Chichester Yacht Club Magazine February 2018 | Page 2

Commodore Tony Mobbs
Well what a start to the New Year.
The Club was beaten by storms Dylan and
Eleanor, the latter combined with an
abnormally high tide and low pressure caused
considerable damage to the Dinghy Park and
the Eastern Pontoon. But thanks to a rallying
call from the Saga Louts and brilliant cross-
sectional support (plus a little help from a
mechanical digger), the Dinghy Park and the
pontoon are now back to their normal state. A
big thank you to all of you who gave up your
time to help.
Kitchen Refurbishment
The Kitchen is now back to being fully
operational after its refurbishment. The issue
was the main extractor unit above the
cookers. It was nearly 30 years old, well over
its normal operation life.
New Club
Café
This month we are opening our new CYC
Café. We will be open
from 10am for coffee
and now cakes, thanks
to our wonderful cake
chef Keith. So come
along and experience
our extensive
selections of coffees
and relax and read the
newspapers.
CYC Ramblers
Some of the many winter activities we have
lined up for you are the CYC Rambles. I
Last time it was maintained we were warned
joined in the recent walk from Fishbourne to
that it could not be maintained further and it
Bosham. I was surprised to see over 50
could fail at any time and would have to be
members who had turned out. Alison and I
totally replaced. We could not afford this to
had a wonderful time catching up with some
happen at the height of our summer season
so the General Committee made the decision members we had not seen for a while and
to replace early in the year when the Club was also making new acquaintances. I would
highly recommend signing up for future walks
not so busy. Whilst the extractor was being
and it helps to lose those extra pounds we are
replaced, we also took the opportunity to
all trying to get rid of. Well done to the
replace the kitchen flooring and paint the
kitchen throughout. We also have some new organisers.
fire detectors.
Loyalty Scheme
A big thank you to Andy and his team for
maintaining a reduced service to members
throughout the refurbishment, working from a
temporary “field kitchen” in the Sloop. Building
on his skills developed back in his old army
days.
I would just like to remind everyone about the
Club’s Loyalty Scheme. If you are over 70
years of age and been with the Club for 20
years or more, then you are entitled to join the
Club’s Loyalty Scheme, which will entitle you
to £50 to spend in the Bar and Restaurant. If
you are a Family Member and your partner
Thank you also to Emily and her bar staff who satisfies the same conditions, then that would
took the opportunity to conduct a deep clean mean £100 saving on your annual Club
and reorganisation of the Bar area.
Subscription. Contact the Office for more
details.
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