Commodore's Christmas Reflections
Published 20:54 on 23 Dec 2021
This is my first communication with the membership since being voted in as the new Commodore at the Annual General Meeting held in November. Luckily, we were able to hold the event in the club house together with the prize giving ceremony and the laying up supper. It was a very jolly occasion and a big thank you to everyone who helped make it so.
There are a number of new members on the management committee as well as some new faces who will be carrying out the non-committee tasks. I would like to particularly welcome James Heeley as the new Membership Secretary and Fay Allen as Committee Member without portfolio- it is great to have two previous Juniors on the committee. Brief biographies with photographs (!) of the committee members will appear in the next edition of "Slaughden Sails".
Talking of "Slaughden Sails", I am sure that the editor, Terence Sheppey would like some articles, stories and photographs for future editions- his email address is tsheppey@gmail.com so please do send them to him.
Adam Davies- Brown is our new Social Secretary and together with Tony Ellison (Rear Commodore Dinghies) and Dawns Samuels (Club Coordinator) and others they are busy putting together a programme for 2022 of races, cruises, picnics and other social and sailing events. The first draft of the programme will be on the club's web site very soon so please do have a look.
I have been reminded that when the Support/ Patrol Boats are on duty, whether for formal calendar events or informal occasions, they should be crewed by two people, one of whom should be RYA Safety Boat Qualified and the other a RYA Power Boat Level 2 Qualified Helm.
I wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and let's hope that the 2022 season will be as normal as possible.
Robert Tindall
21st December 2021
Last updated 21:20 on 23 December 2021
