ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS!
Your Club is in desperate need of funds, and we are therefore embarking on a fund-raising exercise. However, instead of imposing a levy on members we are embarking on a lucky draw with the fantastic prize of the Club L26 B2G2, complete with her road trailer. B2G2 is acknowledged as one of the best L26 yachts in the country. She was optimized for the Lipton Cup Challenge, which she won sailing for your Club in 2013. However, with the recent change of the Lipton Challenge to the Cape 31 class, B2G2 has become superfluous to Club requirements, so we have decided to release her into the Durban yachting fraternity to continue to build on her illustrious pedigree. She comes complete with a full set of racing sails, as well as state of the art equipment for a yacht of her class, and is fully class compliant. It is our intention to sell lucky draw tickets to members in good standing at a cost of R1000 per ticket. Should a second ticket be bought, club members will receive a third ticket free of charge. Ticket sales will be restricted to 600 tickets. Ticket sales will start on the 2nd March 2020, and for the first month will be available to RNYC members only. If we have not achieved our target of 600 tickets by the end of March, then we intend to open up the ticket sales up to members of our sister clubs PYC, BYC, ISC and HMYC. We will also entertain enquiries for tickets from members of other yacht clubs around the country. It is our intention to hold the lucky draw for the winning tickets at RNYC at 18h00 on the Friday 29th May 2020. This is a fantastic prize worth an estimated R80000, and you stand a 1 in 600 chance of winning for the purchase of a R1000 ticket. We acknowledge that not everyone who supports this fund-raising draw by buying tickets may want to own an L26. To cater for that segment of the participants the Club intend to offer a platform for the lucky winner to auction the prize live at the lucky ticket draw on the 29th May. SUPPORT YOUR CLUB AND BUY A TICKET – Contact Sarah or Shaneé at RNYC on 031 3015425 or [email protected] Please note that the coding for the Members parking gate will be changed on Monday 2nd March 2020. Remote holders will need to arrange to exchange their old remotes with the new encoded remotes at the front office. Remotes can be exchanged from Monday 2nd March, stop in at reception before heading to the parking area to exchange your remote.
A side note that we are holding thumbs for our card printing machine, it should be up and running soon! We have ordered new parts and they are on the way from the USA Behind the scenes
We are not alone in our little corner of the world and, along with the neighbours, we have long been involved in trying to upgrade the Yacht Club area with particular emphasis on cleanliness, sustainability and safety. Meetings with SAPS, Metro and Ethekwini are ongoing and, while there is still much to be done, a few items have been checked off our lists so far. The City agrees that we would all like the Yacht Mole to be upgraded and we can all work together to create a clean and safe environment for families to enjoy. Issues already addressed:
Outstanding issues still under discussion:
As you can see, there is much going on behind the scenes to make the entire Yacht Mole area a safe and friendly place for families to enjoy. If you have any questions / queries / suggestion or you are able to assist or have contacts who can assist, please contact Meleney on [email protected] This past Friday, 15th November 2019, our Vice Commodore and Yeomen of Signals, Mr Steve Cawdron, hosted a Nautical Trivia Quiz in the Britannia Room.
The night was filled with fun banter and great sportsmanship from all the members who participated! The team positions were as follows:
Here’s a tidbit of Nautical Trivia from the quiz for you: Q: Where would you use a pig stick on your yacht? A: At the top of the mast Confused? The pig stick is used to fly your yacht club burgee. The pig stick is designed to be hoisted by a small halyard to the maintop so the burgee flies above the mast and is free to rotate to show the direction of the apparent wind. Keep an eye out for more Nautical Trivia in our upcoming issues. |
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