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Newsletter posted 09.11.08

The latest PRYC Newsletter is now available here, along with important information on the Poole Radio Yacht Club’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on Sunday 7th December 2008 at 2.30 pm in the ‘St Peter’s Centre’, Chapel Road, Lower Parkstone, Poole, BH14 0JU. details and agend can be found here. If you are unable to attend but wish to vote, a Proxy Form is available here

Poole Radio Yacht Club's Annual Festive Dinner will be held on Friday 9th January 2009, 7pm for 7.45pm, at The Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth. Details can be found in the November Newsletter and a menu can be viewed or pinted here.

Bob Capon Memorial Trophy results posted 03.11.08

The Bob Capon Memorial Trophy competition was held to- day by the scale section in the club boathouse at 11.00 hrs under the scrutiny of four judges. There were nine entries although one failed to arrive; the judges commended all entrants on the very high standard being achieved.

The Trophy was won by Brian Clay, with his modified kit of `NORDERNEY` a survey vessel complete with navigation lights etc on 137 points.

Second came Derek Selby who won this award last year, this time with his David Metcalf kit of the Gaff Rigged Yacht `MOONBEAM` on 131 points.

Just one point away third place also went to Derek Selby, this time for his building of the Model Shipway, `MAGGIE –M` fitted with navigation lights.

The Len Thompson award for the best 100% scratch built boat went for the third year running to Graham Moore, scoring 165 points with his very nice, America’s Cup Schooner `CAMBRIA`.

2008 has yet again proved to be successful with 46 skippers competing in 11 events across the country. See the results here. The year started as usual in a friendly and well hosted manner with 19 skippers at Hampton Court in relatively light winds and finished in glorious sunshine at Poole when 24 skippers took part. The only event with a disappointing entry being Keighley which was a shame but perhaps not too surprising as there is only one skipper with a competitive RA in the club.

The National Championships this year were held in Scotland at Castle Semple and for those of us who ventured north it proved a successful and enjoyable weekend and attracted 23 entries. Thanks must go to Alistair Law, Ian Dundas and the team for a brilliantly run event. We must also thank the staff and management at Castle Semple who helped make the event so enjoyable. Ken Binks is to be congratulated for winning the event. For those of faint heart next years Nationals are at Poole so travelling will not be considered a valid excuse.

As well as his National Championship victory Ken also came out on top in the PRACC series, having taken part in 7 of the 11 events and with his lowest placing being a 4th place – well done Ken. Incidentally Ken also managed to win the RA Veterans – quite a haul for one year.

John White is also to be congratulated for winning the Gerry Gray Trophy awarded to the highest ranked skipper that attended the most events - a ‘full house’ on this occasion.

For 2009 we again have a total of 11 events throughout the year. Keighley have dropped out but we have an exiting new venue at West Kirby on the Wirral – a superb stretch of water. This is shown in the programme as a 2 day event, but to make it worthwhile for those travelling from afar, a Saturday afternoon race will be organised, followed by a social gathering in the evening if sufficient people are interested. The Nationals in 2009 are also different in as far as they will take place over the Spring bank holiday and will last for 3 days. We look forward to a big entry.

Mar 29 Hampton Court – Met & Southern Dist Champs
April 12 Eastbourne
April 26 Fleetwood – Wyre Trophy
May 17 Harwich & Dovercourt
May 23/24/25 Poole - NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
June 13/14 Birkenhead @ WEST KIRBY
July 12 Bourneville
August 9 Watermead
September 6 Woodspring – Bowman Trophy
September 20 Gosport
September 27 Poole – Taplin Trophy

Scale news posted 02.10.08

Our last scale day of the year is on Sunday 19th October. Lets hope we can all make it a very well attended event. Entry forms are now available to download and print here and also from the clubhouse for the annual `Bob Capon Memorial Trophy` to be held on Sunday 2nd November.

Sunday 31st August found this club and the scale sail section in particular playing host to the Vintage Model Yacht Group, of which the Commodore and myself are members. The weather greeting them was rather dull, water calm with a moderate west north-westerly breeze just ideal. six of their members arrived with a variety of vane and free sailed boats. Antony Warren their events secretary supported by committee member Martin Brady, Trevor Smith, Bruce Role, Cirahame Davis and Max Buttimer. All the visitors expressed their thanks for our efforts to make them welcome (especially the galley). I have been in touch with Antony And Bruce and they thoroughly enjoyed the day, it was also very pleasing to see Margaret Thompson putting in an appearance. At one stage we had no less than nine club scale sail boats on the water, well done lads, we were also treated to elements of the Bournemouth flying display.

Newsletter posted 20.08.08
The August 2008 Newsletter is now available here.

The visit of the Lilliput Sea Scouts was very successful. Well managed by Cliff Woods, the party was split in half. One half on the main lake taking advantage of the loan of some full size dinghies whilst the other half were being entertained at the Club. Thanks must go to our sailors who gave of their time and ‘risked’ their boats to give the Scouts a supervised taste of Radio Control on the water. Peter and Phillip Wiles, Brian Askell, Peter Giles, Bob Beckett, Ben Hall and Roy Cane attended. It has to be said that the group were a pleasure to work with and I hear that: “When can we do that again?” has been voiced.

Results from the Laser Nationals, held at Poole over the weekend of the 19th & 20th July, are now available via our 'Events & Results' Page.

Important news of a change to the sailing programme in July. Due to a clash with the Weymouth International Maritime Modelling Festival on the 12th & 13th July, the Scale day scheduled for the 13th July has been brought forward to the 6th July.

The latest edition of the PRYC Newsletter is now available via the link opposite.

Race entry information is now available via the 'Open Event Notices' link opposire.

Following the huge success of the 2008 IOM Mationals held by PRYC I would like to thank all those who helped make this such a successful event. Following on from this I would also like to thank Malcolm Donald for posting video footage of the event on his web site which can be found here.

Saturday 19th April found six members attending the Poole Vikings Model Club, Annual Show held at the Parkstone Grammar School, Sopers Lane. This is the seventh year we have had club representation at this show, our theme this time was that of the TUG.

I thank the members taking part with six models, Keith Hutchings with his steam powered Navel `Tug Stormking`; Derek Selby had a Rea Towing Co of Liverpool Tug `Hazelgarth`, Cyril Clark with the ex Graham Moore TID tug Annie M of Poole, Brian Clay brought along a small tug while I showed the Ex James Rendel Aberdeen Harbour board `Sea Trojan` which won a Gold award and medal for the club. We also had the late Jim Dibley’s push tug
`Baby Squirrel` by kind permission of his wife Jean who we heartily thank.

2008 Calendar of Events posted 11.08.08
Here we go again, the 2008 season is almost upon us. Thanks in no small measure to Roy Canes tireless efforts to get date agreements from organisations all over the country, we now have the official event dates for this year. You will find a complete calendar in the soon to be published Newsletter, however you can view all race and scale dates online by clicking on the 'Events & Results' page.

You will see from the list that we have more National and Open competitions this year than ever before and they attract skippers from all over the country. It is fair to say that we run a very slick sailing event but this responsibility always falls to the same handful of volunteers. Needless to say, with the greater number of dates this season there are going to be times when those few volunteers can't all give up their time. I ask you all to look at the calendar and circle a few events to offer your assistance at. Simply contact Roy Cane with your name and dates where you could help out if required.

The Boat House posted 11.08.08
My thanks go out to all who have given up their time over the winter to repair the Boat House and install the new kitchen facilities. If you haven't been down to the lake recently it is unlikely that you have seen first hand the wonderful job done by those same few volunteers.

Lasers start the season off. posted 11.08.08
You will note from the Events list that Lasers kick the season off with the 1st round of the Laser TT Nationals on March 16th - volunteers please. Whilst on the subject of the Laser class, we still do not have a Laser Class Captain for 2008. If you were not at the AGM you may not know that due to his many commitments at the club and elsewhere, John Trimmer would dearly like to step down from the post after successfully taking the class from just 2 boats to a staggering 40 plus registered Lasers in the club. Come on people, we desperately need a new Captain to continue the classes success and give John T a break.

Water, water everywhere. posted 11.08.08
As of yesterday (Feb 10th) we still have water in the lake. There is an idea floating around that the lake may not be drained for fear of the 'man made' islands collapsing if unsupported, so although March the 2nd and 9th are set aside for 'Shake down sail' days I made the most of this weekends glorious weather and got the one meter wet. The Laser skippers have taken full advantage too by sailing throughout the winter, well done to all who have supported this class through some very tricky sailing conditions, you certainly don't fall into the 'fair weather sailor' category.