Minutes of Dinghy Section Meeting Held 12^th January

Present ; M. Joyson, Idris Dibble, Andrew Phillips, Helen Phillips, Ian Williams, David Cairncross, Steve Cooper, John Gallacher.

1) Minutes of the meeting held on 3^rd December

Agreed that the minutes be confirmed.

2) Progress since the last meeting held 3^rd December.

The following points had been agreed by the committee at the previous meeting. Listed below are developments or slight changes to what had been agreed.

a)Open day for people to try classes of boats.

Agreed

In order to develop and encourage class racing the dinghy section will link a ‘try a boat ‘ to the club regatta on 23^rd,24^th,25^th May.

b) Possibility of a 3 club event.

Agreed

All three clubs would participate in the CBYC Regatta from 23^rd May-25^th May.

c) Possibility of running sessions on new rules.

Noted

It was suggested that this was done jointly between dinghy and cruiser sections.

Agreed

Steve Cooper would organise these sessions.

d) There was a need to draw up a register of dinghy members with suitable qualifications.

Agreed

This was to be included on the race entry form.

e) Safety equipment was to be purchased for the safety boat.

Noted

Idris is in the process of purchasing items. These will be stored on the safety boat in a flare container.

f) The dinghy berthing request form be amended to include an up to date e-mail address for all dinghy members.

Noted

Ian Williams to sort out.

g) Possibility of moving Flying Fifteens to the concrete part of the dinghy compound.

Noted

Idris had measured out the area and concluded that there was not sufficient space to move the Flying Fifteens.

The committee discussed possibilities of levelling the gravel compound to provide a more suitable surface for the Flying Fifteens to be moved around on.

Agreed

The Flying Fifteens would have to remain in the gravel compound.

Steve Cooper would take the matter of levelling the area to the main committee.

3) Meeting with the Sailing Sec to establish dates for the season.

Noted

Dates for the season were discussed.

Various options were looked at for joint sailing ventures between dinghy and cruisers with dates to be arranged. ( Tuesday 25^th August was suggested as opportunity for dinghy sailors to sail on cruisers)

Options for joint social events were discussed. ( September was suggested)

Agreed

Andrew drew up a calendar for the different racing series, open events and club regatta. All dates were agreed by the committee. ( Andrew has posted this on the dinghy website in the results section)

4) Improving the website.

Noted

All committee members agreed the need to have access to the dinghy section of the website to up date pages and put on current news and events.

David Cairncross explained how the cruiser pages were used on the website and that it was the first port of call for cruiser members.

Discussion as to page layout followed.

Agreed

David would e-mail the committee with the necessary link to enable the pages to be modified.

5) Sailing school boats

Noted

Helen outlined a detailed proposal which looked at the possibility of purchasing some new boats for the sailing school.

Agreed

The committee agreed that this was an excellent proposal that had been very well thought out. Helen was thanked by the committee for her work.

This proposal would be taken to the clubs main committee.

6) A.O.B.

Boat usage would need to be examined at the next meeting.

7) Date of next meeting

8^th February 7.30