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Page 1 June 2006

COMMODORE’S LETTER

Well it’s been a funny ‘ole ticularly successful this year INSIDE THIS ISSUE through social events, sale of the You may have noticed that the year so far with winds at water level at the reservoir has • both extremes and very little old committee boat, open meet- Progress against ings and through gener ous dona- droppe d quickly this year. This in the middle where we is due to the horrific accident Action Pla n want it. The first two months tions from companies operated by or associated with club mem- at the Usk pumping station •Tuning Guides where particularly unpleas- where a fitter was killed earlier ant with more races can- bers. We thank all those who • have offered financial support this month when a pipe fitting Local & National celled due to snow or gale exploded under pressure. We force winds then were and through their efforts gener- Results ated cash for the club and can understand that the health sailed. Weather since then and safety executive have •Clubhouse Update seems to have been gener- report that reserves have now been restored to approximately finished their investigation ally light and all this seems to and the station may start have been reflected in low 2004 years levels. Furt her fund raising will be a major priority in pumping shortly which hope- turnouts in club racing. Ap- fully will maintain water levels parently all sailing clubs have the coming year when the water sports centre gets movi ng al- through the summer. Our suffered from the bad start sympathies of course go out due to weather so we are though grant aid is being sought from a number of sources. to the family of the worker not alone. Global warming who died in this incident. or just the highly variable British weather – who knows? Even though facilities have been limited this year, it is encouraging With good weather and to note that the enthusiasm of the warm waters (should you members is strong and will carry fall in) readily available The main topic of conversa- there really is no excuse for STOP PRESS us through this interim stage. • tion has often swung you not to join in with the Coppet Week Re- around to a clubhouse facili- racing …and watch out for sults. ties and I am glad to say that We have a number of new in- our next batch of social • First Pictures of new we are moving forward well events to get to know your with this and we can now structors in the club and training Clubhouse and the junior race team remains fellow sailors. reveal more details which • Llandegfedd clear are provide d later in this strong. Congratulations to all i n- Happy sailing volved in this area as this is a real up at Corus Open newsletter. The main pro- Meeting gress made this month is bonus for the club and hold us in that we have now received very good stead for development written confirmation that of facilities and equipment in the Welsh Water will support near future. Our annual training our Water Sports Centre kicks off in July and I would like to Steve project and provi de us with thank all involved in this in ad- RS700 GBR 938 a lease for the land adjacent vance as it is a huge commitment to the starters hut. but makes a real difference in attracting new members to the club. Fund raising has been par- P AGE 2

Progress AGAINST the Action Plan

OD Training Race Management Fund raising The W.Y.A have a race training officer Equipment A big thank you to the companies who by the name of Dave Sheppard who have donated funds to the club this All racing marks are being refurbished can offer courses to aspiring race offi- year. With the sale of the old committee and old chains replaced. cers starting at the basic cl ub race offi- boat and old engines and takings from cer level (CRO) through to regional, The Sailwave software has been the Asymmetric Open and CYRC, funds national and international levels. adopted for ra ce results which has had have now been restored to roughly an instant impact by allowing all partici- 2004 levels. Please note that the finan- We should aim to have at least 5 CRO’s pants to get a result in a series even if cial year now ends at the end of Sep- this year. the qualifying number is not achieved. tember so make sure all expenses and Thanks to Jeremy for his perseverance monies are sorted out with the Treas- on this. We can probably do a lot more urer well before this. Safety boat training with this package now that at least it is basically functioning and make the job Members have this year been given the easier for all concerned and get the best option t o choose OD or rescue duties out of its functi ons. Instructor Training within the membership application forms. We now have three extra instructors (as All members will need to attain PB2 by Clubhouse known at t he time of goi ng to press): the end of this year to drive the power Simon Stanle y, Guy Boswell and Paul boats. See later in newsletter. Thomas. Congratulations to all of them.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS MANDATORY TO MEET OUR SAFETY POLICY FOR WELSH Yearbook

WATER AND INSURANCE. Now complete and available for

We also need to encourage those inter- download on the Yahoo site. We can ested in concentrating on rescue rather not place this on the website as it is than OD to have Safety Boat certificate. open to anyone to see and has our Steve membership list within. If you haven’t Contact Sean Tedstone for details on accessed it yet, please register on the training. yahoo group and download from the files section. Printed copies are being Steve Clarke prepared and the format is now ready RS700 GBR 938 for next year. Doris

Doris will need painting in the warmer Club Manual weather. Well underway. Job descripti ons a nd duties are being prepared with a com- plete manual includi ng all document Safety boat storage templates for meetings etc. This will allow the jobs to be taken on by anyone Now more or less complete but the roof with a clear i ndication of what is will need some attention or a n addi - needed from each officer throughout tional layer added. the year.

The new slipway has been started but will be left until the summer assuming Youth Representative we have sufficient funds to purchase Charlotte Clarke is heading this up and the concrete (approx £1,000) once she has email addresses and con- tact numbers from the junior and youth members and is organising events and

drum up enthusiasm. A sailing day with evening camp is being run in July/ August. Call Charlotte for details. P AGE 3

Vice Commodore's

A big thank you to all those who turned up for the Pre- The prize giving will be at the same venue as last year and Rigging part y and ’Promise Auction’ on Frida y 3rd @ T he will be the same format as last year without the pig. This Chepstow Hotel, Over £700 was raised on t he night and all year it will therefore hereby be known as the ‘Big de-rig those who attended had a great time. and Jig” Those who paid for the ri de out with Sean, Steve a nd Paul will be pleased to know that this will take place at the end of P July and will be joined by a few hangers on like m yself on my hil Bandit. Phil Leeb du Toit The Go-Karting event will the next event to be in in the mid- RS Vareo 286 dle of September, provisionall y the 20th. Please contact me for more information.

Editors Column

Well we are 5 months into our Associations, I have included a sailing season and despite some tuning guide for RS200’s and awful weather either too much Solo’s, I will try to get other classes wind or too little, Llandegfedd over coming issues. If anybody Sailing Club is being very well would like to see specific articles represented nationally in a num- please feel free to either e-mail or ber of classes. phone me.

Our non-e xistent clubhouse has I shall be ne xt at the club all being not hampered our efforts with a well sometime in July, until the n I number of open meetings bei ng shall be hunting thr ough the successfully held, again it was the Yachts and pages for weather that let us down. how club members are perform- ing on local and national le vel.

My time at the club is very limited at the moment due to work pres- Please feel free to e-mail or phone sures and I am finding it increas- me with any idea’s and lets see if ingly difficult to allocate time into we can improve t his newsletter the Newsletter and more impor- into being something really tantly into actually sailing. I will worthwhile. see out this year but if anybody

would like to take over the news- letter editors job please come David forward its quite easy really.

David Aston I will hopefully be back to sail in RS700 GBR 843 the Autumn as I believe that this is the best time of year with good weather and steady breezes. However, due to the wonder of mobile phones I keep abreast of many of the clubs activities.

Articles are always in short sup- ply, However in this issue by kind permission of the relevant class P AGE 4

RS200 Tuning Guide

Sailing secretary’s corner

Corrections to programme the consensus at the AGM was that they concurrently and 2 Wednesday series. should be back to back for t he whole We are agreed that there should be There were 2 errors in the sailing pro- season. The intention is to give the OOD more but shorter series however are gramme the option of sailing all races back to interested in feedback on this issue Wednesday 31st May was omitted, so back or if conditions dictate postponi ng from club members, let us know what there will be 11 races in the Early the 3rd race to allow for a break. Last you would like. Wednesday Handicap series, the Late season at times the 3rd race was run back

Wednesday Series still starts on 28th to back with the 2nd race when there June. were light winds and it took t oo long to OOD race poi nts get ashore and back for the start at the Wednesday 19th July is down as 20th The Sailing Committee agreed a committee boat. This change to the pro- July change to the results. gramme is necessary because races These errors were rectified for OOD should not be run ahead of the time “The race officer and safety boat teams rosters. stated on t he programme without prior who complete their Duty will be notification. So far this season sailors awarded, OD, 2nd for up to a maxi- There are still plenty of sailing pro- have opted to have the races back to mum of 3 races on Sundays” This is to grammes printed on card; these can back on most occasions. take into consideration that there are be collected from t he OD hut. now 3 scheduled races, only two of

which were previously compensated Number of races in a series for. Back to back racing At a recent Sailing Committee meeting The 3 races on Sunday are scheduled we discussed the number and length of to be back to back. This has come the racing series, at present there are 6 about because ori ginally the plan was to have back to back races at the start Sunday series, and the end of the season; however Sunda y series, Pursuit and Handicap run P AGE 5

Sailing secretary’s corner

Forthcoming Events Rules Llandegfedd We have had some discussions re- Keith cently on rules. The 2005 – 2008 Rac- 16th & 17th September Presidents ing R ules of sailing can be Weekend downloaded as a PDF from the ISAF RS400 848 29th October Fi nal Fling website @ Junior http://www.sailing.org/default.asp? MenuID=d/qwGX28zoMo67DRtK/D 2nd & 3rd September PGL Regatta Llangorse If you already know the rules and would like to test your knowledge try 23rd September Llangorse Challenge this (at Llangorse) http://www.finckh.org/rspiel/ Other indexe.htm th th 7 & 8 October Corus S C Club Re- gatta

BOSUNS REPORT Newsletter Dates for 2006

RESCUE BOAT FUEL So that we become a little more struc- Please e-mail in ‘Word’ format to: ture in our approach to keeping mem- david@t heastonfamily.fsnet.co.uk bers informed, I propose that this year Remember to check fuel level in tanks, the newsletter will be published on the following dates: before racing and trai ning. If its low, Many thanks our stock is stored on the racks at the 21st April back of the rescue boat container. 23rd June

1st September The ‘Jeannau’ runs on 4 stroke (Petrol David Only) 20th November David Aston The ‘Rib’ runs on 2 stroke (a mixture of I will require articles/photos etc exactly Oil and Petrol at a ratio of 1:50 and is 1 week prior to publication, although RS700 GBR 843 mixed at the time the petrol is pur- early copy is always appreciated. chased) All containers are marked 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke. CLASSIFIEDS

For sale: Topper 30245 A measuring jug and funnels are in the racks also. Good first boat, all the gear, new cover and ropes, complete with Topper trolley, not Important: use for the last 12 months, Good condition. £700 ono Before re-filling the Rib, shake the con- Contact: David 01633 413306 tainer from the rack to mix any oil in For sale: Topper 44352 the bottom Championship boat, two sails with Topper trolle y, cover, not used much for the last 12 months, Good c onditi on. Martin £1500 ono Contact: Steve 01291 620081 For sale: XD 178305

2002 Model, Sail new in 2005, Radial Rig included and spare full sail. VGC & General £2,750 ono Contact: Martin on 01633 665253 Laser 178305 P AGE 6

Corus Asymmetric open 13/14th may 2006

The proceeded three days were posi- Race 3: Marshall was back out, the line. This time it was the Vareo of tively Mediterranean with soaring Rs700’s rounded the top 1,2,3, Williams who was mixing it with the temperatures and lots of sun, typical places changed down the run with big boys and managed t he race win. then that Saturday 13th May (cup sanders getting the upper hand,

Final day – Liverpool V West Ham) however up the next beat, Aston was cold by comparison a nd very played the shifts and came out on With the wind dyi ng t he race officer damp and as competitors arrived at top, he then extended his lead over expertly deci ded to cancel t he final Cores sailing club, Port Talbot they the fleet to finish first on handicap. race and as the fleet sculled their way were greeted with a very gusty Again t he RS Vareo’s of Tinkler and back to shore all agreed the correct Force 3 -4. Williams were in the hunt and fin- decision was made. ished in the top five.

Llandegfedd was well represented At the prize givi ng 3rd went to the by messers Tinkler, Williams, Aston Having fitted all races in promptly, RS700 of Corus’s Sanders, 2nd by 1 and the Howard's as well as many the majority of the fleet were able to point was the RS Vareo of Llandeg- Canoe sailors who were sharing the get home in time to watch the pen- fedd’s Mark Williams, with overall open meeting. alty shoot out. victory going to the RS700 of Aston to show the dominance of Llandeg-

fedd’s Asymmetric fleet. The race officer with limited water Sunday and oh what a difference. due to the wind direction set a very Ibiza like sun, scantly clad girls and no challengi ng windward/leeward wind, OK so t he girls and wind were An excellent weekend, great race course and with over 40 boats in missing. A 30 minute postponement officer and courses and we actually such a small area it was more a case allowed the wind to build!!!! So the had a fully stock café and HOT show- of dogdems rather than sailing, eve- fleet was sent a float in a . The ers. All agreed will be back next year. rybody on at least one occasion de- canoes had asked for the starts to be cided to test the temperature of the separated. water.

Race 4 and t he RS800 of the How- Current Open Meeting Race 1: The RS700’s of Aston, Mar- ard’s was like a greyhound out of the shall (Corus) and Sanders (Corus) trap hotly pursued by the RS700 of Results made their way to the front by the Aston, sanders and Marshall, how- first mark, down the first run and ever on the first run Williams decided Marshall capsized trying to avoid to joining the action which only RS Vareo’s—Burghfield numerous up tur ned Canoes, Sand- proof that t he light weather capabili- ers was looking good and maintain ties of the RS Vareo. As the wind gen- 2nd M.Williams his lead over Aston whic h he held t o tly built Aston was able to get past 5th N Tinkler the finish, however Tinkler was way the RS800, and cross the too close on ha ndicap and took t he line first although on ha ndicap Tin- race with ease. Despite numerous kler was far too close, like less than 3 swims due to lack of space Howard’s minutes and so he secured the race Wanderer Nationals—Weymouth held on well and finished in a re- win. The other RS700’s and 800 did- 12th John & Courtney James spectable position. n’t fair well on ha ndicap a nd finishe d towards the middle of the fleet.

Race 2: Again it was the RS700’s of Aston and Sanders, Marshall deci d- The wind the disappeared for 20 ing boat maintenance was required minutes. (His boat is only 5 weeks old). Aston was the casualty of the upturned canoes and t his race and capsized Race 5 started and little more than a twice allowing Sanders a clear r un t o zephyr. the finish. Close to the front this time was Williams who was now back in the groove, Aston recovered to a top Howard was again first out of the five position. trap and sailed a brilliant race, only to be caught by Aston 100 yards from P AGE 7

Coppet Week 2006 (Racing)

The forecast leading up to the week RS700’s although crossing t he line vere cold. Corus’s Gordon and Ruth Ev- was not looking good, with hi gh were relegated to the mid forties and ans won in their brand new , 2nd winds, rain and low temperatures. The below. Winner on ha ndicap was Fisk- and back in t he hunt was Wood (Canoe) entry for this year’s regatta was down Moore in a Solo, 2nd Young & Gud- and thir d was James in another canoe. on 2005 but even so 75 boats started geon i n an with 3rd being to arrive on Saturday with racing taken by Campball & Smee in another schedule to start at 10am on Sunday Enterprise, Lewis and Green in their In ge neral an excellent week – weather morning. Magno was now hol ding honours wise, results didn’t go as expected but with an excellent 23rd with t he RS400 Llandegfedd sailors Steve Clarke, Mar- with such shifty winds and the race com- of the Sykes close behind. tyn Osborne, Maurice Clarke, David mittees in flexibility to postpone racing Aston (RS700), Sean & Maggie (), A brief interlude to allow the wind to until the land/sea breeze had settled it’s Keith & Mandy Sykes (RS400) a nd go thr ough 7 20 de grees again and not surprising. It was also interesting to Sarah & David (Magno) were all fully we were off in race 2, after just one note that this year the RS700/Canoe/ prepared for battle. lap the sea breeze settled and in came and Pha ntom handicaps a force 4 only for the race committee had all been cut and yet the overall re- Sunday dawned dry which was a to shorten. Dee & Smith (Merlin sults showed 2 Merlins, a Laser, 2 Phan- good start and we all set off on the Rocket) won, followed by Fisk-Moore toms and 3 enterprises in the top ten. water, with the wind blowing offshore in his Solo and Martin & Gould (Merlin Anyway, all agreed that they would be there were some very very big holes in Rocket) Aston mana ged a lowly 26th back to t his beautiful part of Wales in the course. A triangle course laid closely followed by the Magno of 2007. within the ba y provided good specta- Lewis and Green and the RS400 of tor sport. Llandegfedd and Notable Results the Sykes, the other RS700 boys were The International Canoes and RS700’s needing a bit more wind. made early progress but were ham- st Thursday, ouch, the sun was now 1 Chris Martin & C hris Gould – Merlin pered by semi trapezing winds on the really shining, temperatures a barmy Rocket Midland SC upwind legs. R obin Wood in a canoe 21 degrees but sadly the wind had nd won overall on handica p followed by 2 Paul Young & Nancy Gudge on – En- disappeared. The race committees Martin & Gould (Merlin Rocket) and terprise Midland SC decision to start on time at 10.30am MacDonald & Brittain (Fireball) with rd from the harbour wall was not well 3 Govan Berridge – Laser Aston finishing 19th, all the other play- received, 1 lap in one hour of drifting Saundersfoot ers were in the 30/40’s, but at least the and the race was shorten. Local Ber- SC sun had began t o shine. A few beers ridge (Phant om) was first closely fol- th and reflection on t he days sailing and 4 Robert Fisk-Moore – Solo lowed by Tissiman & Tissiman we were all set for race number 2. Chelmarsh SC (Fireball) with Beasley and Dicker in st Monday dawned bright and breezy, another Fireball in third, the Sykes 21 Gordon & Ruth Evans – Fireball prior to the allotted start of 10am the managed to drift quicker than most Corus SC breeze had built even further, a steady and posted a 3 4th, the rest of us, well 27th Robin Wood – Canoe offshore ga ve the race commit- lets just say we all stay together – at Saundersfoot tee the wobbles and the cancelled the back. SC racing for the da y. After sailing and l unc h a pleasant 32nd David Aston – RS700 Tuesday, the sun god was still shining force 3-4 kicked in and everybody had on Saundersfoot but unfortunately an enjoyable sail, back on the beach th nobody had tol d the wind t hat it was rumours were running high t hat com- 34 Sarah Lewis & Dave Green – Magno time to calm down, the racing was petitors were not happy with the race 36th Keith & Mandy Sykes – RS400 immediately postponed and when a committee and words had been said. th report form the local coast guard re- 46 Martyn Osborne – RS700 ported gusts of 40knots the racing was 47th Maurice Clarke – RS700 abandone d for the day. However, by Friday and race 5, were we in the th lunch time the wind was down to a Mediterranean as the temperature just 50 Mr Commodore (Steve Clarke) – manageable Force 6 and getting rest- kept goi ng up, pity t he wind didn’t RS700 less the RS700 boys went out to play appear!!! The final race of the week 60th Sean Tedstone and Maggie Jones – and realized just how fast they could again zephyr like winds, but this time go. An hour later and thankful no onshore. This was to be the best race damage we were all in on the beach for the Llandegfedd conti ngent al- discussing why the race officer hadn’t though Aston was made to do an postponed until t he afternoon. extra lap along with 3 Canoes and a Merlin Rocket. Both Clarkes and Os- Wednesday and we were in for 2 borne came from nowhere to post races, Race one started in a zephyr, their best results of the week. Sykes one lap and 75 boats crossed the li ne and Lewis/Green all finished in the within about 3 minutes as the wind top half, the only exception bei ng filled in from the back The canoes and Tedstone who was now suffer a se- P AGE 8

Coppet Week—The SOCIAL

Having arrived and rigged boats the walk to Wiseman's Bridge where first port of call for most was ‘The again Christine Clarke ’, Both Clarke families along had or ganized a superb ba nquet for with Osborne, Aston and a few old 60 friends and fellow sailors – A big acquaintances took over the restau- rant to the point the Sykes had to be put on the second sitting, Simple foot and much getting to know old friends was in order and then all off down to the club for the briefing and a few beers.

Despite he chilly feel to the Weather after the first days racing, it was dry and deci ded that a few beers and Mandy supervising t he cooking activi - wine for the ladies was in order on ties the beach. Whe n stocks had run out it was all back to Maurice and Eirwen thank you t o her from us all. Much Clarkes accommodation for furt her drink, the odd joke – t hanks Paul and Coppet Week Social team drinks and ni bbles. the walk back provided yet again a super night to remember.

Christine Clarke Monday, and ever ybody descended on the club for the famous Jane Heather Cooper Woods night (Robins wife) who sang Ann Smee an variety of tunes to which we all sang and danced, with some mem- Eirwen Clarke bers making complete fools of them- selves on the air guitar!!!! (Aston) Claire Aston Paul (sleeping partner) Cooper Tuesday, with the weather improv- ing, drinks were taken on the beach followed by the hunter gathers (men) going off to buy fish & Chips. MANDYS RANT With all the kids well feed a fire was We all thought Martyn had inside needed and Claire Aston using her knowledge regarding t he weather Attendance for Officer of the Day duty girl Guide skills duly provided until forecast and it was going to blow the has much improved this season with the weather got just a bit too nippy next day, but l ooki ng at his plate of very few sailors failing to turn up, it is and we all retired. Curry we decided it would be ver y important however that if you cannot localised i.e. HIS BOAT!!!!! be present to do your duty, you change Friday arrived and yet more hot sunny with another member, or if you have Wednesday, The sun was shining weather, the ladies were in their ele- been rostered on for duty and you have now, Pimms was taken at the Clarkes ment soaking up the rays. Sailing was a genuine reason t o be exc used you along with nibbles, very sociable t his completed and boats packed away, need to advise me at your earliest op- sailing, anyt hing Henley can do the now the serious stuff. portunity. It is a condition of club mem- members of Llandegfedd ca n do bet- bership that you participate in race offi- ter. Later it was quiz night with More Pimms, Wine and plenty of the cer / safety boat duty, and all members Llandegfedd sporting 5 out of t he 9 ‘Amber Nectar’ along with a beach rostered for duty are required to turn teams. The dynamic quad of Sykes & Bar B Que. Sausages, Steak, Burgers up. If you need to swap a duty it is best Sykes and Tedstone & Jones took the and a most wonderful colourful salad to directly contact members who are overall prize (Wine & Chocolates) produced by all was an excellent way covering dates when it is conve nient for with last years winners (Aston/Clarke to muse over what was an interesting you t o do. & Cooper) finishi ng i n 4th, A special week, however all agreed they would mention to the Childre n who joined be back next year. in and certainly didn’t embarrass Everybody fi nally cleared up a nd Welcome to the following new mem- themselves. made their way to the club to laugh bers and families who have joined this at the overall results. year. Thursday, after sailing the traditional P AGE 9

MANDYS RANT (cont)

Andy Watson and Alex - RS400 If you change your boat or move house please let me know your Vaughn Jones and Caroline - 420 new details, I can then keep the Rebecca and Elizabeth Regan - database up to date. Dart 16 & Laser

Pete and Claire Lacy – 420 Jeremy Stanger Mandy RS400 848

SOLO TUNING GUIDE - Pinnel & Bax

The Solo is a relatively simple one- gate. The shroud should be just under • Light airs cleat on ce ntreline to design class. With speed differences tension at this stage. The shrouds should 50mm off once sat on side minimal and a boat that has little be kept in this position. tank. adjustment on the water it is essential Chocks: • that the right rig settings be chosen Medium 50-100mm off centre before launc hing. Use 1 mast chock, which will just fit, in line. the gap between the front of the mast Mast foot Position: • Heavy 100-380mm from ce ntre and the front of the gate. In drifting con- line. The distance from the font of the ditions the chock should be placed be- mast, at the heel to the outside of the hind the mast increasing the bend in the Kicker: transom should be 3050mm mast and flattening the front of the This should be set so the slack is just mainsail. As the wind increases move the Forestay: taken out of the system when the chock to t he front. In very condi- main is sheeted in. As the wind in- The measurement is best achieved tions this chock can be removed to flat- creases it can be used to de-power the without the sail raised, Push the mast ten the sail again. sail bending the mast and flattening to the back of the gate and adjust the Centreboard: the sail. forestay so that it is just under ten- sion. This position is your datum Turn the boat on its side and lower the Outhaul: T his should be pulled to the point at which the foll owing will ap- board to the vertical position. This is your black band when you are fully hiki ng, ply Datum point to work from so mark it in winds where it is necessary to clearly on the handle on the board. In power up ease. Very light The following applies to a forestay set very light c onditi ons the board shoul d be winds1/2”/3/4”. Light winds on a ‘Ronstan 2331 Vernier Adjuster’ positioned forward of the vertical poi nt 1/4”/1/2”. To increase power down- • In drifting conditions ease 2 and slowly raised as the wind increases wind ease this up to 3”. and you be gin t o hi ke. With increasing holes from Datum. Cunningham: • wind raise the board beyond the vertical Light airs, sitting to almost point to reduce the weather helm and This is an effective way to de-power hiking, ease 1 hole de-power the boat. the sail, flattening the sail and open- ing the leech. Use only to remove • Hiking, leave at Datum Traveller: excess creases in the medium condi- • Constantly overpowered ease Only in very light airs should the traveller tions, but can be pulled hard to de- 1 hole, if still overpowered, be positioned in the centreline of the power in the heavy. ease 2 holes. boat. With increasing wind ease from this position up to a maximum of 380mm Shrouds: using mainsheet tension t o control t he Set the shrouds without the sail up, leech. there is a 5mm gap at the front of the Pleas e visit the club website on: www. Llandegfedd.org.uk P AGE 10

Clubhouse update

Llandegfedd Water Sports Centre The development of decent facilities at Llandegfedd has never been far from members thoughts especially when visiting other clubs and in particular when greeting visitors to a Llandeg- fedd with a level of embarrassment when explaining that our facilities are temporary. Well temporary accommo- dation despite a great deal of effort from club officers and members over 40 years became permanent and this ter to support the project which was sports offered and for the develop- year the end of an era dawned when seen as the main obstacle. The whole ment of sailing excellence in conjunc- key to the project is that it is a totally tion with the W.Y.A. who support our the ‘temporary facility’ was finally con- inclusive policy for all involved with the plans to make Llande gfedd the main demned. runni ng, operating a nd use of t he cen- site for the development of sailing and Welsh Water and United Utilities all tre and includes United Utilities, Gwent windsurfing i n SE Wales. Adventures, all clubs and or ganisations, explain that the facilities have always There will be changes to the organisa- W.Y.A and local authorities. This will been an embarrassment but despite tion of the club to allow us to attract hopefully prove to be a successful for- some ambitious plans to develop the funding and to take on a lease. We will mula. site on at least 3 separate occasions all become the dinghy section of the failed, primarily due to lack of funds. Llandegfedd Water Sports Centre which will hold charity status. The plans have been kept to committee Last year it seemed that there was an members up until now as many of the negotiations have been sensitive i n a opport unity to reverse this history of Current progress revolves around at- number of areas. We are however now good i ntentions but lack of real solu- tracting funding through a number of in a position to reveal the plans at a spe- tions and t he Water Sports Centre Pro- bodies, planni ng with Monmouthshire cial Extraordinary General Meeting ject was born. Our emphasis has been and the finalisation of the lease for which will be held at the end of July or a community based project for all us- land and charity status. The main August. We will require total support ers but fundamentally removing the stages of detailed planning will start in from the membership in the construc- burden of financial support from the Aut umn months with a pla nned tion phase and for fund raising, some of Welsh Water and instead seeking start for construction in 2007. A num- the details of this are still provisional but funds through the clubs involved and ber of issues surrounding the provision will develop over t he next 6 months or grant aid. The sailing club has had to of services make negations slightly so through the Project Team. take a lead on this as we represent the more complex but a basic plan is in most coherent cl ub structure at the place to handle these issues. reservoir but we have sought support from all users and interested authori- The basic scheme will be to provide a new facility on the point adjacent to the ties throughout the process. The We hope to announce a date soon for starters hut. This will provide a pleasant Llandegfedd team have operated as an Extraordinary General Meeting to aspect and ideal viewing platform for the Llandegfedd Water Sports Centre go through the plans with the mem- the reservoir with the facilities you Project Team chaired by Steve Clarke bership once we ha ve firm details on would expect from a centre. Emphasis with Gareth Edwards as legal repre- planning and lease arrangements. The will be on training and water sports sentative and Martyn Osborne as the same process will be repeated with all development as well as the existing construction professional. The bid to the other clubs and organisations at membership which we anticipate will build an all water sports user centre Llandegfedd to e nsure support from grow c onsiderably. The development has been driven forward and pro- all concer ned. moted through our Development Plan will include a large club room with intro- Presentation which has been well re- ductory area to encourage people into ceived. water sports at Llandegfedd. We hope to supplement this with new boats and Steve Through a pr olonged and subtle but equipment for providing the facilities we aggressive polic y of lobbyi ng, we have need to encourage participation in the reached agreements with Welsh Wa-