Exe News Spring 2005 0 Exe News Spring 2005 Contents Club Officers 2005....................................................................... 2 Commodore’s Notes .................................................................... 3 From the Editors.......................................................................... 5 Membership Report ..................................................................... 6 Dinghy News............................................................................... 7 The Cadet Scene ......................................................................... 9 Wot, no rudder?.........................................................................12 Junior News ...............................................................................15 From Exe Cadet to Olympic Silver…............................................18 Cruiser Report............................................................................20 The Wine Run 2005....................................................................22 Club Finances.............................................................................23 House News ...............................................................................26 Estuary Matters..........................................................................27 The Soc ial Scene........................................................................33 2004 Prize Winners ....................................................................35 Exe News is the magazine of Exe Sailing Club, Tornado, Shelley Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1EG Tel: 01395 264607 www.exe-sailing-club.org Exe News is edited by: Mike Rice Julia Cornish 01395 445078 01395 442678 [email protected] [email protected] and printed by: Speed Print Unit 29, Dinan Way Trading Estate, Exmouth EX8 4RS 01395 263831 1 Exe News Spring 2005 Club Officers 2005 Admiral: Mrs D B Williams, Flat 11, 7 Louisa Terrace, Exmouth EX8 2AO 264306 Vice-Admiral: R. A. Lee, 33 Ashleigh Road, Exmouth EX8 2JY 266674 Commodore: H C J Saunders, Dulvers, 38 Halsdon Avenue, Exmouth EX8 3DW 279821 Vice-Commodore: S. C. Garratt, 2 Cheriswood Avenue, Exmouth EX8 4HG 224194 Rear Commodore Snr: Mrs E Underhill, 31 St. Johns Road, Exmouth EX8 4DD 269951 Rear Commodore Jnr: R S Newcombe, 26 Capel Lane, Littleham, Exmouth EX8 2QZ 271713 Hon Secretary: I J Wilkinson, Chelston, 2 Colvin Close, Exmouth EX8 2HN 265455 Membership Sec: M J Hill, Highfield, 25 Gussiford Lane, Exmouth EX8 2SF 269730 Hon Treasurer: B C W Jennings, Mariners, 21 Portland Avenue, Exmouth EX8 1SQ 279545 Flag Captain: Ms J Morrison, Flat 4, 8 Morton Crescent, Exmouth EX8 1BE 276740 Results Secretary: D A S Rose, 2 St. Anthonys Close, Ottery St. Mary EX11 1EN 01404 813081 Cruiser Captain: M G Harland, Driftwood, 2d Moorlands Rd, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6BS 445665 Dinghy Captain: L R Arscott, 114 Pound Lane, Exmouth EX8 4NR 265511 Sailboard Captain: M Walbank, 2 Cutters Wharf, Shelly Road, Exmouth EX8 1XS 227173 Junior Captain: Mrs S P Blick, 24 Ryll Grove, Exmouth EX8 1TU 268772 House Manager: D M Palfreman, 5 Dolforgan Court, Louisa Terrace, Exmouth EX8 2AQ 275582 Berth Marshall: I J Wilkinson, Chelston, 2 Colvin Close, Exmouth EX8 2HN 265455 Minutes Secretary: Mrs A Wilkinson, Chelston, 2 Colvin Close, Exmouth EX8 2HN 265455 Sailing Secretary: Ms F Cameron-Jones, Anchoring Farm, Ottery St. Otterton 567198 Social Secretary: Mrs D Jennings, Mariners, 21 Portland Avenue, Exmouth EX8 1SQ 279545 Webmaster/Press Officer M A Rice, 10 Copp Hill Lane, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6DT 445078 Committee: D Palfreman, 5 Dolforgan Court, Louisa Terrace, Exmouth EX8 2AQ 275582 M Morgan, 80 St Andrews Road, Exmouth EX8 1AS 222872 Mrs D Jennings Mariners, 21 Portland Avenue, Exmouth EX8 1SQ 279545 Mrs J Cornish, Parkholme, 14 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6BS 442678 Mrs F Cameron-Jones, Anchoring Farm, Ottery St. Otterton 567198 2 Exe News Spring 2005 Commodore’s Notes Another season begins and the Club is more vibrant than ever! Just a month ago we had the largest number at a Dinner and Dance that I can remember. Thanks to Gillie and her helpers. We are now a recognised RYA teaching centre thanks to Rick and his helpers. What would we do without the Newcombes? I have been asked if we really need a c onstant increase in subscriptions . It seems that s ome members understood that we had a large surplus of funds available - if only that were true. Those of us who loaned the Club money could then have it back. Your treasurer, Ben (who is one of those owed a large sum of money by the Club) makes a splendid job of explaining the Club finances later in this issue. I constantly wonder if we are making a good job of managing the Club economically. I tend to look at all expenditure in terms of how many members’ annual subscriptions we are s pending. By the time you read this we will have spent around 250 annual subsc riptions on one project. The sleeper wall for the dinghy park was on the point of collapse and we needed to carry out the work on it before the planning permission needed to be renewed. I well remember, as Sailing Secretary, minuting the discussions on whether we c ould afford to have a CB radio at the race box and another in the launch. We never could afford it. In those days the Commodore sometimes had to write personal c heques to bail out the Club in times of crisis . T hanks Steve! T hese days the management would be thought negligent if we did not have sufficient rescue boats , all with VHF radios . 3 Exe News Spring 2005 I do think that sometimes we spend more than we should. I always speak against spending £400 for a disco at New Year, to the extent where I had to run the disco myself two years ago. It was said that I was responsible for the poor attendance at that function! However last time only about 40 people turned up with a £400 professional disco. I feel that every function s hould pay for itself but I am always caught out by my other opinion that the Club bar should always be open to members no matter what function is being held. Am I wrong? Let me know your views, [email protected] or letters please, no telephone calls thank you. We were expec ting to run a championship this year but the class we were expecting has decided not to come, so we will have less income than expected. Your committee feels that it is important to keep hosting champions hips . In the pas t they were the principal fund raising opportunities although recently we have had more social functions for fund raising. It does remain important to host championships even though they are an interruption to the normal running of the Club. By doing s o we maintain a high profile nationally and if we should need a grant at any time in the future our standing in the sport will count. This year we are hosting the River Exe Regatta for the second time, on the 16th and 17th of July. This will also involve dis ruption at the club but is a splendid event which all Club members mus t take part in. P leas e come along yourselves and ask your friends from other clubs . We would like to offer yachts from the upriver clubs moorings for the night of 16th so if you might be away that night or would be prepared to double up on your mooring please let me know (delphin@ec lipse.co.uk or letters please). The event is open to all, is free, and all involved in racing, offic iating or helping will have free entries to a draw (but you have to be at the prize giving to win! ). Draw prizes amount to thousands of pounds. There are races for c ruisers, dinghies , sailboards , a kiteboard demons tration and a powerboat rally. T here may be rowing races if someone will organise them and how about swimming? We are also hoping to have a famous celebrity to present the prizes . Make this the best River Exe Regatta yet, join in and bring your friends! I hope to see you all on the water this year, Best wishes for a wonderful sailing season in 2005. Hedley Saunders Commodore 4 Exe News Spring 2005 From the Editors After 10 years and 25 issues , E ileen Underhill has finished her watc h as editor of Exe News. During that time, Eileen has steered Exe News from a mainly type-and-photocopy newsletter to a very smart, des ktop-published magazine – all without even a frac tion of the fuss the Times made when they moved to Wapping. Exe News is now both an excellent read and a good looking magazine. Thank you Eileen – yours will be a very hard act to follow – s o hard, in fac t, that it will take two of us to do it! I could see a certain logic in combining the Exe News job with that of club Webmaster, but I thought the editorship of the magazine needed someone who was far more visible at the club, and accessible, than I was able to be. My day job continues to take me away from home (I am editing this in my room at the Europa Hotel, Belfast) and the growing photography business fills a lot of my “spare” time with visits to major events at other sailing clubs . But your widely talented, multi-disciplinary management committee had a cunning plan! If we could find someone to chase up copy and sniff out interesting stories , they thought, maybe we could persuade Mike to do the technical bit The “someone” is Julia Cornis h. We haven’t yet worked out exactly how we will divide up the work, but it will be something along the lines of me putting the magazine together while Julia chases people to ens ure we have something worth putting in it. I f there’s something you would like to see in the magazine, tell me or Julia about it. I f you have a view you would like to share with others, write us a letter (or drop us an email) to be published in the magazine. O ne new feature we have introduced is a regular dip into the archives, to appear on the last page under the heading of… looking aft? That’s the working title, until someone comes up with a better suggestion.