A warm welcome to all members to the 2006 sailing season, let's hope it will be a great success. I hope to see you all again very soon down at Brenig.
Geoff Ravenscroft wants to thank all those who helped out and worked very hard at the close down working party in December 2005. Although it seems a long time ago I know we had more members than usual to help out with the tasks of putting the Club to bed for the winter. Some of you might have thought you weren’t needed but everyone’s contribution ensured that we had a much earlier finish than we have had on similar close downs.
It’s good to see that training is strongly represented again this year thanks to our hard working Training Officer Jeff Morgan – see training article later in this Newsletter. Training is probably one of the most important items for the future of any progressive club. New members are attracted to a club offering training for the complete beginner and those members who want to get better will want to see training offered at different levels of competence. So read the article and sign up for training, if you need it, on the notices in the Galley when we open up.
Tom Harries
Sits Vac
Commodore
Fortunately this position, which was not filled at the 2005 AGM, has been taken up by Tom Harries for the second time. Tom was previously Commodore in the 1984-1986 sailing seasons. He has a vast knowledge of sailing and of the Llyn Brenig Sailing Club in particular. The committee is indebted to Tom for taking on this responsibility. The committee aims to share out more of the Commodore’s responsibilities thus allowing a Commodore to sail during their term of office.
Galley Officer
After four years of stocking the galley, Heather Ravenscroft has decided to try a little sailing again and has vacated this important position. During her tenure, Heather work saw club funds increase by some £5,000 and this certainly helps in the outgoings that the club has year on year. At the 2005 AGN no one volunteered for this interesting position. Is there a male or female club member, or even friend of the club, who is willing to do the job from the start of the season? If you are interested please speak to a committee member.
In the temporary absence of a galley officer, the committee are suggesting a simpler fare for the galley until an officer comes forward. Frozen pies that can be bulk bought and stored in the freezer together with microwave chips and warmed up in the oven with an accompaniment of baked beans will become the norm at the start of the season together with hot drinks. Members can order from the list of food in the galley and prepay as you have in the past.
Would the duty team (ie, all of the team) continue to bake a cake for sale in the galley when they are on duty.
For Sale
The following notices were removed from the Notice Board at the end of the last season. The equipment may still be available so if interested, please give the number a ring and find out the details.
1. Topper (£550), wet suit fit 10 to 14 years. Contact - E. Brelsford 01745 730811
2. Mirror mast (free) 01492 878755
3. Buzz dinghy 436 with spare genneker, combi-trailer and cover. Contact – Jon Wooler 01492 514487 or 07979 905358
4. Heron dinghy 5167, road trailer, launching trolley, two sets of sails, oars (£400). Contact Roger Cragg – 01978 861593
5. Mirror fibre glass dinghy 70311, combi-trailer and launching trolley (£2800). Contact Geoff Newbold – 0151 334 3066
Lost
Grey & black Gull buoyancy aid from the gent’s changing room. Contact - Peter Lund 01824 705096
Wanted
1. Mirror dinghy with road trailer, launching trolley and engine. Contact 01352 756523
2. Laser 1 any condition. Contact Paul Snelling 01244 660789
Well I never
1. Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun
specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, and
military jets, all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the
frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the
windshields.
American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the
windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun
was sent to the American engineers.
When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of
the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens,
blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two and
embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a
bow.
The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the British scientists for suggestions.
Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo: "Defrost the chicken."
2. I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control centre. Today, a woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I reassured her that ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital.
She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she had given her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.
3. A man who wanted to rob a downtown Bank of
America, walked into the branch, wrote on a deposit slip, "This iz a
stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag." and got into a line at a teller's
window. While standing in line, he began to worry that someone had seen him
write the note and might call the police before he reached the
teller's window. So he left the Bank of America, crossed the street to
Wells Fargo and got into a line there. After a few minutes in line, he got to
the teller and handed his note to her. She read it and, surmising from his
pelling
errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could
not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit
slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go
back to Bank of America. Looking defeated, the man said, "OK" and
left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at
Bank of America.