Newsletter – August 04
The Market Hope all that attended The Market (+Hogans and RiRa thanks to Mella's contacts!) enjoyed it and are not feeling too queasy this morning. Although we were guarding the door hopefully nobody missed us!
Dinghy sailing There is a meeting regarding dinghy sailing and the new Magno's next Tuesday 27 in the National Sailing Club JB room (downstairs) at 7:30. It is important that all dinghy sailors attend! Priority sailing on the Magnos will be given to members who attend!! So come along and take part. See mail sent on the 16/7 or check out http://www.toppersailboats.com/magno.html if you don't know what a Magno is! There will also be a discussion regarding the current membership fee.
eGROUP If you wish to send a mail to all members then address it to sidclub@yahoogroups.com Alastair is managing the group so if you have any problems please email Alastair or call him directly.
****** IMPORTANT ****** do not include any other email address in the mail if you address the mail to sidclub@yahoogroups.com (as the mail will be sent up to 60 times to that person!)
Maintenance : Georgina is looking for volunteers to help her organise maintenance. There is a lot of work and organisation ongoing all the time, so VOLUNTEER contact Georgina. Some of the tasks are listed below. If you could help complete one or more of these tasks it would be of great assistance. Give a little of your time, it will help a lot.
Thanks to Caitriona Caulfield and Naomi Foley who are currently investigating updating our current stock of lifejackets and to Marie Lavin who has checked SID's 3 First Aid Kits and is currently updating them. A lot done more to do!
Dinghy sessions : There is large numbers attending the dinghy sessions especially on Wednesday night so it is important to book with the relevant organiser so that you won't be disappointed and turned away if there are no spaces available. If members require further sessions or change to existing sessions why not do the leg work and determine who wants to attend and when, and then try to arrange a Captain, Vice Captain and Organiser. Contact Carina for assistance (but she is about to go on a sailing holiday!)
Dinghy instruction : For next Mondays dinghy session we will have in attendance Peter Houlihan, who is an ex-SID member, a Glenans instructor, and fireball sailor to give some instruction. It’s up to you to determine what you want him to cover.
Ruffian Clock up Miles? The South East Coast Regatta is on the August Bank Holiday Weekend in Arklow. This is a reasonably long trip on the Ruffian which may take in a stop in Wicklow. The return trip will take the 3 days of the weekend. If you are interested in all or some of the trip contact Noel who will do captain if enough people are interested.
Extra Ruffian Session. For the rest of the season we are hoping to have an extra Ruffian session on Wednesday nights but we need an organiser. Any volunteers? Also who would like to do captain and Vice Captain?
Maintenance tasks :
- Battery on Ruffian needs to be re-charged
- laser pulley...for traveller/main sheet missing ?
- 420 leaking needs to be investigated and repaired
- wheel on laser trolley needs to be replaced (Francesco looking at the
laser Sat)
- small tear in the main sheet on the Heineken (Bryan attending to this
over the weekend)
- Mooring rope on the Ruffian wearing needs replacement.
- several spinnaker sheets missing and need to be bought
- 420 spinnaker poles need a bracket attached for uphaul.
- have a look at 420 the halyards so see if any need to be changed
- check out all cleats etc on dinghies for 'security' (all Dinghies see to
operating fine at the moment)
- fit extension to tiller on one 420
- jockey wheel on rescue trailer jammed needs repair or replacement.
- Need new method of attaching fenders on the Rescue boat
- Need easier method of attaching cover on the Rescue boat
-Rubber/fender need on side of Launch
- electrics on Ruffian need to be checked including connecting outboard charging of battery.
NICE TO DO:
- Tidy container.
- Fit alarm to container
- Paint ruffian trailer
Regards
Damien