MASTHEAD # 8

Club Trophies

If you have any of the Club’s trophies at home, please can you return them to the Club as soon as possible, but definitely before the end of April, as the AGM and prize-giving is coming up soon, and they will need to be engraved for the new winners?  The AGM and prize-giving will once again be a combined event, to be held on Sunday 24^th June, up at the Club.  The exact time of this will be announced closer to the date, but it will be at lunchtime. 

Club Committee

If you are prepared to help with the running of your Club and can stand on the Club Committee next season, in any portfolio, please can you give your name to one of the Committee members and your help will be gratefully accepted.

Sailing programme

The Closing Cruise will be held at the Club on Sunday 22^nd April – and the race will be for the Commodore’s Hamper.  Thereafter there will be the popular von Klemperer and Brass Monkey series which will be sailed during May and June.

Power Boat Certificates of Competency

Your Vice Commodore Sailing – Rob Bell – is requesting all members who have current Certificates of Competence related to skippering a power boat and who are prepared to man the club powered craft from time to time, to please forward a copy of their Certificate to robbell @ushomi .co .za , or leave/send a copy with/to the Club Administrator.

This, according to a SAMSA Appointed Official, is now required to allow for a general tightening up of the rule that a licensed skipper must be in charge of a powered craft driven by an engine exceeding 15HP and that the onus is on the club to provide proof that we have competent licensed skippers to man our craft, when re-registering our craft.

Boat and Trailer Parking

The Club faces a problem with boats/trailers parked in bays without having either paid a parking fee or they are occupying another member’s bay.

In Masthead No. 6 this problem was also addressed and to date Hes Hamilton has received only two responses from members informing him of their situation.

The EXCO Committee have therefore decided that the following steps are necessary to bring order and discipline in the use of onshore facilities. It is not acceptable for example that a member who has paid for a parking bay finds on arrival at the Club that it is occupied by a trailer or boat that cannot be identified.

1) We are approaching the new membership year and members are requested to ensure that their boats and trailers have the 2012/3 stickers attached. If you wish to have Hes do this for you then please contact him and he will be more than happy to oblige.

2) Effective immediately, any boat/trailer that we cannot identify will be removed from the parking area and padlocked until such times as the owner appears and verifies that the appropriate fees have been paid.

Gantry

The use of the Gantry is subject to a fee as the equipment must be maintained and it is only fair that those members using it make a contribution to these costs.

A fee of R50 per week will apply and bookings MUST be made via Heather Marshall or Hes Hamilton and paid in advance.

The Gantry is being moved to alongside the Boat House and a concrete base will be laid, so that with adjacent electricity and water a much improved working area will be available to members. Once this is in place painting and major renovation work will no longer be permitted in the tarred parking area.

The tarred area must be protected as the Club will not be able to absorb the cost of having to resurface this area.

Those members who visit the Club regularly will notice the Committee is upgrading areas in and around the Club House to improve facilities for our members and this process will continue.

Contact details :

Hes Hamilton : hjh@telkomsa.net or 0722254230

Heather Marshall : info@hmyc.org.za or 083 312 7707

Trailer Maintenance

There are many trailers in the park which have flat tyres and tow hitches which need lubrication/maintenance. As a service to members the Committee will offer to look after these items for any member who wants to ensure that when they arrive their trailer is ready to use. If you wish to avail yourself of this facility please let Hes know (preferably by email) and he will provide details and organise it. The charge will be R100/annum added to your 2012/13 membership fees.  

Boat Shed:

The padlock on the boat shed at the far end of the car park had to be replaced recently, so if you have boats in there, you will need to get a new key from Hes Hamilton.  His contact details are above, otherwise if you want to get access to the boat shed on a sailing day, and don’t have a key, ask Thammi as he has a key.  However, Thammi locks the boat shed before he leaves the Club at 16h00 on a weekend so please ensure that you have all your things out of the boat shed/ put all your things back by 15h30.