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This year Club week is July 25th - July 28th. As usual the first three days 25th, 26th & 27th will be focused on the cadets. As always places are limited so if you are planning to attend please reply promptly.
The priority-booking period for cadets and family relatives will end on Monday May 29th. Cadets will have priority, but all forms must be back by 28th May with a £15 entry. Following the priority-booking period, any remaining places will be offered on a first-come-first -served basis to all comers at a charge of £50, which will cover the cost of the event and give them membership for the remainder of the year. The cut off date is 15th June. Full details are included in the booking form which is attached/can be downloaded from the club websites Useful Links page, http://www.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/useful-links.html. As always if we are to be successful we will need help from members beyond the parents of children participating. We are looking for boats, safety boat crew, shore crew, galley and a host of other roles. If you can help please email hbsc.cadets@gmail.com. Two final requests:
Lets keep our fingers crossed for great weather Ben & Jo
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This year Club week is July 31st - August 4th. As usual the first three days 31st, 1st & 2nd will be focused on the cadets. The provisional plan for the week is below. As always places are limited so if you are planning to attend please reply promptly. The priority-booking period for cadets and family relatives will end on Monday May 29th. Cadets will have priority, but all forms must be back by 29th May with a £15 entry. Following the priority-booking period, any remaining places will be offered on a first-come-first -served basis to all comers at a charge of £50, which will cover the cost of the event and give them membership for the remainder of the year. The cut off date is 16th June. Full details are included in the booking form which is attached/can be downloaded from the club websites Useful Links page. Finally if we are to be successful we will need help from members beyond the parents of children participating. We are looking for boats, safety boat crew, shore crew, galley and a host of other roles. If you can help please email hbsc.cadets@gmail.com. Lets keep our fingers crossed for great weather Ben & Jo Provisional Program Monday 31st July - Cadets
High 06:48; Low 12:39; High 19:08 09.30 Registration with team Leaders to be given T-shirts 10.00 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.15 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Afternoon activity - Water Olympics. 15.30 Put boats away and play on the inflatables 18.00 Fish and Chip supper 18.30 onwards - Evening leisure sailing for adults Tuesday 1st Aug - Cadets High 07:46; Low 13:42; High 20:13 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Cruise down to Ruculver/amusements beach for ice-cream 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 18.00 Pizza supper (you must order your pizza at lunch time) 18.30 - onwards - Evening team racing for adults & experienced cadets Wednesday 2nd Aug - Cadets High 08:54; Low 15:11; High 21:23 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Coke race & battleships (you will require water pistols to attack the instructors and team leaders) 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 17.00 Prize giving /chubby bunnies and BBQ. Thursday 3rd August – Adult members and their families – Cadet activities not taking place This day is for adult club members and their families and there are NOT any cadets activities organised. Club Cruise for a picnic ready to leave at 10.00 be at club by 09.00 Friday 4th August – General sailing – Cadet section meet up with WYC • General sailing, adults to organise amongst themselves. • HBSC Cadets section to host WYC Cadets - Racing/Cruise/Games What a great session we had in April, that unseasonal weather was perfect shake out. We have three events planned next month, see below, and we look forward to seeing you on the water. Please remember we are aiming to be on the water for 2pm so come down early to rig boats and get your gear on.
During May we will have the following Cadets activities: 6th May - 1.30pm for 2pm on the water Following the shake out session last week we will be starting to practice/learn about dinghy racing. 13th May - 1.30pm for 2pm on the water This session is in support of the RYA Push the Boat Out event taking place at the club. This is a chance to invite your school friends down to try out sailing. We want to get as many people involved as we can so please print out this flyer and take it into your school/clubs and let people know about this event. Bi-weekly Friday evening sailing will start this month watch out for an announcement Finally we need parents/guardians help through out these session if we are going to make the most of the time available. The key one is getting boats rigged and de-rigged and we ask that you help/learn how to rig the boats your child will be using. Thanks Ben & Andy PS All members - If you would like to get involved with the Cadets section please feel free to come down and join in. It is great fun and wonderfully rewarding. As the forecast has not improved we are cancelling cadets today, 10th Sept . However this does not mean you have to miss sailing as tomorrow, 11th Sept., the weather looks good, particularly for cadets, with light winds. The club has racing on both in the morning and in the afternoon so there will be safety boat cover pretty much all day. If you fancy a sail and have your own boat or, if are an experienced sailor, you can hire a club boat. You don't have to race and there is plenty of room on nthe water for those who just want to sail. Alternatively just come down and watch some racing from the sundeck with a cup of tea/coffee and a slice of cake from the galley.
See you on the water tomorrow? Ben, Nathan & Steve  I think it is safe to say this years club week was a success, sunshine and good wind ensure everyone got lots of sailing and lots of fun. We had 6o children on the water with the youngest 4 and the oldest just turning 17. Split between six groups we had the Sharks in Fava's, Barracuda's in Toppers, Dolphins in Quba's & Pico's, Manta ray's in Quba's & Tera's, Sting ray's in Optimists & Wayfarer and Tadpoles in Wayfarer, Topaz and Kayaks. All in all thiry plus boats were put to sea and what a sight it was. Monday and Tuesday were spent sailing in groups. We decided to take advantage of the wind as Wednesday was forecast to be a bit strong for the less experienced and so it turned out. With the forecast correct we sent the Sharks and Barracudas off to sail and launched a couple of wayfarers to take those who still wanted to sail off for a blast. Everyone else gathered on the beach for Dragon boat racing in Optimist hulls and raft building using windsurf hulls and kayaks, not sure who won the subsequent races but lots of fun was had. Finally we broke out the water pistols and had a mass water fight. With the wind remaining strong we moved the BBQ forward, cleaned up and packed away and had prize giving before finishing up mid afternoon. This year also saw the inaugural club week match racing event held on Tuesday evening. The goal was to have some fun and enable members who had to work during the day to join in the fun of club week. This involved one on one Feva racing over a short coarse. Helm/crews were drawn at random from a hat and each raced twice taking turns to helm and crew. Laurie kindly acted as RO and set a coarse close to the shore so those waiting to race could cheer/barrack those racing. This resulted in some weird match ups and humorous incidents were aplenty, a great way to let off steam. Finally a big thank you to everyone galley, shore, instructors, safety boat crew, etc. Every joined in and contributed to making the week a success, it was hard work but it was fantastic to see see te children having fun and learning/improving their sailing skills. You might think me a fool but I'm already looking forward to next year and doing it again. Some pictures from the week A pictures of the Match racing During five days of racing in variable weather conditions in Santander, HBSC cadets Michael and Sam Dyer qualified for the Gold Fleet of the RS Feva Worlds, finishing in the qualifying rounds with a 9th, 4th, 14th and 25th in a fleet of 163 boats.
They completed the the 8-race final series of the international competition in 48th position overall with a 12th finish in one of the final races. A huge achievement. Very well done Michael and Sam! This year Club week is 25th -29th July. As usual the first three days 25th - 27th July will be focused on the cadets. The provisional plan for the week is below. As always places are limited so if you are planning to attend please reply promptly.
The priority-booking period for cadets and family relatives will end on Monday June 20th. Cadets will have priority, but all forms must be back by 20h June with a £15 entry. Following the priority-booking period, any remaining places will be offered on a first-come-first -served basis to all comers at a charge of £50, which will cover the cost of the event and give them membership for the remainder of the year. The cut off date is 4th July. Full details are included in the booking form which can be downloaded from the club websites Useful Links page, http://www.hernebaysailingclub.co.uk/useful-links.html. Finally if we are to be successful we will need help from members beyond the parents of children participating. We are looking for boats, safety boat crew, shore crew, galley and a host of other roles. If you can help please email hbsc.cadets@gmail.com. Lets keep our fingers crossed for great weather Ben & Jo. Monday 25th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders to be given T-shirts 10.00 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.15 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Afternoon activity - Water Olympics. 15.30 Put boats away and play on the inflatables 18.00 Fish and Chip supper 18.30 onwards - Evening leisure sailing for adults Tuesday 26th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Cruise down to Ruculver/amusements beach for ice-cream 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 18.00 Pizza supper (you must order your pizza at lunch time from Simone) 18.30 - onwards - Evening team racing for adults & experienced cadets Wednesday 27th July - Cadets 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Coke race & battleships (you will require water pistols to attack the instructors and team leaders) 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 17.00 Prize giving /chubby bunnies and BBQ. Thursday 28th July – Adult members and their families – Cadet activities not taking place This day is for adult club members and their families and there are NOT any cadets activities organised. Club Cruise for a picnic ready to leave at 10.00 be at club by 09.00 We will use large boats, which the children can book a ride with. Club boats can be booked at hbsc.boathire@gmail.com Friday 29th July – General sailing – Cadet activities not taking place General sailing, adults to organise amongst themselves. This years RYA Push The Boat Out is planned for 21st May 2pm - 5pm. This is a fantastic chance for us to promote the club and give people an introduction to sailing. In order to promote the event we are asking the club members, especially Cadets, to design a flyer for this event that can be taken to schools in the area. The flyer will need to include the following information:
Date - 21st May Time - 2pm-5pm Address - Herne Bay Sailing Club, Beacon Hill, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6BA As well as the HBSC logo, RYA Push The Boat Out logo and RYA Training Centre logo which can be down loaded from the links. Submit your designs to hbsc.cadets@gmail.com by 7th May |
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