A working party of club members have been lucky to have a good slot of weather to complete work started earlier in the season.  In June work was started to tidy up the bank at the rear of the yard, remove a tree and put down rolled stone to form a hard standing.  It has provided much needed extra dinghy space throughout the summer and combined with the removal of the old air raid shelter has giving the club 5 extra boat places for winter storage.  

The hardworking team have now concreted in steels and slotted railway sleepers in between to form a new retaining structure. 

Well done to Alan McDine, Ray Capp, Eddie Harper, Mike Keen, Richard Groves, Steve Pitman, Mike Jury and Vernon Taylor.

Back in 2007 when the crew of Arcsine were forced to retire from the Fastnet Race with mainsail damage Caleb, one of the crew said “this is unfinished business, Kathy you will do Fastnet in 2009 and I will come from were ever I am in the world” True to our word Arcsine was entered for 2009 and Caleb arranged to join us from Panama!

Some of the 2007 didn’t join us leaving room for Alan Glover from WSC, an Italian and a Swiss to join us.

It was Arcsine’s 3^rd time on the start line and we were all keen and prepared for a slow race so how much water shall we take, how many dinners etc-I began to wish we’d gone for a watermaker!

On Tuesday 1^st September, nine members of the YOBs were lucky enough to experience personal coaching from Niall Myant, the RYA National Feva Class Coach. This came about because I was involved in Race Management of the European Feva Championships in Ireland and the Feva Nationals at WPNSA, where I met Niall, who was coaching the British team. It was a sunny day but the wind was gusting over 20 kts. Niall checked with the youngsters that they were “up for it” and Richard Groves our safety officer agreed that we could take out three boats, staying close to WSC start line.