Our Summer Garden Party last Wednesday evening was well attended and enjoyed by all, despite the weather not being much like “summer” and keeping us in from the “garden”. Rachel’s team from the rugby club provided great food and service, and we look forward to the next time. Oh yes, I think the free-flowing Pimms may have helped too!
Wednesday 16th September will be the Skippers Panel where a panel of the club’s skippers will answer questions from the floor on any sailing topic. To make it a little more ‘spontaneous’ than last years event, we’re not looking to have questions submitted and considered in advance, but it would help the running of the evening to know that you have questions to ask.
So please email committee@bromsgroveboaters.co.uk to advise the subject area of your question, eg. cruising areas; sail trim; chartering; anchoring techniques, etc. This evening will also be an opportunity for crews on the October sailing weekends to meet up and plan their cruise.
It’s not too late to find a place on our next Sailing weekends on the weekends of 2nd – 4th October and 16th – 18th October. Autumn weekend crews are normally organised directly by participating skippers but, if you’re interested in going but haven’t found your skipper, please contact the Cruising Secretary, Ken Lloyd, at bb.cruising@btopenworld.com as soon as possible so that your name is on the list and Ken can find you a place.
Training courses planned for the rest of this year are the one-day Radar course on Saturday 21st November (see previous post here for details and contact Martin Johnson if you’re interested) and the Day Skipper & Yachtmaster courses starting early in October (contact Dave Harris, our Training Coordinator on training@bromsgroveboaters.co.uk if you’re interested).
All our events can be found on the Boaters Events Calendar Boaters 2015 Events Calendar.pdf.
A reminder that Boaters members can buy tickets for the 2015 Southampton Boat Show from Friday 11th till Sunday 20th September at a discounted price, please contact secretary@bromsgroveboaters.co.uk for more details.