Chichester Yacht Club Magazine January 2020 | 页面 8

Helen Jupp, Rear Commodore Yachts
Looking Back 2019
This past year as your Rear Commodore has been a
challenge for me trying to get to grips with new technol-
ogy, especially when we have been away in the summer cruising on Dawn
Chorus. We really enjoyed joining in many of the local cruises and the
camaraderie that you find when cruising in company with CYC. We had good
weather for our cruise along the Normandy coast, together with 11 other CYC
yachts, and explored inland up the canal to Caen, just after the 75 th D-day
commemorations. We were made most welcome by Fecamp Yacht Club and
the marinas. For some yachts and crews it was their first time crossing the
Channel which they did with a buddy, so now they are that much more
confident for the future.
Apart from the large programme of cruises, we had an excellent series of fun races which attracted a record number
of entrants. During this winter we launched a series of discussion groups led by club members sharing expertise in an
informal manner. Our social activities have been popular, particularly the Second Friday sailors’ suppers which run
regularly throughout the year. We were sorry that some of our sailing friends have sold their yachts but do hope we will
still see them at the club. But others have changed to a motor boat, decided it is not for them and have returned to
the sailing fraternity. We have welcomed a number of new members to the section this year and we look forward to
seeing them on our cruises in 2020.
Looking forward to 2020
The Club programme has been sent out nice and early. More details of the Yacht Sec-
tion cruises, races and social events are on the website, under Yacht Documents. We
loaded the cruise descriptions onto the website over the Christmas holidays with book-
ing open in early January.
An excellent programme of Sunday morning lectures has been arranged and I am very
pleased that we now have a new projector so the pictures are of a much better quality.
Monthly walks are organised by our members but they prove very popular so it’s advis-
able to get your name down early by booking on the website. The Yachtie Ladies will
be meeting a few times before the sailing season and will include a tailor-made day on
basic navigation by a well-known nautical author.
Some important dates for your diary:
Friday
Saturday
Friday
Sunday 24 January
25 January
28 February
1 March
Saturday
Friday
Saturday 7 March
27 March
28 March
Discussion on night sailing
Outing to Boathouse Portsmouth – book on the website
Discussion on cruiser racing
What’s New for Yachts. Come along to talk about the new programme, buddying,
crew exchange and more
Commodore’s Cup – a fun games competition between the sections
Discussion on anchoring/mooring safely
Yacht section annual dinner.
There will be opportunities to meet the committee at our second Friday socials – see Over the Yardarm for details.
Our photo competition runs from October 2019 – September 2020. So whatever the Club activity, on or off the
water, get snapping and put the best on the Yacht Section Yogile site. Thank you for your support in 2019 and here’s to
some excellent sailing in 2020!
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