SAILING The winter is the time for the sailing sub-committee to sit, to consider and ruminate over the Calendar for the coming season, look at the tides and schedule fixtures accordingly so that there are not clashes or a lack of safety boat cover. I am pleased to say that the calendar is well in-hand and ready to be published. Some exciting highlights are: After the success of last seasons’ two-day Centenary Regatta, we are keeping the two-day format on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th August, as it makes for a much more relaxed and enjoyable event with the Summer Party on the Saturday night. The Junior Regatta is on Friday 1st August and following the two-day theme, there is a further two-day Junior & Youth Open Regatta on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd August with a Barbecue on the Saturday night. Note: the “open” aspect of this Regatta means that non OSC members can take part and we are expecting a sizable contingent of junior racers joining us from Aldeburgh YC. Please do put your name down to volunteer for OOD, AOD, SB Helm and SB Crew. The link to the Duties spreadsheet will be sent out shortly by email. We are having a push to recruit more OODs and AODs this season as we are dependent upon just a couple of key people who do multiple duties, and we would have to cancel fixtures were they not to continue. It is often a struggle to get the necessary volunteers. There is a free OOD/AOD training course being held at 10:30 on Sunday 27th April (2 hrs) for those who would like to volunteer but are not confident of their abilities or are perhaps a little rusty and would like a refresher. You can book on to the course with this link: https://osc.sailia.co.uk Further courses can be run if this date is not suitable. Contact me if you are interested in being an OOD/AOD and would like to know what is involved – the views from the Bridge during a race are exceptional and it’s a rather lovely way to get involved in the action of sailing without leaving dry land. We now have a decent pool of qualified safety boat helms and crews. However, you are strongly urged, however experienced you are, to take the free powerboat refresher course to keep your skills up-to-date and to share knowledge with our Chief Instructor Matthew Riley. The boats do change, so it is important to keep abreast of those changes. You can book onto the powerboat refresher courses following this link: https://osc.sailia.co.uk/?folderID=80 Looking forward to some fine sailing weather and seeing you on the water. Troy Batley, Sailing Secretary
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