Please Check Your Boat is Properly Tied Down

It is important during the winter months that boats left in the Dinghy Park are properly tied down to prevent damage to the boat and other member’s boats nearby.

We’ve had strong winds over the last two or three days and sadly a number of boats have come off their trolleys and had [...]

Membership Fees for 2011

We have updated the membership fees section of the website with the new rates for 2011. There has been a small increase which adds £4.03 for a family, £3.62 for an individual member, students in full-time study £1.23 and 87p for a Junior. There has been no increase in the boat park space fee of £25 and the joining fee for new members for 2011 is £36. Read on for a table of fees.

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Membership Renewal Letters

The membership renewal letters for 2011/12 will shortly be sent out to all club members. Please can you check the renewal form carefully to ensure all the information is correct and make any alterations necessary on the form prior to returning it? Renewals will need to be marked for the attention of Jane Pilkington, [...]

Fireworks - Saturday 6th November, from 7pm

Like previous year’s the club is putting on a Firework display and bonfire eventing on Saturday 6th November. The bonfire will be lit at 7pm with the fireworks shortly afterwards. The event is free to members and accompanied guests.

Sailing Instruction Rule Change Vote Results

You will remember that in the last Windshift we asked members to vote in respect to a proposed rule change to the club’s sailing instructions regarding long-series entries. We can announce that 35 votes were cast which was 10 short of the number that we’d asked for and that of those votes cast:

16 [...]

Autumn Series & November 7th Working Party

The Autumn Series begins on October 24th. In a change to the schedule the committee has arranged for a working party to take place on Sunday November 7th, the day after Bonfire Night. In order to make room racing has been cancelled on that weekend with a new date set for the last week [...]

New Section Membership Secretary: Karen Pocock

We are pleased to announce that Karen Pocock has been appointed to the role of Section Membership Secretary. She replaces Kevin Edwins who has looked after many new members over the last 2 years. The committee would like to thank Kevin for his work and wish Karen the best of luck in her new [...]

Membership Renewal Postal Address

Could members please ensure that their membership forms and duty request forms are returned to the Marston Moretaine address printed on the membership form. A small number of renewals have been sent to the Dunstable address found on the Duty Request form. While your renewal will be successfully processed regardless of the address sent [...]

2010 Sailing Section Calendar – Preview

While work continues to ready the 2010 Club Handbook and the online calendar, we have published a preview copy of the club diary to help you plan ahead. The PDF document can be found here.

2010 Duties

Club's Rescue Boat on Patrol

Duty Team

All members will receive this year’s Duty Request Form shortly along with their membership renewal pack. It is important that you let us know the dates when you will be free to help at the club. Please return your form with your membership fee and we’ll do the rest.

We’ve added some information about duties to the website. Read on to learn more.

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