Welcome to edition 3. The regular email with useful information at HBSC.

Calendar now online

Events : Herne Bay Sailing Club

Socials

Last Friday of the month theme night - Next one April 25th

Volunteers please for someone to host! Maybe a fun quiz? or BBQ? Please let Jo know so we can advertise.

May 24th - barn dance

Live band and calling! Bring your own food.

£10 adults, £5 cadets to cover the cost of the band.

We need a minimum of 20 people to make this viable. Friends and family are very welcome to come along. Please sign up on SCM or on WhatsApp HBSC Chat. You can pay via SCM or on the sumup machine at the club.

Friday 14th November Dinner Dance at Canterbury Golf Club

Lockers

We have a few large lockers (only £14 p/a) available. If you want one please contact membership@hernebaysailingclub.co.uk . First come, first served.

Training

Adrian Pinn, training principle can be contacted on training@hernebaysailingclub.co.uk if you have any training queries. Please see dates below for courses.

Safety on the Water

Water based activities organised by HBSC require a club safety boat to be operational on the water. The safety boat requires 2 people aged 16+ with suitable experience, prepared to enter the water if necessary. There should be a designated shore based person able to operate VHF and telephone swiftly in the event of an incident.

As a volunteer club we are reliant on all members helping run activities. This includes improvers, racing and cadet activities. You can sign up on SCM on the web site. Without volunteering the club cannot function so please take the opportunity to sign up by login in at

https://members.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/login

Boat and kayak stickers

Please pop into the bar area and pick up this year's boat/kayak sticker. Just as a test, the envelopes are not in alphabetical order! Please stick the stickers on your dinghy's transom or attach the tag to your kayak. Thank you.

Training will run on Consecutive Saturdays. Attendance to both days is mandatory.

Course 1 will be on the 17th and 24th of May 2025

Course 2 will be in the 19th and 26th of July 2025

Once we have a clear idea of who wants to take a course and what you want to do the course details and links will be supplied

Dinghy Sailing Courses are £175

(inclusive of course documentation, reference book and certificate).

Powerboat courses will be delivered on a more bespoke nature, as and when we have 3 members wishing to gain the qualification, a course will be organised.

Powerboat Courses are £100, as we expect you will join our Safety Boat team.

(inclusive of course documentation, reference book and certificate).