year at Herne Bay Jazz Festival in August?

Herne Bay Jazz has just 40 pairs of tickets left to sell, in order to hit their fundraising target for the benefit show and raffle this Friday 28th at the King's Hall!

Would you consider helping us reach our goal by sharing on social media? Would you possibly share with your friends and family? You can Buy tickets here.

We don't want anyone to miss out on seeing the iconic UK Jazz Singer Elaine Delmar, fresh from her sell-out show at Ronnie Scott's and an incredible performance at the Royal Albert Hall Proms last year. Click here to watch, it's mesmerising.

Winner of Vocalist of the Year 2023 at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Elaine Delmar "truly defines the word class," according to the great Humphrey Lyttelton at BBC Radio 2.

Herne Bay Jazz has been so incredibly lucky to secure this amazing artist for the Jazz Fest benefit show this Friday - can you help us sell a few more seats?

All proceeds from the show will go to our 2025 Herne Bay Jazz Festival program, so not only do ticket holders get to attend a brilliant gig with an amazing raffle, but also the knowledge that you, individually, have helped make our festival happen, for our community and Canterbury district, this year.

Thank you for your support,

All best wishes

Kai Hoffman, founder, Herne Bay Jazz Festival.

Kai Hoffman, one of our members is the organiser of Herne Bay Jazz Festival.

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HBSC Branded Clothing

https://www.hernebaysc.stitchprint.co.uk/ Have a look at the link and see the range of new clothing on offer!Do you have any thoughts around the branded clothing on offer? We want to ensure that the clothing is going to meet members' needs so your feedback is valuable. If you have any ideas, please contact Adrian on adrianpinn@gmail.com

Maintenance board for club assets

For this season there will be a notice board in the boat shed to write down any maintenance issues / broken parts on any of the club boats so we can ensure that repairs are managed in a timely way so that they can be available.