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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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We have received the following article from YOSC Member, Kim Mallaband For those in the club who don't know me I am Kim Mallaband, probably better known as Pauline & Geoff Hooker's daughter. I have been a member of the club in my own right for 9 years. This article has nothing to do with Sailing, but I am hoping to rally the support of club members for something that is very worthwhile. Last month I celebrated my 40th birthday and I decided that it was time to take on a challenge that would be a significant physical and mental test, whilst supporting an important charitable cause. As a result in September I will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the largest volcanoes in the world. Currently the volcano is dormant. Thankfully there have been no eruptions in living memory and recent 14 studies suggest the last eruptions on the mountain were between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago. Though the climb is technically very easy, the altitude and low temperatures make this a difficult and dangerous trek. Acclimatisation is essential, and even then many people suffer some degree of altitude sickness, shortage of breath, hypothermia and headaches. About 10 climbers die from this each year, together with an unknown number of local porters - figures for these are guessed at between 10-20 and a substantial number of trekkers abandon the attempt before reaching the summit. I am taking on this expedition to support the leading UK charity called “Children With Leukaemia”. One of the greatest medical success stories of the last century is the amazing growth in the survival rate for childhood leukaemia. But leukaemia still claims the lives of 1 in 5 As well as funding research into treatments for childhood leukaemia, the charity also provides funding for welfare projects to help children and families who are going through the trauma of leukaemia right now. A diagnosis of leukaemia is a devastating blow which sends families reeling. It marks the beginning of a long and difficult journey, filled with trips to and from hospital, unpleasant and frightening medical procedures, worry, pain and distress. The charity's support helps the children and families through this difficult time. I am now in training for the trip and have already undertaken a number of hikes in the local area and am planning some mountain trekking later on this year, in the UK. I am hoping to raise a minimum of £2,500 so all donations are greatly received. If you want to donate you can do this online at http://www.bmycharity.com/. Once on the website enter my name “Kim Mallaband” in the box titled “Sponsor Online” and this will take you to my web page where you can securely make a donation using a credit or debit card. Alternatively come and see me, husband Andy, or my mum Pauline, at one of the club events, if you want to make a donation but do not like contributing on-line. I will post another article in the Autumn to let all of you know how I got on with the expedition and the results of my fund raising endeavours. Warm Regards
Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Email to Graham France Commodore, Yateley Offshore Sailing Club Earlier this year, the Eric Twiname Memorial Trust was generously assigned the author's copyright of 'Start to Win', written by Eric Twiname in 1973. Out of print for over 20 years, Adlard Coles (now Adlard Coles Nautical, part of A & C Black Publishers) have recently republished this classic - now in its 3rd Edition and substantially re-designed, with a Foreward by Ben Ainslie and an updated Rules section by Bryan Willis to accord with the 2009-2012 ISAF Rules. Despite the passage of time 'Start to Win' has undoubtedly retained its position as the book on simple racing principles, written as it was specifically for the benefit of the ordinary dinghy sailor. As such it manages to remove much of the mystique of racing sailing and assists helmsmen to improve their skills and tactical ability. There is arguably nothing else that sets out the techniques of sailing in such a clear, understandable and straightforward manner. 'Start to Win' has been welcomed back by its many followers, and will no doubt be read for the first time by many more. This classic, which complements 'The Rules Book' also written by Eric Twiname and revised by Bryan Willis for the 2009-2012 rules, is set to help sailors achieve their racing best for many years to come. Royalties from 'Start to Win' go to the Eric Twiname Memorial Trust, which was set up in 1980 in order to perpetuate Eric’s memory and to enable his many and diverse sailing interests to continue. It became a registered charity in 1991 with the primary objective of providing funding or equipment that will assist those in full-time education at schools and universities in the United Kingdom to sail or yacht race, with the emphasis being directed towards youth. Purchase of this book will therefore assist the Trust with its invaluable support for youth racing sailing, which includes bursaries for juniors on starter courses, the on-going provision of support RIBS for all eight national youth classes, the funding of dinghies for training purposes for sailing associations and clubs, and the financing of national championship events. For further information please visit our website www.erictwinametrust.org. I would be grateful if you could bring this e-mail to the attention of your members via your website or by printing it out and placing it on the clubhouse notice board. 'Start to Win' is available from Adlard Coles Nautical (discount price £15.29) and through most nautical booksellers. Kind regards, Bruce Aitken Chairman, Eric Twiname Memorial Trust A Message from YOSC Commodore Richard Lindsay of RBYC has sent the following message to YOSC Members: Hello all Members of YOSC The sailing season is drawing to a close and now is the time to look for training courses to aid your next year's sailing. See below for course details you may be interested in. RYA Sea Survival, October 24th, full. But as with all courses, email me at rbyc.training@btinternet.com if a course is full but you would like to be put on the reserve list, this also enables us to gauge interest for rerunning courses. RYA First Aid, November 21st. Some spaces still available. Venue Finchampsted Village Hall. Tutors, the Pockocks. RYA RADAR, February 6th, Due to a cancellation a space is re-available. Venue St. Sebastians Memorial Hall. Tutor Eddie Hill of FirstAway. Eddie's 'official' career was as a RADAR designer and engineer. For those interested there may also be an on the water follow-up opportunity, including AIS. Cost £75. Announcing, the RYA DIESEL ENGINE Course, March 27th, Tutor Rob Hammond,. Cost £75. Richard Lindsay RBYC Taining ________________________________________________ If you wish to attend any of these courses, take action now, to secure a place. Regards Email from Cliff Mogridge I have added a new online spares shop and have a new look website. Designed initially for those of you who know what you require, the shop provides the basic key items you need from simple winch spares kits to Whitlock/Lewmar engine controls. I will be adding products over time and will also use the shop for special offers, refurbished units and old stock clearance. If you don’t see what you want on the site please just call or e-mail me in the normal way. Cliff Mogridge. WINCH SERVICING LEWMAR – WHITLOCK Spares now available online from: www.winchservicing.com I would like to ask if you could place the enclosed poster on your notice board so that I am able to introduce the Bristol Pilot Cutter Polly Agatha to your members. A number of other clubs come sailing with us on a regular basis and we offer a very different type of sailing to that experienced during normal Club sailing!
Visiting the Channel Islands? Give your insurance a health check Coming changes on health care may cost unwary tourists, says Rosie Murray-West Hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Channel Islands could be caught out by a change in travel insurance conditions this year, with some facing hefty and unexpected medical bills. The reciprocal arrangements between health authorities on the British mainland and those on Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark and Herm come to an end on the last day of March, meaning that all British visitors will have to pay for their treatment if they become ill while visiting the islands. "Lots of people will assume they are covered, but this is not the case," said Steven Williams, head of travel insurance at financial comparison site Confused.com. “They need to make sure they have taken out an adequate insurance policy." The Channel Islands are Crown Dependencies, which are internally self-governing and which have their own health services. Last year there were 53,200 visitors from London to Jersey and 40,000 to Guernsey alone. Because their currency is tied to the British pound, they are expected to be popular holiday destinations in 2009 due to Britain's currency weakness. The current arrangements for Channel Island visitors from Britain have been in place since 1976 and vary from island to island. British tourists have always been charged for some services, including, on Guernsey and Alderney, for prescribed medicines. A&E hospital treatment emergency dental treatment GP and other medical care, ambulance travel; on Jersey, for GP treatment, dental care and prescribed medicines and on Sark, for all medical treatment. However, after April 1, tourists must cover their own medical costs in all cases. The same applies to Channel Islands residents visiting the UK. The Department of Health confirmed that travellers to the Channel Islands are not covered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which entitle residents of EU member states to free and cut-price health care in other EU countries. It has always recommended that visitors to the Channel Islands take out insurance, it said. Mr Williams, at Confused.com, said that alt travellers to the Channel Islands should check their travel insurance to ensure they are covered. British travel insurance cover should be sufficient, he said. Insurance cover for a week in the Channel Islands is available for under £10 and will also cover lost baggage and cancellations. Maxine Baker, manager of travel insurance at comparison site moneysupermarket.com. said: "While holidaymakers might think nothing will happen to them while they are away, travel insurance is essential for claiming on cancellations, lost baggage or cash, public liability and emergency medical treatment. Anyone looking to save money by cutting out travel insurance for their holidays should be extremely wary." Every holiday, Channel hop or sailing weekend must be registered in advance The travel plans and personal details of every holidaymaker, business traveller and daytripper who leaves Britain are !t be tracked by the Government, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Anyone departing by land, sea or air will have the trip recorded and stored on a database for a decade. Those leaving from any international station, port or airport will have to supply detailed personal information as well as their travel plans. So-called "booze cruisers" who cross the Channel for a couple of hours to stock up on wine, beer and cigarettes will be included. Weekend sailors and sea fishermen will have to comply if they plan to travel to another country, or face possible criminal prosecution. The owners of light aircraft will also be brought under the system, known as e-borders, which will eventually track 250 million journeys annually. Even swimmers attempting to cross the Channel and their support teams will be subject to the rules. Travellers will have to supply information such as passport and credit card details, home and email addresses and exact itineraries. The changes are being brought in as the Government tries to tighten border controls and increase protection against international terrorism. The full impact of the scheme emerged amid warnings that passengers face increased congestion as air, rail and ferry companies introduce some of the changes over the Easter holidays. The scale of the plan prompted concerns from civil liberties campaigners. The checks are being brought in piecemeal by the UK Border Agency. By the end of the year, 60 per cent of journeys out of Britain will be affected. and 95 per cent by the end of 2010. Yachtsmen, trawlermen and private pilots will have until 2014 to comply. They will be expected to use the internet to send their details each time they leave the country and will face a fine of up to £5,000 should they fail to do so. Similar penalties will be enforced on airlines, train and ship operators if they fail to provide details of every passenger. In most cases the information will be expected 24 hours ahead of travel. Currently passports are not routinely checked when people leave the country. Exit controls for those staying within the European Union were scrapped by the last Conservative government. The rest were scrapped by Jack Straw as Home Secretary after Labour won in 1997. However, passport inspections at ports have gradually been reintroduced us the Government looks to prevent anyone on its watch-list fleeing the country. Gwyn Prosser, Labour MP for Dover and a member of the all-party home affairs select committee, said: "I think e-borders are absolutely necessary. Governments of all complexions have always been criticised for not knowing who is in the country. This is a very sophisticated way of counting people in and out." The US already demands the same information from visitors. "Your travel data is much more sensitive than you might think," said Phil Booth of the civil liberties group NO2ID. "Given the Government's appalling record on looking after our data, it just doesn't seem sensible for it to pass details like this and sensitive financial information around. Ferry firms and Eurostar, who do not yet gather such details, feared disruption to passengers and warned that the plans may not be legal under EU law. The scheme was condemned by Chris Grayling Tory home affairs spokesman. "Of course we need to keep a proper record of people as they come in and leave the country," he said. "My worry is that the Government is creating something which will be unwieldy, impossible to manage and expensive." A UK Border Agency spokesman insisted: "The e-Borders scheme has already screened over 82million passengers traveling to Britain, leading to more than 2,900 arrests, for crimes including murder, drug dealing and sex offences." David Millward – Transport Editor Are you slightly bonkers and do you fancy an adventure? The AZAB - Azores and Back - is a two leg race which runs every four years. The next edition is in 2011. The course is from Falmouth to, as it says on the tin, the Azores and back to Falmouth. It is a double handed or single handed race and the crew can change for each of the two legs. Each leg is about 1200NM and usually take seven to ten days. There is a space between the legs in Ponta Delgada of about a week. Full details of the event including the recently published Notice of Race can be found on the web at http://www.azab.co.uk/. Fool that I am, I am seriously considering entering Scorpio, my two year old Hanse 342. Scorpio was purchased and set up with short handed sailing in mind. Constructionally she is already compliant with ISAF Offshore Special Regulations Sections 1 to 3 at Category 2 and only needs an additional water tank to bring her to the required Category 1. Some equipment and supplies will be necessary to make her compliant with Section 4 and 5 and the crew will need to undertake Sea Survival and First Aid training necessary to comply with Section 6. See http://www.isaf.org/specialregulations.php for the full nitty gritty. I view this race entry as more Corinthian than out and out competitive although Scorpio can be very competitive - she won her class in the Royal Southampton Double Handed Inshore series in 2006 and was second in class in the overall series. 2007 was less successful, we missed one race and one was abandoned - we were third overall in class in the Series. I have been sailing for over 40 years and have owned my own yacht for the past seven, sailing on average 1000NM per year, split 50/50 between cruising and racing. I am looking for crew to join me for either one or both legs of AZAB 2011. I am looking for one or two people to join this venture - it calls for commitment to sail on Scorpio over the coming two seasons Two handed racing calls for experience and a detailed knowledge of the boat as you have to be capable of doing everything single handed should something happen to the other crew thus I am looking for someone prepared to make the time commitment and to helping prepare Scorpio. Preparation would have to include participating in the necessary 500 mile qualifier. Every two years Royal Southampton run a two handed race across Biscay. The next edition of this race - the Biscay Challenge - is in June 2009. Details at http://www.biscaychallenge.com. I propose to use this race (and possibly the return from it) as AZAB qualifiers if Scorpio can be ready in time. The Biscay Challenge normally has a qualifier itself, usually a non stop passage of about 120NM. If you are a reasonably fit, practical, experienced sailor who, critically, has a sense of humour and you fancy an adventure please give Ed Essery a call on 01344 777663 or drop an e-mail to ed at essery dot net and we can arrange to meet up and discuss it. Finally if you, or anyone, has ideas about how we can package the whole thing up to raise money for charity, I'd love to hear them. Regards, Ed Essery Scorpio - GBR9824T For more details and photos of Scorpio see: For details on Hanse 342 and other Hanse yachts see: View the Hanse Owners Forum at: www.myhanse.com
Update - January 2009 The above article (published at the end of last year) resulted in three club members expressing interest, one of whom has subsequently said he cannot commit the time at present. The remaining three of us (self, Ken Budd & Chris Darley) had a first sail together on Scorpio last Sunday. It was blowing a steady Force 5 which gave them a chance to see how Scorpio goes but ruled out any downwind sails. We've got further trips planned out over the coming weeks so more to come. I have paid the AZAB registration fee and am thus now assured one of the 70 places. The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club have confirmed by e-mail they will accept the Royal Southampton YC Biscay Challenge and the return trip from Hondarribia as the two qualifiers. The audit of equipment is now complete and an overall budget has been put together and agreed with the necessary authorities(!). It seems one thing I am going to have to upgrade is my life raft, thus the for sale notice on the Sales & Wants page. Having researched various options, I have decided to use http://www.mailasail.com for e-mail, tracking and keeping a diary. We will be e-mailable at "Scorpio at mailasail dot com" throughout the campaign and will endeavour to keep a blog/diary going at http://blog.mailasail.com/scorpio. Please feel free to publish this information. E-mails should be text only and avoid attachments.
Update - January 2010 I have decided to take a year's sabbatical (aka belated gap year). During this time I am going to consider my future career options and the outcome of this will determine what to do about the AZAB. As part of my year off, I am planning to go sailing from mid April to end August on a trip to the West of Scotland and east and south coasts of Ireland - the planned itinerary for this can be seen at http://blog.mailasail.com/scorpio in the latest entry. Ken Budd and I plan to try and move Scorpio non-stop from the Solent to the Clyde in the second half of April which hopefully will qualify us for the AZAB if we later decide to pursue that option. I intend to do more detailed planning for Scotland in January/February.
RADAR - the RYA 1 Day Course If you have radar fitted to your vessel you are required to know how to use it. The Radar Simulator acts exactly like a real marine radar set, except that the environment can be fully controlled. The user selects the type of radar set, and the standard set-up options areprovided, giving control over Brilliance, Gain, Tuning, Sea Clutter and Rain Clutter. All the usual functions, such as Range, Head-up or North-up, EBL, VRM and Guard Zones, can be individually controlled with buttons, or follow the modern practice (like Raymarine) of using menus and soft keys for function selection. There are many exercises for practise of controls and to provide targets to plot and take avoiding action. Course objectives Course contents
Understanding the Radar picture
Use of Radar as a navigation and pilotage aid
Radar reflectors
Please bring plotter and dividers. The RYA Course Handbook and Question & Answer book are provided, together with my laminated Radar Controls chart and Plotting sheet. Contact Keith Bater for dates and prices. Correspondance with Ray Blair, Deputy Harbour Master, ABP Southampton From: Terry Paynter [mailto:terry.paynter@ntlworld.com] Hello Ray, Are they of any benefit to Leisure yachtsmen and how are they seen by commercial vessels, VTS, etc? Terry Paynter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry, I'm glad that you enjoyed the presentation and hopefully you gained something from it. I admit I was somewhat surprised at the level of interest and also by the number of questions, and I apologise that I didn't answer your specific question. Notwithstanding, I have discussed the issue of 'active radar reflectors' with some of our VTS staff and Pilots and hopefully can give you a steer - I must emphasise that the following are my own assessment and views on the matter and not port policy - I have no particular axe to grind for either 'active radar reflectors' or AIS B equipments. That said, as a port authority, we do have an obvious interest in being able to see all vessels navigating in our area - by all means (visual, radar, AIS etc) - and in their navigational safety. There are a number of considerations here but, having made the comparison on what each has to offer, I would say that within busy coastal waters, such as The Solent, the 'active radar reflector' is likely to be a better choice. This enhances your radar echo and improves your chance of being seen by commercial vessels - particularly at night. I don't think it gives false confidence to the user, in terms of your being seen, and still requires you to navigate with caution and to maintain a good lookout. Additionally, your enhanced echo will be seen on any X-Band radar, cannot be filtered out, and does not need any additional equipment or watch from the bridge watchkeeper. Remember, many AIS equipments are still stand alone and not integrated into navigation suites - so they may not be monitiored in busy shipping situations. As far as AIS B is concerned, on other hand, in busy areas - again, The Solent, for example - it seems that many vessels do chose to filter AIS B out of their AIS picture - and for obvious reasons. They will have it activated for offshore and ocean waters but, once closing the coast, will switch AIS B responses off. Indeed, as I said in my presentation, AIS B is becoming cheaper and more popular, but Southampton VTS often has to filter it out, otherwise the central Solent picture becomes very cluttered. The advantage AIS B does have over the reflector, is that you get to see other vessels' information but, remember, if the equipment is not integrated into your navigation suite it is providing CPA's etc using only GPS and 'simple' mathematics. If you are likely to be sailing largely within The Solent area and adjacent coastal waters, I would say that the 'active radar reflector' is probably the better choice - for the reasons above. If you are a cross-Channel sailor - or go even further afield - I would say that AIS B will probably be of better assistance - as many more ships will have AIS B signals activated in those areas and your AIS message should be seen. If you have deep pockets and the space at your chart table etc, I would say go for both - they both have something to offer to your safety. As I say, I am not an expert in these things and the above are my own views, but I hope they are a help to you. Regards
Last updated: 20 January 2010
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