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Notices:
- A key to the club house is available from Jerry Cresswell
if you would like one. £15 deposit. See him at the club
or contact via email
bosun@readingsc.org.uk.
- Power boat users training session will be run by Peter
Rose probably Sunday afternoons, dates to be confirmed. There
will be a form on the club notice board please fill in your name
if you would like a place.
Forthcoming events:
- Next Pink Fleet -10th July for a great day out.
- Camp and Sail weekends 10th July and 11th September.
- come along and bring your tent and bbq! - See below for report
of last years event.
- Pink Fleet Barbecue Saturday 14th August - Guests welcome
at £6 per person.
- Working Parties: Great turnout at the last one with
lots of jobs done. Well done Dave Isaacs for running the day.
Just see Dave if you want to help next time, usually 1st Saturday
of each month.
Recent news:
- Congratulations to Jan Hearn and Tony White, who have
achieved RYA Power Boat Level 2 - trained by our in house Power
boat Instructor Ken...well done guys ....2 very hot days on the
water!!!"
- Pink Day Saturday 12th June Wow, what a turn out....Delia,
ably assisted by Elaine in her pink spotty 'pinny' - nice one
Elaine - did 26 'scrummy' breakfasts and Ken ran a proper race
for 17 boats. Ken did a briefing covering the basic rules, port
starboard, windward boat keep clear etc with some nice drawings
on the board.....was he an artist in a previous life..??..and
showed us the flags, explained the timings and demonstrated the
horn - it's really loud when you are in the clubhouse....Joan
a prospective member went / was encouraged / asked, to go in the
safety boat with Ken, while Brian was seconded to do the flags,
horn from the shore......and so we were off...for some of the
Pink Fleeters their first race ever - some of us only had only
just learned to sail.... But with a lot of encouragement, most
of us finished without too much trouble, capsizing apart!
The results were as follows :- 3rd Izzy Todd, for sailing in her
pink pyjamas, very cool Izzy! 2nd Thea Harland for sheer determination
in the gusty winds, in her reefed Topper, well done Thea and 1st
Chris Smith, winner of the Pink Fleet cup this month, who had
only completed his RYA level 1 last Saturday, amazing Chris and
2 capsizes as well! Well done to everyone and many thanks to all
the people who helped make it such a great day........oh, yes
Monica was disqualified for wearing too much pink, but at least
she stayed dry this time!!!
Don't miss the next Pink Day, Saturday 10th July, for,
by popular demand, more racing fun. This event coincides with
our Camp and Sail weekend.
- Club Open Day saw a continuous stream of visitors looking
around, having 'taster sails' and 5 new members writing their
cheques on the spot to be part of RSC!! All this despite the rather
dreary weather.....well done everyone who helped make the day
such a success.
- Model Yacht Open Meeting 17th April 2010. Watch
it on Youtube. The model yacht section uses International
One Metre Class (IOM) boats.
- Pirates Club
STOP PRESS, another successful training course ended on
Saturday and on Sunday one of the newly qualified trainees raced
...well done Tom!!
- Pirates news.......like Topsy, it has grown and grown and after
a slow start back in April, we had 19 youngsters on the water
last Thursday night!!! We organise fun races, everyone gets to
sail and even have some capsize fun as well!! If you are aged
10yrs - 20yrs, do join us on the water - anyone is welcome to
come along and lend a hand - every Thursday 1800 - 2000 approx
- it's great fun!
Carole and Gary Brooks.
- Congratulations to Dave Portus who completed his RYA
Assistant Instructor training and to Simon Bray, Jon Mckenzie
and Phil Markham who achieved RYA Level 2 Power Boat - well done
boys and many thanks to both Ken & Steve and also Charles
from the RYA for all their hard work.
- Congratulations to Ken Seymour
 aka
Pink Fleet 'Evil Games Master' for successfully completing his
power boat instructors course.
Ken is now a powerboat instructor, able to teach level 2 courses,making
Reading Sailing Club an RYA power boat training centre as well
an RYA Sail Training Centre.
Well done Ken!!
Launch of new club training boat
During April Pink Fleet day; Steve and Dave launch the club’s
new training boat, a red hulled Sport 14 for ‘lake trials’.
Snow Stops Sailing Jan 2010 More
photos
Camp-Sail July 2009 by Ben Cisneros
On Saturday 10th of July, it was the camp-sail event at the sailing
club. It was great fun and was enjoyed by all present. It kicked
off at around 2pm and people could just go out for a leisurely (but
windy) sail with friends and family. After that there was a treasure
hunt that was mainly done in kayaks by the kids. It was brilliant
yet hard work. After that kids played in the water until the light
began to fade and the barbeque got going. The food was soon ready
and everyone tucked in. However, halfway through the meal we got
an unexpected guest...The mysterious monster of Reading Sailing
Club!!! At first all you could see was ripples but then it started
jumping and flapping around (it must have been attracted to the
smell of the delicious food). After the meal some of the children
went out for an evening cruise on the rescue boat before returning
to the warm campfire. We sat around that until midnight telling
story's, jokes and there was even a talent show!!! It was a peaceful
and calm night although everyone was up by 8...Fifteen minutes later;
people were out in canoes getting wet. Not long after, breakfast
was ready: bacon butties and tea. None of this could have happened,
however, if it was not for Simon Bray. So on behalf of everyone
at the event - THANKYOU...
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