BBC's The One Show came to Weymouth Sailing Club on Friday last week to film a sequence for the show.  Presenter Dominic  Littlewood and a film crew spent all day filming for a piece on Travel Insurance Problems.  Club member David Griffiths has a prime role in the production and was filmed riding his motorbike around the harbourside.  Interviews were filmed outside of the clubhouse.

Ernie and Mark Lee with Marcus Bray were getting their boat ready for the winter lay up when they were surprised by the film crew invading the yard.

The film will be shown on BBC 1 The One Show at 19.00 hours sometime before Christmas.

The annual Weymouth Squib Class meeting was held at WSC on Saturday 8 November 2008.  Squibbers were joined by the Commodore, Melita Biggs for supper in the club in advance of the meeting.  The Class Captain Report was given by Simon Vines and Reports 2007 racing by John Thomson.  Simon was voted to continue as Class Captain with Iain Jones as his Vice Class Captain.

Peter Hopford, Chairman National Squib Championships Organising Committee told the meeting of the plans for the event taking place 27 June - 3 July 2009.  He reported a lot of interest in the event and he was very confident that the projected 100 boats on the start line would be achieved.  He said that the largest keelboat event of the season would attract a lot of attention and he urged all local boats to get involved.  The event is still looking for support from sponsors.The Notice of Race and Entry Forms will be published very soon.  For details of the event go to www.Squibs09.org.uk

The Cruiser Class meeting is Saturday 15 November with supper available in the Club from 18.00 hours.  Please talk to Steve Dadd for details.

The Bonfire Night party at WSC has been getting more  popular each year and this year the Club was full to the brim with members and friends.  Many thanks from the House Team to everyone who supported the evening which raised £210.00 for the RNLI.

In the galley serving baked potatoes with cheese 'n beans and hot dogs were Sue Ives, Josie and Steve Dadd, Sharon May and Sarah Bruton who contributed some very popular home-made coleslaw.  Thank you to them for their work.

The wind dropped sufficiently to allow everyone to enjoy the local authority firework display in the Bay, from the newly redecked roof terrace.   

Weymouth Sailing Club members enjoyed a successful End of Season Party on Saturday 25 October 2008 with a meal cooked by chef Christian Lohez and music by 'Sooty', but as Vice-Commodore Mark Bugler pointed out in his speech it is now a misnomer as the winter sailing season carries on until Boxing Day.   The Open Autumn and Winter series are amongst the most popular in the whole year, with boats from all the Weymouth Clubs competing together for honours.  There have been over 30 cruisers and 20 Squibs on the water in recent Sunday mornings.  Some of the cruisers race with over 6 crews and with friends and family joining in, it makes a very busy Clubhouse after the racing.

Other boat owners have been busy getting their boats out of the water for the winter lay-up.  The first phase of the lift outs have been completed successfully with members forming working parties to help each other, buoyed up by copious bacon sandwiches and gallons of tea and coffee to keep the energy levels up.

A working party of Club members worked all day on Monday 27 October to replace the decking on the roof terrace.  Under the supervision of Peter Jacobs and Vernon Taylor the old flooring was lifted and replaced with new hardwood decking.  John Croydon acquired the replacement decking for the Club during the summer so the job became more urgent as space was needed in the yard for winter storage. 

The wonderful floral displays which have given so much pleasure this summer, were removed to do the work.  Many thanks to Trisha and Norman Lawrence who plant the pots and keep them well watered. 

When you next enjoy a relaxing lunch on the roof terrace after Sunday racing, raise your glass to the members who did the vital work; John Hasker, John Harvey, Peter Jackson, Jim Chalmers and David Knight.