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SAILING SCENESCENE the Newsletter for MEDWAY YACHT CLUB Issue No SAILINGSAILING SCENESCENE The newsletter for MEDWAY YACHT CLUB Issue No. 2, 2016 Office: 01634 718399 Club: 01634 718169 www.medwayyachtclub.com Email: [email protected] Lower Upnor, Rochester, Kent ME2 4XB Medway Yacht Club is now available for your special family and commercial events. The Club with its high quality facilities provides an unforgettable location for Weddings, Christenings, Wakes, Parties, Training, Product launches and other events. We have spectacular views across the River which never fails to impress guests. We have the right mix of outside and inside space to be flexible whatever the weather conditions. We would especially like you to consider using the Club for your family events and for those of your friends. Our facilities are ideal for Weddings, Anniversaries, Birthdays and Christenings. The Club is available for hire Monday through to Friday during the day, and into the evening when required. We have room for 150 guests buffet style and around 100 guests for table dining. When table dining, we provide circular tables with seating for eight to ten guests and all linen and table decorations, that will make the occasion look spectacular with that sought after ‘wow’ factor. Our Chef and ‘Galley’ staff are experienced at catering for our own discerning Club Members and will meet your ‘silver service’ standards. We are able to offer a wide range of food options and will cater for your individual needs. Our prices are competitive and we are keen to provide guests with the quality and service that they desire. We are able to offer boat trips and will work with you to design a unique experience at an affordable cost. Mr & Mrs H said: Our 40th Wedding Anniversary Luncheon was a spectacular success. The Club looked quite stunning and we had pre-dinner drinks on the patio looking out over the water, in the warm sunshine. A hundred guests were well looked after with excellent food and service from the staff. The staff kept all our guests happy and made the day very special. To discuss your event needs and reserve dates, call: MYC Office on 01634 718399 2 MYC “Sailing Scene” - Issue No.2, 2016 Commodore’s Report As I write this In May we threw our doors open and planned longer cruises were impacted the season is held a club open weekend as part of by the weather but there has been lots drawing to a the RYA Push-the-Boat Out scheme. of independent and group cruising close and by The weekend went well with lots of going on. the time you visitors getting afloat. Some liked us Ashore we have been busy as well. We read it many so much that they stayed and joined completed the installation of gas and boats will be the club. Next year we hope to follow water mains and converted all heating ashore for the winter but it is worth up the open day(s) with learn-to-sail and cooking to gas. The project got looking back over a very full season. course as we develop a pathway into off to a slow start but was completed sailing. The following weekend we basically on time and slightly under hosted the Squib Easterns where our budget. Issue No.2, 2016 home fleet put out five boats that were joined by seven visitors. Sailing On top of this there has been all the Contents conditions were almost ideal and usual club activities including Tuesday MYC promotion 2 everybody went home smiling. & Wednesday gangs, Wednesday Commodore’s Report 3-4 night racing, Friday nighters (very June and the pace did not slacken as busy this year) Oppie and Cadet sailing Vice Commodore’s Report 4-5 rd we held the 53 Medway Marathon (new revised and popular schedule) Rear Commodore’s Report 5 and half Marathon where monohull as well as RIB training for the Honda The demolition of the Grain 5 boats under 30ft sail a 26(ish) mile Youth RIB Championships. As you can Power Station Chimney course down to Queenborough and imagine all of this takes a considerable Autumn Trot Boat Service 6 back with doglegs up various creeks amount of organisation and requires a The Yacht “Vilda” 6 on the way. Numbers were slightly lot of help during the events. So from down with 31 competitors taking Handelsbanken 6 me on behalf of all the participants part. A week later and we hosted a huge thank-you to all who have Dates for your Diary 2016/17 7 the Wayfarer Nationals which also Editorial 7 contributed in any way to making attracted 31 entries. As you will read these events and our normal activities Bar / Galley Opening Times 7 elsewhere the conditions were varied so successful. One of the privileges of My 2016 Adventure 8-9 and race management challenging being Commodore is being at the club Valhalla 2016 9-10 but Sunday, the last day, almost a lot and hearing how well regarded Honda RYA Youth RIB 10-11 perfect and again we sent everybody we are both in terms of sailing and Championships home smiling. shore-side but also as a welcoming Welcome to New Members 11 July was our own Regatta which and friendly club. VR Topper SE Travellers Event 12-13 this year combined with the Sonata The office has been going through a Eastern Championships and whilst Looking for a Guest Family 13 period of change with first Sue Watson we did not attract any visiting Sonatas retiring and then our replacement Thank you from Robert Munns... 13-14 (too close to the Nationals) the MYC Wednesday Evening Series 14-15 resigning but “new” Sue, Sue Abery, competitors enjoyed three days of full- joined us in June and has been doing a Adverts 15-17 on racing in strong conditions. At the sterling job in role of Club Secretary. At Cadets’ Class Report 18 end of the month we passed the club the same time we changed banks and Oppies’ Report 19 into the hands of our young sailors have also been updating our systems 53rd Medway Marathon 19 with first Mutiny-on-the Medway with new accounting software and a and then Cadet Week. Both events professional administration system Wayfarer Class Captain’s Report 20 went very well with lots of sailing and Wayfarer N. Championships16 20-21 called Sailing Club Manager which we shoreside activities. are currently configuring and loading Squib Fleet Captain’s Report 21-22 August was quieter but things took off with information with the aim of Sonata Class Captain’s Report 23 again in September when we hosted introducing its functionality (including Medway Regatta & Sonata 24 a SE Topper training day and Open replacing DutyMan) over the next few Easterns Report 2016 event where we saw 25 young sailors months. Medway Dragon Fleet 24-25 putting on a fine display of sailing. At The House team has been busy not Cruiser Class 26-27 the end of September / beginning of only supporting all the club and open MYC Keelboat Regatta 28 October we held the East Coast Dragon functions but also finding time for the The Voyage of Quien Sabe 29-30 Championship with a good turnout of occasional outside event. As we head both local boats and visitors. Advertisements 31-32 towards Christmas I know they have It has not all been about racing and a full programme of social activities the Cruiser Class members have been including Trafalgar Night, Fireworks Illustrations for front cover “ The Loss of on their regular second weekend of party, Commodore’s Dinner, Christmas Grain Power Station’s Chimney as a useful the month jaunts to Queenborough Lunch, Carol Concert and Children’s Navigation aid - 7.9.2016 ” provided and I hear that, having tested every Christmas party. We aim to open the with courtesy of Mike Spurgin as are all hostelry in town, they now have eating photographs in this edition unless otherwise (continued on page 4) stated. and drinking cracked. Some of the MYC “Sailing Scene” - Issue No.2, 2016 3 Cont’d from page 3 - Commodore’s Report Committee (MC) has tried to spend like to reinstate the Development some time looking at how we would Committee (DC) as allowed for in our Club on Boxing Day between 11:30 like the club to look in two, five and Rules with the sole task of looking at and 14:30 when the bar and galley ten years’ time. Every MC member renewing or replacing the clubhouse. will be staffed by the Flag Officers and without exception when asked when The DC would be tasked next year partners. looking ten years into the future with looking at the feasibility of the saw the need for a “new” or updated project including all aspects such as rd As the AGM looms (Saturday 3 clubhouse. Exactly what that means location, finance and time-frame with December) I would like to invite differed depending on who you talked the aim of presenting a report to the anybody who would like to become to but there was no shortage of ideas. AGM in 2017. If you are interested in more involved with your club to get Replacing or renewing the clubhouse joining this committee please let me in contact either directly with a Flag know via the office. Officer or through the office. This is a major project that needs careful year there will be two places on planning and management which I look forward to seeing you at your Management Committee and other goes beyond the normal term of club soon.
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