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From the two veg when you go home, you
will not have room for it. I am
House Chair sure Caroline will outline the
sailing programme elsewhere.
That was the good and interesting
think we have just experienced part, now I am afraid I am going to
I our busiest time of the year with have a couple of moans. Firstly,
the Open Meetings held over the we are trying to keep the main
weekend of Saturday 11th and club room clear of objects which
Sunday 12th May, where we did don’t belong there; namely sails,
lunch and tea on both days for an rudders, tillers, clothing and life
unknown number. This was jackets. We have a new cleaner
followed seven days later by Push starting on the 21sy May. She
the Boat Out, there was a barbeque should not be expected to move
ably manned by Peter de all the ‘stuff’ that is left lying
Schulthess and Tomaz. The ladies around, and we would like her to
were in the kitchen, of course, have clear access to the tables so
serving out many cups of tea, that she can wipe them down and iam has been a familiar face
coffee and cake all day. I must say clean them. The life jackets L both behind and in front of the
a big thank you to all the members should be put back with all the bar for several years. He has
others, after the first Wednesday
who donated cakes for both decided that the time has now
night sail I found two life jackets
weekends. We did have some left come for him to hang up the bar
just left on a bench by the starting
over and they have been frozen keys and hand over to someone
box stairs, please hang them up
because there is another Open fresh.
with the rest. If we find personal
Meeting in September. So, unless someone comes forward
life jackets that have been left
I have now come home for a rest around the Club room they will to take over from Liam, the social
until the next big event which is the automatically become the side of the Club will undoubtably
suffer through lack of the right kind
Summer Lunch and Regatta on property of RSC and will be found of lubrication.
Saturday 22nd June. We are on the racks of club life jackets.
planning a barbeque with a choice This is not an arduous task, it really
My other rant is that the Club is a question of making sure that
of beef burgers or chicken breasts
purchased forty eight new tea we have sufficient stocks and that
and for those of you who would
mugs and they were placed in the these are replenished as required.
prefer something not barbequed,
cupboard during March. There are It is a job that can be undertaken
Coronation Chicken. There will be
now only nineteen of these mugs by anyone in the Club, you do not
several salads to accompany the
left in the cupboard, please where have to be a sailor, you do not even
meats followed by delicious have to be a man; I’m sure there
summer sweets such as pavlova, are the missing twenty nine? would be volunteers to help a lady
roulade and strawberries and Please search your boats, your move the stock around as required.
cream plus cheese and biscuits. sailing bags and if you find any
The price for this feast is £10 a please return them clean to the Liam has been at the helm of the
bar for 4½ years and has brought
person or £20 for a family of four, cupboard.
innovations and charm to that part
which, I think you will agree, is very Finally, and not a rant this time, I
of club life, which is so essential in
reasonable. You do not have to be would just like to thank everyone
any club. If you feel that you have
sailing everyone is welcome to join who helped out at the Open the attributes and willingness to
us for lunch, so long as we know Meetings and Push the Boat Out, take over as Bar Secretary, would
you are coming. Please pre-book it really does make a difference you please speak to one of the
your ticket(s) by sending an e-mail when there are willing helpers, Officers or Committee Members, or
to reservations@rscsailing.org or thank you. to Liam, and we can you give you
book via the web site. we would details as to what is involved. It is
love to see you whether you are understood that he will still be
sailing or not. Forget the roast and conducting trips to the boat shed!
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