Royal Lymington Yacht Club Rally 8th September 2007
Our Rear Commodore Offshore comes up trumps yet again with brilliant
sunshine to bathe the nine yachts and twenty three people congregated on the new Dan Bran pontoon.
Commodore Peter and Chris entertained on Aurora with Cream Teas followed
later by a pre dinner Pimms on Smartie with Martin and Sheila.
The Pimms was prepared by Mike and Iris Goodman to their own secret recipe, although a bottle of export strength gin was spotted lingering amongst the ingredients.
Dinner at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club concluded a marvellous day.
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Fitting Out Supper – 10th May 2007
On a wet and wild Thursday evening Newbury Yacht Club members embarked on a voyage with a difference. Not the vast expanse of the Solent or English Channel but the confines of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hungerford on The Rose. To say it was lashing it down would be an understatement but our intrepid members soon ensconced themselves into the cosy confines of the narrow boat. Members, Tom & Karen Sperry, Mike & Rosina Dickens, Dan & Norma Kilty & friend Kevin were our crew braving the elements and making us most welcome.
This was a popular event but numbers were restricted so it was first come first served and the lucky fifty were rewarded with a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
We experienced odd bumps as we progressed through the locks but soon settled down and darkness drew upon us. As we approached the end of our outbound leg there was an almighty bang at the fora’d end bringing us to an abrupt halt. However, The Rose is a robust girl and she took what turned out to be a submerged fallen tree in her stride.
On board drinks flowed smoothly and appetites were ready to receive the fish and chip suppers which duly came aboard in boxes swiftly handed for’ard by Vice Commodore Karen.
With hungers satisfied we moved on to the exciting business of the raffle for which members had contributed over twenty five prizes. Karen had earlier extracted over £125 for an array of goodies and she made smart work of running through the draw with not a second lost.
We were privileged to have the company of John Cuthberson, a founding member of the club. John had travelled by taxi from Stoney Stratford to attend the supper and he reacquainted himself with many members. John told me that he sold up to move to the south coast of France, sailing through the French canals to get there. We all have our adventures to tell and John was no exception.
Back at Hungerford we disembarked with the rain easing and couldn’t believe it was nearly four hours since we had left.
