Minutes From The Dinghy Meeting 15^th of June

Present John Gallacher, Mike Joynson, Idris Dibble, Ian Williams, Andrew Phillips, Helen Phillips

1) All agreed minutes were accurate from the previous meeting

2) Chairman’s Report

Noted

Idris shared a number of e-mails received.

There was a mix up in results received for the Wednesday race. Andrew has sorted these results.

The start line was far too short for the Wednesday race.

There were no results from the previous Sundays race .

Idris suggested an OD clinic. Other com members felt that the dinghy section had made an effort in OD training already at the start of the season. Issues about the number of members that attended was discussed.

A letter of thanks for the Turbo Racing that the section had organised was received.

The com discussed their concerns at the lack of notice that the Cardiff Harbour Authority had given the club over the water ski championships that had been held in the bay.

A new member who sails a Flying Fifteen has asked to join. Idris felt that there was space if the FF compound was reorganised.

Agreed

The com felt that that the safety boat rota needed to be organised in such a way that there were experienced safety boat member mixed with members who were less experienced.

3) Treasurers Report

Noted

John G had asked that a copy of the accounts to be left behind the bar so that he could collect them. None had been left.

John approximated the balance to be about £ 600.

John reported to the com on the breakdown of fuel costs that he had been asked to obtain at a previous meeting.

John had been asked to contact Nick Sawyer for a breakdown of fuel charges that had been presented to the dinghy com.

Nick had informed John that the charges for fuel were £10 per racing session.

The com discussed this costing for fuel at length, the conclusions of this are outlined below.

• £10 worth of fuel amounts to 10 litres of fuel which is a significant amount of fuel when considering;

a) During racing, the committee boat which has a 15hp engine, only motors out to the start line and anchors and motors back in which uses an insignificant amount of fuel.

b) The ‘o’ boats used to lay marks and for rescue duties also have a15hp engine. For the majority of races these boats lay and collect marks spending the majority of time tied up to the committee boat unless needed for rescue duties. Either way they are not going to use any where near 10 litres of fuel!

• Cardiff Yacht Club undertake 25% of OD and safety boat cover for the races throughout the year using their own boats. This therefore reduces the amount of fuel over the year that the dinghy section uses.

Agreed

The com felt as a whole that the £10 charge was excessive and it was agreed by the com that £5 a session was an acceptable figure which would cover fuel costs and a contribution to maintenance of the engines

The com would write to Collin Lyons on the main com to explain the decision.

4) Report from the Main Com

Noted

The dinghy com asked Mike to find out from the main com;

• What was happening with fencing for the FF compound
• What was the plan for the use of the grass area as Andrew needed to know the availability of dinghy space.
• The anchor chains on the grass area had disappeared under the soil. Idris requested if these could be lifted.
• Helen wanted a follow up on the charter scheme for the new Omegas as per her original business plan submitted to the main com.

5) Progress from the previous meeting

Noted

Helen wanted to put an advert on the website for adult training.

The need to sort spaces on the grass area out. There were a number of boats still waiting to be removed. The area was waiting to be re grassed.

The lack of spaces in the compound was discussed. It was suggested that the number of required sails for the ‘ use it or loose it ‘ policy be upped to between 10 and 12 to further ensure that members were using their boats.

Agreed

Helen would e-mail David C to get the advert on the website.

Helen would e-mail Ian the Asymmetric class description for the website. Andrew would e-mail a description for the laser fleet.

6) CBYC Regatta and FF open.

Both events had been sorted out.

7) Handicap Issues.

Noted

Idris had received a letter from a member who was requesting if he could have the PY number of his boat changed to make his boat more competitive with the other boats in the general handicap fleet.

Agreed

The com agreed that this was not possible.

8) AOB

Noted

The com needed to think carefully about the distribution of prizes for the next series.

9) Date of the next meeting

13^th July.