Orford Sailing Club
Summer 2011 Newsletter

Autumn 2011 Newsletter

Dear Members,

Yet another season draws to a close! We had a great start with the spring series which I hope is repeated next year. The training weeks were a resounding success, many thanks to Sheena, Jill and their team. I was very impressed with the instructors – they are a credit to the club.

Tony, thanks for organising the mud cleaning again – it has proven to be the way forward. The duty roster which is so important to the success of the racing ran pretty much like clockwork due to Monica's hard work.

The On-board team run by Penny was well attended as always. Many thanks to all those members who make all this happen. Family sailing has been a lot of fun and very well attended, especially with the BBQs after sailing (onions make all the difference!)

The Club Toppers are on the rack, thanks Doc for the help with the construction. The system seems to work, freeing up some space in the Dinghy Park. Thank you Matt and Vanya for letting us use some of the Pavilion's foreshore during the summer holidays for an overflow dinghy park. And David and Guy for opening up the fence and putting the gate in.

The new east line has proven to be useful although the hooter is hard to hear sometimes, so we might have a shiny new one next year. And the RYA training flag will be lowered for races to allow clear vision of the race flags.

The Summer party was another great night thanks to all the team who put it all together. If you achieved that on your first year I can't wait for 2012. I must say I did enjoy the fireworks! The Hog Roasting team of David and Guy produced, with the help of basters, some very tasty meat.

Best wishes
James Robinson
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