Sponsored Cycle Ride for the 

Devon Air Ambulance Trust

Long standing Club member Rex Nichamin (who is only 82 years old and so healthy he had double heart bypass surgery 10 years ago) is doing a sponsored cycle ride to raise money for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust.  In order to set himself a worthwhile challenge he is cycling 500 kilometers through the Canadian Rockies along the Kettle Valley Railway.  Further details are on the Club notice board.

If you wish to support him please make donations to www.justgiving.com/kvr-daat or send personal cheques made out to The Devon Air Ambulance Trust to: R J Nichamin, 50 Langleigh Park, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8RB.

Return of Old Appledore

Old Appledore has returned to the Club Bar in bottles, at just £2.50.

Galley

As stated at the AGM; the continuing losses on Sunday Lunch time food are not sustainable.  After considerable research and consultation the Committee has decided that the Sunday lunch time cook’s post is no longer affordable.  The Club is grateful to Jill Smith for her efforts in the past and regrets the necessity for this decision.

In the meantime a hot meal service will be provided by Committee Members, whilst a process for lunches and a rota of volunteers is established.

The Bideford Model Yacht Club

Our Club regularly holds races at Tamar Lakes, which is approximately 3 miles from Bradworthy, although currently we are appraising water closer to the Bideford area, as that is where the majority of our members hail from.

We are a small club dedicated to the art of sailing, we sail Radio Control, One Metre Yachts or IOMs as they are commonly known, the name One Metre stemming from the overall length of the yacht hull which measures 1 metre exactly.

The yachts themselves are restricted to three suits of sails:-

·      Top Suit - for light winds

·      Working Suit - for medium to heavy winds

·      Storm Suit - The term is self explanatory!

The height of the boat, complete with top suit is 6ft 2 inches

We sail to the Model Yachting Association Rules which are, more or less, the same rules as apply to full size racing yachts, adapted minimally for this scale. The races are run on a course prepared on the day.

Sailing is mainly on alternate Sundays in the morning for 2 hrs approximately at Tamar and we also travel to other venues for ranking races throughout Cornwall, Avon and Dorset which then sail from 10a.m. to 4 p.m.. These away events are at member’s discretion. Other clubs also visit us, so that we meet many other sailing enthusiasts and usually a good time is had by all.

So come along and use your skills when you are not sailing big boats, and during the winter if you would like to try this fascinating type of racing

Phone Roy Bennett 01271345520 NDYC member Or Brian Lewarne  01271 373082 

NDYC Car Park Passes

This year the car park passes are being replaced with self cling vinyl, not dissimilar to tax disc holders.  These should be easier to stick in your car windscreen and provide better visibility of the Club to the general public.  It is suggested that these are place in your windscreen directly in front of your rear-view mirror, thus not obscuring your view.

All members will receive one car pass along with their yearbooks in March.  If you require an additional car pass, these are available from the Club Office for just £1. 

Met Office Survey

The Met Office is conducting a survey of leisure marine users. They want to find out what weather information is most useful to people who enjoy/undertake leisure marine activities. The questionnaire can be found at: 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/lm_questionnaire.html

This is a good opportunity for you to help influence the future direction of service provision.

HM Coastguard Consultation

HM Coastguard Proposals for Modernisation Consultation 2010

Published: 16 December 2010

Close Date: 24 March 2011

Introduction

This consultation puts forward proposals for a modernised, fully-networked national Coastguard that can more flexibly manage the greatly varying demands of its workload. These proposals will enable Coastguard Officers to better use their skills and training with a salary that reflects this.

We also want to change and improve the leadership, management and support we give our volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers, and make better use of their local knowledge and training.

The consultation contains opportunities for comments and suggestions. The consultation is for Coastguard staff, Coastguard volunteers, partner organisations and the wider general public with an interest in the services the Coastguard Coordination Service provides. The consultation started on 16 December 2010 and run for 14 weeks until 24 March 2011. 

Please make sure your responses arrive no later than that date.

Consultation documents

Consultation document

Response Form - online response form, [Word version, PDF version]

Accompanying Questions and Answers

How to respond

To ensure all views are accurately recorded, the consultation response form provided is the required form of response.

To make the response process as accessible as possible, responses are invited electronically by the completion of the online questionnaire, or you can download and complete the response form [Word document or PDF] and return it to:

coastguard.consultation@mcga.gov.uk

HM Coastguard Modernisation Consultation

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Spring Place

105 Commercial Road

Southampton

SO15 1EG

To ensure that all those who respond to the consultation are able to do so with the same access to information we will not be responding to individual questions regarding the proposals.

If you have a query, please ensure that you record it on the consultation response form. Answers to frequently raised queries will be posted on this page for clarification during the course of the consultation if necessary.

During the consultation period there will also be a number of public consultation events. Dates and locations of these will be published here in due course.

Windy Old Weather

Thursday 11 November we experienced some very strong winds, only 2 kts short of a hurricane!

Those of you interested in the data can see it here.

AUTUMN 2010 NEWSLETTER

This is available to download here.

A Warm Welcome to Appledore's New RNLB Mollie Hunt

RNLI Coverage of the event, filmed from the Club Rescue Boat, Mallard.

The Club was recently inspected by North Devon Council and we are delighted to report that we were given 5 Stars for food hygiene.  

Well done to Jill and her team for getting this standard - it is by no means a small achievement.