Bank Protection
Bank protection: a big thank you must go to Rob Bell, Peter Goble, Duncan Houston and Struan MacGregor for their considerable efforts with the stabilization of the eroding car park bank. This work is now 95% complete, and soon we’ll be able to once again enjoy the open areas under the trees and the thatched shelters at the front of the car park.
Safety Equipment
News from SAS is that we can expect to be visited from time to time by the Water Police. This means that they will be checking all boats for compliance with the National Small Vessel Safety Regulations. All vessels over 7m in length must note the additional safety equipment which they are required to carry. Details of this equipment can be found in the Regulations which are available on the SAMSA website – www.samsa.org.za.
Club Secretary
If you know of anyone who would like to step into the breach and become the HMYC Club Secretary for this season, please can you contact Rob Tarboton? The duties include taking and writing up minutes of Committee meetings – these are held once a month – and dealing with general correspondence.
Boat Parking
The large gantry which is in the car park will soon be moved to the grassed area next to the University boat shed. This will give us some more boat parking bays for Club members, and will also mean that boats which are being worked on will all be in the same area of the car park.
Sailing
Sailing-wise we’ve had a couple of regattas at the Club recently – one was the SAS KZN Youth Provincials which had an entry of 39 boats. It was good to see Juniors at the Club, and by all accounts the regatta was enjoyed by the participants. We also had the Rose Bowl mini regatta recently at the Club, and the reason for mentioning this one is because there were more dinghies sailing than keelboats!!
Don’t forget the SAS KZN Provincial Championships Regatta which will be held at HMYC from the 27th to the 30th of December this year. It will incorporate the National Champs for the Sprog and Halcat classes, and will be the KZN Provincial Champs for the Finn, Laser and Mirror classes. If you want to camp at HMYC for this regatta you should please book with Heather as soon as possible as we can only accommodate 60 people camping at the Club, and those who book first will be assured of a campsite ….
Camping
Your Club has been granted a concession by Ezemvelo Wildlife to allow camping in the club grounds only for organized events such as regattas and organized camping weekends. As this concession is important to the Club and its members, members are requested to abide by this and not camp in the club grounds outside of approved organized events.
It should also be noted that the Department of Water Affairs does not permit overnighting on any craft on Midmar, as this Dam is a major source of public water supply, and there are no facilities for the safe disposal of effluent at Midmar.
General
Thanks go to Hes Hamilton for organizing the repair to the Clubhouse roof – this has been fixed for leaks and should be a lot better now.
If you know of the whereabouts of the padlock for the back door of the ladies toilets, please can you either put it back on the door or advise Heather .Marshal where the padlock can be found.
One of our members – Colin Cooper – is looking for a Laser or similar type boat to buy. If you have a Laser for sale, you can contact Colin on 083 264 6393.
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