YOSC SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Contents
 The 2008 Social Programme
The 2007 Social Programme
The 2007 YOSC Committee
Membership & General Enquiries
 The 2008 Social Programme:
Graham has put together another interesting and varied Social Programme including a number of prestigious speakers as shown below. Further details will be posted here and in the Newsletters when available.
7 January - Tom Cunliffe with a talk entitled “From Grandfather's pocket watch to the chart plotter” Tom says that the illustrated talk is a friendly and irreverent look at the changes many of us have seen from the days when I found Barbados after 42 days at sea with no chart at all – just a lat/long to shoot for, a sextant and my grandfather's pocket watch – to my current PC-driven chart plotter that still manages to lead me astray. 4 February - John Wright with a talk entitled “Lock Keeping on the Thames”. John has been associated with the river for 33 years and a lock keeper for 11 years. He is currently the Lock Keeper at Penton Hook Lock between Chertsey and Staines. 22 February - Spring Dance from 20:00 at St. Swithun’s Parish Centre, Yateley with Gillie and the Blues Babes. Tickets from Graham at £12.50 including a hot meal. Guests are welcome to come along for what promises to be an entertaining evening. 3 March - A return visit from the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS). They visited us in June 2006 with details of their free marine rescue cover in the Solent. This talk will cover some different aspects of the service 7 April - Captain Ray Blair, Southampton’s Deputy Harbour Master with a talk entitled "A happy mix of maritime trade and leisure?" covering the development of the port, the problems currently faced and the way ahead. Ray will give a bit of background on the Harbour Master's Department and provide a little advice for the leisure user of Southampton Water and The Solent as a whole. 12 May - Nigel Jardine with a talk entitled “Great Expectations - the role of the Harbour Authority”. Nigel is Harbour Manager of Langstone Harbour Board and gives an an overview of the Board's powers/legal obligations and compare these with the expectations/preconceptions of harbour users over a range of harbour activities (not as dull as it sounds!) 2 June - We are hosting the annual Quiz Night with Reading Offshore Club at the Centre Bar - “kick-off” 20:00. Prizes for the winners of teams of 4 in a Sailing Quiz and a General Knowledge quiz (for those not too hot on sailing). Come along to a convivial evening to support YOSC and meet our fellow sailors from Reading 7 July - NEW: Reading Offshore Club have invited YOSC Members to join them at their Midsummer Barbecue at the delightful riverside setting of the Upper Thames Motor Yacht Club at Sonning. Admission charge is £8.50 each - please let Lynda Turner of ROC know by 30 June if you would like to attend - phone 0118 934 0143. 4 August - UPDATE: YOSC Summer Barbecue at the “Yateley’s” Centre Bar 1 September - Paul Josse with a talk entitled “60 Degrees South” about sailing and climbing in Antarctica. The story of the British Grahamland Expedition of 2007 when six mountaineers and sailors from Britain (including Paul), sailed around Cape Horn, across the Drake Passage to the Antarctic peninsula in a 55ft yacht. CLICK HERE to see one of Paul’s super photos 6 October - author Peter Bruce with a return visit to tell us about sailing “Inshore Along the Dorset Coast” 3 November - YOSC AGM - Reports from the Club Officers, presentation of Accounts and election of the 2009 Committee 1 December - YOSC Christmas Party - venue to be arranged
All events start at 20:00 Room A.1.7 at the Yateley Centre unless otherwise stated.
The 2007 Social Programme:
Graham Collins arranged a very interesting Social programme during 2007 with a variety of speakers and events.
Here is a reminder of the 2008 Social events. Full reports are available in the Newsletters and Offshore Magazines and Graham’s summary is included in the 2007 AGM Report which can be found in the Members Only pages accessible by password.
8 January - Mike Finch with a talk entitled “Another Sort of Club”. Mike is a YOSC Member and told us about his other interests in the Portsmouth Offshore Group of the Civil Service Sailing Association in which several of us have the same dual memberships 5 February - The scheduled talk by John Wright, “Lock-keeping on the Thames” was unfortunately cancelled so Malcolm Cross stepped in to tell us about his rescue by the US Navy during a storm in the Mediterranean. 23 February - Spring Dance at St. Swithun’s Parish Centre, Yateley with the four piece “High Society Jazz Band” 5 March - Roger Oliver returned to us with another episode of his voyages around the British Isles entitled “Navigation from Newlyn to the Isles of Scilly” 2 April - Judi Darley, Education and Interpretation Officer of Chichester Harbour Staff based at the Itchenor Office with a talk about Chichester Harbour and the surrounding AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) 14 May - Mike Powell, Director (Maritime) of the UK Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) with a talk entitled "Yachting & Safety - is There a Problem?" 4 June - Quiz Night with Reading Offshore Club at the Upper Thames Motor Yacht Club’s delightful riverside premises by the Thames at Sonning. A different format this time in the form of a Pub quiz with an opportunity for everyone to participate in a number of small teams. 9 July - John Gledhill told us about the organisation and activties of the Police Marine Support Unit 4 August - Summer Barbecue after the Sailing Event at Hawley Lake Sail Training Centre 3 September - John Goode of Southern Sailing entertained us with one of his rare and excellent Sailing Talks “A Life on the Ocean Wave” - cruising; past, present and future 1 October - Neil Stewart with a talk entitled “Life on the Reef” 5 November - YOSC AGM - Reports from the Club Officers, presentation of Accounts and election of the 2008 Committee 16 November - Beer & Skittles at The Jolly Miller, North Warnborough. 10 December - YOSC Christmas Party at the Blackwater Valley Golf Centre, Yateley
The 2008 YOSC Committee
During the the AGM on 5 November 2007, the following Members were elected to serve on the YOSC Committee:
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Commodore
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Bill Boyd
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Vice Commodore
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Graham France
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Hon. Secretary
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Brian Mayhew
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Hon. Treasurer
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Robert Hughes
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Sailing Secretary
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Tony Nemeth
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Social Secretary
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Graham Collins
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Ordinary Member
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Alan Bew ( Newsletter Editor)
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Ordinary Member
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Ian Skinner (Membership Secretary)
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Ordinary Member
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Kim Mallaband (Publicity)
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Contact details for all Committee Members may be found on the Members Page
Membership and General Enquiries
Comments on the contents of this page to webmaster@yosc.org.uk
Tel: 01252 873067
Enquiries about YOSC: e-mail: membership@yosc.org.uk
Membership enquiries Tel: 01276 31241
Last updated: 19 June 2008
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