Notes from the editor
The days are marching on, now mid way through March and finaly it feels like the back of winter has been broken; as the days get longer and the first traces of warmth can be felt in the sunshine.
Soon the yachts will be craned back into their natuaral domain, to once again move to the natural rhythm of the seas, to have the wind fill their sails and the smile grow on the skipper with their hand once more on the tiller.
With any luck, the season ahead will be a fine one hopefully with agreeable tides and kind winds (and with any luck the number of times out sailing being in the double figures!!) But for now, we must be content with getting the list of jobs to be done all ticked off; one by one.
Whats been happening in the club?
- The club is now fully affiliated with the RYA and soon to be a shore based training centre; more information regarding courses and dates to follow.
- The wii sports night went well, reports that everyone had a fun evening and deemed a general success and the new projector was given a sucsessfull test run.
- Ladies night held on the 28th Feb was up on numbers at 7 ladies!! Lets see if we can get more at the next one!
- Congratulations to Jim Aitkin, Gavin McDowell and Ian Elphinstone who came 2nd in the Forth Corinthian Yacht Club quiz.
- Thanks go out to Malcolm Stewart for setting up the new “google group” if you have any emails or messages to be spread out to the whole membership, send your email off to fisherrow@googlegroups.com and this will be cascaded to all the membership via email.
- Investigations are under way to obtain a supplier for new club burgees and FYC embossed clothing.
- The sale of the sail locker has almost been finalised, information from the rear comodore to follow shortly.
- With respect to the sale of the sail locker, the comitee are looking for suggestions and ideas on how the membership would like the funds to be used for the medium to long term development of Fisherrow Yacht Club. Suggestions should be put in writing to the comitee.
Upcoming events
- 5th April – Crane in followed by Comodores party
- 7.30 For 8.00pm: Tickets £10.00 per person.
- 31st May/ 1st June FYCA Dinghy Training. To improve racing skills and encourage more members to take part in traveler’s events around the forth. More info from www.fyca.org.uk
