Newsletter: 17th November 2020

11/17/2020

 
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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Monday 16th November 2020

Our thanks to Jan Hawksworth for this photo entitled - "The Club at Dawn - After J W Turner"
The Club is Closed for Lockdown.  We will inform you when the Club will reopen
Coming up in this week's edition:
  • 5% Subscription Increase
  • Some Essential Reminders & Updates
  • First Floor - Membership Discount Glitch
  • The Results from the Art Competition
  • The 2020 Cruising Photo Competition - Results
  • This week's Cruising Lecture with Rosalyn Goulding of the St Barbe Museum
  • Use of Slipway during Lockdown
  • Coffee Anyone?
  • Junior & Youth Lockdown Programme
  • Clothing & Clearance Sale - Some Club branded clothing & more
  • Ian Williams strikes Silver at the Bermuda Gold Cup
  • The View from the Editor's Chair
Thanks, Team RLymYC.

Some Essential Reminders & Updates

Club Closed

The Club is currently closed until the Govt decides the Lockdown is finished

Roof Repairs

Please be aware that we have contractors in the Club.  We are anticipating the need for them to put up scaffolding  so please take care when moving in and around the forecourt.

 Covid-19 regulations

Just to remind ALL Members that the current Covid Regs are still in place. Even if you can’t visit.  Make sure you have a mask when you leave the house to visit the Club. It keeps you and our valuable staff, safe.

Mosimann’s Click Collect & Deliver

See here for the Menu and instructions for ordering or even the front page of the Web Site, where there is also a link.

RNLI Christmas Cards

Due to the new restrictions we will not be offering RNLI Christmas Cards for sale within the Club premises. However these will still be on sale at the RNLI shop opposite the Club. Whenever that is allowed to open.

Previous Online Lectures.

See them here  https://rlymyc-history.org.uk/cruising/winter-lectures/

Power Boats

Interested in Power Boat cruising – Contact - [email protected]

River Room Ambience

Got a spare Dinghy for elevating    - Contact [email protected]  

Book Club

Next meeting 7th Dec 15:30  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83892117940?pwd=ZkxhYnZXRkRhcnNJUlBGTktmS0Nodz09

Further details are Here

 
 
 
 

First Floor - Members' Discount Glitch

We have been made aware that there was glitch in our system affecting those Members who chose to split their restaurant bill with friends during the initial Mosimann’s opening. Unfortunately the function to split the bill between multiple Members removed the Member’s discount from the transaction.

This has now been rectified for all future transactions but if you think you may have been over charged between the period of Monday 2nd – Wednesday 4th November then please email me ([email protected]) and I will look into this for you.

Kirsty Husband
General Manager – Operations

 

 
 
 
 

The Results from the Art Competition

In Early March at the start of the Lockdown, we asked Members to join in with an Art Competition .  Every week Josie Nieves would give an example for the artists to use as inspiration for their work, and they would paint something along those lines. When it was all completed, Josie asked Rear Commodore House to judge which ones he liked best.

Peter Blick writes – It was a really difficult decision to make as I was not able to view the pictures as they were made, only as an electronic image as sent to me by the Organiser. I was presented with 24 images without any clue as to the artist – so that my opinion could be seen as fair as could be made.  I struggled all weekend making my mind up, considering all aspects of each painting, and finally whittled it down to the top five.

 You can see the results here

 And you can download the full 24 picture set as sent to RCH Click Here

 
 
 
 

The 2020 Cruising Photo Competition - Results

We had a very successful Zoom lecture again from Neil Hardy from the Beaulieu Camera Club on Thursday 12 November.  Neil judged the following winners out of a collection of 23 strong contenders and gave us an excellent and thoughtful critique of all the individual submissions. I think we were all inspired by Neil's sound analysis and his advice and professional hints on improving our photographs.

Some time was given to our winner for the second year running, John Stork, for him to talk about his choice of photograph and the Nikon Z camera, that he used. He showed us the winning monochrome photograph in colour and his two runner up choices which were equally dramatic.

Angela Reid described the circumstances around taking her very striking photograph 'Hounds to Water' and expanded a little on her choice of camera, which was another Nikon Z.

Jack Carter's father was delighted to see his son win second prize. 

1st Place:              ‘Free at last’ by John Stork

2nd Place:             ‘Sunset Reflections’ by Jack Carter (aged 15)

3rd Place:              ‘Hounds to water, Poole Harbour, August 2020’ by Angela Reid

For more details including copies of the photos,  Click Here

A recording of Neil Hardy’s talk, plus all the competition photographs he judged, is now available as a new ‘Lecture on Demand’ on the Club website – Click Here

And/or here https://rlymyc-history.org.uk/cruising/winter-lectures/

 Julia Trevelyan

Cruising Sub-Committee

 
 
 
 

Winter Lecture No 6. Command of the Seas

The Cruising Division’s 6th Thursday Evening Lecture of this Winter season is ‘Command of the Seas: The Navy and the New Forest against Napoleon’. This will be presented by Rosalyn Goulding of the St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, exclusively via Zoom, on Thursday 19th November 2020 at 18.30 hrs.

At the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon was poised to invade England. Find out about the three admirals, all buried at Milford, and various other local characters who helped prevent this planned invasion. Discover, too, how wood from the New Forest was used in some of the ships that fought at the battle of Trafalgar.

To watch this lecture live, simply Click Here  from 18.00 hrs onwards.

You will be automatically admitted in ‘watch-only’ mode, so your microphone & camera will both be disabled. Also, we can only accommodate the first 100 viewers to log on from 18.00 hrs, so it’s ‘first come, first served’. 

If prompted you may need these: Meeting ID: 832 3207 9003 / Passcode: 938186

If you don’t have a Zoom account already, please visit: https://zoom.us beforehand.

 
 
 
 

Use of Slipway during Lockdown

We are very lucky during this lockdown that the Lymington Harbour Master has kept our slipway open for sailors and paddlers to take their exercise on the river.  I am absolutely certain however that this luxury will be taken away if sailors or spectators are seen congregating near the slipway in groups of more than one household (or 2 individuals from different households).  Going sailing is not an excuse to socialise, even if (inevitably) you see someone you know.  For the sake of everyone who would like to use the river during this lockdown, please be considerate of the government regulations which are designed to protect us all, and keep your distance from others ashore.  Practically that means (except from a single household) that single-handers can buddy up with only one other, and double-handers communicate with any buddies by phone in advance or once they are afloat.

Luke McEwen

Captain of Dinghies

 
 
 
 

Coffee Anyone?

Second Lockdown – Our first Coffee Morning worked very well, so it was decided to do it again so,  please join us this Wednesday 18th November from 09:15 to 10:30 for coffee or tea - last week some of us were ready for a mid-morning drink, while some were just thinking about breakfast. Whatever time of day it feels for you in lockdown, if you would like some company you are very welcome to join us.

Mary Bell

 Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704555090?pwd=eURFWjUzVjl6bVB2cU9EeSs0MHFKZz09

 Meeting ID: 857 0455 5090    Passcode: 809628

 
 
 
 

Junior & Youth Lockdown Programme

There is a full programme of activities during the winter, all planned by our new Head Coach Hugh Styles.

Our first talk was last Wednesday with about 75 Junior and Youth Sailors participating, and a video is on the club website.

Activities include Monday fitness, Wednesday talks at different levels for Junior and Youth groups, Friday VR racing and Saturday Circuits - all online. This programme is the result of a survey conducted with all the groups and listening to their feedback.

To access the details of the latest version of the Junior Section Wednesday evening Talks between now and Christmas – Click here

Andrew & Sarah Richards

Captains of Juniors & Youth

 

 
 
 
 

Clothing & Clearance Sale - Some Club branded clothing & more

The new Shipmates Pirate shirt and Hoodies are now available to buy. £18 & £22 respectively. Contact Maria (Membership Sec.) to Order. See below.

The other items have gone like hot cakes – there are only two left. You will need to get in there quickly

1 GILL Navy full zip snug Men’s size XXL    £40

1 GILL Grey full zip snug Men’s size L         £40

1 GILL Navy full zip snug Top size Men’s XXL  &

1 Grey one Men’s  L  £40  for either.   (NOT  the grey Gilet)

SHIPMATES hoodies at £22 and

pirate shirts at £18 are now available

 
 
 
 

Ian Williams strikes Silver in the Bermuda Gold Cup

Congratulations to Club member Ian Williams and his Pindar team who won the Silver medal last week at the World Championship of Match Racing – the Bermuda Gold Cup.  This was the culmination of a round-robin/knock-out series sailed in International One Design keel boats.  Sixteen teams from around the world took part.  The winning team after a bruising final in a fresh breeze was skippered by Taylor Canfield of the USA.

Ian has been there before, having been World Champion six times already, and he must have been a little disappointed, but the Club is very proud of his ongoing achievements.  His team on this occasion included names you might recognise Christian Kamp, Gerry Mitchell and Richard Sydenham. Congratulations to them all from all of us at the Club.

Jeremy Vines

 
 
 

The View from the Editor's Chair

As predicted, there are many more Junior-Youth orientated lectures in the pipeline. Prescience or what.

The lead photo came out of the blue. It is lovely, I welcome similar. Feel free to have a go at an interesting photo on your walks. Better if it is Club/Sailing related, more chance of getting it published.

Reports are coming in that the Mosimann’s Click & Collect service is being used. These reports suggest the quality is super and the ease of cooking/reheating is very simple to understand. We Lymington residents feel very fortunate.

This week we announce the winners of two Club competitions, both with an artistic bent. I encourage you all to download both the photos and the pictures to see what other clever Members are able to produce. I can only encourage you to get ready for next year’s version.

It is with sadness that I have to announce that the WSDT has been disbanded. Also that I am no longer anything to do with the Website. Decisions have been made that make our tasks unnecessary. We have been thanked for the effort we put in. We move on.

A good result from the newsletter in that several articles of RLym YC clothing have been sold. Only two items left, except for the Shipmates hoodie and the pirate shirt. (I am not sure they do these in Editor size) of which there are many available.

I do hope you enjoy the Newsletter

       Peter Bell – Editor    

[email protected]

 
 

5% Subscription Increase

Earlier this autumn we notified Members that we would refund the 5% subscription increase (mandated by the 2020 AGM) to Member's cards, so that this could be used by Members to pay for goods and services at the Club.  

 Since this exercise requires a significant amount of planning to get right and can only be done once, we have been keen to do it after we have collected all (or most) outstanding subscriptions.

We are now pleased to tell you that we have had a very good response from Members to the annual membership renewal run with only a few outstanding unpaid subscriptions.  The Flag Officers are, as usual, grateful for the staunch support of our Members.   

Therefore, on Tuesday / Wednesday of next week we intend to run this transfer process. If you have paid your renewal subscription you will see 5% of the annual renewal fee transferred to the card of each member for whom you pay a subscription.  So if, for example, Sir Francis Drake pays a subscription for himself, Lady Drake and little Noah Drake the 5% would go on all three cards, not just on Sir Francis' card.

 Should you identify any possible problem with your card balance at the end of next week after we have run this transfer,  please contact: [email protected]

 Thank you once again for your support in this difficult time.

John Tudor

Vice Commodore