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Issue 30 July 2 2007 Issue 30 July 2007 (hunterÍ Yard} Newsletter of the Friends of the Hunter Fleet In this issue Editorial - Zoë King - 2 Count the Petals of the Moon Daisy - 8 The Chair Types - Andy Cowburn - 3 Sailing Soliloquy - Barry Mitchell - 10 Membership News - Jennifer Mack - 4 AGM Report - 13 Friends Write - 5 Bones up - Fertilizer down - 15 Meet Vikki Walker - 7 Fleet Merchandise - 16 Friends of the Hunter Fleet Editorial Committee Members As I’m sure most of you will know, that Friends Chairman Andy Cowburn smiling chap on our front cover is Tom 10 The Spinney Grapes. He’s seen here with his lovely Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7DF wife, Pam, sitting on the bench which e: [email protected] was presented to him by grateful '01502 711818 Friends on the occasion of his recent Committee Secretary notching up of 60 years with the yard. Philip Bray 5 Westfield Road See inside for more. Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7HE If you glance across at the listing on e: [email protected] the left, you’ll see a new Yard ' 01760 725931 Administrator has been appointed. Membership Secretary/NHFT Trustee Vikki Walker beat over 40 other Jennifer Mack applicants to land the post, and despite The Old Rectory Antingham being with the yard for only a short time, NorthWalsham, Norfolk NR28 0NW she is making her mark, and will no e: [email protected] doubt be a valuable addition to the team. ' 01263 833375 You can read more about her inside. Treasurer Those with access to Anglia Television Peter Wall output may well have seen programmes Flycatcher School Road in the Hidden Broads series broadcast Ludham NR29 5PF recently. Hunter’s Yard featured in four e:[email protected] of the six or seven programmes, and ' 01692 678060 although there was some repetition, the Chairman - NHFT - Bryan Read coverage was excellent, and acted as a e: [email protected] '01603 454281 major showcase for the yard and its NHFT Administrator - Vikki Walker ethos. Watching, I felt privileged to be a e: [email protected] part of it all! '01692 678263 In this issue, as well as news from the NHFT Trustee - Paul Stevens Yard, you’ll find several contributions ' 01692 678210 from Friends far and wide. Do you have John Marr a story to tell, a memory to share, a point '01692 678415 to make? If so, please do contact me. Les Gee ' 01508 495059 Eric Diffey Zoë ' 01603 457248 Derek Herriott Newsletter editor: ' 01692 631387 Zoe King e [email protected] Rodney Longhurst Broadlea House ' 01603 453889 Heron Way Hickling COPY DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE: 8 October 2007 Norfolk NR12 0YQ '01692 598287 2 recently approved funds for new industrial The Chair Types... sized woodworking clamps and material for Just returned from the Hellesdon High burgees. School sailing week with all pupils safe and Sailing Picnic 29th September 2007 well (only 7 fell in and some of those were The Committee has decided to stick to the either deliberate or not total immersions) usual formula for the Sailing Picnic again and we had very hot days and very thundery for the Autumn Event. That is, meet up at and rainy nights. This global warming is the Yard in the late morning, have a proving to be a bit unpredictable! morning sail, moor up for lunch together at AGM - 28th April 2007 the EACC site opposite Thurne Dyke and The AGM was another heart warming then an afternoon sail before returning to gathering of over 100 Friends and the BBQ the Yard. The one difference will be the and subsequent sailing proved to be very inclusion of the water bus Princess enjoyable for all concerned so far as I could Katherine which can accommodate about tell. Zoe has reproduced my report 80 people and has a toilet. This will take elsewhere in the Newsletter for those who people from the Yard to the EACC mooring could not attend and hear it delivered in for the picnic and then return to the Yard at person. about 4.00 p.m. which will enable people to Help for the Trust take part who may not wish to sail but The Friends' Committee continues to nevertheless enjoy the picnic and the provide funds for the Trust and we have a spectacle of so many Hunters boats sailing considerable balance in the bank for that together. It seemed to work well at the purpose. This was queried at the AGM and Trust's 10th Anniversary celebrations last there are several reasons for the current year and some Friends have requested that position. There is always an issue of timing we repeat the exercise. of when to transfer funds to the Trust so as Tom's 60 years and still going strong to maximise the possibilities for grants and You probably know that the Friend's bids from other funders. There is a need for Committee presented Tom with a wooden a contingency fund equal to a year's running garden seat as a ‘Thank You’ present for all costs (not yet achieved) as well as a need to those years of faithful service to the Hunter build up the endowment fund from which Fleet. I understand it has been installed in subsidised hirings for youth groups is paid. his garden and is already a well used fixture Also, we have several projects in progress (although he is still down the Yard a lot of which may, or may not come to fruition. the time!). Some of these require some delicate The yellow posts at the end of the Yard negotiations so we would not wish to Dyke prejudice them by premature Thanks for respecting the yellow posts. announcements. These issues are fully From my admittedly limited experience to debated by your Friends Committee and as date this year they are being used as we soon as we are able we will keep you hoped. informed via the newsletter. In addition to previously mentioned expenditure, we have 3 Hamilton's Broads Navigation Charts and And Finally... Index We will be back on Luna for a week in July Following my piece - Calling all with a new Friends' burgee (I left my old one ‘Wainwrights of the Broads’ in the last on her at the end of last season as a sort of Newsletter, Tim Munsey has kindly leant donation to the next hirer) and these new me his 1971 copy of Hamilton's Broads ones are lighter and fly much better. I can Navigation Charts and Index which gives a recommend them! Give us a wave if you see very objective overview of the northern and us. southern rivers as well as all sorts of useful Andrew Cowburn - March 2007 information and tips on sailing. I cannot find out if it is still available. Amazon has a Membership News 1978 edition (which must be a little out of June 2007 date!) and offers instead The Complete Membership is still maintaining its upward Guide to the Norfolk Broads plus The Broads trend with a current figure of over 860, i.e. a (Inland Waterways Maps) as the modern net increase of over twenty Friends since alternative. I will check them out to see if writing this column way back in February. they can claim to be the ‘Wainwrights of the Growth has slowed recently which is Broads’. understandable without a trusty Yard Archives Administrator at the helm but I have great We are looking at putting the Yard's confidence now that Vikki is in post that she Archives on the web as part of Norfolk will encourage all our non-Friend County Council's ‘Community Archive’ customers to sign up and there will be project. Ludham Village is one of the pilot another Membership surge! I am still areas for the ‘Community Archive’ and the aiming for that magic1000 figure before the Yard's could either be a sub-set of the end of the decade. This should be a realistic Village's archive or stand in their own right target, particularly with the extra publicity (any views?). In any event we will need to generated by the Hidden Broads series bid for funds for the necessary software and which has recently been on Anglia TV then we will need people to scan in the where Hunter's Yard was featured in no less archives. Are there any volunteers out there than four out of the seven parts in the series. who might be interested in helping? There are still outstanding subscriptions for Moorings at Ludham Bridge 2007 and therefore some of you will be I expect most of you know by now that there getting my ‘Final Reminder’. I hope that it's are moorings available again to raise and just a case of a mislaid form and we can lower masts on the northern bank continue to rely on your valuable support. downstream of Ludham Bridge. This has N.B. Will the 87 year old who asked for been a problem in previous years. There is their subscription to be cancelled please let quite a hefty fine if you stay too long so best me have his/her name so that I can oblige! to time any trip to arrive with a favourable Thank you all for your generous support, tide, waiting could prove expensive! kind words and encouragement. Jennifer Mack - June 2007 4 Friends write... grave to know that most yachts now have From Valerie Chandler engines. Where’s the fun and adventurous I have today received and read the spirit when you have to be back by 2.00pm at newsletter.
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