Minutes of Sailing Committee Meeting
on Tuesday 21st April 2015
Present: Andrew Craig, Bob Joce, Julie Harrison, Vicki Thurston, Josie Adams
Apologies: Paul Schroeder, Peter Young
1. Review of Previous Minutes
All actions from the February minutes have been addressed.
Youth Duty of care obligations, use of medical forms: Subcommittee comprising Vicki
Thurston, Andrew Craig, Bob Joce & Julie Harrison to meet on Wednesday 29th April to
discuss current practice, whether there is a need for a specific query to the RYA Race
Management Committee and the most efficient way to achieve our outcome and embed it into
the systems.
2. Race Officer Recruitment and Training
Paul ran a RO course on Saturday 28th March and we now have 4 more newly qualified Race
Officers to be need mentored. Update for all below. Mentors to encourage the most recent
batch to go out and gain some experience.
.
Name
Mentor
Comment
Steve Bell
Charles
Robert Mackay
Andrew
Signed off as fully qualified
Carsten Saenger
Andrew
Peter Caselton
Mike & Josie Bob to check with Dan how he is doing?
Massimo Sirolla
Mike & Josie No aspiration for RO. Fine as ARO
David Ramsden
Bob
More duties needed
Petra Schlerf
Bob
More duties needed
Jackie Wand-Tetley
Gaining confidence and doing RO on Weds
Negla Salem
Andrew
Jas Aujla
Mike & Josie
Steven Fowles
Bob
Julie Harrison
We still have 4 more volunteers waiting for a course (Chris Craddock, Marco Schweer, Andy
Hatch, Rob Wall)
2.1
Paul to suggest some dates for another full RO course then Julie will arrange to
advertise for more volunteers through the Newsletter again.
Updated Open Meeting RO assignments
Race Officers for 2015 Open Events
DATE
EVENT
Sat/Sun 31st Jan/ 1st Feb
Laser 4.7 Winter Champs
Sat/Sun 14th/ 15th March
Moth Open
Sat/ Sun 21st/ 22nd March
Topper NS3
Sat 9th May
RS200
th
Sun 10 May
RS200/ RS400
Sat/ Sun 27th/ 28th June
Laser 4.7 Ladder 10
Sat 4th July
Laser Thames Valley Open
Sat /Sun 18th/19th July
2.4mR Open
Sun 20th Sept
Bart’s Bash
Sat/ Sun 26th / 27th Sept
SE Zone Champs
Sat/ Sun 10th/ 11th Oct
Cherub/ D-One/ RS700 Open
Sat 17th Oct
QM Youth Open
st
Sat 31 Oct
th
th
Sat/ Sun 7 /8 Nov
LWA Open
2000/4000s
RACE OFFICER
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
RO
ARO
ARO
Bob Joce
Isabel Joce
Charles to confirm
Paul Schroeder
Jackie Wand-Tetley
Paul Stainsby
Karen Stainsby
Paul Stainsby
Karen Stainsby
Charles Wand-Tetley??
Liz & Roger??
Andy & Jill
Mike Adams
Josie Adams
Andrew Craig
Paul Stainsby
Karen Stainsby
Andrew Craig
Bob Joce
Isabel Joce
Paul Stainsby
Karen Stainsby
Paul Schroeder
Andy Peters
Jill Peters
2.2
Mike and Josie are no longer able to cover the Laser 4.7 Open meeting in June but can
do Laser TV Open in July, which is lacking a Race Officer. Julie will contact Charles, Andy
& Jill Peters and Liz & Roger Pescod to see if any are able to assist with Laser 4.7 on
27th/28th June.
2.3
We also have a new 2.4mR Open meeting scheduled for 18th/19th July. This was
originally just training but now has a high profile sailor participating. Paul anticipates only
needing an RO and SB. Andrew agreed to cover this as the Hansa Open has been cancelled.
2.4
Dutyman has cover for dates into May at the moment. We need Race Officers and
AROs to commit to dates further ahead. Julie to put an email out to get long term
commitment for 1 Wednesday and 3 Sundays up to the end of September.
3. Laser Radial scoring
Despite new signing on sheets, a newsletter and Facebook notification 2 sailors had to be
disqualified last week for sailing 4.7s in the Laser start in the Spring Series. Julie spoke to
those concerned on the day but we have subsequently had an email from Sue Grylls on the
matter. The Sailing committee remains firm in its decision on the matter and Bob will have a
chat with Sue directly on the matter rather than reply to the email.
Julie to remind Race Officers when emailing out to ignore Laser 4.7s finishing if they have
started in the wrong fleet and to get on with starting the next race.
4. Open Meetings
4.1
Andrew is taking the lead for the Zone Champs and a meeting has been organised
with Paul Wren for Wednesday 29th April.
4.2
RS200 Open/ RS400 Coaching on Saturday 9th May. We have a professional at the
club using a drone and providing free video recording with no cost or impact to the club on
this day. We should ensure that we place a note on the official noticeboard informing
participants that there is an “authorised” drone in operation on the site. Julie to add this to the
Open Meeting checklist.
4.3
2016 Open Meeting requests:
Laser 4.7 Winter Champs has been confirmed for 30th/31st January 2016.
They will be including Radial and full rigs in next year’s event and anticipate approx. 90
boats.
Laser Masters Inland Championships:
We have a request to host this event at QM next April. It has been at Grafham for the past
few years but they would like to bring it further south. Potentially 70-80 boats, a mix of
Radial and full rig. This is agreed in principle for 9th/10th April 2016 subject to Royal Thames
confirmation that they are not here that weekend. Julie to discuss pricing and prizes with
UKLA.
Post meeting: Royal Thames is not here that weekend so the event is confirmed for 9th/10th
April. I explained that our charge is £30 per boat for the weekend and we will not be required
to supply prizes. These will be brought with them on the day. Entry is by online pre entry/ pre
pay as far as possible and the entry list will be provided in an Excel spreadsheet.
4.4
London Youth Games 2016
See Appendix below
5.
AOB
5.1
The breakdown of boats in the dinghy park was very well received and it is interesting
that Lasers, RS400s and Moths make up most of the dingy park. (Laser)2000s are poorly
represented and Julie should remove their fleet section from the website.
5.2
Additional events planned for 2015:
Sunday 17th May
Push The Boat Out
Plan is to encourage as many fleets/ sailors onto the water that day. Julie has already
contacted all Class/ Youth captains to push involvement.
Saturday 4th July
QM Family Day
Members to invite family and friends for a fun day on the water- SUP, sailing, windsurfing
tasters, RIB rides and activities ashore. Caroline is leading the event.
5.3
Merry Fisher
There is a switch in Merry Fisher that needs to be turned on to make the hooter work
properly. The white switch needs to be pressed, then the top of the 3 buttons below should be
pressed to provide battery power to make the horn (white switch) work properly. Julie to
include this information in the RO email.
The roof frame is broken and this should be reported to Tony to ensure it is dealt with
appropriately and mended.
5.4
The current dredger exclusion buoys are currently quite close in and closely resemble
our buoys. Members should be reminded via the next newsletter (Tony) to keep clear of the
area.
Next Meeting: Thursday 8th October 2015