Chichester Yacht Club Magazine April 2018 | Page 3

Commodore Tony Mobbs
introducing his new book. Should be a very
interesting session.
New Activity Opportunities for Members
We are pleased to introduce two new activities
for Club members.
I love this time of the year. The clocks have
We have a new Pilates Class starting on
gone forward; birds are building their nests
Thursday evenings and also for the more
along the canal, it really feels like spring has
creative amongst you, we have a new art
arrived.
class starting Thursday mornings. For more
details see Page 2 and Manu’s From the
But more importantly, our Dinghy racing and
Crow’s Nest section. So whether you are a
the Motor and Yacht cruising programmes are complete novice or an expert, you will be
under way. At the time of writing, there was a more than welcome at both classes. And
forecast of a mini “Beast from the East” over
remember, you will be entitled to member
the Easter weekend, which is why we had to
discount.
postpone our planned Easter Monday Fun
Day until the May Bank holiday.
Our winter Friday night quiz programme has
now finished. On the last evening we had
eleven teams represented which was a
fantastic turn-out. Congratulation to the Miles
Behind team for winning the overall
competition (I don’t think I will ever forget the
chemical formula for exploding custard!!)
My thanks to Jenna for organising and running
the very successful quiz evenings.
Calling All Old Gaffers
Membership Cards
Finally, I would like to remind all members to
The Solent Old Gaffer Association is holding
remember to carry their membership cards
its rally at CYC between 4th and 7th May. The with you at all times. It helps the staff to
OGA would be happy for non OGA members identify members from our visitors and guests,
to join in too, so if any Club members own a
also we do carry out membership checks from
boat with a Gaff, such as Shrimpers, Norfolk
time to time.
Gypsies & Smugglers then register for the
rally using this link.
Happy sailing
Lunch Club – 24th April
Our new Lunch Club programme is proving to
be very popular. Our next meeting will be on
24th April at 12.00. The speaker on this
occasion will be our own Peter Draper who
will be talking about the Dunkirk Boats and
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