10/6/2020
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RLymYC appoints Head Coach to boost performance of Junior and Youth Sailors
We are very pleased to announce that Hugh Styles has been appointed as the new Head Coach for the Junior and Youth Fleets. This new role, made possible through the generosity of Club member Inger Fisch, will lead to the development of our Junior and Youth classes and will improve the structure of the coaching given, allowing our sailors to achieve their full potential.
Hugh was chosen following an extensive interview process, involving an extremely high calibre of applicant. We are all very pleased to welcome Hugh to the Club. More info and a Bio here.
Andrew Richards
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Youth & Junior Sailing at RLymYC - A change at the top.
 October does see some significant changes at the Club in the Junior and Youth sections. Vale Sesto is retiring as Optimist Fleet Captain after seven very successful years in the role. Sadly, Max and Jeremy Vines are standing down as Captains of Juniors after three years. They have all given huge service to the Club during their time in post, Max and Jeremy will continue to support the Club's junior sailing as Max is taking up a role as special events coordinator and Jeremy remains as the Feva Fleet Captain. Our thanks go to Vale, Max and Jeremy for their support for Junior and Youth sailing at the club. Their roles will be taken over by Sarah and Andrew Richards, see picture above. For more info click here
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Mosimann's - your questions answered
The news that Mosimann ’s are to take over our catering and bar service from the start of November has caused plenty of discussion among Members and many questions have been asked about exactly how the arrangement will work. To enable those questions to be answered we have asked Nick Clayton, who led the team that selected Mosimann’s, to make a short presentation via ZOOM this coming Thursday, 8th October at 1800. A second session is scheduled for 1700 on Saturday 10th October. You can also submit written questions which Nick will answer.
To take part in this event please register your name and email address on the form you will find at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xmieK2vGG4WRI1KuWeFPJXhdFTaMURWguKqriua-z-0/edit?usp=sharing
If you would like to ask a question, please enter it in the space provided – succinctly, if you will.
I look forward to “seeing” many of you at one or other of these presentations.
Roger Garlick
Commodore
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The 2020 Potter Ship Race
 The 2020 Potter Ship Race was sailed on 3 October, despite high winds and rain the day before, Ken Kershaw and Peter Scholfield, RO and ARO respectively, made the valiant decision on Saturday morning to run the Club’s signature Potter Ship Regatta, despite heavy rain and surprisingly light and variable winds initially from the south and south-east. Twenty-one boats started from the Platform after some confusion over the sequence of the marks to be rounded and the countdown…but that’s another story
For more details on the same story – click here
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29ers GP1 - Weymouth19th - 20th September
 Report from: Santi Sesto-Cosby & Sam Webb
When we started training after lockdown, we were incredibly lucky to have a really great training program, and two great coaches that sailed in the boat with us whilst we were learning. This helped us to pick up the sometimes-tricky art of 29er sailing much more quickly, because we were spending more time the right way up. As we improved, we started to form partnerships and train together in those pairs. For Weymouth, unfortunately, both of our normal partners were unable to make it, so Santi and I decided to team up.
Read about their exciting weekend here
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Request for Volunteers
Jenny Garlick is co-ordinating the ‘Annual Club Silver Polishing’ team of which she would like 5 volunteers for on 16th October at 10am. If you can help, please contact Jenny by email at [email protected]
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78-year-old could win bravery award after round-the-world voyage
 Jeanne Socrates sailed into the record books last year by becoming the oldest person to sail around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted. The grandmother from Hampshire made headlines around the world following the end of her 25,000-mile voyage. Setting off from Victoria in Canada in October 2018, she arrived back in September last year. During her gruelling round-the-world trip, she suffered a ripped mainsail and lost the yacht’s solar panels overboard – but she didn’t give up.
Now Socrates, 78, from Lymington, is one of just four people in the running for a bravery award, according to the Daily Echo.
She is a finalist in the Amplifon Awards for Brave Britons 2020 and could be crowned the winner in the Active Agers category at a ceremony next month.
Read the full article here. The newsletter will monitor progress – particularly if she wins
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The Cruising Division Talks and Lectures
 The Cruising Division’s first lecture of the new Winter Series is ‘Wildlife Wanderings’ by David Bailey on Thursday 15th October 2020 David’s illustrated talk promises to be lively and funny, describing some of the stories behind his wil dlife images, focusing on the beauty of nature and what canoccasionally be a brutal life for a photographer. David Bailey is an award-winning wildlife photographer, TV wildlife consultant, feature writer and the author of ‘Wildlife Wanderer’ in 2017. His latest book ‘Wildlife Wanderings’ is due out this month.
The bar opens 17:30 for a 18:30 start. Book your table NOW, tables of 6 max. See the menu here. Click here for all you need to know. More 2020 Lectures.
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Quiz Night Suppers with Vince Sutherland
 Book your table for the first Quiz of the season with Vince Sutherland on Monday 12th October. This winter Vince will be hosting his quizzes on the second Monday of the month from October to March.
The bar opens 17:30, quizzes start at 19:00. £20 per team (max 6) payable on the night by Members' Card. Book your table NOW, tables of 6 max. See the menu here. Click here for all you need to know.
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Exhibition of Members' Art 2020
 Club Member Jose Nieves is co-ordinating the Exhibition of Members' Art 2020 which will be on display from Tuesday10th to Monday 23rd November (inclusive) for framed works of art. Click here for all you need to know & and entry form.
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 Shipmates Update
Our Shipmates (under 8 year olds) have been getting out and having lots of fun in their family groups.
Sea water baths
Several of the Shipmates families enjoyed a sunny evening inflatable session at the sea water baths together. It was a great opportunity for the kids to test their balancing skills and for some final time in the water before the winter sets in! Large ice-creams (a regular theme for the Shipmates) rounded off the evening.
After School scow sailing
Five scows sailed by Shipmates and their parents set off in a brisk breeze to explore the marshes. A high tide allowed them to scoot up crooked lake to Oxey buoy - as they rounded the mark the challenge was to grab the tube of smarties from the support boat on the first go! This was followed by a breezy sail back downwind into the river, where the lifeboat flew by at high speed, before returning to the calmer waters off the Club.
 
Please email [email protected] if your Shipmate would like to get involved in future events.
Maria Shannon, Membership Secretary
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More hot Feva news for 24th - 25th October
 The RS Feva Class Association has now confirmed that the Grand Prix event on the weekend of 24/25th October will be hosted by the Royal Lymington and the entries will be limited to 40 boats. We will be providing race management and support RIBs, so no doubt there will be a call for volunteers soon.
Several of our Fevas plan to take part and many of the youngsters already have their fingers poised on their keyboards (or their thumbs on their keypads) for the moment when the entry system comes on line.
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Introduction to Umpiring - Online course 10th Oct 2020
The RYA is running their first remote via webinar Introduction to Umpiring Course on Saturday 10th October 2020, with 3 very experienced Instructors.
If this isn’t of interest to you, but you know someone in the club who would benefit from this course please can you share and pass it on.
Prerequisites
Experience as a racing sailor, and specifically experience of team racing is desirable. No prior knowledge of umpiring is assumed.
Then click here
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First Floor Offering
Join us this Friday for this week's themed supper of 'A Night with Gordon Ramsay'. These evenings are busy so booking is essential. Tables of 6 maximum, strictly no mingling between groups. See the menu.
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From the editors chair
After a lovely couple of months sailing in the Algarve I have been asked by our VC to continue with the Newsletter and also spend more time updating the Web Site. Dick Moore & team have done a lovely job of clearing out a lot of outdated stuff, but there are still improvements to be made.
The Web Site Dev. Team (WSDT) have already started reviewing aspects of the web site and collating the changes that are required. These will be implemented when the office staff have time to do so – they tend to be a bit busy with converting to a new first floor provider, sailing events, membership renewals and managing the first floor.
We are hoping that post October I can implement our changes. If there is anyone else out there with Jonas experience please let me know, your skills are like “Gold Dust”
You may have heard that we are thinking about redesigning the web site after taking some advice on this matter. This is still a work in progress, and for now the WSDT will just be tidying up and continuing Dick’s work to clear it up. In the meantime, a weekly newsletter will occupy my time. For this to be relevant we need input, particularly from the individual fleets and sub genres of the Club when there is something to report.
Articles tend to be a side of A4 plus a photograph – do not be put off about style, spelling and grammar, as that is my job, I will ensure it all looks lovely before publication. This unfortunately means that if you spot a problem then email me, as it is mine to correct. No-one else is responsible.
If you notice something irksome on the Website, also email me and the WSDT will have a jolly good look at it.
The WSDT consists of Peter Bell, Dick Moore, Pauline Crates, an office person, Phil Lightbody and Peter Lowe. Should you wish to join this merry throng – just email me.
I hope you have enjoyed this very full Newsletter
Peter Bell [email protected]
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This week’s exciting news
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