HBSC Bulletin Issue 15
Published 23:12 on 7 Jun 2023
Welcome to edition 15 of the Bulletin, the regular communication keeping you informed of things happening at HBSC.
Sailing This Weekend
Link to sailing calendar: https://members.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/events
Saturday: Open Sailing 2pm start
Sunday: Weather permitting, there will be a cruise to Reculver! Launch at 10am, sail to Reculver for a picnic, then return about 3pm. Safety boat helm and crew needed please! Sign up on SCM. Don't forget your sandwiches..
RYA training is also happening this weekend for those who have signed up.
Friday night Bar
Bar is open this Friday from 7pm, have a beer and watch the sunset with friends..
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. This is now going to be Bring Your Own, but the club will provide some salad and rolls for a small donation to cover the cost.
Man of Kent Regatta Saturday 1st July
This year Minnis Bay are hosting. Open to all including a club team award. Notice of race and registration is here: https://www.minnisbaysailingclub.co.uk/index.php/sailing/man-of-kent
RYA Regional Junior Championships
The RYA Regional Junior Championships is two weeks away and alongside the Championship fleet and Regatta Fleet we still have room on the Rookie fleet. The Rookie Fleet has been created to support sailors who, as a minimum, have their Stage 1 / Stage 2 and will consist of fun games and some racing. Dinghies are available at the venue and participants can attend either one or two days.
If you have any newbies coming through this event will be a great weekend to get them more involved with the sport and help you with retaining them so, please share if you are able to.
The link to the booking page: https://regionaljuniorchamps.rya.org.uk/en/default/races/race-inscription/text/DinghyLondonandSouthEastQueenMarySailingClub-en/0
Regional Youth Training Fund
Bursaries are available from the Regional Youth Training Fund - Performance Bursaries for the U15 junior sailors and Coaching Bursaries for adults U23. Full details are on the Regional Website https://www.rya.org.uk/gbni/london-south-east/bursaries
Keel Boat Sailing Saturday 3rd November
We are looking into hiring out some RS21 Keel boats at Queen Mary Sailing Club for some winter fun sailing at Queen Mary Reservoir, West London. Each RS21 can fit 3-4 people. To be sailed without an instructor on board all crew/helm must be experienced sailors. If we have a boat that has anyone with dinghy Level 1 or a recent dinghy Level 2 pass, we will need an instructor on board. We would also need at least one instructor in a Power boat to help with rigging/setup and who could run racing with us in the afternoon. The total cost will be split between the number of people going. Cost is £225 per boat plus £150 for a Keelboat Instructor. Please express your interest to norrington.joanne@gmail.com so we can see how viable this will be. A few members have experienced this and have said at how much fun the day is, so let's see if we can get a group together we have 5 people so far, so if we can have another couple of people, we can have 2 boats.
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
There is an informal WhatsApp group called 'Sailing mums and dads' This is for parents/carers who would like to help each other with looking after children and joining sailing activities. If you would like to join, please let Magda know (07898778816) and she will add you to the group.
And finally
Thank you so much to everyone supporting the 2000 event last weekend our visitors were so impressed by our welcome and organisation and would like to come back again in the future! There are pictures on the club website, on face book and on the WhatsApp chat. Champion Marine Photography were also on one of the ribs, the photos will be on the website very soon: https://championmarinephotography.co.uk/home/
Last updated 07:04 on 19 August 2024