MASTHEAD # 7 – April 2014

This is hopefully a short Masthead, just to remind you of a few things:

The closing cruise will be held on Sunday 27th April at 11h00.  We’ll sail round to the braai area near the power boat club.  Please bring your own braai meat, salads, and drinks, and braai fires will be available at the site.  There will be some youth available as crew if anyone wants some spare hands as we are hoping to get the youth from the Hilton Methodist Church to come to the Club on this day.  I look forward to seeing you at the closing cruise.

Then, before you know it, it will be AGM time again!!!  The AGM and prize-giving is scheduled for Sunday 22nd June, and there will be a sit-down lunch available.  The details of the lunch and prize-giving will be published as soon as they have been finalized.

On behalf of your committee, I’d like to wish you all a good Easter, and to those who are travelling to Simonstown or the Vaal for the various regattas which are scheduled before and during Easter, I wish you good winds and good sailing.  Fly the burgee high for your club!

If you are thinking of resigning from your membership of HMYC, you must do it before the end of May 2014 (next month!!), so that it will be effective for the 2014/2015 season.  If you resign after the start of the new season, you are still liable for the new season’s subs and you have to pay them to avoid being declared a defaulter.  If you don’t pay your subs you are declared a defaulter, and defaulters cannot come and use the club’s facilities, and they also have to remove any boat or trailer which belongs to them from the club premises.  You just need to send an e-Mail to Connie before the end of May, stating that you don’t want to renew your membership for the new season and that will be fine, you won’t be in danger of being declared a defaulter.  We do have a payment plan in place if you want to pay your annual subs off over a number of months, instead of paying the full amount in one payment – again just speak to Connie and she’ll arrange this for you.

If you have turned 70 during the 2013/2014 season, then you should send Connie a copy of your ID book so that she can charge you the correct subs for the 2014/2015 season as we have a lower annual subscription for members who have turned 70 years of age.