Dear Members

New CCTV System

A number of members have approached us to ask about the new camera system. I thought I would take this opportunity, as in this case it’s quite a large expense, to set out the reasoning why we have decided to undertake this task.

For a long time the club has had fencing around the yard and compound but, crucially, this cannot extend to the pontoons and marina, and as a consequence our longest boundary down the pontoon system is open to the river and unprotected. We clearly cannot fence it off (!!!) and therefore a closed circuit camera system is the next best option open to us.

In addition the other organisations in the area have installed similar systems and therefore we appear, by default, to be more unprotected.

The new camera system has a clarity that would not have been possible only a few years ago and the Committee hope that the members consider we have taken the necessary and overdue steps to protect the member’s most valuable assets – your boats. The initial cost may seem high, but on an individual boat / member basis we think the value to be more than worthwhile.

I am more than happy to discuss this, or indeed any other issues with members individually if they so wish.

With best regards

Jonathan Crofts Davies